03 Big Foot

Chapter 3 Bigfoot The loud cry rang again through the dry air. Teddy barked. Jack and Annie turned around in the clearing. It was hard to tell where the sound was coming from. The terrible cackle came again. There! said Annie. She pointed at a bird in a gum tree. The bird had brown feathers and a large head with a long beak.

第三章 大脚怪 尖利的叫声再次划过干燥的空气。 泰迪叫了起来。 杰克和安妮在空地上转过身。 很难分辨声音是从哪里来的。 那可怕的咯咯笑声又响了起来。 在那儿！安妮说。 她指着桉树上的一只鸟。 这只鸟长着棕色的羽毛，大脑袋配着长长的喙。

It stared down at Jack and Annie, then it let out another cackle. Weird, said Jack. He found the bird in his book and read, the kookaburra is the best known bird of Australia. There is even a popular song about it. The kookaburra is also called the laughing donkey. This is because the strange sound it makes reminds people of a braying donkey.

它低头盯着杰克和安妮，接着又发出一阵咯咯笑。 好奇怪呀。杰克说。 他在自己的书里找到了这种鸟，读道： 笑翠鸟是澳大利亚最有名的鸟类。 甚至还有一首关于它的流行歌曲呢。 笑翠鸟还有个名字叫“笑驴”。 这是因为它发出的奇怪声音会让人想起驴的叫声。

I know that song," said Annie. She began singing, Kukaburra sits on the old gum tree -ee. Merry merry king of the bush is he -ee. Jack wrote in his notebook, Kukaburra, a big kook. Annie stopped singing. Hey, she said, there's another weird thing. Where? said Jack. Annie pointed to a big bluish tan lump lying in a shallow dusty hole. Is it alive? said Jack. They stepped closer to the big lump. It looks like it's breathing, said Annie. The lump was an animal lying on its back. Its paws were crossed over its chest. It had huge feet, large ears, a face like.

我知道那首歌！安妮说。 她开口唱了起来： 笑翠鸟坐在老桉树上~呀~ 他是灌木丛里开开心心的国王~呀~ 杰克在笔记本上写道： 笑翠鸟，有意思的大鸟。 安妮停下了歌声。 哎，她说， 还有个奇怪的东西。 在哪儿？杰克问。 安妮指着一块大大的蓝棕色的团状物 正躺在积满灰尘的浅坑里。 它是活的吗？杰克问。 他们朝那团大东西走近了些。 它看起来好像在呼吸呢。安妮说。 那团东西是只仰躺着的动物。 它的爪子交叉放在胸口。 它长着大大的脚，大大的耳朵，脸长得像…

Deers and a very long tail. It also had a very fat stomach. Just then a small head peered out of its stomach. Whoa, said Jack. Oh, wow. It's a kangaroo with her baby in her pouch, said Annie.

鹿，还有一条很长的尾巴。它的肚子也圆滚滚的。 就在这时，一个小脑袋从它的肚子里探了出来。 哇啊，杰克说。哦，天呐。是一只袋鼠，宝宝在它的育儿袋里， 安妮说。

Great, said Jack. Remember, we have to get a gift from a kangaroo. Their voices woke the kangaroo. The animal jumped up from her shallow bed. She glared at Jack and Annie. Her baby peeked out of her pouch. The mother kangaroo gave an angry stamp. Oh, we're sorry, Annie said. We didn't mean to wake you up. The kangaroo eyed Annie curiously. Then she took a giant hop toward her. Copying the kangaroo, Annie hopped toward the big animal. The kangaroo hopped again. Annie hopped. The kangaroo and Annie began hopping around each other. They looked as if they were

太棒了。杰克说。 别忘了，我们得从袋鼠那里拿一件礼物。 他们的说话声吵醒了袋鼠。 这只动物从她浅浅的窝里跳了起来。 她瞪着杰克和安妮。 她的宝宝从育儿袋里往外偷看。 袋鼠妈妈生气地跺了跺脚。 哦，对不起呀。安妮说。 我们不是故意吵醒你的。 袋鼠好奇地打量着安妮。 接着她朝安妮猛地跳了一大步。 安妮学着袋鼠的样子，也朝这只大动物跳过去。 袋鼠又跳了一下。 安妮也跳了一下。 袋鼠和安妮开始围着对方跳来跳去。 他们看起来就像是在