Ch5-Valley of the Queens

CHAPTER FIVE Valley of the Queens "Miss Nightingale, your donkey!" Ali called out. The small boy stood with a donkey and a larger packhorse. "How lovely to see you, Ali," said Florence.

第五章皇后谷“南丁格尔小姐，你的驴子！”阿里喊道。 小男孩站在一头驴和一匹大驮马旁边。 “见到你真高兴，阿里，”弗洛伦斯说道。

Mustafa stepped into the shallow water and pulled the rowboat onto the bank. He then helped everyone out of the boat. Jack and Annie stood with Koku and watched Florence mount the donkey. Mustafa climbed onto his packhorse. Jack felt helpless. He didn't know how to stop Florence from leaving them. "Have a nice afternoon," said Annie. Florence looked back at them. "I hope you have a nice afternoon, too," she said. "I would ask you to join me, but I am… well, I'm afraid I need a bit of quiet and solitude right now." "We understand," said Annie. "Thank you," said Florence. She turned back to the guide. "Lead the way, Mustafa." Mustafa and his horse headed away from the river. Florence followed on her donkey. Jack, Annie, and Koku watched as they headed up the dirt road toward the distant mountains. Soon they disappeared from view. "Darn," breathed Annie. "Yeah," said Jack. "Donkeys for you, too?" Ali asked, coming up behind them. "You can travel to the ruins without

穆斯塔法走进浅水区，把划艇拉到岸上。 然后他帮助大家下船。 杰克、安妮和郭站在一起，看着弗洛伦斯骑上驴。 穆斯塔法爬上他的驮马。 杰克感到很无助。他不知道如何阻止弗洛伦斯离开他们。 “祝你下午愉快，”安妮说。 弗洛伦斯回头看着他们。 “我希望你也有一个愉快的下午，”她说。 “我想请你和我一起去，但是我……嗯，恐怕我现在需要一点安静和独处的时间。” “我们理解，”安妮说。 “谢谢您，”弗洛伦斯说道。 她转身面对向导。 “带路吧，穆斯塔法。”穆斯塔法和他的马离开了河边。 弗洛伦斯骑着驴跟在后面。 杰克、安妮和郭看着他们沿着土路朝远处的群山走去。 不久他们就从视野中消失了。 “该死，”安妮喘着气说。“是的，”杰克说。 “你也要驴吗？”阿里走到他们身后问道。 “你可以不用

a guide, you know." Annie looked at Jack. "Want to?" she asked. "How do we get to the Valley of the Queens?" Jack asked Ali. "Very easy." The boy pointed to the road. "Travel the same way they went," he said. "Follow that road and never turn." "That sounds simple," said Annie. "Let's go." "Wait," said Jack. He took all of his Egyptian coins from his pouch and showed them to Ali. "Do we have enough to rent two donkeys?" "Oh, yes!" Ali took only one coin. "Good for two donkeys all afternoon," he said. "Okay, we'll do it," said Jack. "Yay!" said Annie. "Good. I will get them for you," said Ali. He headed to the donkeys standing under the trees. "I wonder if there's anything we need to know about riding donkeys," said Jack. He opened their travelers' handbook again and looked up donkey. He read aloud: Donkeys were first trained to carry travelers over 6,000 years ago in Egypt.

一个向导，你知道的。”安妮看着杰克。 “想去吗？”她问。“我们怎么去皇后谷？”杰克问阿里。 “很简单。”男孩指了指路。 “沿着他们走过的路旅行，”他说。 “沿着那条路走，永远不要转弯。” “听起来很简单，”安妮说。 “我们走吧。”“等等，”杰克说。 他从口袋里拿出所有的埃及硬币，拿给阿里看。 “我们的钱够租两头驴吗？”“噢,是的!”阿里只拿了一枚硬币。 “两只驴一下午都可以吃。”他说。 “好吧，我们就这么做。”杰克说。 “耶！”安妮说。“很好。我去给你拿来，”阿里说。 他向站在树下的驴子走去。 “我想知道关于骑驴我们是否需要知道一些事情。”杰克说。 他再次打开旅行手册，抬头看了看驴子。 他大声朗读：6000多年前，在埃及，驴子第一次被训练用来载旅客。

The animals are easy to ride. But the traveler must approach them slowly and treat them with kindness and affection. "Easy!" said Annie. "That's the way I always treat animals." HEE-HAW! "Here they are!" said Ali, leading two donkeys toward Jack and Annie. Both donkeys were sandy brown with sweet faces. Their saddles were blankets made of heavy cloth. Their long, furry ears twitched to keep the flies away. "Hello there!" Annie said to one of the donkeys. "You have ears like a rabbit. Can I call you Bunny?" "Oh, brother," said Jack. "Talk to yours, too," Annie coached Jack. "Call her a sweet name. Kindness and affection, remember?" Jack rolled his eyes and scratched the ears of the other donkey. "Hi… um… Honey. Want to go for a ride?" he said. The donkey nuzzled her head against Jack's hand.

这些动物很容易骑。 但是旅行者必须慢慢地接近他们，用善意和感情对待他们。 “简单！”安妮说。“这就是我对待动物的方式。” 驴叫声!“他们来了！”阿里说着牵着两头驴子朝杰克和安妮走去。 两只驴子都是沙棕色的，长着可爱的脸。 他们的马鞍是用厚布做的毯子。 它们毛茸茸的长耳朵抽搐着，把苍蝇赶走。 “你好!”安妮对其中一头驴说。 “你的耳朵像兔子。 我能叫你小兔吗？”“哦，兄弟，”杰克说。 “也和你的朋友谈谈，”安妮指导杰克。 “给她起个好听的名字。善良和友爱，记得吗？”杰克翻了翻眼睛，搔了搔另一头驴的耳朵。 “嗨……嗯……亲爱的。”想去兜兜风吗？”他说。 驴子用头蹭杰克的手。

Ali laughed. "I think my donkeys like you very much," he said. Holding Koku, Annie climbed onto the back of Bunny, while Jack climbed onto Honey. "You must take water," said Ali. He tied tin canteens to the donkeys' saddles. "Come back by sundown. There is danger in the hills after dark." "Like what kind of danger?" asked Jack. "Wild jackals, tomb raiders," said Ali. "Got it," said Jack. "We'll be back before dark," said Annie. "Way before dark," said Jack. "Good-bye, Ali. Thank you!" said Annie. "Giddyup, Bunny!" She led the way with Koku on her shoulder. "Follow them, Honey, please," said Jack. The two donkeys left the lush riverbank and trotted up the same road that Mustafa and Florence had traveled. "Our donkeys remind me of the camels we rode to Baghdad!" Annie called back to Jack. "Remember Beauty and Cutie?" "Oh, brother," said Jack. The camels had nearly ruined their mission.

阿里笑了。“我想我的驴子很喜欢你，”他说。 Annie抱着Koku，爬到Bunny的背上，Jack爬到Honey的背上。 “你必须喝水，”阿里说。 他把铁皮水壶系在驴鞍上。 “日落之前回来。天黑后山上有危险。” “比如什么样的危险？”杰克问。 “野狗，盗墓者，”阿里说。 “明白了。”杰克说。“天黑前我们会回来的，”安妮说。 “天还没黑呢。”杰克说。 “再见了,阿里。谢谢你！”安妮说。 “Giddyup,兔子!”她带着Koku走在前面。 “跟着他们，亲爱的，”杰克说。 两匹驴离开郁郁葱葱的河岸，沿着穆斯塔法和弗洛伦斯走过的那条路小跑着。 “我们的驴让我想起了我们去巴格达时骑的骆驼！”安妮又对杰克喊道。 “还记得《美女与可爱》吗？”“哦，兄弟，”杰克说。 骆驼几乎毁了他们的使命。

Bunny and Honey trotted past cornfields, palm trees, sheep, goats, mud huts, and children playing in the dirt. When the children saw Jack and Annie, they laughed and pointed at the baboon riding on Annie's shoulder. Soon the dirt road opened onto a wider, rougher road that crossed a flat plain. The plain was bordered by the sand-colored mountains. Hot breezes blew clouds of dust as the donkeys clomped side by side over the dry, cracked earth. Through the gritty haze, Jack could see ruins scattered about the plain—broken columns and chunks of ancient walls half buried in sand. "Look!" said Annie.

小兔和蜜糖小跑着经过玉米地、棕榈树、绵羊、山羊、泥屋和在泥土里玩耍的孩子们。 当孩子们看到杰克和安妮时，他们笑了，指着骑在安妮肩膀上的狒狒。 不久，这条土路通向一条更宽、更崎岖的路，这条路穿过一片平坦的平原。 平原被沙色的山脉环绕着。 热风吹起一团团尘土，驴子肩并肩地在干裂的土地上蹒跚而行。 透过沙砾般的薄雾，杰克可以看到散落在破碎的石柱和半埋在沙子里的大块古墙周围的废墟。 “看！”安妮说。