Ch9-The Sorcerer

CHAPTER NINE The Sorcerer Jack's knees turned to jelly. The knocking came again. Mr. Eiffel laughed. "Goodness, another unexpected guest!" He started toward the door. "Don't open it!" Jack shouted.

第九章魔法师杰克的膝盖变成了果冻。 敲门声又来了。艾菲尔笑了。 “天哪，又来了一位不速之客！”他朝门口走去。 “别打开!”杰克喊道。

Everyone looked at Jack as if he were crazy. "It's the sorcerer!" Jack said. "My sister was telling the truth! He thinks you're all magicians!" "Don't be afraid, son," Dr. Pasteur said to Jack. "I'm sure it's just another guest." Mr. Eiffel stepped toward the door. "No, please!" shouted Jack. Mr. Eiffel opened the door. There was a deafening clap of thunder! A ball of fire blasted into the room! Jack covered his face.

每个人都看着杰克，好像他疯了似的。 “是巫师！”杰克说。 “我姐姐说的是实话！”他以为你们都是魔术师！”“不要害怕，孩子。” 巴斯德对杰克说。“我敢肯定这只是另一位客人。” 艾菲尔先生朝门口走去。 “不，求你了！”杰克喊道。 艾菲尔先生打开了门。 一声震耳欲聋的雷声！一个火球炸进了房间！杰克捂住脸。

Then all was quiet. "Jack?" Annie said in a small voice. Jack looked up. A golden haze had filled the room. Annie stepped quickly to Jack's side. But none of the others moved. Mr. Eiffel, Mr. Bell, Mr. Edison, and Dr. Pasteur were all as still as stone. Jack could barely make out a dark figure in a long cloak standing in the doorway. "It's him!" Jack cried. "We have to say our rhyme!" Jack shouted the line he had memorized: Thing before us, now we see—

然后一切都安静了。“杰克?”安妮小声说。 杰克抬起头来。金色的薄雾笼罩了整个房间。 安妮迅速走到杰克身边。 但是其他人都没有动。 艾菲尔先生，贝尔先生，爱迪生先生和爱迪生博士。 巴斯德都像石头一样一动不动。 杰克几乎看不清门口站着一个穿着长斗篷的黑影。 “是他!”杰克喊道。“我们得念押韵！”杰克喊出了他记住的台词：我们面前的东西，现在我们看到了

Jack waited for Annie to finish the rhyme. But she didn't say her line. Oh, no! She's forgotten it! Jack thought wildly. Suddenly he heard Annie laugh. "It's you," she said. Jack looked up. The haze had cleared. The sorcerer's face glowed in the light.

杰克等着安妮唱完押韵诗。 但她没有说台词。 哦,不!她忘了！杰克疯狂地想。 突然，他听到安妮笑了。 “是你，”她说。杰克抬起头来。 雾霾散去了。巫师的脸在灯光下闪闪发光。

It was a familiar face, craggy with electric-blue eyes. "Merlin?" breathed Jack. The master magician answered him with a smile. "Merlin! Hi!" said Annie. She rushed over and hugged him. Jack just stared at Merlin. "What happened?" he asked. "Where's the evil sorcerer?" "There are evil sorcerers in my world," Merlin said in his deep voice. "But I assure you none of them were here at the World's Fair today."

那是一张熟悉的面孔，凹凸不平，一双电蓝色的眼睛。 “梅林？”杰克轻声问。魔术师大师微笑着回答他。 “梅林!嗨！”安妮说。她冲过去拥抱了他。 杰克只是盯着梅林。 “发生了什么事？”他问。 “那个邪恶的巫师在哪儿？”“我的世界里有邪恶的巫师。”梅林用低沉的声音说。 “但我向你保证，他们今天没有一个人来参加世界博览会。”

"So you were the messenger?" said Annie. "You delivered the invitations for everyone to come to the top of the tower?" "Yes, I was the messenger," said Merlin. "I wanted to gather these remarkable men together so you could meet them all in the short time you had to spend in Paris." "But why did you tell us that we had to find them before an evil sorcerer did?" said Jack. Merlin smiled. "Without that challenge, would you have used all your powers of thinking and courage?" he

“所以你就是那个送信的？”安妮说。 “你把邀请大家到塔顶上去的请柬发了？”“是的，我是信使。”梅林说。 “我想把这些杰出的人物聚集在一起，这样你就能在巴黎短暂的时间里见到他们了。” “可你为什么告诉我们，我们必须在一个邪恶的巫师找到他们之前找到他们？”杰克说。 梅林笑了。“如果没有这个挑战，你会动用你所有的思考能力和勇气吗？