05 Ha-Ha

Chapter 5. Ha! Ha! Oh, no! No, no! shouted Annie. She raced down the bank until she reached a sandy, clear spot. Here! Here! she called. The wildebeests followed her with their wild eyes. Jack watched in disbelief as the swimmers changed their course. Slowly all the wildebeests swam to where Annie stood. She waved them in like a traffic policeman.

第五章 哈！哈！ “哦，不！不要！不要！”安妮大叫道。 她沿着河岸飞奔，直到跑到一片干净的沙地上才停下。 “这儿！来这儿！”她喊道。 角马们瞪着疯狂的眼睛跟着她。 杰克不敢置信地看着那群渡河的角马调转了方向。 所有的角马慢悠悠地游到了安妮站着的地方。 她像个交通警察一样挥手示意它们过来。

Jack grabbed his backpack. Annie, he cried, let's go before we get trampled. Keep it up, she shouted to the wildebeests as she took off after Jack. They ran farther up the river, away from the incoming wildebeests. Finally they stopped to catch their breath. They looked back. Everything seemed fine. The wildebeests were scrambling safely over the riverbank. Soon they would graze on the grass prepared by the zebras. Good work, Jack said to Annie. Thanks, she said. Okay, now for our riddle. No, first we've got to get clean, said Jack. You look like you're in a mud suit.

杰克一把抓起自己的背包。 “安妮，”他大喊，“趁我们还没被踩扁，快跑！” “继续跟上呀。”她一边冲角马喊，一边跟在杰克身后跑了起来。 他们沿着河往上游跑了更远，离正涌过来的角马群远远的。 最后他们停下来喘气。 他们回头望去。 一切看起来都很顺利。 角马们都安全地爬上了河岸。 很快它们就能去吃斑马们整理好的青草了。 “干得好。”杰克对安妮说。 “谢谢呀。”她回答。 “好啦，现在该解我们的谜语啦。” “不行，我们得先把自己弄干净。”杰克说。 “你看起来就像穿了套泥巴做的衣服。”

High -pitched laughter rang through the air. It sounded mocking and mean. Jack and Annie turned around. They saw two spotted brown animals standing in the tall grass. The creatures had bodies like dogs, but with sloping backs. They laughed again. Ha ha, said Annie. You don't look so great yourself. What are they? said Jack. He took out the book. He tried not to get mud on it as he looked for a picture. When he found it, he read aloud. On the African plains, the hyena is the ruling predator after the lion. It makes a sound similar to a high -pitched human laugh. What's predator mean? said Annie.

刺耳的尖笑声传遍了四周，那声音听着又嘲讽又恶意。 杰克和安妮转过身，看见两只带斑点的棕色动物 站在高高的草丛里。 这两个生物身子像狗，不过后背是倾斜的，它们又笑了起来。 “哈哈，”安妮说，“你们自己看起来也没好到哪儿去。” “它们是什么呀？”杰克问。 他掏出了那本书。 他翻书找图片的时候尽量不让泥巴蹭到书，找到图片后，他大声念了出来。 在非洲平原上，鬣狗是仅次于狮子的顶级捕食者。 它能发出类似人类尖声大笑的声音。 “捕食者是什么意思呀？”安妮问。

It means it catches things and eats them said Jack. Oh Said Annie yuck the two hyenas laughed again, and they moved closer to Jack and Annie Quietly Jack read more The hyena has a reputation for being a thief and a coward Let's see if they're cowards whispered Annie. Let's try to scare them The hyenas laughed and moved a little closer How Jack asked act like a monster said Annie now? Jack and Annie made terrible monster faces. They put out their hands and rushed at the hyenas They shouted

“意思就是它会抓别的动物来吃。”杰克说。哦 安妮说“好恶心”，那两只鬣狗又笑了起来，还朝着杰克和安妮靠近了一点 杰克静静地接着往下念 鬣狗素来有小偷和胆小鬼的名声 “我们来看看它们是不是胆小鬼吧。”安妮小声说，“我们试试吓走它们。” 鬣狗笑着又靠近了一点 “怎么吓？”杰克问，“我们现在就装成怪兽吗？”安妮说。 杰克和安妮做出了超级可怕的怪兽脸，他们伸出手朝着鬣狗冲过去 他们大喊大叫

The hyenas yelped and scurried off. Scaredy cats! Annie shouted after them. Come on! said Jack. Annie and Jack took off in the other direction. They ran around a bend in the river. Jack heard the hyena laughter again. It sounded far away. Good, he said. They're gone.

鬣狗们尖叫着慌慌张张地跑掉了。 胆小鬼！ 安妮在它们身后大喊。 “快走！”杰克说。 安妮和杰克朝着另一个方向跑了。 他们绕过了河的一个弯道。 杰克又听见了鬣狗的笑声。 那声音听起来很远。 “太好了，”他说， “它们走了。”

Hey, maybe we can wash over there said Annie. She pointed to the edge of the forest. There was a small pond surrounded by tall grass Zebras were drinking the water Yeah, said Jack if it's safe enough for them to drink the zebras ignored them as they walked toward the pond

“嘿，或许我们可以去那边洗洗。”安妮说。她指了指森林的边缘，那里有一个小池塘 周围长满了高高的草 斑马们正在喝水 “对呀，”杰克说，“既然它们能放心喝水，那地方肯定安全。”他们朝着池塘走过去的时候，斑马们都没搭理他们