09 Flash!

Chapter 9 Flash. All aboard, one of the rowers called. Jack and Annie hurried down the steep river bank. They climbed back into the boat. The crew pushed away from the shore. The boat started back through the icy churning waters of the Delaware River. Jack was freezing in the sleet and snow, but he didn't worry about that now. He was thinking instead about how they had helped George Washington. He was thinking about how they had helped keep history on its course.

第九章 闪光 “快上船！”一名划桨手喊道。 杰克和安妮急忙跑下陡峭的河岸。 他们爬回了船里。 船员们把船撑离了岸边。 小船开始穿行在特拉华河冰冷湍急的水流中往回走。 雨雪交加里杰克冻得发抖，但他现在一点都不担心这个。 他满脑子想的都是他们帮了乔治·华盛顿的事。 他想着他们帮着让历史按原本的轨迹走了下去。

Jack felt great. When they got to the riverbank, Jack and Annie jumped out of the boat. Thanks, Jack yelled to the rowers. With the wind at their backs, Jack and Annie took off through the blizzard. They ran down the icy bank of the Delaware River. Thunder rumbled in the snowy sky. Lightning zigzagged over the woods. How will we find the treehouse? cried Annie. I don't know, said Jack, but don't worry, we'll find it. He felt very confident now, after meeting George Washington, after being thanked by George Washington.

杰克感觉棒极了。到岸边的时候，杰克和安妮跳下了船。 “谢谢你们！”杰克对着划桨手们大喊。杰克和安妮背着风拔腿就跑 穿过暴风雪。他们沿着特拉华河结冰的河岸往下跑。雷声隆隆 响彻飘雪的天空。闪电在树林上空划出道道之字形。 “我们要怎么找到树屋呀？”安妮大喊道。 “我不知道，”杰克说，“不过别担心，我们会找到的。”他现在信心十足， 毕竟他见了乔治·华盛顿，还得到了他的道谢呀。

He and Annie ran on through the rain and the snow and the sleet. They ran along the riverbank until a bright flash of lightning lit up the sky. Then Jack saw it. The treehouse was directly to their left, high in a tall tree covered with snow. Over there! He shouted. Jack and Annie ran toward the edge of the woods. In the dark Jack looked up, searching for the treehouse. Lightning lit the woods again. Jack saw the rope ladder flapping wildly in the wind. He grabbed it. Annie, he called. Here, she said. Let's go, he said.

他和安妮继续跑着，穿过雨雪和冰雹。 他们沿着河岸一直跑，直到一道刺眼的闪电照亮了天空。 然后杰克看见了它。 树屋就在他们正左边，高高立在一棵盖满积雪的大树上。 “在那边！” 他大喊道。 杰克和安妮朝着树林的边缘跑去。 黑暗中杰克抬起头，搜寻着树屋的踪影。 闪电再次照亮了树林。 杰克看见绳梯在风中被吹得胡乱晃荡。 他一把抓住了绳梯。 “安妮。”他喊道。 “我在这。”她应道。 “我们走吧。”他说。

They climbed up the swaying ladder and scrambled into the treehouse. They were soaking wet and covered with slush and snow. Annie grabbed the Pennsylvania book. I wish we could go there! She shouted. The wind blew even harder. The treehouse started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

他们爬上晃悠悠的梯子，爬进了树屋。两人浑身湿透，身上沾满了雪泥和雪。 安妮一把抓起那本宾夕法尼亚的书。“我希望我们能去那里！”她大喊道。 风刮得更猛了。树屋开始旋转，转得越来越快。 然后一切都静止了。 彻底静止了。