07 To the East

Chapter 7 To the East Jack and Annie stood still for a long moment. Annie spoke first. Well, I guess the Tall Ninja was pointing to the east, she said. I guess that's the way we go. Wait, said Jack, I need to write some stuff down. He

第七章 往东走 杰克和安妮一动不动地站了好一会儿。 安妮先开了口。“嗯，我猜刚才那个高个子忍者指的是东边。”她说。 我想我们得往那边走。“等等，”杰克说，“我得先把一些东西记下来。”他

Look, Jack," whispered Annie. Do I look like a ninja? He looked at her. She had pulled her sweatshirt hood over her head and tied the strings tightly. She did look like a ninja, a very small one. Good idea, Jack whispered. He pulled his hood up, too. Okay, let's go, said Annie. Jack put his notebook away. Then he and Annie headed east into the woods. They slipped between trees and more trees and more trees. All the trees looked the same. Jack got confused. Were they still going in the right direction? Wait, he said. Annie stopped. They both stared at the woods around them.

“你看呀，杰克。”安妮小声说。 “我看起来像不像忍者呀？” 他看向她。 她把运动衫的帽子拉到头上，还把帽绳系得紧紧的。 她看上去还真像个忍者，就是个头特别小。 “好主意。”杰克小声说。 他也把自己的帽子拉了起来。 “好啦，我们走吧。”安妮说。 杰克把他的笔记本收了起来。 然后他和安妮就朝东边走去，进了树林。 他们悄悄地穿过一棵又一棵，数不清的树。 所有的树看起来都一模一样。 杰克有点懵了。 他们走的方向还对吗？ “等等。”他说。 安妮停了下来。 两个人都盯着周围的树林看。

Do you think we're still going east? asked Jack. I guess so, said Annie. We can't just guess, said Jack. We have to know for sure. How do we do that? said Annie. We don't have a compass. Just then the master's words came back to Jack. The ninja master said to use nature, he said. How do we do that? said Annie. Wait, I remember something. Jack closed his eyes. He remembered something in a camping book. Now what was it? He opened his eyes. I've got it! First we need a stick, he said.

“你觉得我们现在还在往东走吗？”杰克问。 “我觉得是呀。”安妮说。 “我们不能光靠猜呀。”杰克说。 我们得百分百确定才行。 “我们要怎么确定呀？”安妮问。 我们又没有指南针。 就在这时，杰克想起了大师说过的话。 “忍者大师说要利用大自然。”他说。 “我们要怎么利用呀？”安妮问。 “等等，我想到个办法。” 杰克闭上了眼睛。 他想起了一本露营书里讲过的知识。 是什么来着？ 他睁开了眼睛。 “我想到啦！首先我们得找一根小木棍。”他说。

Annie picked up a stick. Here, she said. Great. Now we just need a space with moonlight, said Jack. There, said Annie. They moved into a moonlit space between the shadows. Now push the stick into the ground, Jack said. Annie pushed the stick into the ground. The stick's shadow looks like it's more than six inches, said Jack. What do you think? It looks like it, said Annie. Okay, then that means the shadow's pointing east, said Jack. Neat, said Annie. So that way is east. Jack pointed east.

安妮捡起了一根木棍。 “给你。”她说。 “太棒了。现在我们要找个能照到月光的地方。”杰克说。 “那里就可以呀。”安妮说。他们走到了阴影之间那块月光照亮的空地上。 “现在把木棍插到土里去。”杰克说。 安妮把木棍插到了土里。 “这根木棍的影子看起来好像不止6英寸长哦。”杰克说，“你觉得呢？” “是呀，看起来是的。”安妮说。 “好啦，那说明影子现在指的就是东边哦。”杰克说。 “好厉害呀。”安妮说。 “所以那边就是东边。”杰克指向了东边。

a new direction. At least I hope it is. We're real ninjas now, said Annie. Yep, said Jack. Maybe we are. Come on. They took off, heading east, they hoped. Soon they were out of the pine woods and walking down the rocky mountainside, they moved slowly from rock to rock. Finally they rested against a giant rock. Let's check our direction again, said Jack. Annie stuck another stick into the dirt. There, he said. He pointed to the shadow in the ground. That way. Annie peeked over the rock down the mountain. Yikes, she said softly. Jack looked too. His heart nearly stopped.

一个新方向。至少我希望是对的。“我们现在是真正的忍者啦。”安妮说。“对呀。”杰克说。 说不定还真是。走吧。他们出发了，按照他们认为的东边前进。没过多久他们就走出了松树林。 沿着布满岩石的山坡往下走，他们踩着石头慢慢挪动步子。最后他们靠在 一块大石头上休息。“我们再确认下方向吧。”杰克说。安妮把另一根木棍插进了 泥土里。“好了。”他说。他指着地上的影子。“那边。”安妮从大石头上面探出头 往山下看。“哎呀。”她小声说。杰克也看了过去。他的心脏都快要停跳了。

There were flames of fire coming up the mountain, the Samurai. Jack and Annie ducked behind the rock. Squeak! Said the mouse. Quiet, Peanut! Said Annie. Jack reached into his pack. He pulled out the ninja book. I hope something in here can help us, he said. Jack flipped through page after page until he found what he was looking for. It was a picture of warriors wearing bamboo armor. They were holding swords. He read. The Samurai were fierce Japanese fighters. They carried two swords to cut down their enemies. Annie tapped Jack on the shoulder.

有火光正往山上来，是武士。 杰克和安妮赶紧蹲到了石头后面。 “吱呀！” 小老鼠叫了起来。 “安静点，花生！” 安妮说。 杰克把手伸进了背包里。 他掏出了那本忍者书。 “希望书里有能帮到我们的内容。”他说。 杰克一页页翻着书，终于找到了他要找的内容。 那是一张武士穿着竹制铠甲的图片。 他们手里都拿着刀。 他读了起来。 武士是日本骁勇善战的士兵。 他们会佩戴两把刀，用来击败敌人。 安妮轻轻拍了拍杰克的肩膀。