09 Lakota School

Chapter 9 Lakota School Jack felt Teddy licking his cheek. He opened his eyes. Gray light came through the smoke hole. The fire was out. The teepee was empty. Jack jumped up. He grabbed his bag and hurried outside with Teddy. In the cool light before dawn, everyone was taking down their teepees. They were loading them onto wooden platforms, strapped

第九章 拉科塔学校 杰克感觉泰迪在舔他的脸颊。他睁开了眼睛。 灰光从排烟孔透进来。火已经灭了。帐篷里空无一人。 杰克跳了起来。他抓起背包，和泰迪匆匆走到外面。在黎明前微凉的晨光里， 所有人都在拆帐篷。他们正把帐篷搬到木平台上，绑好

the two poles. The poles were pulled by horses. Grandmother and Blackhawk piled tools and clothes onto their platform, and he stuffed buffalo meat into a rawhide bag. What's happening? Jack asked. It is time to follow the buffalo, said Grandmother. We will camp somewhere else for a few weeks. Jack pulled out his notebook. He still had many questions, but he tried to choose just a few. Can you camp anywhere? he asked. Even when you don't own the land? Blackhawk laughed. People cannot own land, he said. The land belongs to the Great Spirit. Jack wrote in his notebook.

在两根杆子上。杆子由马匹拉着。奶奶和黑鹰把工具和衣服堆 到他们的平台上，他还把野牛肉塞进了一个生皮袋子里。 发生什么事啦？杰克问。到了追着野牛迁徙的时节啦，奶奶说。我们要 去别的地方扎营住几周。杰克掏出他的笔记本。他还有好多问题， 不过他尽量只挑几个问。你们可以随便在哪扎营吗？他问。哪怕那块地不是你们的？ 土地？黑鹰笑了。人类可不能拥有土地哦，他说。土地属于伟大的神灵。 杰克在笔记本上写了下来。

Land owned by great spirit, not people. What about school, said Jack? Don't you have to go to school? What is school, Blackhawk said? It's a place where kids go to learn things, Jack explained. Blackhawk laughed again. There is not only one place to learn, he said. In camp we learn to make clothes, tools, and teepees. On the plains we learn to ride and hunt. We look at the sky and learn courage from the eagle. Jack wrote, Lakota school is everywhere. Grandmother turned to Jack and Annie.

土地属于伟大的神灵，不属于人类。 那学校呢？杰克问。 你们不用去上学的吗？ 学校是什么呀？黑鹰问。 那是小朋友们去学知识的地方呀，杰克解释道。 黑鹰又笑了。 学习的地方可不止一个哦，他说。 在营地里我们学做衣服、做工具、搭帐篷。 在平原上我们学骑马、学打猎。 我们仰望天空，从雄鹰身上学习勇气。 杰克写道：拉科塔的学校无处不在。 奶奶转向杰克和安妮。

Will you walk with us toward the sunset? She asked. Jack shook his head. We have to go the other way, he said, toward the sunrise. Thank you for the eagle's feather, said Annie. Let your thoughts rise as high as that feather, said Grandmother. It is good medicine. What does that mean, Jack asked, good medicine? Good medicine connects you to the world of the spirits, she said. Jack nodded, but he still didn't really understand. Goodbye, Buffalo Girl and rides like wind, said Grandmother. We wish you.

你们愿意和我们一起往日落的方向走吗？ 她问道。 杰克摇了摇头。 我们得往另一个方向走，他说，朝着日出的方向。 谢谢你们送的鹰羽，安妮说。 愿你的思绪能像那片羽毛一样飞得高远，奶奶说。 这是好运符哦。 好运符是什么意思呀？杰克问。 好运符能把你和神灵的世界连接起来，她说。 杰克点了点头，不过他还是没太明白。 再见啦，野牛女孩，还有像风一样奔跑的小家伙，奶奶说。 我们祝愿你

A safe journey. Jack and Annie waved, then they started walking back the way they'd come. Teddy ran ahead of them. At the top of the rise they looked back.

一路平安。 杰克和安妮挥了挥手，然后就沿着来时的路往回走了。 泰迪跑在他们前面。 到了小山顶上，他们回头望去。

Grandmother, Black Hawk, and the rest of the tribe were watching. Jack and Annie both held up two fingers for friend, then they took off down the slope.

奶奶、黑鹰还有部落里的其他人都在望着他们。 杰克和安妮都比出两根手指代表「朋友」，然后就往坡下跑去了。