09 Under the Moon

Chapter 9 Under the Moon Jack froze. It's him! Annie whispered. The Knight held out his gloved hand. Come on, Jack! Annie said. Where are you going? said Jack. He wants to help us! said Annie. How do you know? I can just tell! said Annie. Annie stepped toward the horse. The Knight dismounted. The Knight picked Annie up and put her on the back of his horse.

第九章 月光之下 杰克僵住了。 是他！ 安妮小声说道。 骑士伸出了戴着手套的手。 快过来呀，杰克！ 安妮说。 你要去哪呀？ 杰克问。 他是想帮我们呀！ 安妮说。 你怎么知道的？ 我就是感觉得到呀！ 安妮说。 安妮朝着那匹马走了过去。 骑士翻身下了马。 骑士抱起安妮 把她放到了自己的马背上。

Come on, Jack," she called. Jack moved slowly toward the knight. It was like a dream. The knight picked him up, too. He placed Jack on the horse behind Annie. The knight got on behind them. He slapped the reins. The black horse cantered beside the moonlit water of the moat. Jack rocked back and forth in the saddle. The wind blew his hair. He felt very brave and very powerful. He felt as if he could ride forever on this horse with this mysterious knight, over the ocean, over the world, over the moon. A hawk shrieked in the darkness. There's the treehouse, said Annie. She pointed toward a grove of trees.

"快过来呀，杰克。"她招呼道。 杰克慢吞吞地朝着骑士走去。 这一切就像在做梦一样。 骑士也把他抱了起来。 他把杰克放到安妮身后的马背上。 骑士坐到了他俩的身后。 他轻抖缰绳。 黑马沿着护城河旁泛着月光的水面慢跑起来。 杰克在马鞍上跟着晃来晃去。 风拂过他的头发。 他觉得自己特别勇敢，特别有力量。 他感觉自己好像可以跟着这位神秘的骑士永远骑着这匹马， 越过大海，走遍世界，飞到月亮上。 一只鹰在黑暗中尖啸了一声。 "树屋在那儿！"安妮说。 她指向一小片树林。

The Knight steered the horse toward the trees. See, there it is, Annie said, pointing to the ladder. The Knight brought his horse to a stop. He dismounted and helped Annie down. Thank you, sir, she said, and she bowed. Then Jack. Thank you, he said, and he bowed also. The Knight got back on his horse. He raised his gloved hand, then he slapped the reins and rode off through the mist. Annie started up the tall ladder and Jack followed. They climbed into the dark treehouse and looked out the window. The Knight was riding toward the outer wall. They saw him go through the outer gate. Clouds started to cover the moon again.

骑士驾着马朝着树林的方向走去。 "你看，就在那儿。"安妮指着梯子说道。 骑士勒住了马。 他下了马，把安妮抱了下来。 "谢谢您，骑士先生。"她一边说一边鞠了一躬。 接着轮到杰克。"谢谢您。"他说道，也鞠了一躬。 骑士重新骑回了马背上。 他抬起戴着手套的手， 接着一抖缰绳，骑马消失在了薄雾里。 安妮开始爬高高的梯子，杰克跟在她身后。 他们爬进黑漆漆的树屋，看向窗外。 骑士正朝着外墙的方向骑去。 他们看着他穿过了外墙的大门。 云层又开始遮住月亮了。

For a brief moment, Jack thought he saw the Knight's armor gleaming on the top of a hill beyond the castle. The clouds covered the moon completely, and a black mist swallowed the land. He's gone, whispered Annie. Jack shivered in his wet clothes as he kept staring at the blackness. I'm cold, said Annie. Where's the Pennsylvania book? Jack heard Annie fumble in the darkness. He kept looking out the window. I think this is it, said Annie. I feel a silk bookmark. Jack was only half listening. He was hoping to see the Knight's armor gleam again in the distance. Okay, I'm going to use this, said Annie, because I think it's the right one.

有那么一瞬间，杰克觉得自己看到骑士的盔甲在山丘顶上闪着光 就在城堡的另一边。 云层彻底遮住了月亮，黑雾吞没了整片大地。 "他走了。"安妮小声说。 杰克穿着湿衣服冻得发抖，眼睛还一直盯着那片漆黑。 "我好冷。"安妮说。 "宾夕法尼亚的那本书在哪呀？" 杰克听到安妮在黑暗里摸索的声音。 他还一直望着窗外。 "我想就是这本了。"安妮说。 "我摸到一个丝绸书签了。" 杰克只听进去了一半。 他还盼着能再看到远处骑士的盔甲闪起光来。 "好啦，我要用这本了。"安妮说，"我觉得这本肯定没错。"

Here goes. Okay. I'm pointing. I'm going to wish. I wish we could go to Frog Creek." Jack heard the wind begin to blow, softly at first. I hope I pointed to the right picture and the right book, said Annie. What? Jack looked back at her. Right picture, right book? The treehouse began to rock. The wind got louder and louder. I hope it wasn't the dinosaur book, said Annie. Stop! Jack shouted at the treehouse. Too late. The treehouse started to spin. It was spinning and spinning. The wind was screaming. Then suddenly there was silence. Absolute silence.

"我开始啦。好的。我指好了。我要许愿啦。我希望我们能去青蛙溪。" 杰克听到风开始吹了，一开始还很轻柔。 "我希望我指对了图片也拿对了书。"安妮说。 "什么？"杰克回头看向她，"指对图片？拿对书？" 树屋开始摇晃起来，风变得越来越大，呼呼直响。 "我希望我拿的不是恐龙那本书。"安妮说。 "停下！"杰克对着树屋大喊。 太晚了。树屋开始转了起来，转啊转啊转个不停。 风在呼啸。 然后突然就静了下来，一点声音都没有了。