Ch9-Skunks or Weasels

CHAPTER NINE Skunks or Weasels? "Augusta!" whispered Jack. "She's—she's tiny!" "They must have shrunk her!" whispered Annie. "Hide!" whispered Jack. He crawled away from the door. Annie crawled after him. They pressed their backs against the grassy mound. "Why are we hiding?" asked Annie.

第九章臭鼬还是黄鼠狼？ “奥古斯塔！”杰克小声说。 “她她的小!”“他们一定把她缩小了！”安妮小声说。 “躲起来！”杰克小声说。他从门口爬开了。 安妮跟着他爬。他们把背靠在草堆上。 “我们为什么要躲起来？”安妮问。

"We can't let them see us!" said Jack. "They might shrink us, too!" "But how are we going to save Augusta?" asked Annie. "I don't know," said Jack. "Hey, I just remembered something," said Annie. "Didn't Mary say the girl in her story would have become small if she'd gone inside the hollow hill?" "Yeah, she did," said Jack. "So maybe that means you can only get shrunk if you go inside." "Right," said Annie. "So let's go back to the doorway and call from outside. We'll be simple, direct, honest, and very polite, like Willy said.

“我们不能让他们看到我们！”杰克说。 “他们也会把我们缩小的！”“但是我们要怎么拯救奥古斯塔呢？”安妮问。 “我不知道，”杰克说。 “嘿，我刚想起一件事，”安妮说。 “玛丽不是说过，她故事里的那个女孩如果进了空心山，她就会变小吗？”“是的，她说了，”杰克说。 “所以这可能意味着你只有进去才能缩小。” “好的，”安妮说。我们再到门口去，从外边呼唤吧。 我们会像威利说的那样，简单、直接、诚实、有礼貌。

We'll tell the king and queen we've come to take our friend back to her family." "But wait a minute," said Jack. "How can she go back to normal life with her family if she's only eight inches tall?" "Good point," said Annie. "This is so weird," said Jack. "Let's worry about her size later," said Annie. "For now, we just have to help her escape." "Right," said Jack. "Let's try it." Jack and Annie crawled back to the entrance of the hollow hill and peeked inside. In the pale-green light, a very small Augusta stood watching the dancers.

我们要告诉国王和王后，我们是来接我们的朋友回家的。” “但是等一下，”杰克说。 “如果她只有8英寸高，她怎么能和家人过正常的生活呢？”“说得好，”安妮说。 “这太奇怪了，”杰克说。 “我们以后再担心她的身材吧，”安妮说。 “现在，我们只需要帮助她逃跑。” “好的，”杰克说。“我们试试吧。” 杰克和安妮爬回空心小山的入口，向里面偷看。 在淡绿色的灯光下，一个很小的奥古斯塔站在那里看着跳舞的人。

"Excuse us, please!" Annie called. The drumming stopped. The dancers froze. All eyes turned to Jack and Annie. The High King and High Queen looked startled. "Who are you?" the king called. "How did you find us?" "That's not important!" said Annie. "We are very sorry to bother you! But we've come to get our very dear friend Augusta! We have to take her home to her very loving family!" "Please! Thank you!" added Jack, trying to sound polite. Before the king or queen could speak, Augusta rushed forward. "No! I don't want to go home!"

“请原谅我们！”安妮叫。 鼓声停止了。跳舞的人都僵住了。 所有的目光都转向了杰克和安妮。 至尊王和至尊王后显得很吃惊。 “你是谁？”国王喊道。 “你是怎么找到我们的？”“那不重要！”安妮说。 “我们很抱歉打扰你！”但我们是来接我们的好朋友奥古斯塔的！我们必须把她带回家，回到她爱她的家人身边！”“请!谢谢你！”杰克补充道，努力让自己听起来有礼貌。 国王或王后还没来得及说话，奥古斯塔就冲上前去。 “不!我不想回家！”

she screamed in a high little voice. "I don't want to leave the Shee!" "Whoa," said Jack. That was a surprise. Maybe Augusta was under a spell! "Leave here at once!" the High King commanded Jack and Annie in a squeaky voice. "You were not invited! You have no business here!" "Yes, we are leaving right away. But Augusta has to come with us!" Annie called. "Thank you!" "She's right!" said Jack. "Augusta has to come with us, please. Thank you!" "No! I want to stay here!" said Augusta. "I'm not good for anything at home! Mary was right, I'm not happy there!"

她用尖细的声音尖叫起来。 “我不想离开绵羊！”“哇，”杰克说。 这是一个惊喜。也许奥古斯塔中了魔咒！“马上离开这里！”至尊王尖声命令杰克和安妮。 “你没有被邀请！”这里没有你的事！”“是的，我们马上就走。 但奥古斯塔必须跟我们走！”安妮叫。 “谢谢你!”“她说得对！”杰克说。 “奥古斯塔必须和我们一起去，拜托了。 谢谢你!”“不!我想留在这里！”奥古斯塔说。 “我在家里什么都做不了！”玛丽说得对，我在那里不开心！”

Jack was amazed—Augusta wasn't under a spell. She really wanted to stay with the Shee! "The girl will stay with us!" the High King shouted. "Go, now! Now!" "No way!" Jack blurted out. "We won't leave without Augusta!" The crowd gasped. "What?" roared the High King. "Sorry, sorry," said Jack. "I meant—" "You will pay for this rudeness!" the king yelled. Before Jack and Annie could get away, the king thrust out his arm. Sparks flew from the tips of his

杰克很吃惊——奥古斯塔并没有中魔咒。 她真的很想和羊呆在一起！“那女孩要和我们在一起！”至尊王喊道。 “走,现在!现在!”“不可能!”杰克脱口而出。 “我们不离开奥古斯塔！”人群倒吸了一口气。 “什么？”至尊王吼道。 “对不起，对不起，”杰克说。 “你会为你的无礼付出代价的！”国王喊道。 杰克和安妮还没来得及离开，国王就伸出了手臂。 火花从他的尖端飞了出来