Arrows

Arrows. Written by Dinah Anastasio. Illustrated by David Cockcroft.

箭头 黛娜·安娜斯塔西奥 撰文 大卫·克罗夫特 绘图

The First Arrow Paloma was tossing her new ball high into the air when she discovered the first arrow in the forest. When her ball came down, it bounced off a tree trunk, hit a log, and came to rest at the base of a boulder. She was digging the ball out from the heavy undergrowth when she noticed the arrow. It was carved into the lower part of the massive rock.

第一支箭头 帕洛玛往高空抛新球时，在森林里发现了第一支箭头刻痕 球落下来后，先弹到树干上，又撞到木头上，最后停在了一块大石头底部 她钻进茂密的灌木丛捡球，这时才注意到这支箭头 它就刻在这块巨石的下半部分

Paloma grabbed her ball and raced home. Her grandfather was resting on the porch swing. His eyes were closed, and for a moment she wondered if she should wake him with the news. You've discovered something, he said softly, when she was settled beside him. I can tell by the way you're fidgeting. I've found an arrow, Papa, Paloma said. "'And where is this arrow that excites you so much?' her grandfather asked. Paloma told her grandfather about the bouncing ball, the boulder, and the strange arrow carved into the rock."

帕洛玛抓起球，飞快跑回了家 爷爷正在门廊的摇椅上休息 他闭着眼睛，帕洛玛犹豫了片刻，不知道该不该叫醒他说这件事 等她在爷爷身边坐定，爷爷轻声说：“你肯定发现了什么东西” 看你坐立不安的样子我就知道了 帕洛玛说：“爷爷，我找到了一支箭头” 爷爷问：“这支让你这么兴奋的箭头在哪里呀？” 帕洛玛把皮球弹跳、滚到大石下，还有石头刻着奇怪箭头的事都告诉了爷爷

Do you think the arrow is a glyph like the ones in my code books? Paloma asked. Maybe it's a Mayan hieroglyphic. The Mayans used tiny pictures instead of words and letters. Maybe they carved that arrow, Paloma guessed. Papa pulled himself out of the swing and smiled down at his granddaughter. That's an interesting idea, he said, but I doubt the Mayans were carving rocks around here. The Mayans lived farther south, in Mexico and Central America. However, your arrow might be part of a code of some kind.

你觉得这个箭头会不会是我密码书里那种符号呀？ 帕洛玛问道 说不定它是玛雅象形文字呢 玛雅人不用文字和字母，用小图画来表意 帕洛玛猜测说，搞不好就是玛雅人刻的 爷爷从摇椅上站起身，笑着低头看向孙女 爷爷说：“这个想法很有意思，但我觉得玛雅人不会在这一带刻石头哦” 玛雅人住在更南边的墨西哥和中美洲 不过，你的这支箭头说不定属于某种密码呢

Paloma's grandfather knew a lot about codes. In fact, he had won a medal for his code work during World War II. Papa and other Native American code talkers had helped the United States and its allies win the war by sending secret messages. Paloma loved to hear the story of the code talkers, even though she had heard it many times before. She especially liked to hear about Mississippi Choctaw Code Talkers like her grandfather. As they made their way toward the boulder, Papa told Paloma how the Code Talkers sent messages that only other Code Talkers could interpret.

帕洛玛的爷爷十分懂密码 实际上，二战时期他还因为密码工作获过勋章 爷爷和其他原住民密码通讯员靠传递密信，帮助美国和同盟国赢得了战争 虽然听过很多次了，帕洛玛还是很喜欢听密码通讯员的故事 她尤其爱听像爷爷这样的密西西比乔克托族密码通讯员的故事 爷孙俩往大石头走的时候，爷爷给帕洛玛讲密码通讯员如何传递只有自己人能读懂的信息

questions. We spoke into walkie talkie radios, he explained. There was a code talker on each end, and we would only use Choctaw words that no one else could understand. Someone would give me the message that I was to pass on, and I would speak the words in Choctaw. If the enemy was listening in on the radio, they wouldn't be able to understand what

提问 爷爷解释道：我们对着对讲机说话 收发两端都有密码通讯员，我们只用外人听不懂的乔克托语 有人把要传递的消息交给我，我就用乔克托语说出来 就算敌人偷听了无线电，他们也听不懂我们说的