01 The Dark Woods

The Night at Dawn

《拂晓之夜》

Chapter 1 The Dark Wood Jack couldn't sleep. He put his glasses on. He looked at the clock. 5 .30. Too early to get up. Yesterday so many strange things had happened. Now he was trying to figure out how to get them out. He turned on the light. He picked up his notebook. He looked at the list he'd made before going to bed.

第一章 幽暗密林 杰克睡不着。他戴上眼镜，看了看时钟：五点半。 现在起床还太早。昨天发生了好多怪事，他这会儿正琢磨着 怎么把这些事理清楚。他开了灯，拿起笔记本，看向睡前列的那张清单。

Found tree house in woods. Found lots of books in it. Pointed to a Pteranodon picture in book. Made a wish. Went to time of dinosaurs. Pointed to a picture of Frog Creek woods. Made a wish. Came home to Frog Creek. Jack pushed his glasses into place. Who was going to believe any of this? Not his mom, or his dad, or his third grade teacher, Ms. Watkins. Only his seven year old sister, Annie. She'd gone with him to the time of the dinosaurs. Can't you sleep? It was Annie standing in his doorway.

在树林里发现了树屋。 树屋里有好多书。 指向书里的无齿翼龙图片。 许了个愿。 穿越到了恐龙时代。 指向青蛙溪树林的图片。 许了个愿。 回到了青蛙溪的家。 杰克推了推眼镜戴好。 谁会信这些事啊？ 爸爸妈妈不会信，他三年级的沃特金斯老师也不会信。 只有他七岁的妹妹安妮会信。 她可是和他一起穿越去了恐龙时代的。 “你睡不着吗？” 安妮正站在他的房门口。

Nope said Jack Me neither said Annie. What are you doing? She walked over to Jack and looked at his notebook. She read the list Aren't you going to write about the gold medal? She asked you mean the gold medallion said Jack He picked up his pencil and wrote Found this in dinosaur time He drew a little circle Aren't you gonna put the letter M on the medal said Annie Medallion said Jack not metal. He added an M

“睡不着。”杰克说。 “我也睡不着。”安妮说，“你在干嘛呀？” 她走到杰克身边，看着他的笔记本，读起了那张清单。 “你不打算写那块金牌的事吗？”她问。“你是说那枚金徽章对吧？”杰克说。 他拿起铅笔写了起来。 在恐龙时代找到的这个 他画了个小圆圈。 “你不在金牌上写个字母M吗？”安妮问。 “是徽章，不是奖牌哦。”杰克说着，添了个字母M。

Aren't you going to write about the magic person? said Annie. We don't know for sure if there is a magic person, said Jack. Well someone built the tree house in the woods. Someone put the books in it. Someone lost a gold medal and dinosaur time. Medallions, said Jack for the third time. And I'm just writing the facts, the stuff we know for sure. Let's go back to the tree house right now, said Annie. And find out if a magic person is a fact. Are you nuts? said Jack. The sun's not even up yet. Come on, said Annie. Maybe we can catch them sleeping. I don't think we should, said Jack. He was worried what if the magic person was

“你不打算写那个魔法师的事吗？”安妮问。 “我们还不确定有没有魔法师呢。”杰克说。 可是树林里的树屋总得有人建吧。 书总得有人放进去吧。 总得有人把金牌落在恐龙时代吧。 “是徽章。”杰克第三次纠正道。 我只写事实，就是我们百分百确定的事。 “我们现在就回树屋去吧。”安妮说。 去看看魔法师是不是真的存在。 “你疯了吗？”杰克说。 太阳都还没升起来呢。 “走嘛。”安妮说。 说不定我们去的时候他们还在睡觉呢。 “我觉得我们不该去。”杰克说。 他很担心，万一魔法师是个