How Glooskap Found Summer

How Gloose Cap Found Summer, based on an Algonquin Folk Tale, illustrated by Maria Voris.

《格卢斯卡普找夏天》，改编自阿尔冈昆民间故事，玛丽亚·沃里斯绘图。

Once, a long time ago, the world grew terribly cold. A frosty wind blew out of the north, and an unbroken blanket of ice and snow covered the lands. The cold was so severe that fires couldn't keep the people warm, and the corn wouldn't grow. Plants and trees were dying, and the ground was frozen solid. The people and animals were suffering from cold and hunger. It was a difficult and desperate time. Glooscap, the kind and mighty leader, knew he had to do something to save his people.

很久很久以前，世界变得奇寒无比。 寒风从北方刮来，大地被连绵不断的冰雪严严实实地盖住了。 严寒太过肆虐，火堆都没法让人们暖和起来，玉米也长不出来。 花草树木都快枯死了，大地冻得硬邦邦。 人类和动物都又冷又饿，苦不堪言。 那是一段绝望难熬的日子。 善良强大的首领格卢斯卡普知道，他必须想办法拯救自己的族人。

The brave Glooscap traveled far to the north, searching for the source of the problem. Glooscap made his way through the bitter cold, carefully searching the northern wasteland. All around him, the frosty land was barren and empty of people and animals. Everywhere he looked, he found only ice and snow. After a difficult journey, Glooscap came upon an enormous wigwam made of solid ice where the giant winter lived. Glooscap went straight to the door of the wigwam, determined to confront the powerful giant.

勇敢的格卢斯卡普一路远行北上，寻找灾难的根源。 格卢斯卡普顶着刺骨严寒，在北方荒原上仔细搜寻。 他周围这片冰原荒芜一片，没有人烟也没有动物。 他目之所及，只有茫茫冰雪。 历经艰难旅程后，格卢斯卡普找到了一座坚冰打造的巨大棚屋，那就是寒冬巨人的居所。 格卢斯卡普径直走到棚屋门前，决心对决这位强大的巨人。

Winter came to the door of the wigwam, welcomed Glooscap, and invited him into his home. Winter was an old and powerful being who had ruled the North from the earliest times with his spells of cold and frost. His icy breath could cover entire lands under a blanket of snow. Once inside, Glooscap was amazed at the beauty and splendor of winter's icy abode. The walls sparkled like diamonds in the sunlight, reflecting every color of the rainbow. Everything around was still and white and beautiful.

寒冬走到棚屋门口，欢迎格卢斯卡普，邀请他进了屋。 寒冬是古老又强大的神灵，从远古时代就用冰霜咒语统治着北方。 他呼出的寒气能把整片大地都盖进雪被里。 进屋之后，格卢斯卡普被寒冬这座冰做的居所的美丽壮观惊呆了。 冰墙在阳光下像钻石一样闪闪发亮，折射出彩虹的所有颜色。 周围的一切都洁白静谧，美丽动人。

Winter began to tell long stories to Glooscap about the time when he had ruled over the Earth. He spoke of days gone by when he had ruled far and wide and everything had been quiet, beautiful and peaceful beneath a thick layer of snow. Winter's stories weaved a powerful charm of frost over Glooscap and he soon fell asleep under winter's chilling spells.

寒冬开始给格卢斯卡普讲他统治地球时的久远故事。 他说起从前，他统治四方之时，万物都在厚厚的积雪下安静美好、平和安稳。 寒冬的故事给格卢斯卡普布下了强力的冰霜符咒，他很快就在寒冷咒法下沉沉睡去。

Winter's magic was strong enough to put Glooscap to sleep, but he could not destroy the mighty warrior. Glooscap slept like a bear for six months under the spell until one day Tatler, the loon, flew to find him. Tatler was Glooscap's friend and messenger, and he approached the sleeping Glooscap with news.

寒冬的魔法足以让格卢斯卡普沉睡，却没法消灭这位强大的战士。 格卢斯卡普在咒语下像熊一样睡了六个月，直到有一天潜鸟泰特勒飞来找他。 泰特勒是格卢斯卡普的朋友兼信使，他带着消息来到了沉睡的格卢斯卡普身边。