2. Go!

2 GO! The next day, after a hearty breakfast, the Lambchop family began to pack the car for their big trip. In went the tent, four sleeping bags, and the rest of the camping gear. In went the suitcases, the cameras, and coolers. Arthur came out with his arms full—his authentic cowboy saddle, his authentic cowboy harmonica, and his authentic cowboy lasso.

2走!第二天，吃了一顿丰盛的早餐后，小羊排一家开始为他们的大旅行收拾行李。 帐篷、四个睡袋和其他露营装备都搬进来了。 旅行箱、照相机和冷却器都进来了。 亚瑟抱着双臂走了出来——他的真正的牛仔马鞍，他的真正的牛仔口琴，还有他的真正的牛仔套索。

"Oh, dear," Mrs. Lambchop murmured, surveying the overstuffed car. "There doesn't seem to be much room for the boys!" "Playing cowboys is for little kids," Stanley said. "Now that I've been in the newspaper, I'm too grown-up for that sort of thing. I think Arthur should leave all that stuff behind."

“哦，天哪，”兰姆切普太太看着那辆塞满东西的车，喃喃地说。 “似乎没有多少地方给男孩子们坐了!”“玩牛仔是小孩子的事，”斯坦利说。 “既然我上过报纸，我已经长大了，不适合做那种事了。 我认为亚瑟应该把那些东西都留下。”

Arthur glared at his brother. "Stanley can ride on the roof," he suggested. Mr. Lambchop considered this. "Well, if we lash him down securely…" "I think not," decided Mrs. Lambchop. "We will be pointing out many sights along the way. I don't want Stanley to miss them." And so both boys squeezed into the backseat with much grumbling, and the family set out. Along the way, the Lambchops did indeed come upon many wondrous sights: inspiring cityscapes, fields of bountiful crops, and numerous glories of nature. "We should all be grateful to have good eyesight as we travel through this great land of ours," Mr. Lambchop noted. The rest of the Lambchops agreed they were very fortunate indeed. Every time they crossed into a new state, the family recited its motto and sang its song. They played License Plate Bingo and I Spy, and the hours passed fairly quickly. Nonetheless, everyone was delighted to arrive at the gates of Mount Rushmore State Park. The boys craned their heads out the windows to gaze up at the sixty-foot-tall faces carved in the mountain, while Mr. Lambchop

阿瑟怒视着他哥哥。 “斯坦利可以骑在屋顶上。”他建议道。 兰切普先生考虑过这个问题。 “好吧，如果我们把它拴牢……” “我们将在沿途指出许多景点。 我不想让斯坦利想念他们。” 于是两个男孩一边抱怨一边挤进后座，一家人出发了。 一路上，兰伯尔一家确实遇到了许多奇妙的景象:令人鼓舞的城市景观，丰饶的庄稼田地，以及无数的自然美景。 “当我们在这片伟大的土地上旅行时，我们都应该感谢自己拥有良好的视力，”兰姆切普指出。 其余的小羊都同意，他们确实非常幸运。 每次他们进入一个新的州，这个家庭都会背诵他们的座右铭，唱他们的歌。 他们玩了车牌宾果游戏和间谍游戏，时间过得相当快。 尽管如此，到达拉什莫尔山州立公园的大门时，每个人都很高兴。 孩子们把头伸出窗外，凝视着山上雕刻的60英尺高的面孔，而兰彻先生

paid the admission fees. And as soon as the car was parked, they sprang out. "I'm all crumpled!" Stanley groused, trying to smooth himself out. "Well, I'm practically flattened!" complained Arthur. "Boys, hurry along," said Mrs. Lambchop. "We're just in time to catch the last tour group." The Lambchops fell in with a group of cheerful-looking tourists. "In nineteen thirty-seven," the tour guide was telling them, "a bill was introduced to add Susan B. Anthony as a fifth face. This bill failed, so today we still have the original four: Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln, who is directly below us now."

付了入场费。车一停，他们就跳了出来。 “我全身都垮了!”斯坦利抱怨着，试图使自己平静下来。 “嗯，我几乎被压扁了!”阿瑟抱怨道。 “孩子们，快点，”兰彻太太说。 “我们刚好赶上最后一个旅行团。” 小羊羔一家遇到了一群神情愉快的游客。 “1937年，”导游告诉他们，“有人提出了一项议案，要把苏珊·B加进去。 安东尼是第五张脸。这项法案失败了，所以今天我们仍然有原来的四位总统:华盛顿、杰斐逊、罗斯福和林肯，他现在就在我们下面。”

Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop were fascinated by the interesting facts the tour guide related. But the boys wandered away from the group—they were still feeling a little rambunctious after spending so many hours cramped in the car.

兰彻先生和夫人被导游讲的有趣的事实迷住了。 但男孩们却从人群中溜掉了——在拥挤的车里呆了那么多小时后，他们仍然觉得有点不安分。

They were also still feeling, it must be said, a little irritable with each other. "Ha, ha!" Arthur taunted his brother from the edge of the mountain. "I can stand right out here, but you can't! You'd blow away now that you're flat!" Suddenly, the ground shook. "Arthur!" Stanley cried. "You'd better come ba—" With a terrible sound, a large crack split open along Abraham Lincoln's hairline. The great carved face began to slide away down the mountainside… with Arthur on it! Without thinking of his own safety, Stanley lunged out and grabbed hold of the retreating rock face. He held on tight. "Climb over me!" he called to his brother. "Use me as a bridge!" Arthur did. In a moment he was back on firm ground, where Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop ran to embrace him. Just then, a park ranger appeared. "You! Flat Boy! Can you hold on a little longer?" he called out to Stanley. "The repair crew is on the way."

必须说的是，他们彼此之间还有些急躁。 “哈,哈!”阿瑟站在山边嘲弄他的哥哥。 “我可以站在这里，但你不能!”既然你瘪了，你会被吹走的!”突然，大地震动了。 “亚瑟!”斯坦利哭了。“你最好过来——”随着一声可怕的声音，一道巨大的裂缝沿着亚伯拉罕·林肯的发际线裂开了。 那张巨大的雕刻脸开始从山坡上滑下去……亚瑟就在上面!斯坦利没有考虑到自己的安全，他冲了出去，抓住了正在后退的岩壁。 他紧紧抓住。“从我身上爬过去!”他对哥哥喊道。 “把我当桥梁吧!”亚瑟。 不一会儿，他就回到了坚实的地面上，兰彻先生和太太跑过去拥抱他。 就在这时，一个公园管理员出现了。 “你!平的男孩!你能再坚持一会儿吗?”他对斯坦利喊道。 “维修人员已经在路上了。”