Ch6-Morning Breeze

CHAPTER SIX Morning Breeze "Your Majesty, sir!" Annie called to the Great Mogul. "She's just an animal! Please don't let anyone hurt her!" "Shhh! You can't talk to him!" Jack whispered furiously. "Please help her!" Annie said to the Great Mogul. "She doesn't know how great you are. She doesn't know she should respect you."

第六章晨风“陛下，先生！”安妮向大蒙兀儿喊道。 “她只是个动物！”请不要让任何人伤害她！”“嘘!你不能跟他说话！”杰克愤怒地小声说。 “请帮帮她！”安妮对大莫卧儿说。 “她不知道你有多棒。 她不知道她应该尊重你。”

The Great Mogul kept staring at Annie but said nothing. "Don't you love animals?" Annie asked. The Great Mogul didn't answer. "Don't you love anything?" asked Annie. The ambassadors gasped. Two of the guards grabbed Annie by her arms. "No, please, she—he can't help it!" Jack explained to the guards. "That's just the way my brother is. He can't stop himself from talking. Please, tell your ruler that!" The Great Mogul murmured something to a bodyguard. Then he turned and left the balcony. The guard looked startled. He said something in a low voice to the men holding Annie. Jack held his breath. Were they going to drag her away? To his surprise, the guards let Annie go. "Is the Great Mogul going to punish the elephant?" Annie asked. "No, he is not," a guard said. "He has given her to you as a gift." "What?" said Jack. "Really?" said Annie.

大蒙兀儿一直盯着安妮，但什么也没说。 “你不喜欢动物吗？”安妮问。 大莫卧儿没有回答。 “你什么都不爱吗？”安妮问。 大使们倒吸了一口气。两个卫兵抓住安妮的胳膊。 “不，求你了，她——他没办法！”杰克向警卫解释道。 “我哥哥就是这样。 他忍不住要说话。 请告诉你们的统治者！”大蒙兀儿对一个保镖喃喃地说了些什么。 然后他转身离开了阳台。 卫兵显得很吃惊。 他低声对抱着安妮的人说了些什么。 杰克屏住了呼吸。他们要把她拖走吗？ 令他吃惊的是，守卫们放了安妮。 “大蒙兀儿要惩罚大象吗？”安妮问。 “不，他不是，”一名警卫说。 “他把她当作礼物送给你了。” “什么？”杰克说。“真的吗？”安妮说。

"Given her to us as a gift? What does that mean, exactly?" Jack asked. "It means you must take her home," said the guard. "Back to your own country." "Take the elephant home?" said Jack. "Come with me," the guard said. "Come on, Jack!" Annie called as she hurried after the guard, leaving the balcony. "Take the elephant home?" Jack repeated. The ambassadors were still gaping at him. "Who are you?" one of them asked. "Where are you from?" "Jack, ambassador from Frog Creek," said Jack. "Excuse me." In a daze, he hurried after Annie and the guard. When he caught up to them, he whispered to Annie, "Have you lost your mind? We can't take an elephant home!" "We can't let her stay here, either," said Annie. "They'll punish her!" "Okay. Then you can be the one who carries her up the rope ladder," said Jack. "Ha-ha," said Annie. "It's not ha-ha," said Jack, "it's insane."

“把她作为礼物送给我们？” 这到底是什么意思？”杰克问。 “意思是你必须带她回家，”卫兵说。 “滚回你自己的国家去。” “把大象带回家？”杰克说。 “跟我来，”卫兵说。 “加油，杰克！”安妮一边叫着，一边匆匆地跟在警卫后面，离开了阳台。 “把大象带回家？”杰克重复。 大使们仍然目瞪口呆地看着他。 “你是谁？”其中一个问道。 “你是哪里人？”“杰克，蛙溪的大使。”杰克说。 “对不起。”他迷迷糊糊地追赶着安妮和警卫。 当他赶上他们时，他低声对安妮说：“你疯了吗？ 我们不能把大象带回家！”“我们也不能让她留在这里，”安妮说。 “他们会惩罚她的！”“好吧。 “那么你就可以把她抬上绳梯了。”杰克说。 “哈哈，”安妮说。“这不是哈哈，”杰克说，“这是疯了。”

"Look, let's just get her out of the Red Fort first," said Annie. "Then we'll figure out what to do." Jack and Annie followed the guard until they emerged at the edge of the square in front of the Hall of Public Audience. Several guards were scuffling with the elephant. They had a rope around her neck. Her ears were flapping. She was snorting and stamping her feet.

“听着，我们还是先把她弄出红堡吧，”安妮说。 “然后我们会想办法的。” 杰克和安妮跟着警卫，直到他们出现在公共观众大厅前的广场边缘。 几个警卫在和大象扭打。 他们用绳子套住了她的脖子。 她的耳朵在拍打。她一边哼哼一边跺着脚。

The guards pulled on the rope, forcing the elephant down on her knees. Her eyes looked desperate and furious. "Hey, don't hurt her!" Jack blurted out. A guard pointed his saber at Jack. "Climb on. Now. Both of you," he said. "You have caused enough trouble this day. It is a miracle you are still alive!" Jack clutched his bag and scrambled awkwardly into the straw carriage on the elephant's back. Annie climbed in behind him. Crammed together, they gripped the sides of the carriage. "Her name is Morning Breeze!" the guard shouted. "Take her back to your own land! Go now! Before the Great Mogul changes his mind!" As if obeying the guard, Morning Breeze rose to her full height. She moved quickly across the square and headed down the stone road that led to the gate. Jack and Annie bounced up and down. They clutched the sides of the straw carriage, trying not to fall out. Jack could hear the guards roaring with laughter behind them. "Slow down!" Jack shouted to the elephant.

守卫们拉绳子，迫使大象跪下来。 她的眼神显得绝望而愤怒。 “嘿，别伤害她！”杰克脱口而出。 一个警卫用军刀指着杰克。 “爬上。现在。你们两个。”他说。 “你今天惹的麻烦够多了。 你还活着真是个奇迹！”杰克抓着他的包，笨拙地爬上大象背上的稻草马车。 安妮从他身后爬了进来。 他们挤在一起，紧紧抓住车厢的两边。 “她的名字叫晨风！”卫兵喊道。 “带她回到你自己的土地上！”现在就去吧!在伟大的莫卧儿改变主意之前！”“晨风”仿佛服从了卫兵的命令，站起身来。 她迅速穿过广场，沿着通往大门的石头路走去。 杰克和安妮跳上跳下。 他们紧紧抓住稻草马车的两边，尽量不掉下来。 杰克能听到他们身后的卫兵们哄堂大笑。 “慢!”杰克对大象喊道。

But Morning Breeze ran even faster, her big leathery ears flapping and her bells jangling. "She's more like a wind than a breeze!" shouted Annie. "More like a tornado!" Jack yelled. Morning Breeze thundered through the gate and over the wooden drawbridge. Jack and Annie held on to the sides of the carriage for dear life. After she'd crossed the moat, the elephant finally slowed to a walk. Morning Breeze held her trunk high. She seemed to be sniffing the hot wind. Her ears spread out as if she were listening for a distant sound. "We're near the tree house! It's right there in that row of trees!" said Jack. "We have the emerald rose. If we can just make her stop, we can jump off and go home. We can get out of this heat and away from this place—" "I know, I know," said Annie. "But—" "Stop! Stop, Morning Breeze!" said Jack. "Let us off!" "But what about her?" said Annie. "We can't just leave her here by herself!"

但“晨风”跑得更快了，她那皮革般的大耳朵扑扇着，铃铛叮当作响。 “她更像一阵风，而不是微风！”安妮喊道。 “更像龙卷风！”杰克喊道。 晨风呼啸而过，吹过木桥。 杰克和安妮紧紧抓住马车的两边，死命不放。 她渡过护城河后，大象终于放慢了脚步。 晨风高高举起她的树干。 她似乎在嗅着热风。 她的耳朵张开，好像在倾听远处的声音。 “我们快到树屋了！”它就在那排树上！”杰克说。 “我们有翡翠玫瑰。 如果我们能让她停下来，我们就可以跳下去回家了。 我们可以避开这热天气，离开这个地方——”“我知道，我知道，”安妮说。 “但是——”“停止!停下来，晨风！”杰克说。 “我们走吧！”“那她怎么办？”安妮说。 “我们不能把她一个人留在这里！”