Ch6-No Big Deal

CHAPTER SIX No Big Deal Annie turned and saw the jackals running toward her. "Oh, no!" she cried. Shrieking, Koku leapt from Annie's arms and bounded across the dry, cracked ground. When the

第六章没什么大不了的安妮转过身来，看见豺狼向她跑来。 “噢，不！”她叫道。郭尖叫着从安妮的怀里跳了出来，越过干裂的地面。 当

jackals saw the baby baboon, they stopped. Then, cackling and yelping, they took off after her. Koku screeched and bolted toward the mountain. The jackals were right behind her. "NOOO!" screamed Annie. She tore after Koku and the jackals. "Annie!" Jack yelled. He jumped off his donkey and ran after her. From a distance, Jack saw the baby baboon disappear into a crack between two cliffs. Howling and cackling, the jackals followed Koku. They slipped into the crack and vanished from sight.

豺狼看到了小狒狒，就停了下来。 然后，他们咯咯地叫着，跟着她跑了。 Koku尖叫着向山上跑去。 豺狼就在她后面。 “不！”安妮尖叫道。她追着郭和豺狼跑。 “安妮!”杰克喊道。他跳下驴去追她。 从远处，杰克看到小狒狒消失在两个悬崖之间的裂缝里。 胡狼们又叫又叫地跟着郭。 他们溜进裂缝里消失了。

Annie was racing to catch up. Jack was far behind. When he finally reached her, Annie was desperately trying to squeeze through the narrow opening. "We can't fit through there!" said Jack. "We have to save Koku!" Annie cried.

安妮拼命追赶。 杰克远远落在后面。当他终于到达她身边时，安妮正拼命地从狭窄的洞口挤过去。 “我们过不去！”杰克说。 “我们必须去救郭！”安妮哭了。

They heard shrieking, yelping, and cackling above them. Then gradually the sounds faded away. "KOKU!" screamed Annie. Dead silence. "Oh, no! I think they got her!" Annie wailed. "I think they got her, Jack!" She burst into tears. "Koku, Koku," she repeated, sobbing. Jack didn't know what to say. Everything had happened so fast! Then suddenly he heard another sound. WAHOO! "Annie!" Jack grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. "Listen!" Annie put her hand over her mouth. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she listened. WAHOO! The sound came from high above them. Jack and Annie stepped back and looked up the steep cliff. Koku was at the very top, jumping up and down, screeching at them. "She made it!" cried Annie. "She got away! Koku, come down! Come down!" "Where're the jackals?" said Jack.

他们听到头顶上有尖叫声、犬吠声和咯咯的笑声。 然后，声音渐渐消失了。 “KOKU!”安妮尖叫。死一般的沉寂。 “哦,不!我想他们抓住她了！”安妮恸哭。 “我想他们抓住她了，杰克！”她突然哭了起来。 “Koku, Koku，”她啜泣着重复道。 杰克不知道该说什么。 一切都发生得太快了！突然，他听到了另一个声音。 卫矛!“安妮!”杰克抓住她的肩膀摇晃着。 “听!”安妮用手捂住嘴。 她听着，眼泪顺着脸颊滚落下来。 卫矛!声音从他们头顶的高处传来。 杰克和安妮往后退了一步，望着陡峭的悬崖。 Koku在最上面，跳上跳下，对着他们尖叫。 “她成功了！”安妮叫道。 “她跑了！”Koku，下来！下来!”“豺狼在哪儿？”杰克问。

"I'll bet it's too steep for them to climb up after her!" said Annie. "Koku, come down!" The baby baboon paced back and forth along the edge of the cliff, crying. "We have to go get her!" said Annie. "She's afraid to come down." Koku screeched and waved her arms. "We can't climb up there," said Jack. "It's too steep." "We have to try!" said Annie. "We're not rock climbers," said Jack, looking up at the steep wall of limestone. "Only the best rock climbers in the world could get up there." "We can do that!" said Annie. "We can be great rock climbers." "You can't just be one," said Jack. "You have to go through lots of training and practice—" "The mist!" Annie said. "We can use the magic mist and make a wish to be great rock climbers!" "Use the mist?" said Jack. They could only use the mist once, and it was supposed to help them with their mission. But when he looked up at the baby baboon crying and waving her arms, saving Koku seemed more important than anything.

安妮说：“我敢打赌，它太陡了，它们爬不上去。” “Koku，下来！”小狒狒在悬崖边走来走去，哭着。 “我们得去救她！”安妮说。 “她不敢下来。” Koku尖叫着挥舞着双臂。 “我们爬不上去。”杰克说。 “太陡了。”“我们必须试试！”安妮说。 “我们不是攀岩者，”杰克抬头看着陡峭的石灰岩墙说。 “只有世界上最好的攀岩者才能爬到那里。” “我们能做到！”安妮说。 “我们可以成为伟大的攀岩者。” “你不能只做一个，”杰克说。 “你必须经过大量的训练和练习——”“雾！”安妮说。 “我们可以用魔法雾许愿成为伟大的攀岩者！”“用雾吗？”杰克说。 他们只能使用一次薄雾，而薄雾是用来帮助他们完成任务的。 但当他抬头看着小狒狒哭着挥舞着双臂时，拯救Koku似乎比什么都重要。

"Okay!" said Jack. "We'll use the mist to get her down. But we might have to walk back. I'll bet both our donkeys have run far away by now." "No problem! We can do that!" said Annie. "Hurry! Before the jackals come back!" Jack reached into his leather pouch and pulled out the tiny bottle. He uncorked the top. "Here goes!" Jack said. "I wish to be a great rock climber!" He slowly inhaled the magic mist. His nostrils filled with the scent of mountain air and cold, moving water. The fresh, clean smell filled him with strength and energy. Jack handed the bottle to Annie. "I wish to be a great rock climber!" she exclaimed. Annie inhaled the mist, too. Then she gave the bottle back to Jack. He corked it and put it away. Jack and Annie looked up at the steep wall of the limestone cliff. "No big deal," said Jack. "Easy," said Annie. She called up to the baby baboon, "We're coming, Koku. Don't worry. We'll save you!" "We have one hour to climb up and back down," said Jack. "First we need to take off our

“好吧！”杰克说。“我们要利用雾把它弄下去。 但我们可能得走回去。 我敢打赌我们的驴子现在已经跑得很远了。” “没问题!我们可以做到！”安妮说。 “快点!趁豺狼还没回来！”杰克把手伸进他的皮袋，拿出了那个小瓶子。 他打开了盖子。“遵命!”杰克说。 “我希望成为一名伟大的攀岩者！”他慢慢地吸入了魔法雾。 他的鼻孔里充满了山间空气和冰冷流动的水的气味。 清新、干净的气味使他充满了力量和精力。 杰克把瓶子递给安妮。 “我希望成为一名伟大的攀岩者！” 安妮也吸入了雾气。 然后她把瓶子还给了杰克。 他塞上软木塞，把它收起来。 杰克和安妮抬头看着陡峭的石灰岩悬崖。 “没什么大不了的，”杰克说。“简单，”安妮说。 她对小狒狒喊道：“我们来了，Koku。 别担心。我们会救你的！”“我们有一个小时的时间爬上爬下，”杰克说。 “首先我们得脱掉我们的