Ch1-The Third Thing

MAGIC TREE HOUSE #47 Abe Lincoln at Last!

神奇树屋#47亚伯林肯终于来了！

CHAPTER ONE The Third Thing Annie peeked into Jack's room. "Ready?" she whispered. "Yep," said Jack. Even though it was two hours before school started, Jack and Annie were already dressed. Jack put his notebook and pencil into his backpack. Then he picked up the pack and his sneakers and

第一章第三件事安妮偷看了杰克的房间。 “准备好了吗？”“是的，”杰克说。 尽管离开学还有两个小时，杰克和安妮已经穿好衣服了。 杰克把笔记本和铅笔放进背包里。 然后他拿起背包和运动鞋，然后

followed Annie into the hall. In their sock feet, Jack and Annie tiptoed past their parents' bedroom. Then they slipped down the stairs. When they reached the front hall, Jack and Annie put on their jackets and shoes and stepped outside. The early-morning sky was gray. Everything was quiet, except for the sound of a gentle spring rain. "Should we get our raincoats?" Jack asked. "It's clearing up," said Annie. She pointed to blue sky in the distance. "Oh, good," said Jack. "Let's hurry." Jack and Annie stepped off their porch. Then they ran up the sidewalk and crossed the street. By the time they started into the Frog Creek woods, the rain had stopped. Misty rays of sunlight slanted down through the wet trees. Jack and Annie kept going until they came to the tallest oak. The leaves at the top of the tree sparkled with raindrops, and the magic tree house was lit by the morning sun. "It's waiting for us," said Jack. "I knew it would be," said Annie. She grabbed the rope ladder and started up.

跟着安妮进了大厅。 杰克和安妮穿着袜子，踮着脚尖走过父母的卧室。 然后他们滑下楼梯。 当他们到达前厅时，杰克和安妮穿上夹克和鞋子，走了出去。 清晨的天空是灰色的。 除了温柔的春雨声，一切都很安静。 “我们应该带上雨衣吗？”杰克问。 “天放晴了，”安妮说。 她指着远处的蓝天。 “哦，太好了，”杰克说。“我们快点。” 杰克和安妮走下门廊。 然后他们跑上人行道，穿过街道。 当他们开始进入青蛙溪森林时，雨已经停了。 朦胧的阳光透过潮湿的树木斜射下来。 杰克和安妮继续往前走，一直走到最高的橡树前。 树顶的叶子上闪烁着雨滴，神奇的树屋被早晨的阳光照亮了。 “它在等着我们。”杰克说。 “我就知道会的，”安妮说。 她抓起绳梯，跳了起来。

Jack climbed after her. Inside the tree house, they looked around for the two special things they had found on their last missions. "Great, they're still here," said Jack, pointing to a green jewel and a white and yellow flower in the corner. "And it looks like Teddy and Kathleen sent some stuff for us," said Annie. Lying in the shadows was a book. Next to it were a small folded note and a tiny blue bottle. Jack picked up the book. Its cover showed an old black-and-white photograph of a building. It looked like the White House in Washington, D.C. Jack gasped. "Oh, man! Abraham Lincoln!"

杰克跟着她爬了上去。在树屋里，他们四处寻找他们在上次任务中发现的两件特别的东西。 “太好了，它们还在这里。”杰克指着角落里的一颗绿色宝石和一朵黄白相间的花说。 “看起来泰迪和凯瑟琳给我们送了一些东西，”安妮说。 阴影里躺着一本书。 旁边放着一张折叠起来的小纸条和一个蓝色的小瓶子。 杰克捡起了书。它的封面是一张建筑物的黑白老照片。 它看起来就像华盛顿特区的白宫 杰克气喘吁吁地说。“哦,男人!亚伯拉罕·林肯!”

"Wow," said Annie, looking at the book's cover. "He was a great president." "No kidding," said Jack. "Do you think we're actually going to meet him?" He opened the book to the first page and read aloud: Abraham Lincoln served as president of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the country through the terrible crisis of the American Civil War. He preserved the union of states and outlawed slavery.

“哇，”安妮看着书的封面说。 “他是一位伟大的总统。” “别开玩笑了，”杰克说。“你觉得我们真的能见到他吗？”他打开书的第一页，大声朗读：亚伯拉罕·林肯从1861年3月起担任美国总统，直到1865年4月被暗杀。 他领导这个国家度过了美国内战的可怕危机。 他维护了各州的联合，并宣布奴隶制为非法。

"I can't believe it," Jack said, closing the book. "Abraham Lincoln! Do you think he's supposed to help us find the third thing to break the spell that turned Penny into a statue?" "Maybe," said Annie. "Let's see what else Teddy and Kathleen left for us.…" She picked up the tiny bottle and the note. She unfolded the note and read aloud: The third thing to break the spell is a single feather from a hero's hand. Use it wisely to give him hope— the hope he needs to heal his land. "That sounds like a riddle," said Jack. "I'll bet Abraham Lincoln is the hero," said Annie. "And"—she looked at the note again—"we have to get a feather from him. Then we'll use the feather to give him hope." "Confusing," said Jack. "A lot of our missions sound confusing at first, don't you think?" said Annie. "But in the end, they all make sense."

“我真不敢相信，”杰克合上书说。 “亚伯拉罕·林肯!你觉得他应该帮我们找到第三样东西来打破把佩妮变成雕像的魔咒吗？”“也许吧，”安妮说。 “让我们看看泰迪和凯瑟琳还给我们留下了什么。她拿起小瓶子和纸条。 她打开纸条，大声读道：第三样可以打破咒语的东西是英雄手中的一根羽毛。 明智地使用它，给他希望——他需要治愈他的土地的希望。 “这听起来像个谜语。”杰克说。 “我敢打赌亚伯拉罕·林肯就是英雄，”安妮说。 “还有，”她又看了看纸条，“我们得从他那儿弄到一根羽毛。 然后我们用这根羽毛给他希望。” “令人困惑。”杰克说。“我们的很多任务一开始听起来都很混乱，你不觉得吗？”安妮说。 “但最终，它们都是有意义的。”