Chapter 2

Chapter 2 A minute later, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose were standing on the dock with their backpacks. "I have to fly some fishermen and women to a camp farther north," Walker told the kids as he got back in the plane. "I'll see you guys tonight." "Hey, welcome to Mount Desert Island!" Wallis called as she ran toward them. "Hi, Wallis!" the kids shouted, then each gave her a hug. "Grab your stuff and follow me," she said. Wallis led them up the dock and stopped in front of the girl in the wheelchair. "Abbi, these are

一分钟后，丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯背着背包站在码头上。 “我得送一些渔民和妇女到更北边的营地去，”沃克回到飞机上对孩子们说。 “我们今晚见。” “嘿，欢迎来到荒岛山!”沃利斯一边喊一边朝他们跑去。 “嗨，沃利斯!”孩子们喊道，然后每个人都给了她一个拥抱。 “拿上你的东西跟我来，”她说。 沃利斯领着他们走上码头，在坐轮椅的女孩面前停了下来。 “阿比，这些是……

my friends from Connecticut. Dink, Josh, Ruth Rose," Wallis said, pointing to each of them, "meet my daughter, Abigail. She likes to be called Abbi, with an 'i.'" Josh stared at Wallis. "You never told us you had a daughter!" he said. Abbi laughed. "Mom just adopted me a few months ago," she said. "Abbi's parents died a few years back," Wallis explained. "I heard about Abbi from a friend, so I

康涅狄格的朋友们。 丁克、乔希、露丝·罗斯，”沃利斯指着他们每个人说，“来见见我的女儿阿比盖尔。 她喜欢别人叫她阿比。’”乔希盯着沃利斯。 “你从没告诉我们你有个女儿!”他说。 艾比笑了。“妈妈几个月前才收养了我，”她说。 “阿比的父母几年前去世了，”沃利斯解释说。 "我从一个朋友那里听说了阿比，所以我

invited her and some other kids to the castle for Christmas." Wallis grinned at her daughter. "After knowing Abbi for only an hour, I knew I wanted her in my life permanently," she said. "That is so awesome," Ruth Rose said. "How old are you, Abbi?" "Almost thirteen," Abbi said. "How about you?" "We're all almost nine," Dink put in. Josh shook Abbi's hand. "Why are you in a wheelchair?" he asked. "I have spina bifida," said Abbi. "What's that?" Josh asked. "Before I was born, when I was still inside my birth mother, my spine didn't develop right," Abbi explained to the kids. "So my legs don't work. I have to use a wheelchair most of the time." "Well, now that you've all met, let's get home," Wallis said. "If I know these three kids, they're hungry!" She started walking toward the parking lot. "Josh sure is," Dink teased. "His stomach was growling so loud, Walker thought there was a wolf in the plane!"

邀请她和其他一些孩子来城堡过圣诞节。” 沃利斯对她的女儿咧嘴一笑。 “在认识阿比仅仅一个小时后，我就知道我想要她永远在我的生活中，”她说。 “这太棒了，”露丝·罗斯说。 “你多大了，阿比?”“快十三岁了。”阿比说。 “你呢?”“我们都快九岁了，”丁克插嘴说。 乔希握了握阿比的手。“你为什么坐在轮椅上?”他问。 “我有脊柱裂，”阿比说。 “那是什么?”杰克问。 “在我出生之前，当我还在我的生母体内时，我的脊椎发育不正常，”阿比向孩子们解释说。 “所以我的腿不能动了。我大部分时间都得坐轮椅。” “好了，既然你们都见过面了，我们回家吧，”沃利斯说。 “如果我了解这三个孩子，他们一定很饿!”她开始朝停车场走去。 “乔什当然是，”丁克揶揄道。 “他的肚子咕咕叫得太响了，沃克以为飞机里有狼!”

"There are wolves on this island!" Abbi said. "I've seen them through my telescope!" "Wolves?" Josh gulped. "Really?" Wallis stopped next to a red van. She clicked a remote, which opened a door and lowered a ramp. Abbi wheeled her chair up the ramp and into the van. "That's so cool!" Ruth Rose said. Wallis unlocked the other doors, and the kids piled in. Ruth Rose and Josh sat in the rear with Abbi, and Dink sat up front with Wallis. They drove along a road lined with tall pine trees. Through the branches, Dink caught glimpses of sky and water. After a few minutes, Wallis pulled off the road onto a bumpy driveway. "There it is," Wallis said,

“这个岛上有狼!”艾比。 “我用望远镜看到过它们!”“狼?”杰克一饮而尽。 “真的吗?”沃利斯在一辆红色货车旁停了下来。 她按了一下遥控器，打开了一扇门，放下了一个斜坡。 阿比把椅子推到坡道上，进了面包车。 “太酷了!”露丝·罗斯说。 沃利斯打开了其他的门，孩子们涌了进来。 露丝·罗斯和乔希和阿比坐在后面，丁克和沃利斯坐在前面。 他们沿着一条两旁长着高大松树的道路行驶。 透过树枝，丁克瞥见了天空和水。 几分钟后，沃利斯把车停在一条崎岖不平的车道上。 “在那儿，”沃利斯说，

pointing to a long, shady cabin. She parked next to a flagpole flying an American flag. The low building nestled beneath sweetsmelling pine trees. Wooden steps led up to a roofed deck that circled the entire cabin. Beside the steps was a ramp that sloped up to the deck. "I love your house!" Ruth Rose said as they got out of the van. "It's so cool and quiet here." "I usually wheel myself up the ramp," Abbi said. "But it's more fun to have someone push me." "I'll do it!" Josh said. He guided the wheelchair up the wooden ramp with the others following. "Do you want to see the wolves?" Abbi asked. "Where are they?" Josh asked. He looked around the deck nervously. "Over here," Abbi said. She guided her wheelchair across the deck to a telescope. "Take a look, but don't jiggle it. I have it set right on the wolf's lair." Josh walked over to the telescope, squinted one eye, and peered into the lens. "All I see are rocks and bushes." "Keep looking," Abbi said. "I saw the wolf just before Mom and I went to meet you guys."

指着一个长长的、阴凉的小屋。 她把车停在一根挂着美国国旗的旗杆旁边。 那座低矮的建筑坐落在散发着芳香的松树下。 木制台阶通向环绕整个船舱的屋顶甲板。 台阶旁边有一个斜坡，斜面通向甲板。 “我爱你的房子!”露丝·罗斯说，他们下了车。 “这里又凉爽又安静。” 阿比说:“我通常自己用轮子爬上坡道。” “但有人推我更有趣。” “我来!”杰克说。他推着轮椅上了木制斜坡，其他人跟在后面。 “你想看看狼吗?”艾比问道。 “他们在哪儿?”杰克问。 他紧张地环顾甲板。 “这边，”阿比说。她推着轮椅穿过甲板，来到一个望远镜前。 “看一看，但不要摇晃它。 我已经把它安放在狼窝上了。” 乔希走到望远镜前，眯起一只眼睛，往镜头里看。 “我只看到岩石和灌木丛。” “继续找，”阿比说。 “就在我和妈妈去见你们之前，我看到了狼。”

Josh kept his eye on the telescope lens. Suddenly he jumped back. "Holy moly!" he shouted. "What?" Dink said. He and Ruth Rose hurried to join Josh and Abbi at the telescope. "I just saw a gigantic white wolf!" Josh said.

乔希的眼睛一直盯着望远镜的镜头。 突然，他向后一跳。“天哪!”他喊道。 “什么?”丁克说。他和露丝·罗斯急忙跑到望远镜前和乔希和阿比会合。 “我刚刚看到了一只巨大的白狼!”杰克说。