Ch10-Before the Moon Rises

CHAPTER TEN Before the Moon Rises Jack and Annie looked around the big room. The scholars and scientists were all deep into their reading. "I can't believe Mamoon is the caliph," whispered Jack.

第十章月亮升起之前杰克和安妮环顾了一下大房间。 学者和科学家都在埋头读书。 “我不敢相信马蒙就是哈里发。”杰克小声说。

"Remember that life is full of surprises," Annie repeated from Merlin's letter. "Yeah, and Return to the tree house before the moon rises," Jack finished. "I almost forgot that part," said Annie. "Me too," said Jack. "Shh!" said one of the scholars and scientists. "Sorry," said Annie. Jack and Annie looked up at the open window. The sky was pink. The sun would be setting soon. "We have to get back to the tree house," Annie whispered, "before the moon rises."

“记住，生活充满了惊喜，”安妮从梅林的信中重复道。 “是的，在月亮升起之前回到树屋。”杰克说完。 “我差点忘了这部分，”安妮说。 “我也是，”杰克说。“嘘！”其中一位学者和科学家说。 “对不起，”安妮说。杰克和安妮抬头看着开着的窗户。 天空是粉红色的。太阳很快就要落山了。 “我们必须回到树屋，”安妮低声说，“在月亮升起之前。”

"I know," said Jack, "but how?" He felt a moment of panic. The tree house is really far away, he thought. If we traveled on Beauty and Cutie, it would take a whole day and night to get there. And what about sandstorms? And bandits? Jack looked at Annie. She was smiling. Magic, she mouthed. Jack caught his breath and nodded. They both looked around to see if any of the scholars or scientists were watching. They weren't. Jack quietly slipped Teddy and Kathleen's book out of his bag. He and Annie turned

“我知道，”杰克说，“但怎么知道呢？”他感到一阵恐慌。 树屋真的很远，他想。 如果我们乘“美女与可爱号”旅行，要花一整天一夜才能到那里。 那么沙尘暴呢？ 和强盗吗?杰克看着安妮。 她在微笑。魔法，她口头是道。 杰克屏住呼吸点了点头。 他们都环顾四周，看看有没有学者或科学家在看。 他们没有。杰克悄悄地把特迪和凯萨琳的书从包里拿了出来。 他和安妮转过身来

their backs to the others and opened the book to the table of contents. Annie pointed to Turn into Ducks. Jack gave her a look. Annie pointed to Fly Through the Air. "Yes!" said Jack. "Shh!" said a scholar. Jack turned to the right page. He held up the book so they both could see. Jack said the first line of the rhyme: Sail through the sky where you wish to go! Annie said the second: Sawn-ee-fore, sawn-ee-row!

他们背对着别人，打开书看目录。 安妮指着“变成鸭子”。 杰克看了她一眼。安妮指着《飞越天空》。 “是的！”杰克说。“嘘！”一个学者说。 杰克翻到了正确的一页。 他举起书，好让他们俩都能看见。 杰克说押韵的第一行：在天空中航行，去你想去的地方！安妮说了第二声：“锯啊，锯啊，锯啊！”

"You must be quiet, or you will have to leave the library!" one of the scholars said grouchily. "Don't worry, we're going," said Annie. A wind blew through the tall open window, fluttering the pages of the Arabian Nights book. The scholars and scientists grabbed their papers before they blew away. The wind picked up a corner of the small carpet Jack and Annie were standing on. The carpet rippled. Jack and Annie fell forward. As they tried to stand, the carpet lifted off the floor. "Oh!" cried all the scholars and scientists.

“你必须安静，否则你将不得不离开图书馆！”一个学者不高兴地说。 “别担心，我们会去的，”安妮说。 风从高高的开着的窗户吹进来，吹得《一千零一夜》的书页飘动起来。 学者们和科学家们在他们的论文被吹走之前抢了过来。 风吹起了杰克和安妮站着的小地毯的一角。 地毯起波纹。杰克和安妮向前倒了下去。 他们刚想站起来，地毯就从地板上掀了起来。 “哦！”所有的学者和科学家都叫了起来。

The carpet began floating up. It rose above the long tables. It rose above the shelves of books. Everyone jumped out of their chairs and scrambled out of the way, shouting, "Help!"— "Move!"—"Watch out!"— "Impossible!"—"What is happening?" "Bye!" called Annie. The carpet floated to the tall open window and glided out of the House of Wisdom. Chilly air blew against Jack and Annie. Their head cloths flapped wildly as they clung to the end of the carpet and sailed through the sky. "This is great!" cried Jack. "Really great!" shouted Annie.

地毯开始浮起来。 它高过长桌。 它高过书架。 每个人都从椅子上跳起来，争先恐后地让开，喊着：“救命！”——“动!”——“小心!”——“不可能的!-“发生什么事了？”“再见！”安妮喊道。 地毯飘到高高的开着的窗户上，滑出了智慧之家。 寒冷的空气吹向杰克和安妮。 他们紧紧抓住地毯的一端，在天空中飞翔，头上的布疯狂地拍打着。 “太棒了！”杰克叫道。 “太棒了！”安妮喊道。