Ch5-Knock, Knock

CHAPTER FIVE Knock, Knock. The panic of the battle scene seemed to spread through the big room. Leonardo's apprentices looked around wildly, as if they didn't know what to do. "Water from the fountain!" Leonardo roared. "Hurry!" He ran out of the room. His apprentices

第五章敲，敲。 战斗场面的恐慌似乎传遍了整个大房间。 列奥纳多的徒弟们疯狂地四处张望，似乎不知道该怎么办。 “喷泉里的水！”莱昂纳多怒吼。 “快点!”他跑出了房间。 他的学徒

rushed after him. "We have to help, too!" Jack said to Annie. They took off after the others, following them down the stairs to the courtyard. The apprentices were filling buckets with water from the fountain. "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" Leonardo shouted. Jack and Annie grabbed two of the full buckets and clumsily followed the others back up the stairs. "This is like—like Edo!" Jack said to Annie, remembering their recent trip to old Japan.

冲向他。“我们也得帮忙！”杰克对安妮说。 他们跟在其他人后面，跟着他们下了楼梯，来到院子里。 学徒们正在用桶从喷泉里汲水。 “快点!快点!快点!”莱昂纳多喊道。 杰克和安妮抓起两个装满水的水桶，笨拙地跟着其他人上了楼。 “这就像——像江户！”杰克对安妮说，想起了他们最近去旧日本的旅行。

"Yeah," said Annie, "except that was a city on fire. This is just paint melting." True, thought Jack. But Leonardo was acting like it was a matter of life and death. Inside the hall, Leonardo and the apprentices carried the buckets up the ladder. They splashed water over the flames in the two iron pots. But it was too late. The helmets and faces and swords of

“是的，”安妮说，“只不过那是一座着火的城市。 这只是油漆融化了。” 没错，杰克想。但列奥纳多表现得好像这是生死攸关的事。 在大厅里，列奥纳多和学徒们把桶抬上梯子。 他们把水泼在两个铁锅里的火焰上。 但为时已晚。头盔，脸和剑

the fighting men had become a messy blur of streaks and blotches. The painting was ruined. Leonardo stared for a long moment at the wall. Then he climbed down the ladder and walked away. When he got to the door, Zorro shouted, "Master, wait!" But Leonardo kept walking. "We have to follow him," Annie said to Jack. "He seems really upset," said Jack. "I know," said Annie. "But we have to do what the rhyme says—'Help the genius all day long.'" "But what if he doesn't want our help anymore?" said Jack. "Look! He forgot his basket, with all his stuff in it," said Annie. "We can take it to him."

那些战斗的人已经变成了一团杂乱的斑点和条纹。 这幅画毁了。列奥纳多盯着墙看了很长时间。 然后他爬下梯子走开了。 当他到达门口时，佐罗喊道：“主人，等一下！”但列奥纳多继续走着。 “我们得跟着他，”安妮对杰克说。 “他看起来很沮丧，”杰克说。 “我知道，”安妮说。“但我们必须像那首押韵诗所说的那样——‘整天帮助天才’。“但是如果他不再需要我们的帮助了怎么办？”杰克说。 “看!他忘了他的篮子，里面装着他所有的东西，”安妮说。 “我们可以把它带给他。”

"Okay. Good," said Jack. Annie picked up Leonardo's basket filled with feathers, flowers, cheese, and a loaf of bread. Jack grabbed his own bag and they hurried out of the council hall. When they got to the entrance of the palace, they saw Leonardo striding across the square. "Leonardo!" Annie yelled. Leonardo didn't look back. He disappeared down a narrow lane. "Quick!" said Jack. Jack and Annie took off across the square. When they got to the lane, they saw Leonardo at the far end. "Leonardo, wait!" Annie shouted.

“好吧。很好，”杰克说。安妮拿起列奥纳多的篮子，里面装满了羽毛、鲜花、奶酪和一条面包。 杰克抓起自己的包，他们匆匆走出了议事厅。 当他们到达宫殿的入口处时，他们看见列奥纳多正大步穿过广场。 “莱昂纳多!”安妮喊道。列奥纳多没有回头。 他消失在一条狭窄的小巷里。 “快！”杰克说。杰克和安妮穿过广场出发了。 当他们到达小巷时，他们看到莱昂纳多站在尽头。 “达芬奇,等等!”安妮喊道。

But Leonardo didn't wait. He kept going and rounded a corner. Annie and Jack ran faster. When they turned the corner, they looked right and left. Kids were playing in the street. Two women were leaning out of windows talking to each other. But there was no sign of Leonardo. "Excuse me," Annie called to the women. "Have you seen Leonardo da Vinci?" "Oh, yes, he just got home!" one woman said. "He lives just over there!" said her neighbor. She pointed to a narrow building across the street. "Thank you!" said Annie. She and Jack walked quickly to the building. A stone arch opened onto a wide pathway. They walked under the arch and

但是列奥纳多没有等待。他继续往前走，拐了个弯。 安妮和杰克跑得更快了。 当他们转过拐角时，他们左右张望。 孩子们在街上玩耍。 两个女人探出窗外在交谈。 但是没有列奥纳多的踪迹。 “打扰一下，”安妮对她们喊道。 “你见过列奥纳多·达·芬奇吗？”“哦，是的，他刚回家！”一个女人说。 “他就住在那边！”她的邻居说。 她指着街对面一幢狭窄的建筑。 “谢谢你！”安妮说。她和杰克迅速走向大楼。 一座石拱通向一条宽阔的小路。 他们从拱门下走过