Ch10-The Secret

CHAPTER TEN The Secret "Well done," Teddy said softly. "Indeed," said Kathleen, smiling at Jack and Annie. Morgan smiled at them, too. "Thank you for your four secrets," she said. "You're welcome," said Annie. "But we're not exactly sure what the fourth secret is."

“干得好。”特迪轻声说。 “的确，”凯瑟琳对杰克和安妮微笑着说。 摩根也对他们微笑。 “谢谢你的四个秘密，”她说。 “不用谢，”安妮说。 “但我们不确定第四个秘密是什么。”

"I told Annie I don't think it can be a baby penguin," said Jack. "Because in our time people aren't allowed to have baby penguins." "That is true," said Morgan. "But people can always take care of someone—or some creature— who needs them." "So that's the secret?" said Annie. Morgan nodded. "Taking loving care of another can make one very happy," she said. "Like the other three secrets, it helps us look outside ourselves. Then we can better see all the gifts the world has to offer." "Yeah, taking care of Penny really took my attention off myself," Jack said. "I forgot about a million things I was worried about."

“我告诉安妮我不认为这是一只小企鹅，”杰克说。 “因为在我们这个时代，人们是不允许生企鹅宝宝的。” “那倒是真的，”摩根说。 “但是人们总是可以照顾需要他们的人——或者一些生物。” “这就是秘密吗？”安妮说。 摩根点点头。她说：“关爱他人会让一个人非常快乐。” “就像其他三个秘密一样，它帮助我们看清自己。 这样我们就能更好地看到这个世界所能提供的所有礼物。” “是啊，照顾佩妮真的把我的注意力从自己身上转移开了，”杰克说。 “我忘记了很多我担心的事情。”

"I know you will miss her," said Morgan. "But I imagine you will see her again someday." "So are we going on another mission soon?" asked Annie. "Return home and rest first, and we will send for you again," said Morgan. "Can you try to make it really soon?" said Annie. "We don't like long rests." Morgan laughed. "We will see," she said. "Oh, before we leave, I want to take a picture of you three guys," said Annie. "It's for my family project at school. You seem like a family to me. Look this way, please." Annie aimed her camera at Morgan, Teddy, and Kathleen. "Smile!" she said.

“我知道你会想念她的，”摩根说。 “但我想你总有一天会再见到她的。” “那么我们很快就要进行另一项任务了？”安妮问。 “先回家休息，我们会再派人来叫你的。”摩根说。 “你能尽量快一点吗？”安妮说。 “我们不喜欢长时间休息。” 摩根笑了。“我们拭目以待，”她说。 “哦，在我们离开之前，我想给你们三个拍张照片，”安妮说。 “这是我在学校的家庭作业。 你就像我的家人。 请这边看。”安妮把相机对准摩根、泰迪和凯瑟琳。 “微笑！”她说。

"What are you doing?" asked Teddy. "What are you holding?" "It's a camera," said Annie. "Just smile. Say cheese." "Cheese? Why 'cheese'?" said Teddy. Click! Flash! "Got it." Annie put her camera back into her pocket. "What was that? What did you do?" asked Teddy. "It's hard to explain," said Jack. "It's like magic. From our time." "Good-bye now," said Morgan, smiling. "Have a safe journey home to your family."

“你在做什么？”泰迪问。 “你手里拿的是什么？”“是照相机，”安妮说。 “只是微笑。说奶酪。”“奶酪吗? 为什么是‘奶酪’？”泰迪问。 点击!闪光!“明白了。”安妮把照相机放回口袋里。 “那是什么？”你做了什么？”泰迪问。 “这很难解释，”杰克说。 “就像变魔术一样。从我们这个时代开始。” “再见了，”摩根微笑着说。 “祝你一路平安回家。”

"Thanks," said Jack. "See all you guys again soon—real soon, we hope!" said Annie. "We hope so, too!" said Teddy. "Good-bye," said Kathleen. Jack and Annie left the garden cottage and hurried back to the tree house. They climbed up the rope ladder. Jack grabbed the Pennsylvania book and opened it to a picture of the Frog Creek woods. "Wait, I see Merlin and Penny! Look!" Annie pointed toward Merlin in the distance. He was still walking through the apple orchard with Penny at his side.

“谢谢，”杰克说。安妮说：“很快再见到你们大家——希望很快！” “我们也希望如此！”泰迪说。 “再见，”凯瑟琳说。 杰克和安妮离开花园小屋，匆匆回到树屋。 他们爬上了绳梯。 杰克抓起那本宾夕法尼亚的书，打开一看，上面是一张青蛙溪森林的照片。 “等等，我看到梅林和佩妮了！”看!”安妮指着远处的梅林。 他还在苹果园里走着，佩妮在他身边。

"They look like a little family now, too," said Jack. "Yeah, they do. I should take their picture," said Annie. She aimed her camera at Merlin and Penny and took a picture. Then she sighed. "Okay, home now." "Bye, Penny," Jack said softly. Then he pointed in the book to the words Frog Creek. "I wish we could go there!" he said. The wind started to blow. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

“他们现在看起来也像一个小家庭，”杰克说。 “是的，他们有。我应该给他们拍照，”安妮说。 她把相机对准梅林和佩妮拍了张照片。 然后她叹了口气。“好了，回家吧。” “再见，佩妮。”杰克轻声说。 然后他指着书上的“青蛙溪”几个字。 “我希望我们能去那儿！”他说。 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。