9 The Lost Knights

Chapter 9 The Lost Nights Annie chased Jack around the circle. Stop, Jack! she cried. Stop! She grabbed his shirt and tried to pull him out of the dance. Let go, Annie! he said. Leave me alone! Annie wouldn't let go. Finally she pulled so hard that Jack broke hands with the dancers and tumbled backward into the grass. The winged dancers didn't seem to notice. They closed their circle and kept going around and around.

第九章 迷失的夜晚 安妮绕着圈子追杰克。 “站住，杰克！”她喊道。“快停下！”她一把抓住他的衬衫，想要把他从 舞队里拉出来。 “放开我，安妮！”他说。“别管我！” 安妮不肯松手。最后她用的力气太大了 杰克挣开了舞者们的手，向后摔倒在草地上。 那些长着翅膀的舞者好像根本没注意到。他们重新围成圈，继续转啊转啊跳个不停。

Why did you do that? said Jack sitting up. I was having fun. Look at the knights said Annie. See them? Jack still couldn't see. The world was spinning before his eyes. He egged to get back into the dance. Here I found your glasses said Annie. Put them on. Jack put on his glasses. He peered at the circle of dancers. He caught sight of armor glinting in the sunlight. He saw three knights dancing in a row. Two of them looked very young. The third looked much older. As they came closer Jack saw their faces. All the joy of the music drained out of him. The knights looked tired and sick. Their hair and beards were long and scraggly. Their faces were bony and pale. Their eyes stared wildly and their lips were frozen in ghostly smiles. What's wrong with them? asked Jack.

“你干嘛要这么做？”杰克坐起身说道。“我刚才正玩得开心呢。” “你看那些骑士，”安妮说。“看到他们了吗？” 杰克还是看不清。他眼前的整个世界都在打旋。 他急着想回到舞队里接着跳。 “给，我找到你的眼镜了，”安妮说。“快戴上。” 杰克戴上眼镜。他眯起眼睛看向那圈舞者。 他看见盔甲在阳光下闪着光。 他看见三个骑士排成一排在跳舞。其中两个看起来年纪很轻。 第三个看起来年纪要大得多。 等他们跳得更近一些，杰克看清了他们的脸。 音乐带给他的所有快乐一下子都消失了。 那些骑士看起来又疲惫又虚弱。 他们的头发和胡子又长又乱，乱蓬蓬的。 他们的脸瘦得皮包骨，脸色惨白。 他们的眼睛瞪得圆圆的，嘴唇僵着，挂着一丝诡异的笑。 “他们怎么了？”杰克问道。

They can't stop dancing," said Annie. They're dancing themselves to death. They must be the lost knights from Camelot, said Jack. We have to save them, said Annie. Yeah, said Jack. He tried to clear his mind and think. What about this? We get back in the dance, and we take places between the dancers and the knights. Yes, then we can pull the knights out of the circle, said Annie. Wait, said Jack. What if I can't stop dancing again? Just don't let yourself get caught by the music, said Annie. You have to think about something else. Think about why we're here. Think about Morgan. Okay, said Jack. I'll try. Jack and Annie crouched in the grass. They watched and waited as the knights danced closer, and closer, and closer.

“他们停不下来，”安妮说。 他们会一直跳到死的。 “他们一定是卡美洛失踪的那些骑士，”杰克说。 “我们得救救他们，”安妮说。 “好，”杰克说。 他试着理清头绪，好好想想办法。 “这个办法怎么样？” 我们回到舞队里，插到其他舞者和骑士中间的位置。 “对呀，这样我们就能把骑士们从圈子里拉出来了，”安妮说。 “等等，”杰克说。 “要是我又停不下来跳舞怎么办？” “你别被音乐勾走心神就行，”安妮说。 你得想点别的事情。 想想我们为什么会来这里。 想想摩根。 “好，”杰克说。 我试试看。 杰克和安妮蹲在草地上。 他们看着、等着，骑士们跳得越来越近，越来越近，越来越近。

"'Now!' shouted Annie. Jack and Annie rushed forward. They broke into the circle on either side of the knights. As Jack started dancing, his feet seemed to fly to the beat of the drum. He felt a wave of great joy. His worries left him. "'Now, Jack!' cried Annie. "'Pull away!' But Jack didn't want to pull away. The music rang in his ears. Nothing mattered except the dancing. "'Jack! Pull away now!' Annie shouted again. Jack shook his head trying to shake off Annie 's voice. "'Morgan! Morgan!' Annie yelled. The word Morgan made Jack stumble a bit in the dance. "'Morgan! Morgan!' Annie shouted.

“动手！”安妮大喊。杰克和安妮冲了上去。他们分别从骑士的两侧冲进了圈子 里。杰克一开始跳舞，双脚就跟着鼓点好像要飞起来一样。 他感受到一阵巨大的快乐。所有的烦恼都消失不见了。 “快呀，杰克！”安妮喊道。“往外拉！” 可杰克不想往外拉。音乐在他耳边响着。除了跳舞，什么都不重要了。 跳舞。 “杰克！快往外拉！”安妮又喊了起来。杰克摇了摇头，想要把安妮的声音 从脑子里甩出去。 “摩根！摩根！”安妮大喊。“摩根”两个字让杰克跳舞的脚步顿了一下。 “摩根！摩根！”安妮继续喊着。

Jack stumbled again, then he used all his might to stop himself from dancing. He let go of the hand of the dancer on his right and threw himself out of the dance, pulling the knight on his left with him. Annie and the other two knights tumbled back with him onto the grass. Just as before, the dancers didn't seem to notice. They closed their circle and kept going round and round in their joyous, timeless dance.

杰克又晃了一下，然后他用尽全身力气让自己停止跳舞。他松开了右边 舞者的手，用力挣脱出舞队，同时把左边的骑士也一起拉了出来。 安妮和另外两个骑士也跟着他一起向后摔倒在草地上。和之前一样， 那些舞者好像完全没注意到。他们重新围成圈，继续转啊转啊 跳着他们永远不会停下的快乐舞蹈。