04 Nightmare

Chapter four, Nightmare. Jack knelt beside Annie. She was gasping for breath. The gorilla bounded down the tree and over to Annie. She bit her lower lip as if she were worried. Are you okay? Jack asked Annie. Yes, Annie panted. Just got the breath knocked out of me. Wiggle your arms and your legs, said Jack.

第四章 噩梦 杰克跪在安妮身边。 她正大口喘着气。 大猩猩跳下树，蹦到安妮跟前。 她咬着下唇，好像很担心的样子。 你没事吧？ 杰克问安妮。 “没事，”安妮喘着气说。 就是刚才撞得喘不上气啦。 “你动动胳膊动动腿，”杰克说。

Annie wiggled her arms and her legs. "'Good. Nothing's broken,' said Jack. Just then he felt a drop of water hit his arm. The mist had turned to rain. "'Uh -oh,' said Jack. He threw his notebook into his pack. "'I'd better get our umbrella and flashlight,' he said. I left them near that tree that looked like a chair. "'I'll come too,' said Annie. She started to sit up. "'No, no. Catch your breath,' said Jack. "'It's not far. I'll be right back.' He took off his jacket and draped it over her. "'This'll help you stay dry,' he said. He pulled on his pack and stood up. The gorilla screeched. "'Stay with Annie,' said Jack."

安妮动了动胳膊和腿。 “很好。 没有地方摔伤，”杰克说。 就在这时，他感觉有一滴水落在胳膊上。 雾变成雨了。 “哎呀，”杰克说。 他把笔记本塞进背包里。 “我最好去拿咱们的雨伞和手电筒，”他说。 我把它们落在那棵长得像椅子的树旁边了。 “我也去，”安妮说。 她准备坐起来。 “别，别起来。 你先喘匀气，”杰克说。 “路不远的。 我马上就回来。” 他脱下外套，盖在她身上。 “这样你就不容易淋湿啦，”他说。 他背上背包，站了起来。 大猩猩尖声叫了起来。 “你陪着安妮哦，”杰克说。

Then he dashed back through the cloud forest. He looked for the fat tree with the wide limbs padded with moss. As he peered through the growing darkness, Jack saw many fat trees. He saw many limbs padded with moss. Soon he could hardly see trees at all. He realized that both the storm and night had come to the forest. Forget the umbrella and flashlight, he thought. It was more important to get back to Annie before it was too dark. They could wait together for daylight. As Jack started back to Annie, he could hardly see. He didn't know which way to go. Annie, Boo Boo, he shouted. He felt silly shouting Boo Boo, but he didn't know what else to call the small gorilla.

然后他冲进云雾森林里往回跑。 他要找那棵粗粗的、宽树枝上盖满苔藓的树。 天色越来越暗，杰克眯着眼睛找，看到了好多粗树。 也看到好多盖着苔藓的树枝。 没过多久，他几乎连树都看不清了。 他才反应过来，暴风雨和黑夜已经一起降临到森林里了。 别找雨伞和手电筒了，他想。 趁还没全黑，赶回到安妮身边才是更重要的事。 他们可以一起等到天亮。 杰克动身往安妮那边走的时候，几乎什么都看不见了。 他不知道该走哪条路。 安妮！布布！他大喊道。 他觉得喊“布布”有点傻，但是 他不知道还能怎么叫这只小大猩猩。

Jack put out his hands. He moved slowly through the dark, rainy forest. He kept calling for Annie and Boo -Boo. He listened for them, but he couldn't hear anything above the loud patter of the rain. Ah! he shouted. He had run into something that felt like a ball of spiderwebs. As he jumped back he slipped and fell in the mud. He crawled over to a tree and huddled between two of its giant roots. I'll just wait here until morning, he thought. Then I'll find Annie, or she'll find me. As rain dripped all around him, Jack wondered if leopards came out at night. He quickly pushed the thought away. He tried to think about morning and finding Annie and going home.

杰克伸出双手，在漆黑多雨的森林里慢慢挪动，嘴里不停喊着 安妮和布布。他仔细听他们的动静，可除了响亮的 噼里啪啦的雨声，他什么都听不到。 “啊！”他大叫一声。他撞到了一个摸起来像一团蜘蛛网的东西，就在他 往后跳的时候，脚一滑摔进了泥里。他爬到一棵树边，缩在 它两根巨大的树根中间。 我就在这里等到天亮吧，他想。到时候我去找安妮，或者她会找到我。 雨水顺着四周往下滴，杰克忍不住想豹子会不会晚上出来活动。他赶紧 把这个念头赶跑，努力想着天亮的事，想着找到安妮，然后回 家。

He was really ready to go home. Why did Morgana even send us to the Cloud Forest? he wondered. He tried to remember the secret rhyme. To find a special magic, he whispered. He couldn't remember the rest. He felt tired and miserable. He took his backpack off and rested his head on it. He closed his eyes. To find a special magic, he mumbled. But he couldn't find the magic. He couldn't even find the words that finish the rhyme. Worst of all, he couldn't find any. Their fun adventure in the Cloud Forest had turned into a nightmare.

他现在真的特别想回家。 摩根娜到底为什么要派我们来云雾森林啊？他心里纳闷。 他努力回忆那首秘密童谣。 “要找到一种特别的魔法，”他小声念道。 后面的内容他记不起来了。 他又累又难受。 他卸下背包，把头靠在上面。 他闭上了眼睛。 “要找到一种特别的魔法，”他嘟囔着。 可他找不到那种魔法。 他甚至连童谣的下一句都想不起来。 最糟糕的是，他连他们俩都找不到。 他们在云雾森林里的有趣冒险，已经变成了一场噩梦。