21 Spying on Dinosaurs

Spying on Dinosaurs written by Pam Holden illustrated by Jim Storey

《监视恐龙》作者帕姆·霍尔顿，插画吉姆·斯托里

James opened his birthday present from his family. "This is the best telescope ever! Thanks so much!" he said. "You're very welcome," said Dad smiling happily. "We had a feeling we'd found you something special that you'd really love." James couldn't wait to try out his new telescope. He'd been hoping to get a telescope when he turned six, but he didn't. He was hoping again when he turned seven, but no luck. Now that he'd turned eight, he finally had what he'd always dreamed of. James had a special telescope of his own. James put his shiny new telescope up to his eye. "Hey Dad, you look like a very happy giant," he said. "Here, you have a look, Molly," said James to his little sister. Molly put James' telescope up to her eye and started to look around the room. It wasn't long before she found the family pets. "I spy with my little eye... Oh wow!" said Molly pointing in surprise. "It looks like there's a really large tiger over there and an extra big whale too. I wish I was eight, then I could have a telescope of my own for my birthday too," said Molly sadly. "Cheer-up Sist" said James kindly. "Remember, we're a sharing family. "I'll let you have lots of turns."

詹姆斯打开了家人给他的生日礼物。 “这是有史以来最好的望远镜!”非常感谢!”他说。 “不用谢，”爸爸开心地笑着说。 “我们有一种感觉，我们为你找到了你会喜欢的特别的东西。” 詹姆斯迫不及待地想试试他的新望远镜。 他一直希望在六岁的时候得到一个望远镜，但是他没有。 当他七岁的时候，他又有了希望，但是没有成功。 现在他已经八岁了，他终于拥有了他一直梦想的东西。 詹姆斯有一架他自己的特殊望远镜。 詹姆斯把他那架闪闪发光的新望远镜举到眼前。 “嘿，爸爸，你看起来像一个非常快乐的巨人，”他说。 “给，你看看，莫莉，”詹姆斯对他的小妹妹说。 莫利把詹姆斯的望远镜凑到眼前，开始环顾房间。 没过多久她就找到了家里的宠物。 “我用我的小眼睛窥探…… 哦，哇!”莫莉惊讶地指着说。 “看起来那边有一只非常大的老虎，还有一只特别大的鲸鱼。 “我希望我八岁，那样我也能有一架自己的望远镜作为生日礼物。”莫利伤心地说。 “打起精神来，姐姐。”詹姆斯和蔼地说。 “记住，我们是一个分享的家庭。 “我会让你有很多回合。”

James was so excited. "Can we go on a special adventure with the telescope?" he asked his parents. "As long as you are careful, and as long as you look after each other," replied Dad. "We don't want you two to get lost! You can have a fun game of I Spy..." "Yay, let's go outside and see what we can see!" James said to Molly in an excited voice. It wasn't long until Molly and James had everything they needed for their adventure. They walked off together happily, with Molly ahead leading the way, and James following behind, looking through his shiny new, birthday telescope.

詹姆斯非常兴奋。“我们可以用望远镜来一次特别的冒险吗?”他问他的父母。 “只要你们小心，只要你们互相照顾，”爸爸回答说。 “我们不希望你们两个迷路!”你可以玩一个有趣的I Spy游戏……” “耶，我们出去看看能看到什么吧!”詹姆斯激动地对莫利说。 没过多久，莫莉和詹姆斯就得到了他们冒险所需的一切。 他们一起愉快地走开了，莫丽在前面带路，詹姆斯跟在后面，用他崭新的生日望远镜看东西。

They hadnt gone very far from home, when James suddenly shouted, "Hey, look over there! I can see something in the trees. I can't believe my eyes. It's something strange! I spy a dinosaur!" James and Molly hurried ahead to the place in the trees, where James had spied the dinosaur.

他们离家没走多远，詹姆斯突然喊道:“嘿，看那边!我能看到树上有东西。 我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。真奇怪!我发现了一只恐龙!”詹姆斯和莫莉急忙跑到树林里詹姆斯发现恐龙的地方。

"Where's that dinosaur now?" asked Molly. "I think it must've run away because all I can see is this tiny beetle in the grass," she said, answering her own question.

“那只恐龙现在在哪里?”莫莉问。 “我想它一定是逃跑了，因为我只能看到草丛里的这只小甲虫，”她回答了自己的问题。

Soon, it was Molly's turn to play I Spy... It didn't take long for her to spy something special. "I spy two large dinosaurs on a hill," she said. "Let's go! Follow me," Molly shouted excitedly.

很快，轮到莫莉扮演我是间谍了…… 没过多久，她就发现了一些特别的东西。 “我在山上发现了两只大恐龙，”她说。 “我们走吧!跟我来。”莫利兴奋地喊道。