Ch7-Something Very Weird

CHAPTER SEVEN Something Very Weird Her trunk high in the air, Morning Breeze kept sniffing the hot wind. "We'll get her away from here!" Jack said to Annie. "Then you and I can walk back to the tree house!" "Great!" said Annie. "Go!" Jack yelled again at the elephant. "Go home! Go home!" He looked over his shoulder.

她的树干高高挂在空中，晨风不停地嗅着热风。 “我们会把她弄走的！”杰克对安妮说。 “然后你和我可以走回树屋！”“太好了！”安妮说。 “走吧!”杰克又对着大象大喊。 “回家!回家!”他回头看了看。

He was afraid the Great Mogul might change his mind and send his guards after them. Morning Breeze let out a long, deep rumble and flapped her ears, as if she'd finally heard a distant call or caught a special scent. Her rumbling cries grew louder and louder—rrrrrrRRRRRR! She lumbered away from the drawbridge of the Red Fort. Jack was sure the elephant would start down the street filled with horses and oxcarts. But Morning Breeze headed up the other street, the one that went through the bazaar. "No, no! Go the other way!" cried Jack. The elephant began to run. Her flat oval feet thumped against the road as she headed toward the tents and stalls of the bazaar. The street was crowded with merchants and shoppers—bearded men in colorful coats and women in outfits that completely hid their faces and bodies. "Watch out, everyone!" Annie cried. As the elephant ran between the busy stalls, everyone scrambled out of her way. "Sorry! Sorry!" yelled Jack. "Rogue elephant!" a banana seller shouted.

他担心大莫卧儿会改变主意，派卫兵去追捕他们。 晨风发出一声又长又深的隆隆声，拍打着耳朵，仿佛她终于听到了远方的呼唤，或者闻到了一种特殊的气味。 她的隆隆声哭声音越来越大,louder-rrrrrrRRRRRR !她笨重地离开了红堡的吊桥。 杰克确信大象会沿着满是马和牛车的街道出发。 但“晨风”朝另一条街走去，那条穿过集市的街。 “不,不!走另一条路！”杰克喊道。 大象开始跑。 她那双扁平的椭圆形的脚砰砰地踩在路上，朝集市上的帐篷和摊位走去。 街上挤满了商人和购物者——留着胡子的男人穿着五颜六色的外套，女人穿着完全遮住脸和身体的衣服。 “大家小心！”安妮哭了。 当大象在繁忙的摊位之间奔跑时，每个人都争先恐后地为她让路。 “对不起!对不起！”杰克喊道。 “流氓大象！”一个卖香蕉的喊道。

"Sorry! Sorry!" Jack kept shouting. Morning Breeze knocked over wooden poles that supported white tents. The tents collapsed onto burlap bags filled with figs, rice, and peas. She knocked over baskets of lemons, oranges, and pineapples. Angry merchants yelled and shook their fists. "She's from the wild! She can't help it!" Annie cried. "Sorry! Sorry!" Jack said. Morning Breeze pulled down hanging silk shawls and carpets with her trunk. The silk merchant shouted with rage. He and the other sellers grabbed sticks and charged at the elephant. Jack and Annie scrunched down in their small straw carriage. "Hurry! Go! Go!" Jack called to Morning Breeze. With the merchants all chasing after her, Morning Breeze bolted from the bazaar. She started down a narrow pebbled road that soon became a dirt path. She left the bearded merchants shouting angrily in the dust.

“对不起!对不起!”杰克不停地喊着。 晨风吹倒了支撑白色帐篷的木杆。 帐篷倒塌在麻袋上，麻袋里装满了无花果、大米和豌豆。 她打翻了一篮子柠檬、橙子和菠萝。 愤怒的商人们挥舞着拳头大喊大叫。 “她是从野外来的！”她没办法！”安妮哭了。 “对不起!对不起!”杰克说。 晨风用箱子拉下了挂着的丝巾和地毯。 丝绸商人愤怒地喊道。 他和其他小贩抓起棍子向大象冲去。 杰克和安妮蜷缩在他们的小稻草马车里。 “快点!走吧!去吧!”杰克对“晨风”喊道。 在商人们的追逐下，晨风跑出了集市。 她沿着一条狭窄的鹅卵石路出发，那条路很快就变成了一条土路。 她把那些留着胡子的商人留在尘土中生气地喊叫。

Morning Breeze kept running down the path, passing farms with small mud huts. Sheep and goats bleated and scuttled out of her way. Chickens clucked and scattered. Her bells jangling wildly, the elephant clomped past women and girls tending outdoor cooking fires. She lumbered past men and boys unloading hay from wooden carts. "Hi! Hi! Excuse us!" Annie yelled, waving. Jack tried to smile as he clung to the sides of the swaying carriage. No one smiled or waved back. Everyone stared in shock as the elephant thundered by.

晨风沿着小路不停地跑着，经过有小泥屋的农场。 绵羊和山羊咩咩地叫着，赶紧给她让路。 鸡咯咯地叫着，散了。 她的铃铛疯狂地叮当作响，大象从那些在户外生火做饭的妇女和女孩身边走过。 她笨重地走过从木车上卸下干草的男人和男孩。 “嗨!嗨！原谅我们吧!”安妮喊道，挥手。 杰克紧紧抓住摇晃的马车的两侧，努力挤出笑容。 没有人微笑或挥手回应。 大象轰鸣而过，每个人都震惊地盯着他看。

Morning Breeze ran to the end of the dirt path. But she didn't stop there. She kept running, cutting her own path through a sun-scorched field. Jack felt as if they were riding a big gray ship on waves of tall yellow grass. "This is fun!" said Annie. Not really, thought Jack. Where in the world were they going? A million insects hummed and buzzed. Butterflies and dragonflies darted about. The elephant burst from the sea of grass and charged into a scrubby forest. As she plowed through shrubs and trees, birds cawed and flapped out of the brush. "Okay, slow down, Morning Breeze!" yelled Jack. "You're back in the wild, so you can let us off now! We need to—" Before he could finish, the elephant lifted her trunk and let out a loud shriek. She reared up on her hind legs. Jack and Annie tumbled out of the carriage. They slid down the elephant's back and fell onto the ground. Morning Breeze shrieked again and tore away through the forest.

晨风跑到土路的尽头。 但她并没有就此止步。 她不停地跑着，在一片被太阳晒焦的田野上开辟出自己的路。 杰克觉得他们好像是坐在一艘灰色的大船上，在高高的黄草上航行。 “这很有趣！”安妮说。 不完全是，杰克想。他们到底要去哪里？ 一百万只昆虫嗡嗡作响。 蝴蝶和蜻蜓飞来飞去。 大象冲出草海，冲进了一个灌木丛生的森林。 当她犁地穿过灌木丛和树木时，鸟儿呱呱地叫着，拍打着翅膀飞出灌木丛。 “好了，慢点，晨风！”杰克喊道。 “你回到了野外，所以你现在可以放我们下去了！”我们需要——”他还没说完，大象就抬起鼻子，发出一声尖叫。 她用后腿站立起来。 杰克和安妮从马车里摔了下来。 他们从大象背上滑下来，摔在地上。 晨风又尖叫了一声，飞快地穿过森林。

Jack and Annie lay in the dirt. They heard the elephant trampling plants and crashing through bushes. They heard her bells jangling. Then the sounds faded away. "Are you okay?" Annie asked. "Yep," said Jack. "But that wasn't very polite of her." Annie laughed. "Well, you asked her to let us off," she said. "Yeah, but not dump us off," said Jack. He waved away flies and slapped at mosquitoes. He felt sweaty and thirsty and exhausted. "I wonder how long it will take us to get back to the tree house?" "I don't know—let's just start retracing our steps," said Annie. Jack and Annie stood up and brushed the dirt off their coats. "Hey, where's your bag?" asked Annie. "My bag?" said Jack. Where was it? He whirled around. He saw it lying in the grass. "There!" he said. He hurried to his bag and picked it up. It was open. "Oh, no!" He reached in and pulled out their research book, the blue bottle,

杰克和安妮躺在泥土里。 他们听到大象践踏植物和穿过灌木丛的声音。 他们听到她的铃铛叮当作响。 然后声音渐渐消失了。 “你还好吗？”安妮问。 “是的，”杰克说。“但她这样做很不礼貌。” 安妮笑了。“是你让她放我们一马的，”她说。 “是啊，但别把我们扔下。”杰克说。 他挥挥手赶走苍蝇，拍打蚊子。 他感到汗流浃背，又渴又累。 “我想知道我们回到树屋要花多长时间？”“我不知道——我们还是往回走吧，”安妮说。 杰克和安妮站起来，掸掉外套上的灰尘。 “嘿，你的包呢？”安妮问。 “我的包？”杰克说。它在哪里？ 他转过身来。他看见它躺在草地上。 “那里！”他说。他急忙走到包跟前，把它捡了起来。 门是开着的。“哦,不!”他把手伸进去，拿出他们的研究书，那只蓝色的瓶子，