03 Mush!

Chapter 3. Mush. Did you come with the wolves? asked Annie. The seal hunter looked puzzled. Did Morgan send you to us? said Jack. I had a dream, the man said. You were in it. You needed help. Annie smiled. Morgan sends dreams sometimes, she said. We came in Morgan's treehouse. It flies through time.

第三章 驾！ “你是和狼群一起来的吗？”安妮问。 猎海豹的人看上去一脸困惑。 “是摩根派你来找我们的吗？”杰克说。 “我做了个梦，”男人说，“你们在梦里，你们需要帮助。” 安妮笑了。“摩根有时候会托梦哦。”她说。 我们是坐摩根的树屋来的，它能穿越时空。

Oh brother, thought Jack, who will believe that? The seal hunter smiled as if he was not surprised at all. We do need help, said Jack. We're freezing. The seal hunter nodded. Then he left the room.

哎哟我的天，杰克心里想，谁会信这种话啊？ 猎海豹的人笑了，好像他一点都不惊讶似的。 “我们确实需要帮助。”杰克说。 我们快冻僵了。 猎海豹的人点了点头。 然后他离开了房间。

window. He returned a moment later with two small parkas like his own. They were made of heavy dark skins with fur -trimmed hoods. He passed one to Jack and one to Annie. Thanks, said Jack and Annie. They put the parkas on. Hooray, said Annie. It's warm. Yeah, said Jack. They're made of seal skin. Poor seals, said Annie. Don't think about it, said Jack. He pulled his hood up. His head and upper body were very snug now, only his legs, hands, and feet were still freezing. Oh, thanks, said Annie. Jack looked up. The seal hunter was giving Annie a pair of fur pants. Then he handed a pair to Jack.

窗边。没过一会儿他就回来了，拿着两件和他身上同款的小派克大衣，是用厚重的深色 兽皮做的，兜帽还镶着毛边。他把一件递给杰克，一件递给安妮。 “谢谢。”杰克和安妮说。他们把派克大衣穿上了。 “太棒啦，”安妮说，“好暖和。”“是啊，”杰克说，“这是海豹皮做的。” “海豹好可怜啊。”安妮说。“别想啦。”杰克说。 他把兜帽拉上来。现在他的头和上半身暖乎乎的，只有腿、手和脚 还是冻得慌。“哦，谢谢。”安妮说。杰克抬头一看，猎海豹的人正给安妮递 一条毛皮裤子。接着他又递给杰克一条。

Thanks," said Jack. He quickly pulled the pants on over his pajamas. Next, the seal hunter gave each of them a pair of fur boots and mittens. Jack took off his sneakers and pulled on the boots. He wiggled his frozen fingers into the warm mittens. I have a quick question," Jack said to the seal hunter. Do you know the answer to this riddle? He opened his notebook and read, I cover what's real and hide what's true, but sometimes I bring out the courage in you. What am I? The seal hunter shook his head.

“谢谢。”杰克说。他飞快地把裤子套在睡衣外面。接下来，猎海豹的 人给他们俩各递了一双毛皮靴子和连指手套。杰克脱掉自己的 运动鞋，穿上靴子。他把冻僵的手指一点点塞进暖和的 连指手套里。“我有个小问题想问你，”杰克对猎海豹的人说，“你知道 这个谜语的答案吗？”他打开笔记本念道：“我掩盖真相， 我掩藏事实，但有时候我能帮你鼓起勇气。我是什么？” 猎海豹的人摇了摇头。

Come, he said to Jack and Annie. Then he disappeared from the window. What about those wolves out there? Jack called, but the seal hunter didn't answer. Jack grabbed the Arctic book and looked for a picture of the seal hunter. When Jack found the picture, he smiled. The seal hunter was standing beside a dog sled. Jack read, in cold weather, the seal hunter travels by dog sled. Siberian huskies often howl like wolves. A lead dog controls the others. The sled's runners are sometimes made of frozen fish rolled up in seal skin. Hey, Annie, they're not wolves, said Jack.

“来吧。”他对杰克和安妮说。 然后他就从窗边消失了。 外面那些狼怎么办啊？ 杰克大喊，可是猎海豹的人没有回答。 杰克抓起那本讲北极的书，找起猎海豹人的照片来。 杰克找到照片的时候，笑了起来。 猎海豹的人站在一架狗拉雪橇旁边。 杰克读道：天气寒冷的时候，猎海豹的人会坐狗拉雪橇出行。 西伯利亚哈士奇经常像狼一样嚎叫。 领头狗会指挥其他的狗。 雪橇的滑橇有时候是用冻鱼裹上海豹皮做的。 “嘿，安妮，它们不是狼。”杰克说。

Jack. There. He looked up. Annie was gone. Jack threw the book and notebook into his pack, but he was so fat in his furry clothes that the backpack wouldn't fit. Jack loosened the shoulder straps and tried to put the backpack on again. It fit. Jack looked at the small window. That would be a tight fit, too. He went out head first and barely squeezed through. Jack fell onto the snowy ground. The snow was still drifting down. The air was misty white. Jack heard barking and howling. He moved carefully toward the noise. At first, he couldn't see the dog sled, but when he got closer, he counted nine Siberian huskies. They had thick fur, big heads, and pointy ears.

“杰克。这边。”他抬头一看，安妮不见了。杰克把书和笔记本塞进背包， 可是他穿了毛茸茸的衣服显得圆滚滚的，背包都背不上了。 杰克松了松肩带，再试着背背包，这下能背上了。 杰克看了看那扇小窗户，钻过去肯定也很挤。他头先伸出去， 好不容易才挤了出去。杰克摔到了雪地上，雪还在纷纷扬扬地下着。 空气是白茫茫的雾状。杰克听到了狗叫声和嚎叫声，他小心地朝着声音的方向走去。 一开始他看不到狗拉雪橇，等走得更近了，他数出一共有九只西伯利亚哈士奇。 它们长着厚厚的毛、大大的脑袋和尖尖的耳朵。