11. OLIVER & AMANDA AND BIG SNOW

OLIVER AMANDA AND THE BIG SNOW

奥利弗、阿曼达和大雪

DIGGING OUT It snowed all day. It snowed all night. "Look at all that snow!" said Oliver. Amanda looked out her window. She could not see anything.

铲雪啦 雪下了整整一天。 又下了一整夜。 “快看那好多的雪呀！”奥利弗说。 阿曼达望向窗外。 她什么都看不见。

"Even your window is covered with snow," said Mother. Amanda looked out the door. Everything everywhere was white. "It is the biggest snow I ever saw," she said. "Let's go outside," said Oliver. "You will have to dress warm," said Mother. She dressed them in a lot of sweaters and snowsuits and scarves and woolly hats and mittens. "I am so warm that I can't move," said Amanda.

“连你的窗户都被雪盖住啦。”妈妈说。 阿曼达往门外看。 所有地方的一切都是白茫茫的。 “这是我见过最大的雪啦。”她说。 “我们出去玩吧。”奥利弗说。 “你们得穿得暖暖的才行。”妈妈说。 她给俩孩子套了好多毛衣、滑雪服，围了围巾，还戴上了毛绒帽子和手套。 “我暖得都动不了啦。”阿曼达说。

Outside, everything looked different. The apple tree was a crooked ghost. The bushes were fat scoops of ice cream. The bird feeder wore a white hat. And Oliver's fort had disappeared. "Where did it go?" asked Oliver. "It was right there," said Amanda. She went looking for it. Suddenly she disappeared too.

外面的一切看起来都不一样了。 苹果树变成了歪歪扭扭的幽灵。 灌木丛像一勺勺圆滚滚的冰淇淋。 喂鸟器戴了顶白帽子。 奥利弗的堡垒不见了。 “它去哪啦？”奥利弗问。 “它刚才就在那儿的。”阿曼达说。 她走过去找堡垒。 突然她也不见了。

"Where is Amanda?" asked Oliver. "Down here," came a tiny voice. Father fished her out of a snowdrift. "This snow is deep," he said. "You better stay with me." Father shoveled. Oliver and Amanda made footprints. They threw snowballs. They found long, shiny icicles. "This is my magic sword," said Oliver. "With it I am Captain Brave." "This is my magic wand," said Amanda. "With it I can turn snowflakes into butterflies."

“阿曼达在哪呀？”奥利弗问。 “我在下面呢。”一个小小的声音传上来。 爸爸把她从雪堆里捞了出来。 “这雪很深哦。”他说。 “你们最好跟在我身边。” 爸爸在铲雪。 奥利弗和阿曼达踩脚印玩。 他们扔雪球。 他们找到了长长的、亮晶晶的冰柱。 “这是我的魔法宝剑。”奥利弗说。 拿着它我就是勇敢队长。” “这是我的魔法魔杖。”阿曼达说。 “用它我能把雪花变成蝴蝶哦。”

Amanda waved her wand and disappeared. "Wow!" said Oliver. "It is magic." "Help!" squeaked a tiny voice. Father dug her out of a snowbank. "How about helping me shovel?" he asked. Scrape went three shovels. Crunch went the snow. When they finished shoveling, they had made a pile of snow even taller than Father.

阿曼达挥了挥魔杖，然后就不见了。 “哇！”奥利弗说。 “真的是魔法哎。” “救命呀！”一个小小的声音吱吱叫着。 爸爸把她从雪堤里挖了出来。 “要不要帮我铲雪呀？”他问。 三把铲子刮得嚓嚓响。 雪踩得嘎吱嘎吱的。 等他们铲完雪，堆起来的雪堆比爸爸还要高。