10 Home Before Dark

Chapter 10 Home Before Dark A bird began to sing. Jack opened his eyes. He was still pointing at the picture of the Frog Creek woods. He peeked out the treehouse window. Outside he saw the exact same view. We're home, whispered Annie. The woods were lit with a golden late afternoon light. The sun was about to set. No time had passed since they'd left. Jack! Annie! A voice called from the distance. That's Mom, said Annie, pointing.

第十章 天黑前到家 一只小鸟开始唱歌。 杰克睁开了眼睛。 他的手还指着青蛙溪树林的图片。 他朝树屋的窗外瞥了瞥。 外面的景色和之前一模一样。 「我们到家啦。」安妮小声说。 傍晚的金色阳光洒在树林里。 太阳马上就要落山了。 从他们离开到现在，一点时间都没过去。 杰克！安妮！ 远处传来了呼喊声。 「是妈妈。」安妮指着外面说。

Jack saw their mother far away. She was standing in front of their house. She looked very tiny. Annie! Jack! she called.

杰克看见妈妈在很远的地方，站在他们家房子前面，看起来小小的一个。 「安妮！杰克！」她喊道。

Annie stuck her head out the window and shouted, Coming! Jack still felt dazed. He just stared at Annie.

安妮把头探出窗外，大声喊： 「我们来啦！」 杰克还是有点晕乎乎的。 他就那么盯着安妮看。

What happened to us? He said. We took a trip in a magic tree house, said Annie simply. But it's the same time as when we left, said Jack. Annie shrugged. And how did it take us so far away, said Jack. And so long ago. You just looked at a book and said you wished we could go there, said Annie. And the magic tree house took us there. But how, said Jack. And who built this magic tree house? Who put all these books here? A magic person, I guess, said Annie. A magic person. Oh, look, said Jack. I almost forgot about this. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the gold medallion. Someone lost this s -

「我们刚才是怎么回事？」他问。 「我们坐着魔法树屋去旅行啦。」安妮轻轻松松地说。 「可是我们离开是什么时间，现在还是什么时间呀。」杰克说。 安妮耸了耸肩。 「还有它怎么能把我们带到那么远的地方去呢？」杰克说。 还是那么久以前的时代。 「你刚才看着一本书，说你希望我们能去那儿呀。」安妮说。 然后魔法树屋就把我们带过去了呀。 「可是怎么做到的呢？」杰克说。 还有是谁建了这座魔法树屋？是谁把这些书放在这儿的？ 「我猜是个会魔法的人吧。」安妮说。 一个会魔法的人。 「哦，你看，」杰克说，「我差点忘了这个东西。」 他把手伸进口袋，掏出了那枚金奖章。 有人把这个丢在——

back there in Dinosaur Land. Look, there's a letter M on it." Annie's eyes got round. "'You think M stands for magic person?' she said. "'I don't know,' said Jack. I just know someone went to that place before us." "'Jack! Annie!' came the distant cry again. Annie poked her head out the window. "'Coming!' she shouted. Jack put the gold medallion back in his pocket. He pulled the dinosaur book out of his pack and put it back with all the other books. Then he and Annie took one last look around the tree house. "'Goodbye, house,' whispered Annie. Jack swung his backpack over his shoulder. He pointed at the ladder.

恐龙大陆那儿啦。你看，上面有个字母M。」 安妮的眼睛睁得圆圆的。 「你觉得M代表的是那个会魔法的人吗？」她问。 「我不知道呀。」杰克说，「我只知道在我们之前有人去过那个地方。」 「杰克！安妮！」远处的喊声又传来了。 安妮把头探出窗外。 「来啦！」她喊道。杰克把金奖章放回口袋里，他从背包里掏出 那本恐龙书，放回其他书旁边。然后他和安妮最后再 看了树屋一圈。「再见啦，小树屋。」安妮小声说。杰克把背包甩到 肩膀上，指了指梯子。

Annie started down, Jack followed. Seconds later they hopped onto the ground and started walking out of the woods. No one's going to believe our story said Jack.

安妮开始往下爬，杰克跟在后面。没一会儿他们就跳到地上，往树林外面走。 「没人会相信我们的经历的。」杰克说。