Chapter 5

5 The Raft Oki and his family collected up some of the larger plastic barrels on the beach, as well as a fine collection of smooth driftwood and lengths of plastic rope. He then hurried back inside and returned with three bright orange life jackets, one much smaller than the others. 'They were hanging on the wall of the lighthouse' he said, patting one of the jackets.

筏子Oki和他的家人在海滩上收集了一些较大的塑料桶，还收集了一些光滑的浮木和一些塑料绳子。 然后，他急忙回到里面，拿着三件亮橙色的救生衣回来了，其中一件比其他的要小得多。 “它们挂在灯塔的墙上，”他拍拍其中一件夹克说。

'They should fit you perfectly!' Nan slipped one on over her head,and Rosa copied her. She immediately felt more assured. 'What do you think?' asked Nan. 'Much better' said Rosa, as Nan tightened the cords around her front. 'But what's this?' She held up a small whistle tied to its front. 'You blow it if you're in trouble,' said Nan. 'I see,' said Rosa, giving it a go. Stick jumped to attention at the screeching whistle, and Rosa apologised with a forced smile. And this tiny one,' said Oki, holding the mini life jacket aloft, 'is for the wolf!'

“它们应该非常适合你！”南在头上套了一件，罗莎也照做了。 她立刻感到放心多了。 “你觉得怎么样？”南问。 “好多了，”罗莎说，南拉紧了她前面的绳子。 “可这是什么？”她举起一个绑在前面的小哨子。 南说：“如果你遇到麻烦，你就吹。” “我明白了，”罗莎说着，试了试。 听到刺耳的汽笛声，木棍跳起来立正，罗莎勉强笑着道歉。 “这件小救生衣，”Oki说，把迷你救生衣高举在空中，“是给狼准备的！”

Rosa clapped excitedly. 'Stick gets her own life jacket?!' she cried. 'Why not?'said Nan. Stick stood up proudly so that Oki could fasten the little jacket around her. Then she howled in delight and ran round in a circle. They started work on the raft immediately, tying the barrels together first, and then strapping lengths of wood together to make a deck. It quickly took shape, and Stick leapt up on top.

罗莎兴奋地鼓掌。“棍子有自己的救生衣？！”她叫道。 “为什么不呢?”奶奶说。棍子骄傲地站起来，好让奥基把小夹克系在她身上。 然后她高兴地大叫起来，绕着圈子跑。 他们立即开始做木筏，先把木桶绑在一起，然后把几段木头捆在一起做甲板。 它很快就成形了，棍子跳到了上面。

'Captain Stick!' said Rosa, standing to attention with a salute. Stick wagged her tail happily. 'It's looking solid,' said Nan, kicking the barrels firmly. 'Should see us to the island and cope with another passenger, as well!' 'There's only one way to find out!' said Oki. Oki tied a rope to the front of the raft and, with Rosa's help, dragged it down the beach towards the frothing surf. A crab looked at them in

“队长坚持!罗莎立正站起来行礼说。 棍子高兴地摇着尾巴。 “它看起来很结实，”南说着，坚定地踢着桶。 “应该把我们送到岛上，还要照顾另一位乘客！”“只有一个办法能弄清楚！”Oki说。 奥基在木筏的前面系上一根绳子，在罗莎的帮助下，把它拖到海滩上，朝着泡沫汹涌的海浪前进。 一只螃蟹看着他们