Ch11-Breaking the Spell

Breaking the Spell A crescent moon hung low in the dark purple sky. A few stars still twinkled. Jack and Annie didn't move for a moment, breathing in the clean, fresh air. Jack broke the silence. "It looks like we made it to Camelot before break of day." "Yep. Where did we land exactly?" said Annie. Jack turned on their flashlight. He pointed it out the window. The light shone on trees, their branches heavy with golden apples. "I'll bet we're in the orchard where we landed the last time we were here," said Jack. "Turn off the light," whispered Annie. "I think I see something in the distance." Jack switched off the flashlight. A different kind of light was shining in the dark orchard—a flickering light that moved toward

一轮新月低低地挂在深紫色的天空中。 还有几颗星星在闪烁。 杰克和安妮片刻也没动，呼吸着清新的空气。 杰克打破了沉默。“看来我们天亮前就到了卡梅洛特” “是的。我们到底在哪里着陆的？”安妮说。 杰克打开手电筒。 他指着窗外。 阳光照在树上，树枝上挂满了金苹果。 “我敢打赌，我们现在是在我们上次降落的果园里。”杰克说。 “关灯，”安妮小声说。 “我想我看到远处有什么东西。” 杰克关掉了手电筒。 黑暗的果园里闪烁着一种不同的光——一种朝这边移动的闪烁的光

them. Jack heard leaves crunching, twigs cracking, feet running, and voices whispering. "Jack? Annie?" a boy called out. "Is that you?" a girl said. "Yes!" cried Annie. She scrambled down the rope ladder. Jack gathered up the jewel, the flower, the feather, and the panda bread. He put them in his pack and carefully climbed down after Annie. Teddy and Kathleen stood in a circle of lantern light, dressed in their long dark cloaks. They hugged Jack and Annie. "Welcome!" said Teddy. "We have been walking the grounds all night, waiting for you. Finally we saw a light above the orchard!" "Our flashlight," said Annie. "And then we saw your light!" said Jack. "We're so glad you're here!" said Kathleen. "We are, too!" said Annie. "Did you translate the last lines of the rhyme?" asked Jack. "We did, indeed," said Kathleen. "And did you bring the four things to help us break the spell?" asked Teddy.

他们。杰克听到树叶嘎吱嘎吱的声音，树枝嘎吱的声音，脚步声和窃窃私语的声音。 “杰克?安妮？”一个男孩喊道。 “是你吗？”一个女孩说。 “是的！”安妮叫道。她爬下绳梯。 杰克拾起珠宝、花、羽毛和熊猫面包。 他把它们放进背包里，小心翼翼地跟着安妮爬了下来。 特迪和凯萨琳穿着长长的黑斗篷，站在灯笼的灯光下。 他们拥抱了杰克和安妮。 “欢迎！”泰迪说。“我们整晚都在院子里等着你。 最后我们看到果园上方有灯光！”“我们的手电筒，”安妮说。 “然后我们看到了你的光！”杰克说。 “我们很高兴你来了！”凯瑟琳说。 “我们也是！”安妮说。 “你把押韵的最后几行翻译了吗？”杰克问。 “确实是这样，”凯瑟琳说。 “你带来了帮助我们打破魔咒的四样东西吗？”泰迪问。

"We did, indeed!" said Annie. "They're all in my backpack," said Jack. "Wonderful," said Kathleen. "We knew if anyone could find them, it would be you two." "You have brought the four special things, and now we are all together. It is time to undo the spell," said Teddy. "Yay!" said Annie. "Yay, indeed," said Teddy. "Come along! Before the sun rises!" Teddy and Kathleen started back the way they'd come, and Jack and Annie followed. Together, they wove between the trees in the fresh dawn air.

“真的！”安妮说。 “它们都在我的背包里，”杰克说。 “太好了，”凯瑟琳说。 “我们知道，如果有人能找到他们，那一定是你们俩。” “你带来了四样特别的东西，现在我们都在一起了。 是时候解除咒语了。”泰迪说。 “耶！”安妮说。“是啊，真的。”泰迪说。 “过来!在太阳升起之前！”特迪和凯萨琳沿着来时的路往回走，杰克和安妮紧随其后。 他们一起在黎明的新鲜空气中穿梭于树林之间。

Finally they all emerged from the orchard. Kathleen shined the lantern on the door of a wooden cottage. "Merlin's garden house," said Jack. "Yes," said Teddy. "This is where we brought Penny from her little nest in the castle. We hoped that she might come back to life in Merlin's

最后他们都从果园里出来了。 凯萨琳把灯笼照在一间木屋的门上。 “梅林的花园别墅。”杰克说。 “是的，”泰迪说。“我们就是在这里把佩妮从城堡的小窝里带出来的。 我们希望她能在梅林之家复活

favorite place. But alas, she has not done so." He sighed. Teddy opened the door to the cottage, and they all stepped in. Jack shivered. It was damp and chilly inside, like a tomb. Kathleen placed the lantern on a table in the middle of the room. "There she is," Teddy said sadly. Penny stood on the table, lit by lantern light. The little penguin was as gray and lifeless as stone. "Penny?" said Jack. The last time he'd seen her, she'd been so cute, so warm and… alive. "Poor Penny," said Annie. She touched the penguin's beak and the top of her head. "Bring forth the four things you found to break the spell," said Teddy. Jack reached into his backpack. "Here—this is the first thing we found. It's from India," he said. He took out the emerald cut in the shape of a rose. He placed the jewel in front of Penny, where it glowed in the lantern light. "The emerald rose stands for love," Annie said. "The kind of love that rises above our faults and

最喜欢的地方。但是，唉，她并没有这样做。” 他叹了口气。特迪打开小屋的门，他们都走了进去。 杰克颤抖。里面又湿又冷，像个坟墓。 凯瑟琳把灯笼放在屋子中间的一张桌子上。 “她在那儿，”特迪伤心地说。 佩妮站在桌子上，点着灯笼。 小企鹅像石头一样灰蒙蒙的，毫无生气。 “佩妮？”杰克说。他最后一次见到她时，她是那么可爱，那么温暖，而且……充满活力。 “可怜的佩妮，”安妮说。她摸了摸企鹅的喙和她的头顶。 “把你找到的能打破魔咒的四样东西拿出来。”泰迪说。 杰克把手伸进背包。 “这里——这是我们发现的第一件东西。 它来自印度。” 他拿出那块切割成玫瑰形状的祖母绿。 他把宝石放在佩妮面前，在灯笼的灯光下闪闪发光。 “翡翠玫瑰代表着爱，”安妮说。 "这种爱超越了我们的过错和

mistakes." Jack pulled out the dried yellow and white flower and placed it next to the emerald rose. "This is from the Swiss Alps," he said. "The glacial buttercup stands for being like a little kid," Annie said. "The joyful, open spirit of childhood." "This is from Abraham Lincoln, a great president of our country," Jack said next. He took out the goose-feather quill and put it next to the flower. "This quill pen stands for the deepest kind of hope," said Annie. "The hope that one day all our sorrows will make sense." "And this is from China," said Jack. He took out the panda bread and put it next to the feather. "This is called panda bread," said Annie. "It stands for protecting animals, for loving them and speaking up for them because they can't speak for themselves." All four things were lit by the circle of glowing lantern light, along with Penny. "Teddy, stand closer, you're the spell caster," said Kathleen.

错误。”杰克拿出那朵干枯的黄白相间的花，放在那朵祖母绿的玫瑰旁边。 “这是从瑞士阿尔卑斯山来的，”他说。 “冰川毛茛代表着像个小孩一样，”安妮说。 “快乐、开放的童年精神。” “这是亚伯拉罕·林肯，我们国家伟大的总统，”杰克接着说。 他拿出鹅毛笔，放在花旁边。 “这支羽毛笔代表着最深的希望，”安妮说。 “希望有一天我们所有的悲伤都会变得有意义。” “这是从中国来的，”杰克说。 他拿出熊猫面包，把它放在羽毛旁边。 “这叫熊猫面包，”安妮说。 “它代表着保护动物，爱它们，为它们说话，因为它们不能为自己说话。” 四个东西都被一圈发光的灯笼照亮了，还有佩妮。 “泰迪，站近点，你是施法者。”凯瑟琳说。