04 Good Manners

Chapter 4 Good Manners Black Hawk led Jack and Annie toward the teepees. Everyone kept watching them. Jack couldn't tell what anyone was thinking. No one looked angry, but no one looked happy either. Jack wondered how to appear brave. He glanced at Annie. She walked tall and straight. Her chin was up. Her face was calm. Jack straightened his shoulders. He lifted his chin and he felt braver.

第四章 讲礼貌 黑鹰领着杰克和安妮朝那些圆锥形帐篷走去，大家一直盯着他们俩。 杰克猜不出大家在想什么，没人看起来生气，可也没人看起来开心。 杰克在想怎么才能显得勇敢一点。 他瞥了一眼安妮，她走得腰杆笔直，抬着下巴，神色镇定。 杰克挺直肩膀，抬了抬下巴，感觉自己更勇敢了。

Black Hawk stopped and slid off his pony. The pony headed for the grazing pasture. Then Black Hawk led them to a teepee. It was covered with buffalo designs. Grandmother is inside. Black Hawk said to Jack and Annie. Inside the teepee looked like a small round room. A fire burned in the center. Smoke rose through a hole at the top. An old woman sat on animal skins. She was sewing beads onto a moccasin. She looked up at Jack and Annie. Grandmother said Black Hawk. This is Jack and Annie from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. Jack and Annie both held up two fingers for a friend. Grandmother raised two fingers also.

黑鹰停下脚步，从小马上滑下来，小马朝放牧的草场跑去了。 接着黑鹰带他们走到一座圆锥形帐篷前，帐篷上印满了野牛图案。 奶奶在里面哦。黑鹰对杰克和安妮说。 帐篷里面像个小小的圆形房间，中间燃着一堆火。 烟从顶部的洞飘出去，一位老奶奶坐在兽皮上。 她正在往软皮靴上缝珠子，抬头看向杰克和安妮。 奶奶，黑鹰开口说，这是来自宾夕法尼亚州青蛙溪的杰克和安妮。 杰克和安妮都伸出两根手指，表示友好。 奶奶也举起了两根手指。

Then Jack took off his coonskin cap. He gave it to grandmother. She put the cap on her head then laughed Jack and Annie laughed too Grandmother's laughter and kind face reminded Jack of his own grandmother You wish to learn our ways She said Jack and Annie nodded Jack could tell she was wise Grandmother stood and left the teepee. They followed her Outside everyone was busy again. They all seemed to know that Jack and Annie weren't enemies Jack looked around the camp men and boys carved bows Women and girls pounded meat and sewed clothes One girl was adding claws to a buckskin shirt

然后杰克摘下他的浣熊皮帽子递给奶奶，奶奶把帽子戴在头上，笑了起来。 杰克和安妮也跟着笑了。 奶奶的笑声和和善的脸庞，让杰克想起了自己的奶奶。 你们想要了解我们的生活方式对吗？ 她问道。 杰克和安妮点了点头，杰克看得出来奶奶很有智慧。 奶奶站起身走出帐篷，他们跟在她身后。 外面所有人又都忙活起来，大家好像都知道杰克和安妮不是敌人。 杰克环顾营地：男人和男孩们在雕刻弓箭。 女人和女孩们在捣肉、缝衣服。 有个小女孩正往鹿皮衬衫上缝爪子。

The bear claws will give her the strength of the bear, said Grandmother. She will sew on hawk feathers, elk teeth, and porcupine quills too. All will give her the power of the animals. Jack pulled out his notebook and wrote, sew bear claws to shirt. I have strong animal power when I go on a buffalo hunt, Black Hawk said proudly. What do you mean? Asked Jack. I will show you, said Black Hawk. Wait. Black Hawk went back inside the teepee. Annie turned to Grandmother. Why does he hunt the buffalo? She asked.

熊爪会赐予她熊的力量，奶奶说道。 她还会缝上鹰的羽毛、麋鹿的牙齿，还有豪猪的尖刺。 这些都会赐予她动物的力量。 杰克掏出笔记本，写下：把熊爪缝在衬衫上。 我去猎野牛的时候，就有强大的动物力量哦，黑鹰骄傲地说。 你这话是什么意思呀？ 杰克问道。 我展示给你看呀，黑鹰说。 等一下。 黑鹰走回了帐篷里。 安妮转头看向奶奶。 他为什么要猎野牛呀？ 她问道。

The buffalo gives our people many gifts, said the old woman. Food from his body, tipis from his skin, tools from his bones. Jack started making a list. Cups from his horns, grandmother went on. Ropes from his hair, even winter sleds from his ribs. Jack finished his list. Buffalo, skin, tipi, bones, tools, horns, cups, hair, ropes, ribs, sleds. That reminds me of the seal hunter in

野牛给我们族人带来了好多礼物哦，老奶奶说道。 它的肉是食物，皮可以做帐篷，骨头可以做工具。 杰克开始列清单。 角可以做杯子，奶奶接着说。 毛可以做绳子，就连肋骨都能做冬天的雪橇。 杰克写完了清单。 野牛、皮、帐篷、骨头、工具、角， 杯子、毛、绳子、肋骨、雪橇。 这让我想起了在