01 By Moonlight

Midnight on the Moon.

月亮上的午夜

Chapter 1 By Moonlight Jack whispered a voice. Jack opened his eyes. He saw a figure out of moonlight. Wake up! Get dressed! It was his sister Annie. Jack turned on his lamp. He rubbed his eyes. Annie was standing beside his bed. She wore jeans and a sweatshirt. Let's go to the tree house, she said.

第一章 月光之下 有个声音小声喊杰克。 杰克睁开了眼睛。 他看见月光里有个身影。 醒醒！快穿衣服！ 是他的妹妹安妮。 杰克打开了台灯。 他揉了揉眼睛。 安妮正站在他的床边。 她穿着牛仔裤和运动衫。 "我们去树屋吧。"她说。

What time is it? asked Jack. He put on his glasses. Don't look at your clock! said Annie. Jack looked at his clock. Oh man! he said. It's midnight. It's too dark. No it isn't. The moon makes it bright enough to see! said Annie. Wait till morning! said Jack. No, now! said Annie. We have to find the fourth in thing. I have a feeling that the free moon might help us. That's not! said Jack. I'm going to sleep. You can sleep when we come back home! said Annie. No time will have passed. Jack sighed. Oh brother! he said. But he got out of bed. Yay! whispered Annie. Meet you at the back door! She tiptoed out of Jack's room.

"现在几点啦？"杰克问，他戴上了眼镜。 "别看你的闹钟！"安妮说。可杰克还是看了看闹钟。 "天呐！"他说，"现在是午夜啊，天太黑了。" "才不黑呢，月亮照得亮堂堂的，看得清路！"安妮说。 "等天亮了再去不行吗！"杰克说。 "不行，现在就得去！"安妮说，"我们得找到第四件M开头的东西。" "我感觉满月说不定能帮上我们的忙。" "才不是呢！"杰克说，"我要睡觉了。" "等我们回到家你再睡呀！"安妮说，"不会耽误多少时间的。" 杰克叹了口气。"哎哟我的天！"他说，但还是从床上爬了起来。 "太棒啦！"安妮小声说，"我在后门口等你哦！" 她踮着脚走出了杰克的房间。

Jack yawned. He pulled on his jeans and sneakers and his sweatshirt. He put his notebook and pencil into his backpack, then he crept down the stairs. Annie opened the back door. Quietly, they stepped outside. Wait! said Jack. We need a flashlight. No we don't! I told you! The moon will light our way! said Annie, and she took off. Jack sighed and followed her. Annie was right, thought Jack. The moon was so bright that he could see his shadow. Everything seemed washed with silver. Soon they left their street. Annie led the way into the Frog Creek woods. It was much darker under the shadows of the trees. Jack looked up, searching for the treehouse.

杰克打了个哈欠，套上牛仔裤、运动鞋和运动衫，把笔记本和铅笔塞进背包，然后蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。 安妮打开了后门，两个人轻手轻脚地走了出去。 "等等！"杰克说，"我们得拿个手电筒。" "不用啦！我跟你说过的！月亮会给我们照路的！"安妮说完就跑了，杰克叹了口气，跟在她后面。 安妮说得没错，杰克心想，月亮亮得他都能看见自己的影子，所有东西看起来都像镀了一层银。 没过多久他们就离开了住的街道，安妮带路走进了青蛙溪树林，树荫下面暗多了，杰克抬头张望，寻找树屋的踪影。

There! said Annie. The magic treehouse was shining in the moonlight. Annie grabbed the rope ladder and started climbing up. Careful, go slowly, said Jack. He followed her up the ladder and into the treehouse. Moonlight streamed through the window. It shone on the letter M that shimmered on the wooden floor. It shone on the three M things that rested on the M. A moonstone from the Time of the Ninjas, a mango from the Amazon Rainforest, and a mammoth bone from the Ice Age. We need just one more M thing, said Annie, to free Morgan from her spell. Squeak!

"在那儿！"安妮说，神奇树屋正在月光下闪闪发亮，安妮伸手抓住 绳梯，开始往上爬。"小心点，爬慢些。"杰克说，他跟在 她身后爬上梯子，进了树屋，月光从窗户照进来， 落在地板上闪着微光的字母M上，也照亮了放在M上的三样 M物品：忍者时代的月光石，亚马逊雨林的芒果， 还有冰河时代的猛犸象骨头。我们只差最后一样M 物品了，安妮说，就能解开摩根身上的咒语了。"吱呀！"

Peanut! said Annie. In the dim light Jack saw a tiny mouse. She sat on an open book. You didn't expect to see us this late, did you? said Annie. She picked up Peanut and Jack picked up the open book. So where are we going this time? Annie asked him. Jack held the book up to the moonlight. Uh -oh! he said. I knew we could have brought a flashlight. I can't read a thing. He could make out diagrams and shadowy pictures, but he couldn't read a word. Look at the cover! said Annie. The letters were bigger on the cover. Jack squeenied at them. It's called Hello Moon! he said.

"是花生！"安妮说，昏暗的光线下，杰克看见一只小老鼠，它正坐在一本摊开的书上。 "你没想到我们这么晚还来吧？"安妮说，她伸手抱起 花生，杰克则拿起了那本摊开的书。"这次我们要去哪儿呀？"安妮 问他。杰克把书举到月光下。"哎哟糟了！"他说，"我就知道我们 该带个手电筒的，我啥字都看不清。他能辨认出示意图 和模模糊糊的图画，但一个字都认不出来。"看封面！"安妮说。 封面上的字母更大些，杰克眯起眼睛看，书名是《你好， 月亮！》他说。