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ONE Seriously? Slowly and carefully, Jack ran his hands over the face of the stony cliff. His fingers gripped ridges and bumps. He lodged his bare toes into cracks in the rock. He knew he had to get to the top. He pushed with his legs and pulled with his hands. He

一个认真?杰克慢慢地、小心地用双手抚摸着石崖的表面。 他的手指抓住了隆起的山脊。 他把光着的脚趾塞进岩石的裂缝里。 他知道他必须登上顶峰。 他用腿推，用手拉。 他

was almost there. He reached up and grabbed the overhang of the cliff. The wind screamed and blew against Jack, knocking him off balance. His feet slipped! He was dangling by one hand! "Jack!" Jack opened his eyes. It was dark. He could faintly see Annie in the moonlight. "Annie!" he whispered. "We have to go," she said. "Have to get down," said Jack. He closed his eyes. He was still hanging from the cliff. Annie shook his shoulder. "Jack! Wake up!" "Oh! Whoa…" Jack sat straight up. "Oh, man, I was hanging from a cliff in Egypt—you—" "You were dreaming about our last mission," interrupted Annie. "Remember—you were hanging from a cliff, but everything turned out okay. We saved Koku. Remember? The little baboon?" "Right… right," breathed Jack. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Annie. "What's going on? What time is it? Why are you awake?" "We have to go to the woods," said Annie. "It's back."

就快到了。他伸手抓住悬崖的突出部分。 风呼啸着吹向杰克，使他失去了平衡。 他的脚滑了！他被一只手吊着！“杰克!”杰克睁开眼睛。 天很黑。他在月光下隐约看见安妮。 “安妮！”他低声说。“我们得走了，”她说。 “我得下去了。”杰克说。 他闭上了眼睛。他还悬在悬崖上。 安妮摇了摇他的肩膀。“杰克!醒醒!”“哦!哇……”杰克坐直了身子。 “哦，伙计，我当时被吊在埃及的悬崖上——你——”“你梦见了我们上次的任务，”安妮打断他说。 “记住——你被吊在悬崖上，但一切都好起来了。 我们救了Koku。还记得吗?小狒狒？”“对……对。”杰克轻声说。 他揉了揉眼睛，看着安妮。 “发生了什么事？”现在几点了？ 你为什么醒着？”“我们得去树林里，”安妮说。 “这是回来了。”

"How do you know?" said Jack. "I couldn't sleep," said Annie. "I was looking out my window and saw the streak of light—" "That's it," said Jack, jumping out of bed. "Let's go. Are Mom and Dad awake?" "No. If we leave now, we'll be back before they get up," said Annie. "Meet you outside." She slipped out of Jack's room. Jack didn't even turn on his light. He changed into a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. He pulled on his socks and sneakers. He threw his notebook and pencil into his backpack. Then he tiptoed down the hall, down the stairs, and out the front door. Annie was waiting on the porch. The sun was about to rise, and birds had started to chirp in the warm summer dawn. "Ready," Jack whispered. Jack and Annie left the front porch and stepped lightly over the wet grass of their front yard. They hurried up the sidewalk and crossed the street into the Frog Creek woods. As they walked between the dark trees, the purple-blue sky overhead was growing lighter. Birdsong filled the woods. "I wonder where we'll go today," said Jack.

“你怎么知道的？”杰克说。 “我睡不着，”安妮说。 “我正往窗外看，看见那道闪光——”“对了，”杰克说着，从床上跳了起来。 “我们走吧。爸爸妈妈醒了吗？”“没有。 如果我们现在离开，我们就能在他们起床之前回来。”安妮说。 “外面见。”她溜出了杰克的房间。 杰克连灯都没开。 他换上一条短裤和一件t恤。 他穿上袜子和运动鞋。 他把笔记本和铅笔扔进背包。 然后他蹑手蹑脚地走过大厅，走下楼梯，走出前门。 安妮在门廊上等着。 太阳即将升起，在温暖的夏日黎明，鸟儿已经开始啁啾。 “准备好了。”杰克小声说。杰克和安妮离开前廊，轻轻地走过前院湿漉漉的草地。 他们匆匆走上人行道，穿过街道，进入青蛙溪树林。 他们走在漆黑的树林之间，头顶上紫蓝色的天空变得越来越亮。 鸟鸣声充满了树林。 “我想知道我们今天要去哪里。”杰克说。

"And what will be the secret of greatness that makes the Ring of Truth glow?" Annie said. Then she began to speak in a dramatic voice, like a TV announcer. "What amazing person will Jack and Annie meet today?" Jack laughed, then spoke dramatically, too. "And when will they sniff the mist-gathered-at-first-light-on-the- first-day-of-the-new -moon-on-the-Isle-of-Avalon?" "And when they do, what great talent will they choose for themselves?" said Annie. Jack laughed again and shook his head. "Our lives are kind of crazy," said Annie. "You think?" said Jack. The chorus of birds grew louder as the pale gold of dawn filtered down through the trees. When Jack and Annie came to the tallest oak in the woods, they looked up into the branches. The magic tree house was outlined against the sky. Without a word, Annie grabbed the rope ladder and started up. Jack followed. Jack and Annie climbed into the shadowy tree house. A ray of sunlight slanted through a window. It shone directly on a sheet of paper lying on the

“让真理之戒发光的伟大秘诀是什么？”安妮说。 然后她开始用一种戏剧性的声音说话，就像电视播音员一样。 “杰克和安妮今天会遇到什么了不起的人？”杰克笑了，然后也戏剧性地说。 “他们什么时候才能在阿瓦隆岛上闻到新月的第一天初亮时聚集的雾气呢？”“当他们这样做的时候，他们会为自己选择什么伟大的才能呢？”安妮说。 杰克又笑了，摇了摇头。 “我们的生活有点疯狂，”安妮说。 “你觉得呢？”杰克说。黎明的淡金色透过树林洒下，鸟儿的合唱声越来越大。 当杰克和安妮来到树林里最高的橡树前时，他们抬头看了看树枝。 神奇的树屋在天空的映衬下显得轮廓分明。 安妮二话没说，抓起绳梯爬了上去。 杰克跟着。杰克和安妮爬进树荫下的树屋。 一缕阳光从窗户斜射进来。 它直接照在桌子上的一张纸上

wooden floor. On the paper,Jack had written the secrets of greatness they had learned on their last three missions: HUMILITY HARD WORK MEANING AND PURPOSE A gold ring, a tiny bottle, and a yellowed scroll, lay next to the paper. Jack picked up the scroll, unrolled it, and read aloud: Dear Jack and Annie, I hope you enjoyed traveling to Egypt and learning the third secret of greatness from florence Nightingale. Now you must learn the fourth from one of the finest athletes of all time, Pele, the Great——

木地板。在那张纸上，杰克写下了他们在过去三次任务中学到的成就伟大的秘诀：谦逊、努力、意义和目的：纸旁边放着一枚金戒指、一个小瓶子和一张发黄的卷轴。 杰克拿起卷轴，展开，大声朗读：亲爱的杰克和安妮，我希望你们喜欢埃及之旅，喜欢从弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔那里学到伟大的第三个秘密。 现在你必须向有史以来最优秀的运动员之一——贝利——学习第四招