Ch1-Smile

Eve of the Emperor Penguin

帝企鹅前夜

CHAPTER ONE Smile. Jack was raking leaves on a chilly November afternoon. Geese honked overhead. "Smile," said Annie. Annie was pointing her camera at him. "No pictures now," he said. "Come on," said Annie. "Smile!" Jack gave her a goofy smile.

第一章微笑。11月一个寒冷的下午，杰克正在耙树叶。 鹅在头顶鸣叫。“微笑，”安妮说。 安妮正用相机对着他。 “现在不拍照了，”他说。 “来吧，”安妮说。“笑!”杰克对她傻笑了一下。

"A real one," said Annie. "I'm taking pictures for our family project at school." Jack crossed his eyes and made his smile even goofier. "Okay. Be that way," said Annie. "I'm going into the woods." "Good," said Jack. "Go." "Maybe the tree house is back," said Annie. "You always say that when you want me to stop what I'm doing and do something with you," said Jack. "Maybe Teddy and Kathleen are waiting for us," said Annie. "Yeah, yeah, yeah," said Jack.

“真的，”安妮说。“我在为学校的家庭作业拍照。” 杰克交叉着眼睛，笑得更滑稽了。 “好吧。安妮说。 “我要到树林里去。” “很好，”杰克说。“走吧。”“也许树屋回来了，”安妮说。 “当你想让我停下手头的工作，和你一起做点什么的时候，你总是这么说。”杰克说。 “也许特迪和凯瑟琳在等我们，”安妮说。 “是啊，是啊，是啊，”杰克说。

"Maybe today's the day they want us to look for a fourth secret of happiness for Merlin," said Annie. "Maybe they're going to send us to a super-cool place." "Good. Hope they do. Have fun," said Jack. "I want to finish raking these leaves before dark." He glanced up at the late-afternoon sky—just in time to see a bright streak of light pass over the Frog Creek woods. "Whoa!" Jack turned to Annie with a smile. "Did you see that?" "Hold that smile!" said Annie as she took Jack's picture. "Thanks! Perfect." "But did you see that?" Jack asked. "The light going over the woods?" "Ha-ha," said Annie.

“也许今天是他们想让我们为梅林寻找幸福的第四个秘密的日子，”安妮说。 “也许他们会把我们送到一个超级酷的地方。” “很好。希望他们能。玩得开心，”杰克说。 “我想在天黑前把这些树叶耙完。” 他抬头看了看傍晚的天空，正好看见一道明亮的光掠过青蛙溪的树林。 “哇!”杰克微笑着转向安妮。 “你看到了吗？”“保持微笑！”安妮一边给杰克拍照，一边说。 “谢谢!完美。”“但是你看到了吗？”杰克问。 “穿过树林的光？”“哈哈，”安妮说。

"No, I'm serious! It was a bright light! Wait a second!" Jack put down his rake and dashed into the house. "Mom! Dad!" he shouted. "Annie and I are going for a walk, okay?" "Okay," called their dad, "but be home before dark!" "And wear your scarves and hats!" called their mom. "We will!" Jack grabbed their scarves, their hats, and his backpack from the hall closet and ran back outside. "Let's go!" he said to Annie. Annie put her camera in her jacket pocket and took off running with Jack. They ran up the sidewalk, crossed the street, and headed into the shadowy Frog Creek woods. They crunched over

“不，我是认真的！”那是一道明亮的光！等一下！”杰克放下耙子，冲进屋里。 “妈妈!爸爸！”他喊道。“安妮和我要去散步，好吗？”“好吧，”他们的爸爸说，“但是天黑前要回家！”“戴上围巾和帽子！”他们的妈妈叫道。 “我们将!”杰克抓起他们的围巾、帽子，从走廊壁橱里拿起他的背包，跑到外面。 “我们走吧！”他对安妮说。 安妮把相机放在夹克口袋里，和杰克一起跑了起来。 他们跑上人行道，穿过街道，向树阴阴的青蛙溪树林走去。 他们嘎吱嘎吱地走过去

a carpet of fallen leaves until they came to the tallest tree. The magic tree house was there! Kathleen and Teddy were looking out the window. The two young enchanters were both wearing dark cloaks. "Hi! Hi!" Annie shouted. "We were about to come looking for you!" said Kathleen. "How did you know we were here?" "I saw the light!" said Jack. "Climb up!" said Teddy. Jack and Annie hurried up the rope ladder. When they climbed inside the tree house, they hugged Teddy and Kathleen.

一片落叶，直到他们来到最高的树前。 神奇的树屋就在那里！凯萨琳和特迪望着窗外。 两个年轻的魔法师都穿着黑色的斗篷。 “嗨!嗨!”安妮喊道。“我们正要来找你呢！”凯瑟琳说。 “你怎么知道我们在这里？”“我看到光了！”杰克说。 “爬上去！”泰迪说。杰克和安妮急忙爬上绳梯。 当他们爬进树屋时，他们拥抱了泰迪和凯瑟琳。