Ch3-Mamoon

CHAPTER THREE Mamoon. Annie stuck her head out the tree house window. "Hey!" she called. "Shhhh!" said Jack, pulling her back in. "Don't let them see us up here! It's too hard to explain the tree house. Let's go down."

第三章月亮。安妮把头伸出树屋窗外。 “嘿！”她喊道。“嘘！”杰克说着，把她拉了回去。 “别让他们看到我们在上面！”要解释树屋太难了。 我们下去吧。”

"Good point," said Annie. She handed Merlin's letter to Jack and started down the rope ladder. Jack grabbed his shoulder bag. He put the letter inside, then added their research book and rhyme book. He slung the leather bag across his chest and climbed down. When he stepped onto the ground, Jack twisted the rope ladder behind the tree trunk so it wouldn't be noticed. "Okay," he said to Annie. "Hey!" Annie called again, waving. She and Jack stepped out into the open. The camel riders headed toward the palm trees. The man in the lead made his camel

“说得好，”安妮说。她把梅林的信递给杰克，从绳梯上下来。 杰克抓起他的肩包。 他把信放在里面，然后加上他们的研究书和押韵书。 他把皮包挂在胸前，爬了下来。 杰克一踏上地面，就把绳梯扭到树干后面，不让别人注意到。 “好吧，”他对安妮说。“嘿!”安妮又喊了一声，挥了挥手。 她和杰克走到户外。 骑骆驼的人朝棕榈树走去。 领头的人制造了他的骆驼

kneel. As he climbed off, Jack and Annie ran over to him. The man wore a long white robe. He had a black beard and stern, dark eyes. "Who are you?" he asked, unsmiling. "From where do you come?" "I am Annie, and this is my brother, Jack," said Annie. "Our home is far away in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania." "I have not heard of such a place," the man said. "How do you come to be here in the desert alone?" "Uh…" Jack didn't know what to say. "We were riding with our family," Annie said. "We stopped to rest here. My brother and I took a nap behind these trees. When we

跪。当他爬下来时，杰克和安妮跑向他。 那人穿着一件白色长袍。 他留着黑胡子，一双严厉的黑眼睛。 “你是谁？”他面无笑容地问道。 “你从哪里来？”“我是安妮，这是我弟弟杰克，”安妮说。 “我们的家在很远的宾夕法尼亚州的青蛙溪。” “我没听说过这样的地方，”那人说。 “你怎么一个人跑到这沙漠里来了？”“呃……”杰克不知道该说什么。 “我们和家人一起骑马，”安妮说。 “我们在这里停下来休息。我和哥哥在树后打了个盹。 当我们

woke up, everyone was gone. They left us by mistake. See, we have a really big family. There are many brothers and sisters—" "Annie," said Jack. She was saying too much, he thought. The man looked concerned. "Why have they not come back for you?" he said, gazing out at the desert. "I hope they have not been attacked by bandits."

醒来时，所有人都走了。 他们错误地离开了我们。我们有一个大家庭。 有很多兄弟姐妹——”“安妮，”杰克说。 她说得太多了，他想。 那人看上去很担心。“他们为什么不回来接你呢？”他望着外面的沙漠说。 “我希望他们没有遭到土匪的袭击。”

"Are there bandits around here?" asked Annie. "There are many bandits prowling the desert," said the man. Jack looked anxiously around at the vast sandy plain. "That is why one must always travel with others," said the man. "But I hope your family is safe and will return for you soon." "Excuse me," Annie said politely. "But who are you? How did you happen to come here?" "I am a merchant," the man said. "My caravan was traveling from the west, when we were surprised by a sudden sandstorm. It

“这附近有强盗吗？”安妮问。 “有很多强盗在沙漠里游荡，”那人说。 杰克焦急地环视着广阔的沙质平原。 “这就是为什么一个人必须总是和别人一起旅行，”那人说。 “但我希望你的家人平安无事，很快就会回来接你。” “对不起，”安妮礼貌地说。 “你是谁？”你是怎么碰巧到这儿来的？”“我是个商人，”那人说。 “我的商队从西部出发，突然遭遇了一场沙尘暴。 它

seemed to come from nowhere. But luckily it brought us to this oasis. We will rest and water our animals until the sun goes down. In the cool of the night, we will travel on to Baghdad." The caravan leader walked over to his men and spoke to them. They dismounted and started taking saddlebags off the camels. Annie turned to Jack. "See, our rhyme worked!" she whispered. "The sandstorm was magic! It brought them here on their way to Baghdad!" "But how can we get them to help us?" said Jack.

似乎不知从哪里冒出来的。 但幸运的是，它把我们带到了这片绿洲。 我们会休息，给我们的动物浇水，直到太阳下山。 在夜晚的凉爽中，我们将继续前往巴格达。” 商队首领走到他的手下跟前，对他们说话。 他们下了马，开始从骆驼身上取下鞍袋。 安妮转向杰克。“看，我们的押韵奏效了！”她低声说。 “沙尘暴太神奇了！”他们是在去巴格达的路上被带到这里来的！”“但是我们怎样才能让他们帮助我们呢？”杰克说。