10 The Third Writing

Chapter 10, The Third Writing. Jack opened his eyes. Morning light filled the treehouse. He and Annie were wearing their own clothes again. Home, said Annie, smiling. Jack looked out the window. He saw their nice cozy house in the distance, their lawn, their sidewalk, their paved street. Life here is pretty easy compared to pioneer life, said Jack.

第十章 第三份手稿 杰克睁开了眼睛。 晨光洒满了树屋。 他和安妮又换回了自己的衣服。 「回家啦。」安妮笑着说。 杰克望向窗外。 他远远望见了他们那间温馨舒适的房子， 还有他们的草坪、人行道、铺好的街道。 「跟拓荒者的生活比起来，这儿的日子舒服多啦。」杰克说。

We're lucky," said Annie. Jack reached into his bag and pulled out the small slate. Our third writing, he said. He added the poem to the list from the Civil War and the letter from the Revolutionary War. You did just what that poem says you should do, said Annie. What do you mean? Jack asked. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, Annie said. You kept trying to make friends with Jeb. In the end, you did. I guess you're right, said Jack. We have to get only one more special writing for Morgan's Library, said Annie. I wonder how that will help save Camelot, said Jack. Annie shrugged. It's a mystery, she said.

「我们真幸运。」安妮说。 杰克把手伸进包里，掏出了那块小石板。 「这是我们的第三份手稿。」他说。 他把这首诗加到了内战的清单和独立 战争的信件后面。 「你刚好做到了诗里说的该做的事哦。」安妮说。 「你是什么意思？」 杰克问道。 「如果一开始没成功，就试了又试呀。」安妮说。 你一直努力想和杰布交朋友。 最后你做到啦。 「我觉得你说得对。」杰克说。 「我们只需要再找一份特殊手稿给摩根图书馆就可以了。」安妮说。 「不知道这对拯救卡米洛特有什么用呢。」杰克说。 安妮耸了耸肩。 「这是个秘密呀。」她说。

She and Jack looked around the treehouse. Look! Annie picked up a piece of paper lying in the corner. She read aloud, Come back early Wednesday morning. Wednesday? Man, that's tomorrow! said Jack. So? said Annie. She started down the rope ladder. Not much time to recover, said Jack, pulling on his backpack.

她和杰克环顾了树屋一圈。 看！ 安妮捡起了落在角落的一张纸。 她大声念道： 周三一大早回来。 周三？ 「天呐，那就是明天啊！」杰克说。 「那又怎么样？」安妮说。 她开始顺着绳梯往下爬。 「没多少时间恢复精力啦。」杰克边说边背上了背包。

Recover from what? Annie said. The twister, said Jack. Oh yeah, I'd almost forgotten about that, said Annie. Jack smiled. Actually, the nightmare of the twister was fading from his memory too. We must try to hold on to the good memories, Miss Neely had said, and let go of the bad ones. The kindness of Will and Kate, making friends with Jeb, the courage of Miss Neely, these memories Jack thought he would never forget.

「要从什么事里恢复呀？」安妮说。 「龙卷风呀。」杰克说。 「哦对哦，我都快忘了这回事了。」安妮说。 杰克笑了。 事实上，那场龙卷风的噩梦也在慢慢从他的记忆里消退。 尼利小姐说过：「我们要努力留住美好的回忆，放下不好的。」 威尔和凯特的善意、和杰布交到朋友、尼利小姐的勇气，这些回忆杰克觉得自己永远不会忘。