10 One Mystery Solved

Chapter 10 One Mystery Solved The air was warm. It was dawn. Far away, a dog barked. I think that's Henry barking, Annie said. We did come home. They both looked out the treehouse window. That was close, said Jack. In the distance, streetlights lit their street. There was a light on in their upstairs window. Uh oh, said Annie. I think Mom and Dad are up. Hurry.

第十章 一个谜团解开了 空气暖融融的 天刚蒙蒙亮 远处传来一声狗叫 “我觉得是亨利在叫，”安妮说 我们真的回家啦 他俩都朝树屋的窗外望去 “刚才好险啊，”杰克说 远处，街灯照亮了他们住的那条街 他们家楼上的窗户亮着一盏灯 “哎呀糟了，”安妮说 我觉得爸爸妈妈已经起来了 快点走

Wait! In a daze Jack unzipped his backpack. He pulled out the castle book. It was quite wet. But Jack placed it back with all the other books. Come on, hurry! said Annie, scooting out of the treehouse. Jack followed her down the ladder. They reached the ground and took off between the gray -black trees. They left the woods and ran down their deserted street. They got to their yard and crept across the lawn right up to the back door. Jack and Annie slipped inside the house. They're not downstairs yet! whispered Annie. Shhh! said Jack. He led the way up the stairs and down the hall. No sign of his mom or dad. But he knew that they were coming.

“等一下！”杰克迷迷糊糊拉开背包拉链，掏出那本城堡书，书已经很 湿了。但杰克还是把它放回了其他书的旁边 “快点呀，赶紧走！”安妮一边说一边蹭蹭爬出了树屋 杰克跟着她爬下梯子。两人落地后就从灰黑色的树木之间冲了出去 他们跑出树林，沿着空无一人的街道往前跑。跑到自家院子后 蹑手蹑脚穿过草坪，径直走到后门。杰克和安妮悄悄溜进了房子里 “他们还没下楼呢！”安妮小声说。“嘘！”杰克说。他领着大家走上楼梯 顺着走廊走。没看见爸爸妈妈的影子，但他知道他们马上就要来了

could hear water running in the bathroom. Their house was so different from the dark, cold castle, so safe and cozy and friendly. Annie stopped at her bedroom door. She gave Jack a smile, then disappeared inside her room. Jack hurried into his room. He took off his damp clothes and pulled on his dry, soft pajamas. He sat down on his bed and unzipped his backpack. He took out his wet notebook. He felt around for the pencil, but his hand touched something else. Jack pulled the blue leather bookmark out of his pack. It must have fallen out of the castle book. Jack held the bookmark close to his lamp and studied it. The leather was smooth and smooth.

能听见浴室里传来水流的声音 他们的家和又黑又冷的城堡太不一样了 那么安全、那么温馨、那么舒服 安妮在自己的卧室门口停了下来 她冲杰克笑了笑，就转身进了自己房间 杰克急匆匆走进自己的房间 他脱掉湿乎乎的衣服，换上干爽柔软的睡衣 他坐到床上，拉开了背包的拉链 他掏出自己那本湿了的笔记本 他伸手摸铅笔，却摸到了别的东西 杰克把蓝色皮质书签从包里拿了出来 它肯定是从那本城堡书里掉出来的 杰克把书签举到台灯旁仔细端详 皮革摸起来滑溜溜的

It seemed ancient. For the first time, Jack noticed a letter on the bookmark. A fancy M. Jack opened the drawer next to his bed. He took out the gold medallion. He looked at the letter on it. It was the same M. Now this was an amazing new fact. Jack took a deep breath. One mystery solved. The person who had dropped the gold medallion in the time of the dinosaurs was the same person who owned all the books in the treehouse. Who was this person? Jack placed the bookmark next to the medallion. He closed the drawer. He picked up his pencil. He turned to the left.

看起来年头很久了 杰克这才第一次注意到书签上有个字母 是个设计精美的M 杰克打开床边的抽屉 他拿出那枚金色纪念章 他看了看上面的字母 也是一模一样的M 这可真是个惊人的新发现 杰克深吸了一口气 一个谜团解开了 恐龙时代掉了那枚金色纪念章的人 就是树屋里所有书的主人 这个人是谁呢？ 杰克把书签放到了纪念章旁边 他关上了抽屉 他拿起铅笔 他翻到了左边那页

He put a leafed, wet page in his notebook, and he started to write down this new fact. The same. But before he could draw the M, his eyes closed. He dreamed they were with the night again, all three of them riding the black horse through the cool, dark night, beyond the outer wall of the castle, and up over a moonlit hill into the mist.

他把一张带着叶脉的湿纸夹进笔记本，然后开始写下这个新发现 一模一样 可他还没来得及画出那个M，眼睛就闭上了 他梦见他们又回到了夜里，三个人骑着那匹黑马 穿过凉爽的黑夜，跑出城堡的外墙 爬上月光照耀的小山，钻进了薄雾里

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