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Earthquake in the early morning.

凌晨发生了地震。

Chapter 1 Tweet Tweet Jack sat up in bed. He stared out his window. The sky was dark gray. The sun would be rising soon. It's almost time, he whispered to himself. The day before in the magic treehouse, Morgan's note had said, Come back tomorrow in the early morning. Jack jumped out of bed. He put on his jeans and T -shirt. Then he grabbed his backpack and crept out into the hall.

第一章 叽叽喳喳 杰克从床上坐起来，盯着窗外看。 天空是深灰色的，太阳马上就要升起来了。 时间快到啦。他小声自言自语道。 昨天在魔法树屋里，摩根留下的纸条写着： 明天清早回到这里来。 杰克跳下床，穿上牛仔裤和T恤。 然后他抓起背包，蹑手蹑脚地走到走廊里。

Jack peeked into Annie's room. She wasn't there. He slipped downstairs and out the front door. Annie was sitting on the porch steps. Jack sat down beside her. What are you doing? He asked. I was waiting for the birds to start singing, said Annie. Then I was going to wake you up. Jack and Annie watched the sky go from dark gray to light gray. Then the birds began their song. Tweet, tweet, said Annie. Without another word, Jack and Annie left their porch. They headed up their street to the Frog Creek woods.

杰克朝安妮的房间里偷看。 她不在房间里。 他悄悄溜下楼，走出了前门。 安妮正坐在门廊的台阶上。 杰克在她身边坐了下来。 你在做什么呀？ 他问道。 我在等小鸟开始唱歌呢。安妮说。 等它们唱了我就去叫你起床呀。 杰克和安妮看着天空从深灰色慢慢变成浅灰色。 紧接着小鸟们开始唱歌了。 叽叽，喳喳。安妮学着小鸟叫。 没再多说一句话，杰克和安妮就离开了门廊。 他们沿着街道往青蛙溪树林的方向走去。

It was cool beneath the trees. Jack and Annie hurried through the woods to the rope ladder. It hung from the tallest oak. At the top of the oak was the magic treehouse. They climbed up into the treehouse. It was barely light inside. Annie picked up the note lying on the floor. She held it up to the window and read aloud, Dear Jack and Annie, Camelot is in trouble. To save the kingdom, please find these four special kinds of writing for my library. Something to follow, something to send, something to learn, something to lend. Thank you, Morgan. Jack took a deep breath.

树林里凉丝丝的。杰克和安妮快步穿过树林，走到绳梯旁边。 绳梯挂在最高的那棵橡树上，橡树顶端就是魔法树屋。他们开始爬 树屋。树屋里光线很暗。安妮捡起放在地上的纸条， 把它举到窗边，大声念了出来： 亲爱的杰克和安妮：卡米洛特遇到麻烦了。要拯救王国，请帮我的图书馆找四样 特别的文字作品：可供遵循的、可供寄送的、 可供学习的、可供出借的。谢谢你们，摩根。杰克深吸了一口气。

Okay," he said. We have our first special writing, a list from the Civil War. We have the second," said Annie, a letter from the Revolutionary War. We have the third," said Jack, a poem from a pioneer schoolhouse. Now we just need one more," said Annie. I wonder why we have to find these special writings for Morgan's library," said Jack. How are they going to save Camelot? I don't know," said Annie, but let's get going so we can solve a mystery. Where's our research book? They looked around the treehouse. Their Pennsylvania book, the book that always brought them home, was lying in the corner. Beside it was another book. Annie picked it up.

好的。他说。 我们已经找到第一样特别的文字了，是内战时期的一份清单。 我们有第二样啦。安妮说，是独立战争时期的一封信。 我们有第三样啦。杰克说，是拓荒时期学校里的一首诗。 现在我们只差最后一样啦。安妮说。 我真想知道我们为什么要给摩根的图书馆找这些特别的文字呀。杰克说。 它们要怎么拯救卡米洛特呢？ 我不知道呀。安妮说，不过我们快出发吧，就能解开这个谜团啦。 我们的探险参考书在哪里呀？ 他们在树屋里四处张望。 那本总能把他们带回家的宾夕法尼亚州之书，正放在角落。 它旁边还有另一本书。 安妮把那本书捡了起来。

This is it," she said softly. She showed the book's cover to Jack. It said, San Francisco, California, 1906. California, said Jack. I've always wanted to go to California.

就是这本啦。她轻声说。 她把书的封面举给杰克看。 封面上写着：加利福尼亚州，旧金山，1906年。 加利福尼亚呀。杰克说。 我一直都想去加利福尼亚看看呢。