Ch10-Good Night, Magicians!

CHAPTER TEN Good Night, Magicians! It was much easier walking down 1,652 steps than walking up. Jack and Annie walked down and down and down and down and down and down and down and down and down and down and down—until finally they stepped onto the ground.

第十章晚安，魔术师们！走下1652级台阶要比走上去容易得多。 杰克和安妮往下走，往下走，往下走，往下走，往下走，往下走，往下走，往下走，往下走，最后他们踩到了地面。

Jack noticed that the two-seater bicycle was gone. "I guess those two people came and got their bike," he said. Jack and Annie looked around. Exhibits were covered and gates were locked. All the motion and noise of the World's Fair had ended for the day. The living encyclopedia had gone to sleep. Suddenly Jack felt very exhausted. "Home?" said Annie. Jack nodded. "Frog Creek," he said, sighing. Jack and Annie hurried over the bridge and across the avenue. "Those guys were really nice," said Jack as they

杰克注意到那辆双座自行车不见了。 “我猜那两个人是来取自行车的，”他说。 杰克和安妮环顾四周。 展品都盖好了，大门也锁上了。 这一天，世界博览会上所有的动静都结束了。 活着的百科全书睡着了。 突然，杰克感到非常疲惫。 “回家？”安妮说。杰克点了点头。 “青蛙溪，”他叹了口气说。 杰克和安妮匆匆过桥，穿过大街。 “那些人真的很好，”杰克说

walked through the dark, rose-scented park. "I know," said Annie. "They acted like regular people. But they've done all those amazing things." "Yeah," said Jack. "They're like magicians in disguise." Jack and Annie came to the magic tree house. They climbed up the rope ladder and looked one last time out the window. The Eiffel Tower seemed to stand watch over Paris, its spotlights sweeping over the city. Jack pulled Merlin's letter out of his satchel. He opened it and pointed to the

穿过黑暗的、散发着玫瑰香味的公园。 “我知道，”安妮说。“他们表现得像普通人。 但他们已经做了所有这些了不起的事情。” “是的，”杰克说。“他们就像乔装打扮的魔术师。” 杰克和安妮来到了魔法树屋。 他们爬上绳梯，最后一次向窗外望去。 埃菲尔铁塔似乎俯视着巴黎，它的聚光灯扫过整个城市。 杰克从书包里拿出梅林的信。 他打开它，指着

words Frog Creek. "I wish we could go—" Before Jack could finish making the wish, he and Annie were bathed in brilliant white light. Jack looked up. One of the beams of the tower's spotlights had come to rest on the tree house. It shined on them for a long moment.

单词蛙溪。“我希望我们能去——”杰克还没来得及许愿，他和安妮就沐浴在明亮的白光中。 杰克抬起头来。高塔射灯的一束光束落在了树屋上。 它在他们身上闪耀了很长一段时间。

With both hands, Annie waved wildly into the blinding light. Jack waved, too. "Good night, magicians!" Annie shouted. Jack laughed. Then he pointed at Merlin's letter again and finished his wish: "…home to Frog Creek," he said. The wind started to blow. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

安妮双手在眩目的灯光下疯狂地挥舞着。 杰克也挥了挥手。“晚安，魔术师们！”安妮喊道。 杰克笑了。然后他又指着梅林的信，完成了他的愿望：“……回到青蛙溪的家。” 风开始起了。树屋开始旋转。 它转得越来越快。 然后一切都静止了。 绝对静止。

Jack opened his eyes. He and Annie were dressed in their regular clothes again. Dusky light filtered into the tree house. No time at all had passed in Frog Creek. "That was a great trip," Jack said softly. "Really great," said Annie. Jack pulled the guide book to the 1889 Paris World's Fair out of his backpack. He left it on the tree house floor along with Merlin's letter. But he kept Teddy and Kathleen's book of magic rhymes.

杰克睁开眼睛。他和安妮又穿上了平常的衣服。 昏暗的光线照进了树屋。 青蛙溪一点时间也没有过去。 “那是一次伟大的旅行，”杰克轻声说。 “真的很棒，”安妮说。 杰克从背包里拿出1889年巴黎世界博览会的旅游指南。 他把它和梅林的信一起留在了树屋的地板上。 但他保留了泰迪和凯瑟琳的魔法押韵书。