4 Chapter 4 On Safari

Chapter 4 On Safari Instead of falling, Stanley shot upward. He struggled to make his body like a skydiver's, parallel to the earth. But when he did, the wind only lifted him higher, like a piece of paper in a breeze. He was too flat. Stanley could see the bloomlike parachutes of Arthur and his father far below. I have to get closer, he thought. He pointed his arms downward, and his body followed.

第四章狩猎史丹利不但没有掉下来，反而飞了起来。 他努力使自己的身体像跳伞运动员一样，与地面平行。 但当他这样做的时候，风只会把他吹得更高，就像微风中的一张纸。 他太平淡了。斯坦利可以看到下面很远的地方，亚瑟和他的父亲坐着像花朵一样的降落伞。 我得靠近一点，他想。 他把手向下指，身体也跟着向下指。

Stanley's feet flapped in the wind as he dived down. Within seconds, he had reached his father and brother, slowly descending in their parachutes. He waved at them excitedly. Mr. Lambchop's eyes widened. He shook his head frantically and pointed toward the ground. Stanley looked down and saw the yellow land zooming up at him. He was way too low and falling fast. He had to slow down! With all his might, Stanley bent over and grabbed his feet with his hands, to make his body

斯坦利俯冲下去时，脚在风中拍打着。 几秒钟后，他就到了父亲和哥哥身边，他们正慢慢地坐着降落伞降落。 他兴奋地向他们挥手。 兰博契先生睁大了眼睛。 他疯狂地摇着头，指着地面。 斯坦利往下一看，看到黄色的土地向他呼啸而来。 他太低了，而且下落得很快。 他必须减速!斯坦利用尽全身力气弯下腰，用手抓住他的脚，使他的身体结实

into a parachute. But instead of catching the wind, he lost control. His body flipped this way and that, blown in wild spirals toward the ground. Stanley couldn't stop. He was going to crash! The blades of tall grasses rushed up at him. Stanley covered his head with his hands as he slammed to the earth. Stanley coughed amid a cloud of dust and felt the ground with his hands. He couldn't move his legs. As the dust settled, he saw what had happened. He had crashed feet first into the soft earth, his legs plunging deep into the soil. He pushed the ground with his hands, and his lower body slid out like toothpicks stuck in a sandwich. He bent his back, flexed his arms, and wriggled his toes. Everything seemed to be in working order. Stanley jumped to his feet. Boy, was he lucky! Being flat had saved his—

变成降落伞。但他非但没有抓住风，反而失去了控制。 他的身体翻来翻去，像狂野的螺旋一样被吹向地面。 斯坦利停不下来。他要撞车了!高大的草叶向他扑来。 斯坦利重重地摔在地上，双手捂着头。 斯坦利在一团灰尘中咳嗽了一下，用手摸了摸地面。 他的腿不能动了。 尘埃落定后，他才明白发生了什么事。 他的脚先撞进了松软的泥土里，腿深深陷进了泥土里。 他用手推着地面，下半身像插在三明治里的牙签一样滑了出来。 他弯着腰，弯曲胳膊，扭动脚趾。 一切似乎都井然有序。 斯坦利跳了起来。 天哪，他真幸运!扁平的身体挽救了他的生命

The grasses directly to Stanley's right rustled. Then he heard a low growl, and a tuft of brown fur poked out from between them. A lion was staring right at Stanley! Stanley held his breath. In school, he had learned how animals protected themselves from predators by blending in with their surroundings. Maybe if the lion sees only my side, Stanley thought, I'll just look like another blade of grass. The lion slowly circled in front of him. Stanley inched his narrow side around to face it. The lion stared and stared. It stared some more. It shook its head. Then it turned around and disappeared back into the bush. Stanley allowed himself to breathe at last. It had worked! For the second time in as many

斯坦利右边的草地沙沙作响。 接着，他听到一声低沉的咆哮，一簇棕色的毛皮从他们之间探了出来。 一只狮子正盯着斯坦利看!斯坦利屏住了呼吸。 在学校里，他学习了动物如何通过融入周围环境来保护自己免受捕食者的伤害。 也许如果狮子只看到我的侧面，斯坦利想，我就会看起来像另一片草叶。 狮子慢慢地在他面前盘旋。 斯坦利慢慢地把他那狭窄的身体转过来面对它。 狮子盯着看啊看啊。 它又盯了一会儿。它摇了摇头。 然后它转过身，消失在灌木丛中。 斯坦利终于让自己喘了口气。 它起作用了!已经是第二次了

minutes, being flat had saved his life! "Stanley!" His father came plunging through the grass, with Arthur close behind. Mr. Lambchop lifted Stanley in the air and swung him around, Stanley's legs flying. "I told you he'd be all right." Arthur grinned. "My goodness!" Mr. Lambchop hugged Stanley tightly. "I was worried!" "I'm okay," said Stanley. "A lion almost ate me, but I tricked him." "What?!" said Arthur and Mr. Lambchop. Stanley told them all about what had happened since he'd jumped out of the plane. As Stanley finished his story, a herd of zebras appeared nearby, their heads visible above the grasses. "Hey, Stanley," Arthur said, raising an eyebrow. "Want to play camouflage some more? Because I have an idea."

分钟，平了救了他的命!“斯坦利!”他的父亲从草丛中冲了过来，亚瑟紧跟在后面。 兰博切先生把斯坦利举到空中，把他甩来甩去，斯坦利的腿飞了起来。 “我告诉过你他会没事的。” 亚瑟咧嘴一笑。“我的天哪!”兰切普紧紧地拥抱着斯坦利。 “我很担心!”“我没事，”斯坦利说。 “一头狮子差点吃了我，但我骗了它。” “什么?!”阿瑟和兰彻先生说。 斯坦利把他跳下飞机后发生的一切都告诉了他们。 当斯坦利讲完他的故事时，一群斑马出现在附近，它们的头露出草丛。 “嘿，斯坦利。”阿瑟扬起眉毛说。 “想再玩几次伪装吗?” 因为我有个主意。”

Arthur told Stanley and their father to collect the tallest blades of grass they could find. Then he attached them to his parachute and helped Stanley drape the whole thing over his shoulders. When Stanley held out his arms like a bat, he looked just like a long stretch of grass. Arthur showed Mr. Lambchop where to make some holes with his pocketknife. "We're ready," said Arthur, surveying their work. He and their father gathered behind Stanley and peeked out through the eyeholes. Together, they crept toward the zebras. The animals' black-and-white stripes blended into one another. Stanley almost couldn't tell where one zebra ended and another began.

阿瑟让斯坦利和他们的父亲收集他们能找到的最高的草叶。 然后他把它们绑在他的降落伞上，帮助斯坦利把整个东西披在他的肩膀上。 当斯坦利像蝙蝠一样伸出双臂时，他看起来就像一大片草地。 阿瑟指给兰博切先生看用折刀在哪里打洞。 “我们准备好了。”阿瑟看着他们的工作说。 他和他们的父亲聚集在斯坦利身后，从眼睛的洞里往外偷看。 他们一起向斑马爬去。 这些动物身上黑白相间的条纹相互融合。 斯坦利几乎分不清一头斑马在哪里结束，另一头在哪里开始。