02 The Monster

Chapter 2 The Monster Jack crawled through a hole in the treehouse floor. Wow! The treehouse was filled with books. Books everywhere. Very old books with dusty covers. New books with shiny, bright covers. Look! You can see far, far away, said Annie. She was peering out the treehouse window. Jack looked out the window with her. Down below were the tops of the other trees. In the distance he saw the Frog Creek Library.

第二章 怪兽 杰克从树屋地板的洞里爬了进去。 哇！ 树屋里堆满了书。 到处都是书。 封面落满灰尘的旧书。 封面亮闪闪的崭新的书。 快看！ “你能看到好远好远的地方哦。”安妮说。 她正凑在树屋的窗边往外看。 杰克也跟着凑到窗边往外看。 脚下是其他树木的树顶。 远处他能看到青蛙溪图书馆。

the elementary school, the park. Annie pointed in the other direction. There's our house, she said. Sure enough, there was their white wooden house with a green porch. Next door was their neighbor's black dog, Henry. He looked very tiny. Hi, Henry, shouted Annie. Shush, said Jack. We're not supposed to be up here. He glanced around the tree house again. I wonder who owns all these books, he said. He noticed bookmarks were sticking out of many of them. I like this one, said Annie. She held up a book with a castle on the cover. Here's a book about Pennsylvania, said Jack. He turned to the page with a bookmark.

还有小学、公园。安妮指向另一个方向。 “那是我们家的房子。”她说。果然，那栋带绿色门廊的白色木屋就是他们家。 隔壁是邻居家的大黑狗亨利，他看起来小小的。“嗨，亨利，” 安妮大喊道。“嘘，”杰克说，“我们不该待在这儿的。”他扫了一圈树屋 “我想知道这些书都是谁的。”他说。他注意到好多书里都夹着书签露在外面。 “我喜欢这本。”安妮说。她举着一本封面印着城堡的书。“这儿有本书，” 是讲宾夕法尼亚的。”杰克说。他翻到了夹着书签的那一页。

Hey, there's a picture of Frog Creek in here said Jack. It's a picture of these woods. Oh Here's a book for you said Annie. She held up a book about dinosaurs a blue silk bookmark was sticking out of it Let me see it Jack set down his backpack and grabbed the book from her You look at that one and I'll look at the one about castles said Annie No, I mean we better not said Jack. We don't know who these books belong to But even as he said this Jack opened the dinosaur book to where the bookmark was he couldn't help himself he turned to a picture of an ancient flying reptile a Pteranodon He touched the huge bat like wings Wow whispered Jack I Wish I could

“嘿，这里有张青蛙溪的照片！”杰克说，“拍的就是这片树林呀。哦！” “这本书给你。”安妮说。她举着一本讲恐龙的书，里面露着个蓝色丝绸书签。 “给我看看。” 杰克放下背包，从她手里拿过那本书。 “你看这本，我去看那本讲城堡的。”安妮说。 “不行，我们最好别乱碰。”杰克说，“我们不知道这些书是谁的。” 可话刚说完，杰克就忍不住翻开恐龙书到夹书签的那一页。 他翻到了一张远古飞行动物的图片，是—— 无齿翼龙 他摸了摸它那像蝙蝠一样的大翅膀。 哇 杰克小声说，我 真希望能

see a Pteranodon for real. Jack studied the picture of the odd looking creature soaring through the sky. Ah! screamed Annie. What? said Jack. A monster! Annie cried. She pointed to the treehouse window. Stop pretending, Annie, said Jack. No, really! said Annie. Jack looked out the window. A giant creature was gliding above the tree tops. He had a long weird crest on the back of his head, a skinny beak, and huge bat -like wings. It was a real live Pteranodon. The creature curved through the sky. He was coming straight toward the treehouse. He looked like a glider plane. The wind began to blow.

亲眼见到一只无齿翼龙。 杰克仔细看着这只怪模怪样的生物在天空翱翔的图片。 啊！ 安妮尖叫起来。 “怎么了？”杰克问。 “有怪兽！” 安妮大叫道。 她指着树屋的窗户。 “别装神弄鬼了，安妮。”杰克说。 “没有，是真的！”安妮说。 杰克往窗外看去。 一只巨大的生物正在树顶上滑翔。 他后脑勺长着个奇怪的长冠，嘴巴尖尖瘦瘦的，还有蝙蝠一样的大翅膀。 那是一只活生生的无齿翼龙！ 那只生物在空中转了个弯。 他正朝着树屋直直飞过来。 他看起来就像一架滑翔机。 风开始刮了起来。

The leaves trembled. Suddenly the creature soared up high into the sky. Jack nearly fell out the window trying to see it.

树叶瑟瑟发抖。突然那只生物猛地冲上了高空，杰克探着身子想看清他，差点从窗户摔出去。

The wind picked up. It was whistling now. The treehouse started to spin. What's happening? cried Jack. Get down! shouted Annie.

风变大了，呼呼地响。树屋开始转了起来。 “发生什么事了？”杰克大叫。“快蹲下！”安妮喊道。