01 Are You Serious?

Polar bears past bedtime

过了睡觉时间的北极熊

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非常感谢

Chapter 1. Are you serious? Hoo! The strange sound came from outside the open window. Jack opened his eyes in the dark. The sound came again. Hoo! Jack sat up and turned on his light. He put on his glasses. Then he grabbed the flashlight from his table and shone it out the window. A white snowy owl was sitting on a tree branch. Hoo! The owl said again.

第一章 你是认真的吗？ 呼！奇怪的声音从敞开的窗外传来。 杰克在黑暗中睁开眼睛，那声音又响了。 呼！杰克坐起来打开灯，戴上了眼镜。 接着他抓起桌上的手电筒，往窗外照去。 一只雪白的猫头鹰正站在树枝上。 呼！猫头鹰又叫了一声。

Yellow eyes looked right into Jack's. What does he want? Jack wondered. Is he a sign like the rabbit and the gazelle? A long legged rabbit and a gazelle had led Jack and Annie to the Magic Treehouse for their last two adventures. Ooh, wait a second, Jack said to the owl. I'll get Annie. Jack's sister Annie always seemed to know what birds and animals were saying. Jack jumped out of bed and hurried to Annie's room. She was sound asleep. Jack shook her and she stirred. What? She said. Come to my room, whispered Jack. I think Morgan sent another sign. In a split second Annie was out of bed.

黄色的眼睛直直对上杰克的眼睛。 他想干嘛？杰克心想：他会不会像之前的兔子和瞪羚一样是个信号？ 前两次冒险，就是一只长腿兔子和一只瞪羚领着杰克和安妮找到魔法树屋的。 哦，等一下，杰克对着猫头鹰说，我去叫安妮。 杰克的妹妹安妮好像总能听懂小鸟和小动物说的话。 杰克跳下床，匆匆跑到安妮的房间，她睡得正香，杰克摇了摇她，她动了动。 “怎么了？”她问。“来我房间，” 杰克小声说：“我觉得摩根又送新信号来了。”安妮一下子就蹦下了床。

She hurried with Jack to his room. Jack led her to the window. The snowy owl was still there. Ooh, said the owl. Then he raised his white wings and took off into the night. He wants us to go to the woods, said Annie. That's what I thought, said Jack. Meet you downstairs after we get dressed. No, no, he says go now, right now, said Annie. We'll have to wear our pajamas. I have to put on my sneakers, said Jack. Okay, I'll put on mine too. Meet you downstairs, said Annie. Jack pulled on his sneakers. He threw his notebook into his backpack. Then he grabbed his flashlight and tiptoed downstairs. Annie was waiting at the front door. They saw the snowy owl.

她跟着杰克匆匆跑到他的房间，杰克把她领到窗边，雪鸮还待在那儿。 “哦，”猫头鹰叫了一声，接着展开白色的翅膀，飞进了夜色里。 他想让我们去树林里，安妮说。 我也是这么想的，杰克说，我们穿好衣服楼下见。 不行不行，他说现在就去，马上就去，安妮说，我们得穿着睡衣去。 我得穿上我的运动鞋，杰克说。好呀，我也穿上我的，楼下见，安妮说。 杰克套上运动鞋，把笔记本扔进背包里。 接着他抓起手电筒，踮着脚走下楼，安妮已经在前门等着了。 他们看见了那只雪鸮。

Silently slipped outside together. The night air was warm. Moths danced around the porch light. I feel weird, said Jack. I'm going back to put on some real clothes. You can't, said Annie. The owl said right now. She jumped off the porch and headed across their dark yard. Jack groaned. How did Annie know exactly what the owl said, he wondered? Still, he didn't want to be left behind, so he took off after her. The moon lit their way as they ran down their street. When they entered the Frog Creek woods, Jack turned on his flashlight. The beam of light showed shadows and swaying branches.

俩人悄咪咪溜到门外，夜晚的空气暖乎乎的。 飞蛾围着门廊的灯转圈圈。 我感觉怪怪的，杰克说，我要回去穿件正经衣服。 不行呀，安妮说，猫头鹰说要马上走。 她跳出门廊，朝着黑漆漆的院子走去，杰克忍不住叹了口气。 他心里犯嘀咕：安妮怎么就准确知道猫头鹰说啥了？ 不过他可不想被落下，所以也赶紧跟着她跑了。 他们沿着街道跑的时候，月亮照着他们的路。 他们走进青蛙溪树林的时候，杰克打开了手电筒。 光束照出了影子还有晃来晃去的树枝。