Ch11-Gifts to the World

CHAPTER ELEVEN Gifts to the World No time at all had passed in Frog Creek. The sky was lit by the orange afterglow of the sunset. Jack and Annie were wearing their jeans and jackets and sneakers again. The green velvet bag had changed back into Jack's backpack.

第十一章献给世界的礼物青蛙溪一点时间也没有过去。 天空被橘黄色的晚霞照亮了。 杰克和安妮又穿上了牛仔裤、夹克和运动鞋。 那个绿色的天鹅绒包又变成了杰克的背包。

"Jack! Annie!" two voices called from the woods below. Jack and Annie looked out the window. Teddy and Kathleen stood in the shadows beneath them! "Hi! Hi!" Annie and Jack called. They quickly climbed down the rope ladder and hopped to the ground. "We're glad to see you!" said Annie. "Why are you here?" Before Teddy or Kathleen could answer, the leaves rustled, and out from the dark trees stepped Morgan le Fay and Merlin the magician. "Morgan! Merlin!" said Annie. Peep.

“杰克!安妮！”下面树林里传来两个声音。 杰克和安妮向窗外望去。 泰迪和凯瑟琳就站在他们下面的阴影里！“嗨!嗨!”安妮和杰克打来电话。 他们迅速爬下绳梯，跳到了地上。 “我们很高兴见到你！”安妮说。 “你为什么在这里？”特迪和凯瑟琳还没来得及回答，树叶沙沙作响，仙女摩根和魔法师梅林从黑暗的树林里走了出来。 “摩根!梅林！”安妮说。 偷看。

"Penny!" said Jack. Waddling behind Merlin was the baby penguin Jack and Annie had given to Merlin after their trip to Antarctica. Peep. Kathleen picked up Penny and held the little penguin in her arms. Peep. Peep. Jack and Annie laughed. "How are you, Penny?" asked Jack. "She is wonderful," said Morgan. "She is dearly loved in Camelot. I would say Penny has become the very heart of our kingdom." "She hasn't gotten any bigger," said Jack.

“佩妮！”杰克说。在梅林后面摇摇晃晃地走着的是杰克和安妮在南极洲旅行后送给梅林的小企鹅。 偷看。凯瑟琳抱起佩妮，把小企鹅抱在怀里。 偷看。偷看。杰克和安妮笑了。 “你好吗，佩妮？”杰克问。 “她太棒了，”摩根说。 "她在卡梅洛特深受爱戴。 我想说，佩妮已经成为我们王国的核心。” “她没有变大，”杰克说。

Merlin smiled. "Time passes very slowly in Camelot," he said. "Indeed," said Morgan. "Camelot has hardly aged at all since we last saw you." "But you have accomplished much in that time," said Merlin. "You have completed your missions to help four artists give their gifts to the world." "And from all we hear," said Morgan, "you were as successful with Charles Dickens as you were with Lady Augusta Gregory, Louis Armstrong, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." "I guess we were," Jack said modestly. "I loved Charles," said Annie. "I loved all of them. I felt like we became good friends with

梅林笑了。“在卡梅洛特，时间过得很慢，”他说。 “的确，”摩根说。“自从上次见到你以来，卡梅洛特几乎没有变老” “但你在这段时间里取得了很多成就，”梅林说。 “你已经完成了帮助四位艺术家将他们的天赋带给世界的任务。” “据我们所知，”摩根说，“你和查尔斯·狄更斯在一起，就像你和奥古斯塔·格雷戈里夫人、路易斯·阿姆斯特朗和沃尔夫冈·阿玛迪斯·莫扎特在一起一样成功。” “我想是的。”杰克谦虚地说。 “我爱查尔斯，”安妮说。 “我爱他们所有人。我觉得我们成了好朋友

them." "Yeah, and I'm really sad that I won't see them again," said Jack. "We thought you might feel that way," said Kathleen. "Merlin and Morgan have something to show you," said Teddy. "But first, may we have the magic violin and bow back?" asked Kathleen. "Oh, sure," said Jack. He reached into his backpack and pulled out the violin and bow. Teddy took the violin from him, and Kathleen took the bow. "On your last four missions, you played a magic violin, a magic Irish whistle, a magic trumpet, and a magic flute," said Kathleen.

他们。”“是的，我真的很难过，我再也见不到他们了，”杰克说。 “我们就知道你可能会这么想，”凯瑟琳说。 “梅林和摩根有东西要给你看。”泰迪说。 “但首先，我们可以要回那把神奇的小提琴和琴弓吗？”凯瑟琳问。 “哦，当然，”杰克说。他把手伸进背包，拿出小提琴和琴弓。 特迪从他手里接过小提琴，凯瑟琳拉起了弓。 凯瑟琳说：“在你过去的四次任务中，你演奏了神奇的小提琴、神奇的爱尔兰口哨、神奇的小号和神奇的长笛。”

Jack and Annie nodded. "Do you remember where the magic came from?" said Kathleen. She tossed the violin bow into the air. It was still for a moment. Then it began to twirl around and around. There was a flash of blue light. The violin and bow disappeared. Floating in the air was an object shaped like the spiraled horn of a unicorn. "The Wand of Dianthus!" Jack and Annie said together. "Yes," said Kathleen. She plucked the wand from the air and handed it to Merlin. Merlin closed his eyes. He waved the Wand of Dianthus in a circle and whispered words Jack couldn't understand.

杰克和安妮点了点头。“你还记得魔法是从哪里来的吗？”凯瑟琳说。 她把小提琴弓抛向空中。 寂静了一会儿。 然后它开始不停地旋转。 一道蓝光一闪而过。 小提琴和琴弓不见了。 空中漂浮着一个东西，形状像独角兽的螺旋角。 “Dianthus的魔杖！”杰克和安妮一起说。 “是的，”凯瑟琳说。她从空中摘下魔杖，递给梅林。 梅林闭上了眼睛。他绕着一圈挥舞着Dianthus魔杖，低声说着杰克听不懂的话。