01 Back into the Woods

Night of the ninjas.

忍者之夜。

Chapter 1. Back into the woods. Let's look again, Jack, said Annie. Jack and Annie were walking home from the library. The path went right by the Frog Creek woods. Jack sighed. We looked this morning, he said. We looked the day before and the day before that. Then you don't have to come, said Annie. I'll go look by myself. She took off into the woods. Annie, wait! Jack called. It's almost time.

第一章 回到树林里 “杰克，我们再去看看嘛。”安妮说。 杰克和安妮正从图书馆往家走。 这条路刚好经过青蛙溪树林。 杰克叹了口气。 “我们今早才找过呀。”他说。 前天、大前天我们都找过了。 “那你不用跟着来呀。”安妮说。 我自己去找就好。 她一下子冲进了树林里。 “安妮，等等！”杰克喊道。 快到时间啦。

We have to get home. But Annie had disappeared among the trees. Jack stared at the woods. He was starting to lose hope. Maybe he would never see Morgan again. Weeks had passed, and there had not been one sign of Morgan Le Fay. Nor had there been one sign of her magic tree house. Jack! Annie called from the woods. It's back! Oh, she's just pretending as usual, Jack thought. But his heart started to race. Hurry! called Annie. She better not be kidding, said Jack. He took off into the woods to find Annie. Night was falling fast. Crickets tripped and fell. The End

我们得回家了。 可安妮已经消失在树丛里了。 杰克盯着树林看。 他开始失去希望了。 说不定他再也见不到摩根了。 好几个星期过去了，摩根·勒·菲一点踪影都没有。 她的魔法树屋也一点消息都没有。 “杰克！”安妮在树林里喊道。 “它回来了！” 唉，她又跟平常一样闹着玩呢，杰克心想。 可他的心跳还是开始咚咚直跳。 “快点呀！”安妮喊道。 “她最好不是在开玩笑。”杰克说。 他冲进树林去找安妮。 天很快就黑了下来。 蟋蟀蹦蹦跳跳的，还摔了个小跟头。 故事完。

loudly. It was hard to see through the shadows. Annie, Jack shouted. Here, she called. Jack kept walking. Here where, he called back. Here, here. Annie's voice came from above. Jack looked up. Oh, man, he breathed. Annie waved from the window of a tree house. It was in the tallest oak in the woods. A long rope ladder hung down from it. The magic tree house was back. Come on up! Annie shouted. Jack ran to the rope ladder. He started climbing. He climbed and climbed and climbed.

喊得很大声。暗处的东西很难看得清。 “安妮！”杰克大喊。“我在这儿呢。”她喊道。杰克继续往前走。“哪儿呢？”他又喊回去。“这儿，这儿呀。” 安妮的声音从上面传来。杰克抬头一看。哦我的天呀，他吸了口气。 安妮站在一座树屋的窗边朝他挥手。树屋建在树林里最高的那棵橡树上。 长长的绳梯从上面垂了下来。魔法树屋真的回来了。 “快上来呀！”安妮大喊。杰克跑到绳梯边，开始往上爬。他爬呀爬呀 爬个不停。