Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE Dick rowed the boat carefully between the rocks that guarded the island. 'We'll land at our usual little cove,' he said. 'I'll bet no one else would know how to get there if they didn't already know the way!' 'The water's like glass here,' said Anne. 'I can see the bottom of the cove.' She leapt out and helped the boys to pull in the boat.

第三章迪克小心翼翼地在守卫着小岛的礁石之间划着船。 “我们会在平常的小海湾着陆，”他说。 “我敢打赌，如果别人不认识路，他们就不知道怎么去那里！”“这里的水像玻璃一样，”安妮说。 “我能看到海湾的底部。”她跳了出来，帮助男孩们把船拉了进去。

They came to the old ruined castle that had been built long ago on the island. Now the jackdaws came down from the tower, and chacked loudly round them in a very friendly manner. 'Well- it doesn't look as if anyone's here,' said Julian, staring round and about.

他们来到了岛上很久以前建造的那座破败的古堡。 这时，寒鸦从高塔上飞下来，友好地在他们周围大声地叫着。 “嗯——这儿好像没人。”朱利安说着，四下张望着。

They went in and out of the old castle, examining the floor- but there was no sign of anyone having made a fire. No matter how they searched, the three could find nothing to explain the light that George had said she saw.

他们在古堡里进进出出，检查着地板——但没有任何人生火的迹象。 不管他们怎么找，三个人都找不到任何东西来解释乔治说她看到的光。

Anne sat down and undid her sandals. She set them by a big stone, so that she could easily find them again, and ran down to the sea. Soon Julian and Dick came back together, having gone all round the island, and looked into every cranny. They called to Anne. We haven't seen a sign of a single soul, said Dick. 'Better go home again. George may be back by now.'

安妮坐下来，解开她的凉鞋。 她把它们放在一块大石头旁边，这样她就可以很容易地找到它们，然后跑到海边。 不久，朱利安和迪克一起回来了，他们绕着岛转了一圈，把每一个裂缝都找遍了。 他们叫安妮。“我们连一个人的影子也没有看见，”迪克说。 “最好还是回家吧。乔治现在可能已经回来了。”

'I'll put on my sandals,' said Anne, drying her feet in the warm sand. She ran to the big stone by which she had put them. She stopped -and stared in surprise. 'What's happened to one of my sandals? Dick- Ju- have you taken one?' 'Sandals? No- we didn't even know where you'd put them,' said Julian. 'There's one of them there, look- the other must be somewhere near.'

“我要穿上凉鞋，”安妮说着，在温暖的沙滩上擦干了脚。 她跑向她放它们的大石头。 她停了下来，惊讶地盯着。 “我的一只凉鞋怎么了？” 迪克-朱-你吃过吗？“凉鞋吗? “不——我们甚至不知道你把它们放在哪儿了。”朱利安说。 “有一个在那儿，看——另一个一定在附近的什么地方。”

But it wasn't. 'Well! How silly!' said Anne, amazed. 'I know I put them both together, just here. Anyway, why take one, and not both?' 'Perhaps a rabbit took one?' suggested Dick, with a grin. 'Or a jackdaw- they're really mischievous birds, you know!' 'A jackdaw surely couldn't pick up a sandal!' said Anne. 'It'd be too heavy. And I can't imagine a rabbit running off with one!' 'Well- it's not there,' said Dick, thinking that Anne must have been mistaken about putting them both by the big stone. He hunted round, but could not see the other one anywhere- STRANGE!

但事实并非如此。“好!多么的愚蠢!安妮惊讶地说。 “我知道我把它们放在一起了，就在这里。 总之，为什么只拿一个，不拿两个呢？“也许是一只兔子叼走了一只？”迪克建议道，咧嘴一笑。 “或者一只寒鸦——你知道，它们是非常淘气的鸟！”“寒鸦肯定不会捡起凉鞋的！”安妮说。 “它太重了。我无法想象一只兔子会带着一只跑掉！“嗯——它不在那儿，”迪克说，心想安妮一定是搞错了，把它们放在大石头旁边。 他四处寻找，但找不到另一个人——奇怪！