07 Eating Out

CHAPTER VII. EATING OUT. Annie kept smiling at the gorillas. Wow! she said. Wow, wow, wow! Didn't you know you were sleeping next to them? Jack asked. No! she said. When you didn't come back, Boo -Boo led me here. But I couldn't see anything. It was too dark. Just then Boo -Boo left her mother's arms and bounded over to Annie. She climbed into Annie's lap and hugged her.

第七章 外出觅食 安妮一直对着大猩猩们笑。 “哇！”她喊道，“哇，哇，太神奇啦！” “你之前不知道自己睡在它们旁边吗？”杰克问。 “不知道呀！”她说，“你没回来的时候，布布带我来的这儿，可我什么都看不见。” 当时天太黑了。 就在这时，布布从妈妈怀里挣脱出来，蹦蹦跳跳跑到安妮身边，爬到了安妮的 腿上，抱住了她。

Another small gorilla left his mother and ran over to Annie, too. He was about the size of a two -year -old kid. Ho, ho, he said. He gave Annie a playful poke. Ho, ho yourself, said Annie. Is ho, ho your name? She tickled ho, ho. She tickled Boo -Boo, too. The two small gorillas made laughing sounds and fell onto their backs. The two mother gorillas laughed, too. Ho, ho, ho, they said. Jack felt a little jealous. He wanted the gorillas to like him as well. But he didn't know how to join in the fun, so he just sighed and pulled out his notebook. He added to his gorilla behavior list. Gorillas like to tickle and laugh.

另一只小猩猩也离开妈妈，朝安妮跑了过来。 他的个头差不多和两岁的小朋友一样大。 “嗬嗬，”他叫着。 他闹着玩似的轻轻戳了安妮一下。 “你也嗬嗬呀，”安妮说。 “嗬嗬是你的名字吗？” 她给嗬嗬挠痒痒。 她也给布布挠痒痒。 两只小猩猩发出咯咯的笑声，仰面朝天地倒了下去。 两位猩猩妈妈也笑了起来。 “嗬嗬嗬，”它们叫着。 杰克有点吃醋了。 他也想让大猩猩们喜欢自己。 可他不知道怎么加入进去一起玩，只能叹了口气， 掏出了他的笔记本。 他在自己的大猩猩行为清单上加了新内容。 大猩猩喜欢挠痒痒和笑。

Suddenly he heard a low growl. He looked up. The silverback had moved closer to him. He was glaring. That big guy doesn't understand what you're doing. Annie called to Jack. He's never seen anyone take notes before. Jack quickly put his notebook away. The giant gorilla huffed. Then he turned to his family and gave a short bark. The gorillas began lining up behind the silverback. The baby traveled in his mother's arms. Ho -Ho traveled on his mother's back. Boo -Boo and Annie held hands. They all followed the silverback out of the clearing. Come on! Annie called to Jack. Let's go with big guy and the gang. Jack shook his head. I don't think they want me to come along, he said.

突然他听到一阵低低的吼声，抬头一看，银背大猩猩已经走到离他很近的地方，他 正瞪着杰克。 “那个大块头不知道你在干什么哦。” 安妮朝杰克喊道，“他从来没见过有人记笔记呢。” 杰克赶紧把笔记本收了起来。 这只巨猩猩哼了一声，然后转向他的家族，发出了短短一声吠叫。 大猩猩们开始在银背身后排好队，小宝宝被妈妈抱在怀里。 嗬嗬趴在妈妈的背上，布布和安妮手拉着手，他们都跟着 银背走出了这片空地。 “快来呀！”安妮朝杰克喊道，“我们跟大块头和大伙一起走吧。” 杰克摇了摇头，“我觉得它们不想让我跟着去。”他说。

Boo -Boo screeched at Jack. She held out her free hand to him. "'Boo -Boo wants you,' said Annie." Jack smiled shyly. He took Boo -Boo's small warm hand. Then he walked with Annie and the gorillas out of the clearing. On their ramble through the cloud forest, the gorillas found food everywhere. They munched flowers and ferns and leaves. They swallowed and burped. They munched twigs and branches and pieces of bark and bamboo. They swallowed and burped. As the gorillas ate breakfast, it started to rain again, but they didn't seem to mind. Annie didn't seem to mind either. She and Boo -Boo played tag in the drizzly woods. They ran around the trees laughing and screeching.

布布对着杰克叫了起来，把空着的那只手朝他伸了过去。 “‘布布想让你一起去呢。’安妮说。” 杰克腼腆地笑了笑，握住了布布小小的、暖暖的手，然后他跟着安妮和 大猩猩们一起走出了空地。他们在云雾林里漫步的时候，大猩猩们随处都能找到 吃的，它们大口嚼着花、蕨类植物还有叶子，嚼完咽下去，还打个响嗝。 它们嚼着小树枝、大树枝、树皮还有竹子，嚼完咽下去，又打个响嗝。 大猩猩们吃早餐的时候，天又开始下雨了，可它们好像一点都不在意。 安妮也不在意，她和布布在蒙蒙细雨的树林里玩追人游戏，她们 绕着树跑来跑去，一边笑一边叫。

Jack tried to follow them, but he gave up. He was tired and cold. Shivering, he stood under a mossy tree to keep dry. While he was alone, Jack sneaked his notebook out of his pack. He made a new list. Gorilla foods. Flowers. Ferns. Leaves. Twigs. Bark. Branches. Bamboo. As he wrote, he heard a low growl. He looked up.

杰克想跟着她们一起跑，可最后还是放弃了，他又累又冷。 他浑身发抖，站在一棵长满苔藓的树下躲雨。 只剩自己一个人的时候，杰克偷偷从包里掏出了笔记本。 他列了个新清单：大猩猩的食物。花、蕨类、叶子、小树枝。 树皮、树枝、竹子。他正写着呢，听到了一阵低低的吼声，他抬起头来。

Big Guy had spotted him. The silverback was standing close by. He was frowning at Jack, his lips tucked in a tight line. Sorry, sorry, said Jack. He quickly put away his notebook. Big Guy kept frowning. Jack quickly tried to act like a gorilla. He went down on all fours. He tore off the leaf of a plant. He took a bite. He tasted bitter like vinegar. Jack pretended to munch and swallow and burp. Big Guy huffed, then moved on. As soon as he was gone, Jack spat out the leaf. Yuck, yuck, yuck, he said, wiping his tongue. Jack felt a tap on his back. He jumped. But it was just Ho -Ho. The small gorilla offered him a twig to eat. Oh, no thanks, Ho -Ho, said Jack.

大块头已经看到他了。银背就站在离他很近的地方，他 正皱着眉看杰克，嘴唇抿得紧紧的。 “对不起，对不起，”杰克说，他赶紧把笔记本收起来。大块头还是 皱着眉。杰克赶紧试着模仿大猩猩的样子，他四肢着地 爬下来，扯下一片植物的叶子，咬了一口，味道苦苦的 像醋一样。杰克假装大口嚼着，咽下去，还打了个嗝。 大块头哼了一声，然后走开了。他一走远，杰克立刻把嘴里的 叶子吐了出来，“呸呸呸，太难吃了。”他一边说一边擦舌头。杰克感觉后背被 碰了一下，他吓了一跳，转头一看是嗬嗬。这只小猩猩递给他 一根小树枝让他吃。“哦，不用啦，谢谢你，嗬嗬。”杰克说。