04 Swing Time

Chapter 4 Swing Time Annie grabbed a vine. Jack looked back at the python. The giant snake was still winding its way up the tree. It had almost reached their branch. Jack took a deep breath. Then he grabbed a vine too. Lean back like Ka and Ko did, said Annie. Jack and Annie leaned back. One, two, three, go, said Annie.

第四章 荡秋千时间 安妮抓住一根藤蔓。杰克回头看向那条蟒蛇。 那条巨蛇还在慢悠悠地往树上爬。 它快要够到他们待的那根树枝了。 杰克深吸一口气，然后也抓住了一根藤蔓。 "像卡和科那样往后靠。"安妮说。 杰克和安妮往后靠去。 "一、二、三，走！"安妮喊道。

They swung out of the tree. Jack felt his stomach drop, air rushed by. Leaves and branches slapped at him. Suddenly the forest shook with a great roar. Like a flame, a tiger leaped up from the bushes. His yellow eyes blazed. His teeth shone like daggers. His claws barely missed Jack and Annie. Ah! They yelled. The tiger crashed back down into the bushes. Jack and Annie swung into the lunger's tree. Jack threw one leg around the trunk. He let go of his vine and held on tightly to a branch.

他们荡出了树外。杰克感觉胃一沉，风呼呼从耳边刮过，树叶和树枝不停地拍打着他。 突然一声震耳欲聋的吼叫震得整个森林都在晃。一只老虎像一团火焰从灌木丛里跳了出来，黄色的眼睛燃着怒火。 它的牙齿像匕首一样亮闪闪的，爪子差一点点就抓到杰克和安妮了。 啊！ 他们齐声大喊。老虎重重跌回了灌木丛里。杰克和安妮顺势荡到了朗格人的树上。 杰克一条腿勾住树干，松开手里的藤蔓，紧紧抱住了一根树枝。

Man, he said he was in shock the Lungers patted him as if to make sure he was okay Wow, that was fun said Annie sitting on a big branch Fun are you nuts said Jack the swinging was fun said Annie the tiger was scary Just then the tree began to shake branches snapped below. Oh No, said Jack can tigers climb trees asked Annie Probably said Jack. He hugged the trunk and squeezed his eyes shut From below came loud sounds of chewing smacking and crunching Teddy growled Jack groaned

"哇啊，"杰克惊魂未定地说道，朗格人纷纷拍了拍他，好像在确认他平安无事。 "哇，太好玩啦！"安妮坐在一根粗粗的树枝上说。 "好玩？你疯了吗？"杰克说。"荡秋千很好玩呀，"安妮说，"就是老虎有点吓人。" 就在这时，树开始晃了起来，下面的树枝咔嚓咔嚓断了。"哦！" "不会吧，"杰克说，"老虎会爬树吗？" 安妮问道。 "大概率会。"杰克说。他紧紧抱着树干，闭上了眼睛。 树底下传来很大的声响，有咀嚼声、咂嘴声还有咔嚓咔嚓咬东西的声音。 泰迪呜呜地低吼起来，杰克忍不住叹了口气。

Now the tiger's eating the tree, he said. Annie burst into laughter. Ka and Ko whooped as if they were laughing too. Arf, arf, barked Teddy. What? Said Jack, opening his eyes. Look, Annie pointed at the twilight. A thick gray tube was waving in the air.

"现在老虎在啃树呢。"他说。 安妮一下子笑出了声。 卡和科也嗷嗷叫着，好像他们也在笑一样。 "汪！汪！"泰迪叫了起来。 "怎么了？" 杰克说着，睁开了眼睛。 "你看。"安妮指着暮色里的方向。 一根粗粗的灰色管子正在空中晃来晃去。

Another snake, said Jack, horrified. No, an elephant trunk, said Annie. The trunk wiggled near Jack and Annie as if it were sniffing them. Then it picked leaves from the tree and disappeared. Let's go see, said Annie. With Teddy still in his backpack, Jack followed Annie down to a lower branch. They peered out at the twilight forest. In the gray gloom they saw a herd of elephants. One stood beneath their tree eating leaves, others munched the grass. Hey, I've got a really cool idea, said Annie.

"又是一条蛇。"杰克吓得心惊肉跳。 "不是啦，是大象的鼻子。"安妮说。 那根鼻子在杰克和安妮旁边晃来晃去，好像在闻他们的味道。 接着它摘了几片树上的叶子，就缩回去不见了。 "我们去看看吧。"安妮说。 泰迪还待在杰克的背包里，杰克跟着安妮往下爬到了一根更低的树枝上。 他们探出头去，望着暮色笼罩的森林。 在灰蒙蒙的暮色里，他们看到了一群大象。 一只站在他们的树下吃树叶，其他的在大口啃草。 "嘿，我有个超酷的主意。"安妮说。