The Pirates

The Pirates.

海盗们。

One spring morning, Jesse said, Let's play pirates. He had a bandana around his head, and he was holding his telescope. I don't want to play pirates, Sam said, but I'd like to find some pirate gold.

一个春天的早上，杰西说： 我们来玩海盗游戏吧。 他头上裹着一块印花大手帕， 手里还拿着他的望远镜。 我不想玩海盗游戏，萨姆说， 不过我想找找海盗的金子。

We can dig for gold, Jesse said. Where should we dig, and what do you think we'll find? We'll find dirt, Sam said, and maybe we'll find worms, he smiled. But then we could go fishing!

我们可以挖金子呀，杰西说。我们该在哪儿挖呢，你觉得我们会挖到什么呀？ 我们会挖到泥土呀，萨姆笑着说，说不定还能挖到蚯蚓呢。之后我们就可以去钓鱼啦！

Papa heard them talking. He said, You know boys, there were pirates around here long ago. Really? Jesse asked. Yes, Papa said. And the pirates did bury gold. Maybe the gold is right in this yard.

爸爸听到了他们的对话。他说：孩子们，你们知道吗，很久以前这附近有海盗出没哦。 真的吗？杰西问。是真的，爸爸说。那些海盗确实埋了金子。说不定金子就在这个院子里呢。

Sam wasn't sure about that. Someone must have found that gold long ago, he said. You never know, Papa said. I may have an old pirate map somewhere around here. Why don't you get some digging tools? I'll look for that map.

萨姆可不大相信这话。 肯定早就有人把那些金子挖走啦，他说。 那可不一定哦，爸爸说。 我这儿说不定哪儿就藏着一张老海盗地图呢。 你们去拿点挖东西的工具好不好？我去找那张地图。

So Sam and Jesse got shovels out of the tool shed. Papa met them on the lawn. He had a rolled up sheet of brown paper in his hand.

于是萨姆和杰西从工具棚里拿出了铲子。 爸爸在草坪上等着他们，手里拿着一卷卷起来的牛皮纸。