9 Telling the Story

Chapter 9. Telling the Story Finally, the hugging and crying and laughing died down. The villagers started walking back to their huts. Jack and Annie followed Boca, Kama, and their parents. We felt the ground shaking, said Boca and Kama's father. We knew a big wave might follow. Jack saved us, said Boca. He read in a book and found out about the big waves.

第九章 讲述故事 终于，拥抱、哭泣和欢笑都平息了下来。村民们开始走回他们的 小屋。杰克和安妮跟着博卡、卡玛还有他们的父母。 我们感觉到地面在晃，博卡和卡玛的爸爸说。我们知道接下来可能会有大浪。 杰克救了我们，博卡说。他在一本书里读到过，知道大浪的事。

What's a book? asked his mother. Show them, Annie said to Jack. Jack reached into his pack and took out their research book. It tells about the big waves in here, he said. Books give lots of information. Ah, said Boka and Kama's mother. A book is a good thing. Books tell stories, too, said Annie. That is impossible, said Kama. The book cannot move its feet or wave its hands. It cannot sing or chant. That's true, said Jack, smiling. Now we should do the hula, Boka said to Annie, Kama, and Jack, and tell our story. I'll watch, said Jack, stepping away. Boka and Kama's father called for music.

“书是什么呀？”他的妈妈问道。 “给他们看看呀。”安妮对杰克说。 杰克把手伸进背包，拿出了他们的研究手册。 “这里面讲了和大浪有关的知识哦。”他说。 书能提供好多好多知识呢。 “哦，”博卡和卡玛的妈妈说道。 “书真是个好东西呀。” “书还会讲故事哦。”安妮说。 “那不可能呀。”卡玛说。 书既不会走路也不会挥手呀。 它既不会唱歌也不会念诵呀。 “你说的对呀。”杰克笑着说。 “现在我们来跳草裙舞吧，”博卡对安妮、卡玛和杰克说，“来把我们的故事讲出来。” “我看着你们跳就好。”杰克说着往后退了退。 博卡和卡玛的爸爸叫人奏起了音乐。

The villagers gathered around. A man started to play a pipe. A teenage boy knocked two sticks together. Some women began shaking rattles. Boka, Kama, and Annie waved their hands in time to the music. They stepped from side to side. They swayed their hips. Kama chanted about going out into the water. She, Boka, and Annie waved their hands to show how they paddled out to sea. Kama chanted about how Jack had warned them. She and the others waved their hands to show how they rode their surfboards to shore. Then Jack surprised himself. He waved his hands to show how he rode his surfboard like a bird soaring through the air. The next thing he knew, he was stepping from side to side. He was swaying his hips. He was doing the hula.

村民们都围了过来。一个男子开始吹笛子。 一个十几岁的男孩拿着两根棍子互相敲打着打节拍。 几个女人开始摇起了沙锤。 博卡、卡玛和安妮跟着音乐的节奏挥着手。 他们左右踩着步子，扭着屁股。 卡玛念诵着去到海边的故事。 她、博卡还有安妮挥着手，演示他们是怎么划着板去到海里的。 卡玛又念诵着杰克是怎么提醒他们的故事。 她和其他人挥着手，演示他们是怎么踩着冲浪板回到岸边的。 接下来杰克自己都吃了一惊。 他挥着手，演示自己怎么踩着冲浪板，像小鸟一样在空中飞。 等他反应过来的时候，他已经在左右踩着步子了。 他正扭着屁股，跳起草裙舞来啦。

Kama chanted about how the water had pulled away from the shore, and how they had climbed to safety, and how the giant wave had crashed against the cliff.

卡玛念诵着海水是怎么从岸边退下去的， 他们又是怎么爬到安全的地方的， 还有巨浪是怎么撞在悬崖上的。

As Kama chanted the story, all the villagers joined in the dance. The tall grasses swayed, the palm tree swayed, and all the hula dancers swayed too. When the story ended, everyone clapped. Thanks for helping us, Bulka said to Jack and Annie. We're a good team, said Annie. We are best friends, said Kama. Yeah, said Jack. I'm sorry I said mean things. We're sorry we laughed at you, said Bulka. I'm sorry I grabbed the book, said Annie. Our mother says friendship is like riding the waves, said Kama. Sometimes you ride low gentle waves, sometimes you ride high rough ones.

卡玛念诵故事的时候，所有村民都加入了跳舞的队伍。高高的草晃呀晃， 棕榈树晃呀晃，所有跳草裙舞的人也晃呀晃。故事讲完的时候，大家都鼓起了掌。 “谢谢你们帮了我们。”布尔卡对杰克和安妮说。 “我们是超棒的搭档呀。”安妮说。 “我们是最好的朋友哦。”卡玛说。 “对呀，”杰克说，“对不起，之前我说了不好听的话。” “对不起，我们之前还笑话你了。”布尔卡说。 “对不起，我之前抢了你的书。”安妮说。 “我们的妈妈说，友谊就像冲浪一样。”卡玛说。 有时候你冲的是平缓的小浪，有时候你冲的是汹涌的大浪。

Annie gasped. She looked at Jack. She repeated Morgan's rhyme. To find a special magic, build a special kind of ship that rides the waves both high and low on every kind of trip. Friendship! That's the ship! said Jack. And we built it! said Annie. She and Jack burst out laughing. Boca and Kama looked a little confused, but they laughed too. We have to go back to our own home now, Annie said to Boca and Kama. It's time to say good -bye, said Jack. We never say good -bye, said Kama. We say aloha when we greet our friends, and we say aloha when we leave them.

安妮猛地吸了口气。她看着杰克，念出了摩根的咒语。 要找到特别的魔法，就造一艘特别的船，不管浪高还是 浪低，都能走完每一段旅程。 “友谊！那艘船就是友谊！”杰克喊道。 “而且我们已经造出来啦！”安妮说。她和杰克都大笑起来。 博卡和卡玛看起来有点懵，但他们也跟着笑了。 “我们现在得回自己的家啦。”安妮对博卡和卡玛说。 “该说再见啦。”杰克说。 “我们从来不说再见哦，”卡玛说，“我们迎接朋友的时候说阿罗哈， 和朋友告别时也说阿罗哈。