Ch8-Into the Rough

CHAPTER EIGHT Into the Rough Jack and Annie huddled in the loft near Sam. As the wind whistled between the logs, Jack could feel the boy's sadness. "Thank you," Sam said. "But I have to get up now—have to do chores—help Sarah." "No, not now," said Annie. "Maybe Sarah can take care of your chores when she gets home."

杰克和安妮挤在萨姆旁边的阁楼里。 风在圆木间呼啸，杰克能感觉到男孩的悲伤。 “谢谢你，”萨姆说。“但我现在得起床了——我得做家务——帮莎拉。” “不，现在不行，”安妮说。 “也许莎拉回家后可以帮你做家务。”

"She'll be too tired," said Sam. "She has to walk a long way home. With Pa gone, she can't sleep—hears wolves and wildcats all night." "Really? Are there wolves and wildcats around here?" said Jack. "Plenty," Sam said. "I have to do my chores—" He tried to sit up. "Not until you feel better," Annie said firmly. "You lie here and rest. We'll do your chores. Just tell us what to do. We'll be happy to do it. Won't we, Jack?" "Uh, sure…," said Jack. "What are your chores, Sam?" Sam lay back and took a deep breath. "Split wood," he said, closing his eyes, "milk cow, get water from spring…" Jack slipped the pencil and notebook out of his back pocket and wrote: split wood milk cow get water from spring

“她会太累的，”萨姆说。 “她得走很长的路回家。 爸爸走了，她睡不着觉——整夜都能听到狼和野猫的声音。” “真的吗?这附近有狼和野猫吗？”杰克问。 “很多，”萨姆说。“我得做家务——”他试着坐起来。 “等你感觉好些了再说。”安妮坚定地说。 “你躺在这里休息吧。我们会帮你做家务。 告诉我们该怎么做。我们很乐意这么做。 是不是，杰克？”“嗯，当然……”杰克说。 “萨姆，你的家务是什么？”萨姆躺下，深吸了一口气。 “劈开的木头，”他闭上眼睛说，“奶牛，从泉水里取水……”杰克从后口袋里掏出铅笔和笔记本，写道：劈开的木头，奶牛从泉水里取水

"Where's the spring?" asked Jack. "Just a mile away, through the rough," said Sam. "The rough?" said Jack. "No problem," said Annie. "Anything else to do?" "Make corn bread, then do homework in speller book…," said Sam. Jack added to his list: make corn bread homework in speller book "That's it?" said Jack. "Yes," said Sam. "Good. We can do that!" said Annie. We can? thought Jack. Milk cow? Make corn bread? And what's "the rough"? "Sam, where's the rough?" asked Jack. But Sam had fallen asleep. "Sam?" said Jack. "Shhh, let him sleep," Annie whispered. Jack nodded. He followed Annie down from the loft and across the dirt floor. She pushed aside the

“泉水在哪里？”杰克问。 “就在一英里外，穿过崎岖不平的地方，”萨姆说。 “粗糙的？”杰克说。“没问题，”安妮说。 “还有别的事要做吗？”“做玉米面包，然后做拼字作业……”萨姆说。 杰克在他的清单上又加了一条：在拼字书里做玉米面包。“就这样？”杰克说。 “是的，”萨姆说。“很好。我们可以做到！”安妮说。 我们可以吗?杰克想。奶牛? 做玉米面包？什么是“粗糙”？ “萨姆，粗糙的东西在哪里？”杰克问。 但是萨姆已经睡着了。 “萨姆？”杰克说。“嘘，让他睡吧。”安妮低声说。 杰克点了点头。他跟着安妮下了阁楼，穿过泥土地板。 她把桌子推开。

bearskin, and they stepped out of the cabin. "Why did you promise to do Sam's chores?" said Jack. "We don't know how to do all that stuff." "It was the only way to keep him from trying to work," said Annie. "He really needs to rest. Don't worry. We can figure them out. What's first?" Jack looked at their list. "Split wood," he said. "How hard could that be?" said Annie. "There's the woodpile. There's the ax." She strode over to a stack of wood in the front yard. An ax was sunk into a fat log. Annie rubbed her hands together, then wrapped them around the ax's long handle. She pulled and pulled, but the ax didn't budge. "Let me try," said Jack. Annie stepped aside. Jack gripped the handle and pulled as hard as he could. But the ax stayed in the log. "Forget it," said Jack. "It's like trying to pull the sword from the stone." Annie laughed. "I guess we're not meant to be king," she said. "So, what's next?" "Milk cow," Jack read from his list.

熊皮人，他们走出了小屋。 “你为什么答应帮萨姆做家务？”杰克说。 “我们不知道怎么做这些事情。” “这是唯一能让他不去工作的办法，”安妮说。 “他真的需要休息。别担心。 我们可以算出来。第一个是什么?”杰克看了看他们的名单。 “劈柴，”他说。“这能有多难呢？”安妮说。 “那是柴堆。斧头在那儿。” 她大步走向前院的一堆木头。 一把斧头陷进了一根粗圆木里。 安妮搓了搓双手，然后把它们放在斧头的长柄上。 她拉了又拉，但斧头纹丝不动。 “让我试试，”杰克说。安妮站到一边。 杰克紧紧抓住把手，使劲拉。 但是斧头留在了木头里。 “算了吧，”杰克说。“这就像试图从石头中拔出剑一样。” 安妮笑了。“我想我们注定不是国王，”她说。 “那么，下一步是什么？”“奶牛，”杰克照着单子念。

"All righty," Annie said cheerfully. She led the way to the shed next to the cabin. Inside the shed, a cow was eating hay and swishing her tail. A three-legged stool and a tin pail stood in the corner. "You try first," said Annie. "Me?" said Jack. "I tried the ax first," said Annie. Jack put the pail under the cow and moved the stool close to her. Then he sat down. The cow gave Jack a look. Then she whipped him in the face with her tail. "Oww!" said Jack. He leaned forward and stared at the cow's udder. Jack looked up at Annie. "I have no idea what to do," he said. Annie laughed again. "Me neither," she said. "We'll come back to this, too. What's next?" Jack jumped up from the stool and looked at their list. "Get water from the spring," he said. "I saw two jugs by the door," said Annie. "I'll get them." She ran to the cabin and came back a moment later with two brown jugs. "Heavy," Annie warned. She gave one to Jack.

“好吧，”安妮高兴地说。 她带路来到小屋旁边的小屋。 在棚里，一头母牛正在吃干草，摇着尾巴。 一个三脚凳和一个锡桶立在角落里。 “你先试试，”安妮说。 “我？”杰克说。“我先试了斧头，”安妮说。 杰克把桶放在奶牛下面，把凳子挪近奶牛。 然后他坐了下来。母牛看了杰克一眼。 然后她用尾巴抽打他的脸。 “哇！”杰克说。他身体前倾，盯着奶牛的乳房。 杰克抬头看着安妮。“我不知道该怎么办，”他说。 安妮又笑了。“我也是，”她说。 “我们也会回到这个问题上。 下一个是什么?”杰克从凳子上跳起来，看着他们的名单。 他说：“从井里打水来。” “我看到门边有两个水罐，”安妮说。 “我去拿。”她跑到小屋，不一会儿就拿着两个棕色的罐子回来了。 “很重，”安妮警告说。她给了杰克一个。

The jug was surprisingly heavy. "They'll be heavier with water," said Jack. "This isn't going to be easy, since the spring is a mile away, 'through the rough.' Whatever that means." "I'll bet that's the rough over there," said Annie. She pointed to the woods on the other side of the clearing. Jack and Annie wound their way through the stumps and stone piles until they came to the woodsy area, thick with underbrush. Wild grapevines twisted through bushes and around bare branches of small trees, binding it all together. "It looks rough all right," said Jack. Annie pointed to a narrow path. "I'll bet that's how to get to the spring," she said. "Want to give it a try?" "Sure," said Jack. "Let's go."

这壶出奇地重。 “它们在水里会更重，”杰克说。 “这并不容易，因为春天在一英里之外，‘穿过崎岖地带’。”不管那是什么意思。” 安妮说：“我敢打赌，那边一定是粗糙的。” 她指着空地另一边的树林。 杰克和安妮蜿蜒穿过树桩和石堆，来到了茂密的灌木丛。 野生葡萄藤缠绕在灌木丛中，缠绕在小树光秃秃的树枝上，把这一切都捆在一起。 “看起来很粗糙，”杰克说。 安妮指着一条狭窄的小路。 “我敢打赌，这就是去泉水的路，”她说。 “想试一试吗？”“当然，”杰克说。 “我们走吧。”