Ch9-Lovers of Knowledge

CHAPTER NINE Lovers of Knowledge Jack and Annie crawled over to the soldier lying in the snow. "Hi there," said Annie, gently shaking him. The young man opened his eyes. "Who are you?" he asked in a hoarse voice. "Where are the dogs?"

第九章知识的情人杰克和安妮爬到躺在雪地里的士兵身边。 “你好，”安妮说，轻轻地摇了摇他。 年轻人睁开了眼睛。 “你是谁？”他用嘶哑的声音问道。 “狗在哪儿？”

"The dogs are gone. We're Jack and Annie," said Annie. "We won't leave you." "Thank you," breathed the young soldier, and he closed his eyes again. He was trembling with cold. Annie pulled off her monk's robe and tucked it around the soldier. Jack did the same. Annie began rubbing one of the soldier's shaking hands, and Jack rubbed the other. As the snow flew around them, Jack wondered what to do. Where was Barry? How could they get the soldier up on his feet? How would they find their way back to the monastery? "Listen," said Annie, as if answering Jack's questions. Jack heard distant voices. He heard booming barks. People were coming to help! And Barry was leading the way. The huge dog bounded down the narrow passage to the young soldier. He seemed startled when he saw Jack and Annie. He sniffed them, and then barked his booming bark. Jack wasn't sure what Barry was saying now. He wondered if it might be: "HOW THE HECK

“狗走了。我们是杰克和安妮，”安妮说。 “我们不会离开你的。”“谢谢你。”年轻的士兵轻轻地说，他又闭上了眼睛。 他冷得发抖。 安妮脱下她的僧袍，把它裹在士兵身上。 杰克也这样做了。安妮开始揉着士兵颤抖的一只手，杰克揉着另一只手。 雪花在他们周围飞舞，杰克不知道该怎么办。 巴里在哪里？他们怎样才能使那个士兵站起来呢？ 他们怎么才能找到回修道院的路呢？ “听着，”安妮说，好像在回答杰克的问题。 杰克听到了远处的声音。 他听到了隆隆的吠叫。人们都来帮忙了！巴里在前面带路。 那条大狗沿着狭窄的通道向年轻的士兵跳去。 当他看到杰克和安妮时，他似乎吓了一跳。 他嗅了嗅它们，然后大声地吠着。 杰克不确定巴里现在在说什么。 他想知道这可能是：“怎么回事

DID YOU CHANGE FROM DOGS BACK INTO PEOPLE?" "Magic," Jack said. Barry just panted, but Jack had the feeling he understood. "Hello!" Brother Michael was hurrying up the narrow passage. Behind him were the two French soldiers who had stopped earlier at the monastery. The soldiers dropped to their knees and helped lift the avalanche victim to his feet. They wrapped Jack's and Annie's robes tightly around him. "Did Barry find you?" Jack asked Brother Michael. "Yes. We had just met these soldiers on the pass when Barry came running up to us," said the monk. "How did he get out of the monastery?" "He escaped when we weren't looking," said Jack. "When we found him, he led us to the buried soldier." "Amazing!" said Brother Michael. Barry wagged his tail. It didn't seem to worry him any longer that Jack and Annie had turned back into people. Dogs accept whatever comes along, Jack thought.

你从狗变回人了吗？”“魔法。”杰克说。 巴里只是喘着气，但杰克觉得他明白了。 “你好!”迈克尔修士正匆匆穿过狭窄的通道。 在他身后是两名法国士兵，他们早些时候在修道院停了下来。 士兵们双膝跪下，帮助把雪崩的受害者扶起来。 他们把杰克和安妮的长袍紧紧地裹在他身上。 “巴里找到你了吗？”杰克问迈克尔修士。 “是的。我们刚在山口遇到这些士兵，巴里就向我们跑来了。” “他是怎么逃出修道院的？”“他趁我们不注意的时候逃走了。”杰克说。 “当我们找到他时，他带我们找到了被埋葬的士兵。” “太神奇了！”迈克尔修士说。 巴里摇了摇尾巴。杰克和安妮已经变回了人，这似乎不再让他担心了。 狗接受任何发生的事情，杰克想。

"We must help this young man to the monastery," said Brother Michael. The two soldiers lifted the rescued man to his feet and helped him walk. "Barry, lead us home!" Barry took the lead with Jack and Annie. The three soldiers and Brother Michael followed. "I loved being a dog," Jack whispered to Annie. "I loved all of it. Didn't you? Didn't you love it?" "Of course I did!" said Annie, grinning. "Playing with you and Barry was one of the happiest things I've done in my life," said Jack. "And we helped teach him stuff, and we helped him save a life!" "I know," said Annie. As he hurried through the snow beside Barry, Jack tried to remember how it felt to be a dog. He moved quickly, keeping in step with Barry's prancing gait. He inhaled the cold, fresh wind, smelling woodsmoke and falling snow. By the time they had all reached the monastery, the wind and snow had stopped. Jack held the door for Brother Michael and the three soldiers. Then he, Annie, and Barry followed them inside.

“我们必须把这个年轻人送到修道院，”迈克尔修士说。 这两个士兵把被救的人扶起来，扶他走。 “巴里，带我们回家吧！”巴瑞带着杰克和安妮走了。 三个士兵和迈克尔修士跟在后面。 “我喜欢当狗，”杰克低声对安妮说。 “我喜欢这一切。不是吗? 你不喜欢吗？”“当然了！”安妮笑着说。 “和你和巴里一起玩是我这辈子做过的最开心的事情之一，”杰克说。 “我们帮他教了一些东西，还帮他救了一条命！”“我知道，”安妮说。 杰克在巴里身边匆匆穿过雪地，努力回忆做狗的感觉。 他快速移动，与巴里跳跃的步伐保持同步。 他吸着寒冷而清新的风，闻到了柴烟和飘落的雪的味道。 当他们到达修道院时，风和雪已经停了。 杰克为迈克尔修士和三个士兵扶着门。 然后他、安妮和巴里跟着他们进去了。

Father Laurent and another man were waiting for them in the torchlit hallway. The man wore a long gray overcoat and a large black hat in the shape of a triangle. He had a pale face, and his gray eyes were deeply set above a long, straight nose. Jack thought he looked familiar. "So the missing officer has been found! Wonderful!" said Father Laurent. "Brother Michael, please make him comfortable by the fire in the parlor. Bring him some hot soup." Brother Michael led the soldiers down the hall. "Jack and Annie," said Father Laurent, "may I present you to Consul Napoléon Bonaparte?" Now Jack knew why the man looked so familiar! He had seen paintings of the famous military leader in history books. Napoléon Bonaparte took off his hat and bowed his head. When he straightened up, he looked at Annie and Jack with a piercing gaze.

劳伦神父和另一个人在点着火把的走廊里等着他们。 那人穿着一件灰色长大衣，戴着一顶三角形的大黑帽子。 他脸色苍白，一双灰色的眼睛深深地嵌在又长又直的鼻子上。 杰克觉得他看起来很眼熟。 “这么说，失踪的警官找到了！”太好了！”劳伦神父说。 “迈克尔修士，请让他舒服地坐在客厅的火炉旁。 给他拿些热汤来。”迈克尔修士领着士兵们穿过大厅。 “杰克和安妮，”劳伦神父说，“我可以把你们介绍给拿破仑·波拿巴领事吗？”现在杰克知道为什么那个人看起来那么眼熟了！他在历史书上看到过这位著名军事领袖的画像。 拿破仑·波拿巴摘下帽子，低下了头。 他直起身子，用锐利的目光看着安妮和杰克。

"Am I to understand you have saved my man from a snowy grave?" Napoléon Bonaparte said. "Not us, Consul, sir," said Jack. "It was Barry." The big dog was swinging his tail and panting. "Barry saved the lost soldier?" exclaimed Father Laurent. "Oh, my! I knew that you were trying to train him. But I had no idea you could work miracles! How did you do it?" "Well… I guess we know how to think like dogs," said Jack.

“你是把我的人从白雪皑皑的坟墓里救了出来吗？”拿破仑说。 “不是我们，领事先生。”杰克说。 “是巴里。”那只大狗摇着尾巴喘气。 “巴里救了那个走失的士兵？”劳伦神父叫道。 “哦,我的天!我知道你想训练他。 但我不知道你能创造奇迹！你是怎么做到的？”“嗯……我想我们知道如何像狗一样思考，”杰克说。