Ch9-It’s Them!

CHAPTER NINE It's Them! One duck was gray with black and white markings. The other had a glossy green head and a rust-colored chest. Both had orange webbed feet and long yellow bills. Quack, quack, they said.

第九章是他们！一只鸭子是灰色的，有黑白斑纹。 另一只则长着闪亮的绿色脑袋和铁锈色的胸膛。 它们都有橙色的蹼足和长长的黄色喙。 嘎嘎，嘎嘎，他们说。

Annie looked over her shoulder at Jack. "I memorized the duck rhyme a while ago," she said with a grin. "I knew it would come in handy someday." Jack laughed. "Good work," he said. The two ducks waddled around on their bright orange feet, quacking. Answering cries came from overhead. A flock of ducks was flying through the clear November sky. "Go on, Balor and Grinda!" Annie shouted to the two mallards. "Go with them now!" The mallards quacked at Annie. "Go on!" Jack chimed in. "Fly south for the winter! You'll have fun! We promise!"

安妮回头看了看杰克。 她笑着说：“我刚刚记住了鸭子的韵律。” “我知道总有一天它会派上用场的。” 杰克笑了。“干得好，”他说。 两只鸭子用鲜橙色的脚摇摇摆摆地走来走去，嘎嘎地叫着。 头顶上传来应声的喊声。 一群鸭子在11月晴朗的天空中飞翔。 “走吧，巴洛和格林达！”安妮对两只野鸭喊道。 “现在就跟他们走！”野鸭对着安妮嘎嘎叫。 “继续!”杰克插嘴说。“飞往南方过冬！”你会玩得很开心的！我们承诺!”

The two mallards quacked and flapped their wings. First one and then the other rose off the ground. They flew high into the sky. Jack held his breath as he watched the mallards soar away, flying south over New York City. Annie put her arms around the unicorn's neck. Then she rested her head on his silky white mane. "You're safe now," she said. "But you have to leave us. I have to show you the way to Camelot. The problem is, I don't know how to do that." AH-U-GA! AH-U-GA! Jack looked over at an avenue that bordered the park. A big yellow taxi was parked by the curb. The driver was honking his horn. He waved through the window.

两只野鸭嘎嘎地叫着，拍打着翅膀。 一个接着一个从地上爬起来。 他们高高飞向天空。 杰克屏住呼吸，看着绿头鸭向南飞过纽约市。 安妮用双臂搂住独角兽的脖子。 然后她把头靠在它柔滑的白色鬃毛上。 “你现在安全了，”她说。 “但是你必须离开我们。 我得带你去卡梅洛特。 问题是，我不知道该怎么做。” AH-U-GA !AH-U-GA !杰克看了看公园边上的一条林荫道。 路边停着一辆黄色的大出租车。 司机在按喇叭。 他向窗外挥了挥手。

"What's that guy want?" said Annie, sitting up. "I don't know," said Jack. The driver jumped out of the car. He wore a cap and a plaid scarf. "Hey, it's the same driver who deserted us outside the Cloisters," said Annie. The passenger door of the taxi opened, and a girl stepped out. She was wearing a purple shawl. "And that's the girl who told us to get off at the wrong subway stop," said Jack. The taxi driver and the girl in the shawl both waved at Jack and Annie. Then the driver lifted his cap and pulled down his scarf. He had red curly hair and a wonderfully familiar grin. The girl pulled the shawl off her head. Beautiful long black curls fell down to her waist.

“那家伙想干什么？”安妮说着坐了起来。 “我不知道，”杰克说。 司机跳出了汽车。 他戴着一顶帽子，围着一条格子围巾。 “嘿，就是那个把我们丢在修道院外面的司机，”安妮说。 出租车乘客座的车门开了，一个女孩走了出来。 她披着一条紫色的披肩。 “就是那个告诉我们下错站的女孩，”杰克说。 出租车司机和披着披肩的女孩都向杰克和安妮挥手。 然后司机摘下帽子，拉下围巾。 他有一头红色的卷发，带着一副熟悉的笑容。 女孩把披肩从头上扯下来。 美丽的黑色长卷发垂到她的腰际。

"It's them!" said Jack. "Teddy! Kathleen!" Annie shouted. Jack and Annie slid off the unicorn's back onto the snowy ground. The young enchanters ran across the snow to them. Annie threw her arms around Teddy. Kathleen threw her arms around Jack. The four of them laughed and talked at the same time. "That was you!" "That was you!" "That was us!" "I'm sorry I told you to get off at the wrong stop," said Kathleen. "But Teddy was waiting for you there!"

“是他们！”杰克说。“泰迪!凯瑟琳!”安妮喊道。 杰克和安妮从独角兽背上滑到雪地上。 年轻的魔法师们穿过雪地向他们跑去。 安妮搂住了特迪。 凯瑟琳张开双臂搂住了杰克。 他们四个人同时又笑又说。 “那是你！”“那是你！”“是我们！”“对不起，我告诉你下错站了，”凯瑟琳说。 “可是泰迪在那儿等着你呢！”

"And I'm sorry I left you stranded in the storm," said Teddy. "But I knew you'd find your way to the Cloisters!" "We thought you guys were these two kids following us, Balor and Grinda!" said Annie.

“我很抱歉把你困在暴风雨中，”泰迪说。 “但我知道你会找到去修道院的路的！”“我们以为你们是跟着我们的两个孩子，巴洛和格林达！”安妮说。