Chapter 4

Chapter 4 EVERY JOURNEY STARTS WITH A SINGLE STEP. EVERY STEP STARTS WITH AN ELECTRICAL IMPULSE Before Harper learned to make things, she had learned to take them apart. It was the best way to see how things worked, after all. By the time she'd graduated from elementary school, Harper had pulled apart a toaster, a vacuum cleaner, two laptops, and an old TV. It was done under adult supervision, of course. Not that her parents knew much about electronics. Her mother was a painter, and her father was a sculptor. Mr. Houston's specialty was turning trash into objects of beauty. He'd needed circuit boards and TV coils for his projects. So Harper had been able to help him, while satisfying her own curiosity about gadgets.

每段旅程都始于足下。 在哈珀学会制作东西之前，她已经学会了把东西拆开。 毕竟，这是了解事物如何运作的最好方式。 小学毕业时，哈珀已经拆散了一台烤面包机、一台真空吸尘器、两台笔记本电脑和一台旧电视。 当然，这是在成年人的监督下进行的。 她的父母并不是很懂电子产品。 她母亲是画家，父亲是雕刻家。 休斯顿的专长是把垃圾变成美丽的东西。 他的项目需要电路板和电视线圈。 这样一来，哈珀既能帮助他，又能满足自己对小玩意的好奇心。

Knowing this did not make it any easier to take apart her own work now. But materials were scarce, and she needed redstone dust. The quickest way to get it was to dismantle the lever mechanism she'd made for their castle's front door. "Done," she said, and she held up her newest creation for all to see. Morgan recognized it at once. "A compass!" he said. "Good idea, Harper." Jodi, however, was skeptical. "Are you sure we need it?" she asked. "The sun rises in the east and sets in the west here, just like in real life. Couldn't we use that to navigate?" "Ah, but a MINECRAFT COMPASS is special," said Harper. "This will always give us the way to the world spawn point." "The what now?" said Jodi. "THE WORLD SPAWN POINT. It's where we appeared on our first day here," Morgan explained. "And since we built our castle quite close to that

知道了这一点，她现在对自己的作品进行拆解并不容易。 但材料匮乏，她需要红石粉。 最快的方法就是拆掉她为他们城堡的前门做的杠杆装置。 “完成了。”她说着，举起她最新的作品给大家看。 摩根立刻认出了它。 “指南针！”他说。“好主意，哈珀。” 然而，乔迪对此表示怀疑。 “你确定我们需要吗？”她问。 “这里的太阳从东方升起，在西方落下，就像在现实生活中一样。 我们不能用它来导航吗？”“啊，但我的世界指南针是特别的，”哈珀说。 “这将始终为我们提供通往世界刷出点的道路。” “现在是什么？”乔迪说。 世界刷出点。这是我们第一天来到这里的地方。”摩根解释道。 “既然我们的城堡建得离那很近

point…" "We'll always be able to find our way back here," said Harper. "Just in case we want to see your sculptures again. OR OUR SHEEP!" "Yeah, about the sheep…," Morgan began. "Yes?" Harper prodded. "Well, I've been wondering…" Jodi asked, "Why are you being so sheepish?" Then she laughed at her own joke. Morgan wasn't laughing. Finally, he blurted, "Do you think maybe we should eat them?" The girls gasped. "EAT BEAU?" said Jodi. "And Beep?" said Harper. "We're going to need food out there," Morgan said. "That means we're probably going to have to

“我们总能找到回去的路。”哈帕说。 “以防我们还想再看到你的雕塑。 或者我们的羊！”“是的，关于羊的事……”摩根开始说。 “是吗?”哈珀刺激。“嗯，我一直在想……”乔迪问，“你为什么这么害羞？”然后她为自己开的玩笑笑了起来。 摩根没有笑。最后，他脱口而出：“你觉得我们是不是应该把它们吃了？”女孩们倒吸了一口气。 “吃博？”乔迪说。“哔哔呢？”哈珀问。 “我们需要食物，”摩根说。 “这意味着我们可能不得不这么做

get meat from animals." At the girls' shocked looks, he added, "They're not even real! They're just sparkly pixels and a few random bits of computer code." "MMM…SOUNDS DELICIOUS," Jodi said sarcastically. She rubbed her belly for effect. "Real or not, we're not eating animals that we've named," Harper said. "Or that I gave to you as a gift!" added Jodi. "Beep represents our sibling bond!" "Okay, okay," said Morgan. "I'm sorry I brought it up. But we should bake bread before we leave. AND WE SHOULD GATHER AS MANY APPLES AS POSSIBLE WHILE WE'RE EXPLORING. We'll need them." "And we'll need to be smart about who carries what," said Ash. She and Po were walking toward them. "We've just gone through all our chests and discussed what to take…and what to leave behind."

从动物身上获取肉。”看到女孩们震惊的表情，他补充说，“她们甚至都不是真的！它们只是闪亮的像素和一些随机的计算机代码。” “嗯……听起来很好吃，”乔迪讽刺地说。 她揉了揉肚子以增加效果。 哈珀说：“不管真实与否，我们都不会吃我们自己命名的动物。” “或者我送给你的礼物！”乔迪补充道。 “哔哔声代表我们的兄弟情谊！”“好吧，好吧，”摩根说。 “我很抱歉提起这件事。 但我们走之前应该烤面包。 我们应该在探索的过程中尽可能多地收集苹果。 我们需要他们。”“我们得聪明点，看谁带什么东西。”阿什说。 她和阿宝朝他们走来。 “我们刚刚检查了所有的箱子，讨论了要带走什么，留下什么。”

"I hate to leave anything behind," said Po. "But we can only carry so much." "Well, save a slot for this," Harper said. She held up an iron sword. "Ooh," said Po. "That's quite an upgrade." "I'm making one for everybody," said Harper. "I hope we don't need them. But I'd rather be prepared."

“我讨厌落下任何东西，”阿宝说。 “但我们只能带这么多。” “好吧，给这个留个位置吧，”哈珀说。 她举起一把铁剑。 “哦，”阿宝说。“这是一个相当大的升级。” “我在为每个人做一个，”哈珀说。 “我希望我们不需要他们。 但我宁愿做好准备。”

They headed north, toward the obsidian letters, then turned west toward a range of snowcapped mountains. They decided the mountains would give them a good view. From there, they could decide their next move. They were moving steadily uphill, which meant they had to jump frequently. There were no gentle slopes here. The elevation increased whole blocks at a time. Soon they were high enough that patches of snow appeared on the ground. Every time their path took them by a low tree, they would swipe at the leaves. They were lucky and found several apples in a matter of minutes.

他们朝北走，朝着黑曜石字母的方向，然后向西转向一片白雪皑皑的山脉。 他们认为山上的景色很好。 从那里，他们可以决定下一步的行动。 它们在稳步向上移动，这意味着它们必须频繁地跳跃。 这里没有平缓的斜坡。 整块整块地增高。 很快，它们升得很高，地面上出现了一块块的雪。 每当他们经过一棵低矮的树时，他们就会拍打树叶。 他们很幸运，在几分钟内就找到了几个苹果。