09 Save Us!

Chapter 9 Save Us The bridge must have caved in cried Annie they stared at the dried up stream Pumice had piled up in huge drifts like snow We'll have to get through that stuff to get across Said Jack he and Annie slid down the bank onto the piles of pumice as they started to move across it more and more fell

第九章 救救我们 “桥一定是塌了！”安妮大喊道，他们盯着眼前干涸的小溪。 浮石堆成了厚厚的一堆堆，就像积雪一样。 我们得穿过这些石堆才能到对岸去。 杰克说道。他和安妮滑下河岸踩上浮石堆，刚开始往对面走，更多的浮石掉了下来。

Jack tried to move through the millions of warm grayish white pebbles, but he was trapped. I'm stuck, cried Annie. Me too, said Jack. Remember what Morgan said, said Annie. At the moment, Jack couldn't remember anything. He was too tired and dazed. In your darkest hour, only the ancient story can save you, cried Annie. Where's your bag? Jack lifted his bag into the air above the sea of pumice. Annie grabbed it and pulled out the ancient scroll. She held it up to the dark sky. Save us, story, she shouted. Jack felt himself sink deeper and deeper.

杰克想从无数颗暖乎乎的灰白色小石子中间穿过去，可他被困住了。 “我动不了了！”安妮大喊。“我也是。”杰克说。“还记得摩根说过什么吗？”安妮说道。 这时候杰克什么都记不起来了，他又累又晕。 “在你最黑暗的时刻，只有古老的故事能救你。” 安妮大喊道。“你的包在哪？”杰克把包举到浮石海的上方。 安妮一把抓过包，掏出古老的卷轴，把它举向昏暗的天空。 “救救我们，故事啊。”她大喊道。杰克感觉自己越陷越深。

Into the pumice. Suddenly he heard a deep voice say, Rise, son. Then someone lifted Jack up into the air.

陷进了浮石里。 突然他听到一个低沉的声音说道： 起来吧，孩子。 接着有人把杰克举到了半空中。

A great flash of fire lit the dusty darkness. In the red light, Jack saw the biggest, strongest man he'd ever seen in his life. The man looked like a gladiator, but even bigger than the ones they had seen earlier. He held Jack with one hand and Annie with the other. He placed them both on the other bank of the stream. Run, the giant gladiator boomed, before it's too late. Jack and Annie didn't stop to ask any questions. Together they charged through the olive grove. They jumped over fallen branches. They leaped over great cracks in the earth. Finally they came to the tree with the magic treehouse. They grabbed the rope ladder and scrambled up to the treehouse.

一道耀眼的火光点亮了尘土弥漫的黑暗。 在红色的火光中，杰克看到了他这辈子见过的最高大最强壮的男人。 这个男人看起来像个角斗士，甚至比他们之前见过的角斗士都要高大。 他一只手抱着杰克，另一只手抱着安妮。 他把两个人都放到了小溪的对岸。 “快跑！”巨人角斗士轰隆隆地说道，“趁现在还来得及！” 杰克和安妮没停下来问任何问题。 他们一起飞奔着穿过橄榄林。 他们跳过倒下的树枝。 他们跃过地面上的巨大裂缝。 最后他们终于来到了那棵长着魔法树屋的树前。 他们抓住绳梯，爬进了树屋里。

Where's the Pennsylvania book Jack shouted he was too blinded by ash and dust to find the book that always took them home I've got it cried Annie. I wish we could go there Jack felt the treehouse start to spin. It spun faster and faster and faster than everything was still Absolutely wonderfully peacefully still

“宾夕法尼亚的书在哪？”杰克大喊，火山灰和灰尘迷了他的眼，他找不到那本总能带他们回家的书。 “我拿到了！”安妮大喊道。“我希望我们能回到那里。” 杰克感觉树屋开始旋转，转得越来越快，越来越快，接着一切都静止了。 完完全全的、美妙无比的、宁静的静止。