Ch12-One Penguin at a Time

One Penguin at a Time "Penny! You came back! You are alive!" whispered Teddy. "Hurray!" Annie shouted. Teddy started crying again, but this time, he was laughing, too. Kathleen and Jack and Annie laughed with him, and the only tears now were tears of joy and relief. The little penguin blinked and looked at each of them, one at a time. Peep! Peep! Peep! Peep! she greeted them, waddling up and down the length of the table.

一次一只企鹅“佩妮！你回来了！你还活着！”泰迪小声说。 “加油!”安妮喊道。特迪又哭了起来，但这一次，他也笑了。 凯瑟琳、杰克和安妮也跟着笑了起来，现在唯一的眼泪是喜悦和宽慰的眼泪。 小企鹅眨着眼睛，看着他们每个人，一次一个。 偷看!偷看!偷看!偷看!她向他们打招呼，摇摇摆摆地在桌子上走来走去。

Teddy picked up Penny. He rubbed his cheek against her fuzzy head. "It's a miracle," he said softly. Trumpet blasts came from the distance. Startled, they all looked toward the window. Dawn light was creeping into Merlin's cottage. "I'm afraid you must go now," Kathleen said to Jack and Annie. "The sound of the trumpeters

泰迪抱起佩妮。他用脸颊摩擦她毛茸茸的头。 “这是个奇迹，”他轻声说。 远处传来喇叭声。 他们都吓了一跳，朝窗户望去。 黎明的曙光悄悄照进了梅林的小屋。 “恐怕你们现在必须走了，”凯瑟琳对杰克和安妮说。 "号手的声音

means that Merlin and Morgan have returned from Avalon. We could never explain all of this to them!" Kathleen laughed as she put the emerald, the flower, the feather, and the panda bread into a deep pocket of her cloak. Then she looked at Teddy. He was hugging Penny and grinning as if in a daze. "Let us bring Penny with us, Teddy," she said. "We will lead Jack and Annie back to the tree house!" The sun was rising when they left the cottage. Kathleen's cloak billowed behind her as she led them all through the orchard back to the tree house. "Good-bye," said Teddy. "I—I thank you a million times. All of Camelot thanks you—or would thank you if they knew how you had helped me." "Yes, yes, they would!" said Kathleen. She hugged Jack and Annie. "Wait," said Jack, "what was the last part of the rhyme again, the part you just translated? Do you remember?" "Yes, I do," said Teddy. Then he recited the words from memory:

梅林和摩根从阿瓦隆回来了。 我们永远无法向他们解释这一切！”凯瑟琳笑着把翡翠、花、羽毛和熊猫面包放进斗篷的深口袋里。 然后她看着泰迪。他抱着佩妮，咧嘴笑着，好像在发呆。 “我们带上佩妮吧，泰迪，”她说。 “我们将带杰克和安妮回到树屋！”他们离开小屋时，太阳正在升起。 凯瑟琳领着他们穿过果园回到树屋时，斗篷在身后翻腾。 “再见，”泰迪说。“我非常感谢你。 卡梅洛特城的所有人都感谢你——如果他们知道你是如何帮助我的，他们会感谢你的。” “是的，是的，他们会的！”凯瑟琳说。 她拥抱了杰克和安妮。 “等等，”杰克说，“你刚才翻译的押韵的最后一部分是什么来着？ 你还记得吗？”“是的，我喜欢，”泰迪说。 然后他凭记忆背诵了这句话：

When these four things come together with the one who cast the spell, the spell will then be broken and all again be well. "Oh, now I get it," said Annie. "You broke the spell, Teddy. You broke it all by yourself. By feeling all the feelings you felt for Penny, you broke the spell." "Yes," said Kathleen. "I quite think that's what happened. The four things that Jack and Annie brought back did not break the spell. They only served to awaken feelings deep within you, Teddy. And that is what really broke the spell." "Yes. You must be right," said Teddy. "I'm sorry you two had to go to such trouble to help me, and that Kathleen had to worry so. Not only Penny, but all of you suffered on my behalf." "That's okay. We loved all our missions," said Annie. "We helped an elephant find her baby. We helped a funny dog find out that he was a great dog, and a president find hope, and some pandas find their way home."

当这四样东西与施咒的人结合在一起时，咒语就会被打破，一切都会好起来。 “哦，现在我明白了，”安妮说。 “你打破了魔咒，泰迪。 都是你一个人弄坏的。 通过感受你对佩妮的感觉，你打破了魔咒。” “是的，”凯瑟琳说。“我认为事情就是这样。 杰克和安妮带回来的四样东西并没有打破魔咒。 它们只会唤醒你内心深处的感情，泰迪。 这才是真正打破魔咒的原因。” “是的。你一定是对的，”泰迪说。 “我很抱歉你们俩费了这么大的劲来帮助我，也很抱歉让凯瑟琳这么担心。 不只是佩妮，你们所有人都为我受苦。” “没关系。我们喜欢我们所有的任务，”安妮说。 “我们帮助一只大象找到了她的孩子。 我们帮助一只有趣的狗发现他是一只伟大的狗，帮助一位总统找到希望，帮助一些熊猫找到回家的路。”

"All because you were trying to help Penny," said Kathleen. "True," said Jack, stroking the little penguin. "It's weird how that works sometimes." The trumpets sounded again. "Hurry," said Kathleen. "They're getting closer." Annie brushed her hand down Penny's back. "Bye, Penny," she said. Peep. "And peep to you," said Jack. He kissed the top of the penguin's fuzzy head. Jack and Annie then scrambled up the rope ladder into the tree house. Annie grabbed the Pennsylvania book, while Jack hurried to the window. Sunlight poured into the tree house, making it blindingly bright. Trumpet sounds filled the fresh morning air. "I wish we could go home!" Annie said, pointing to a picture of the Frog Creek woods. "Farewell!" Teddy shouted from the dazzling light. "Thank you!" The wind began to blow.

“都是因为你想帮助佩妮，”凯瑟琳说。 “没错，”杰克抚摸着小企鹅说。 “这有时候很奇怪。” 号角声又响起来了。 “快点，”凯瑟琳说。“他们越来越近了。” 安妮用手轻抚佩妮的背。 “再见，佩妮，”她说。偷看。 “给你看，”杰克说。 他吻了一下企鹅毛茸茸的头顶。 然后杰克和安妮爬上绳梯进入树屋。 安妮抓起宾夕法尼亚大学的那本书，杰克急忙跑到窗前。 阳光照进树屋，使它明亮得令人目眩。 早晨新鲜的空气中充满了喇叭声。 “我希望我们能回家！”安妮指着一张青蛙溪树林的照片说。 “再见!”泰迪在耀眼的灯光下喊道。 “谢谢你!”风开始起了。

The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was still. Absolutely still. "We're back," said Jack. He and Annie looked out the tree house window. Dappled light danced in the woods. As always, no time at all had passed in Frog Creek while they were gone. "Time for school," said Annie. Jack groaned. He was exhausted. Every muscle in his body ached. He opened his backpack and took out their guide book to Southwest China. "Hey, we forgot. Our breakfast sandwiches are in here," he said. "They must be cold by now," said Annie. "Who cares?" said Jack. "I'm starving." "Me too," said Annie. Jack gave Annie a cold egg sandwich. Then he unwrapped his own and took a big bite. "Yum!" he said. "It really tastes great."

树屋开始旋转。 它转得越来越快。 然后一切都静止了。 绝对静止。“我们回来了。”杰克说。 他和安妮从树屋的窗户往外看。 斑驳的光在树林里跳舞。 和往常一样，他们离开的时候，青蛙溪一点时间也没有过去。 “该上学了，”安妮说。 杰克呻吟着。他筋疲力尽。 他全身肌肉都痛。 他打开背包，拿出他们的中国西南旅游指南。 “嘿，我们忘了。我们的早餐三明治在这里，”他说。 “他们现在一定很冷了，”安妮说。 “谁在乎呢？”杰克说。“我饿了。” “我也是，”安妮说。杰克给了安妮一个冷鸡蛋三明治。 然后他打开自己的包，咬了一大口。 “好吃！”他说。“味道真的很棒。”