Chapter 11

11 Back to Work With the help of Higgs and his little red tractor, Rosa and Nan returned home with some newly felled trees trunks- obligingly knocked over by the bison. Back at the lake, they found everything was in good shape, but the cabin felt strangely empty without Stick. 'I hope she's all right,' said Rosa. 'She will be,' said Nan, collecting

在希格斯和他的红色小拖拉机的帮助下，罗莎和南带着一些新砍下来的树干回家了——这些树干被野牛亲切地撞倒了。 回到湖边，他们发现一切都很好，但小木屋里没有了木棍，奇怪地觉得空荡荡的。 “我希望她没事，”罗莎说。 “她会的，”南说，收集着

together a number of tools. 'The Greybacks will care for her, I know. Besides, we've got to build your room. That will help take our minds off things.' Rosa thought it was thrilling to be making her own home. Up until moving to Big Sky Mountain, she had no idea that building your own home was even an option. She could make it exactly as she wanted, fill it with her things - and no one else's - and be free of Grandma Nan's snoring. They set to work straight away. Nan showed Rosa the ins and outs of splitting and sawing wood, and before long

把许多工具放在一起。 “灰背队会照顾她的，我知道。 再说，我们还得给你盖房间呢。 这将有助于我们转移注意力。”罗莎觉得能自己安家是件令人兴奋的事。 在搬到大天山之前，她根本不知道自己建房子也是一种选择。 她可以完全按照自己的想法来做，把她的东西装满——而不是别人的——这样就不会听到奶奶的鼾声了。 他们立即开始工作。 南向罗莎展示了劈柴和锯木头的来龙去脉，没过多久

they were working well as a team. Nan was an old hand at building timber walls, and over the course of the day they managed to almost complete the three sides. Rosa was standing on the ladder, hammering down on a wooden pin to keep a plank in place, when Little Pig came flying up to her in a state of panic. 'GIANTS!' he screamed, circling Rosa's head. 'GIANTS EVERYWHERE!'

他们作为一个团队工作得很好。 南是建造木墙的老手，一天下来，他们几乎完成了三面墙。 罗莎正站在梯子上，用力敲打一根木钉，把木板固定住，这时小猪惊慌失措地飞向她。 “巨人!他尖叫着，围着罗莎的头转。 “巨人无处不在!”

'What's that?' she said, peering out. The bison herd were strolling along the lakeside, chewing anything that got in their way, and enjoying the clear, ice-cold water. 'It's Bigley!' said Rosa. 'I don't care! I don't care!' screamed Little Pig. 'One of them could breathe me in and I wouldn't even block their nose!' Rosa clambered down the ladder. 'Nan!' she cried. 'Bigley's here!' Nan followed Rosa down to the shore, where they found Bigley wallowing in the dusty gravel beside the lake. 'You were absolutely right about this place,' he said. 'It's the cleanest water for miles!' 'I told you it was,' said Nan. Little Pig was outraged. 'You told them

“那是什么?她说，探出头来。 野牛群在湖边漫步，咀嚼着任何挡道的东西，享受着清澈冰冷的河水。 这是绑架!罗莎说。“我不在乎！”我才不管呢！小猪尖叫着。 “他们中的一个可以把我吸进去，我甚至不会堵住他们的鼻子！”罗莎爬下梯子。 “奶奶!”她叫道。“绑架在这里!”南跟着罗莎来到岸边，在那里他们发现比格利在湖边尘土飞扬的砾石中打滚。 “你对这个地方的看法完全正确，”他说。 “这是几英里以来最干净的水！”“我告诉过你是这样的，”南说。 小猪被激怒了。你告诉他们

to come here!' he screeched, swooping overhead. 'And you didn't tell me this? I could've been trampled on, squashed or EVEN WORSE!' 'Calm down,' said Nan. 'I know they're big, but they wouldn't hurt a fly.' 'No, but they would hurt an owl!' said Little Pig. 'I think you should make them as welcome as possible, Little Pig,' said Nan. 'They are our friends.' The owl flew off in anger, screeching at the top of his lungs.

来这里！他尖叫着，从头顶俯冲下来。 “你没有告诉我这些吗？” 我可能会被踩，被压扁，甚至更糟！“冷静点，”南说。 “我知道它们很大，但它们连苍蝇都不会伤害。“不，但它们会伤害猫头鹰的！”小猪说。 “我认为你应该尽可能地欢迎他们，小猪，”南说。 “他们是我们的朋友。”猫头鹰愤怒地飞走了，扯着嗓子尖叫着。