1、杰克离开街道,向树林里走去。晚霞映照着树木,闪着金光。“快到这儿来!”安妮大喊着。安妮就在那里,正站在一棵高高的橡树下。“看!”她边说边指着一个绳梯。这是杰克从未见过这么长的绳梯。“哇噻!”他低声叫道。绳梯从树顶上一直挂下来。一间树屋,就在树顶上的两根树枝之间。“这肯定是世界上最高的树屋。”安妮说。“这是谁盖的呢”杰克问,“以前我可没见到过它。“我不知道,但是我打算爬上去。“不行!我们不知道树屋是谁的。“就上去一会儿。”安妮说着,开始爬绳梯了。“安妮,下来!她继续爬呀,爬呀。杰克叹了一口气,说:“安妮,天都快要黑了。我们得回家啦。安妮钻到树屋里看不见了。“安妮!杰克等了一会儿。当他正要再喊时,
2、安妮把脑袋伸出树屋的窗户。“书!”她喊叫着。“什么”“树屋里堆满了书!唉呀!杰克可喜欢书了。他扶了扶自己的眼镜,然后紧紧抓住绳梯的两边往上爬。1Into the Woods“Help!A monster!”said Annie.“Yeah,sure,”said Jack. “A real monster in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania.”“Run,Jack!”said Annie. She ran up the road.Oh,brother.This is what he got for spending time with his seven-year-old si
3、ster.Annie loved pretend stuff. But Jack was eight and a half. He liked real things.“Watch out, Jack! The monsters coming! Race you!“No,thanks,”said Jack.Annie raced alone into the woods.Jack looked at the sky. The sun was about to set.“Come on,Annie! Its time to go home!But Annie had disappeared.Ja
4、ck waited.No Annie.“Annie!” he shouted again.“Jack!Jack!Come here!Jack groaned. “This better be good,”he said.Jack left the road and headed into the woods.The trees were lit with agolden late-afternoon light.“Come here!”called Annie.There she was. Standing under a tall oak tree. “Look,” she said. Sh
5、e was pointing at a rope ladder.The longest rope ladder Jack had ever seen.“Wow,”he whispered.The ladder went all the way up to the top of the tree.Thereat the topwas a tree house. It was tucked between two branches.“That must be the highest tree house in the world,”said Annie.“Who built it ?”asked
6、Jack. “Ive never seen it before.”“I dont know. But Im going up,” said Annie.“No. We dont know who it belongs to,” said Jack.“Just for a teeny minute,”said Annie. She started up the ladder. “Annie,come back!She kept climbing.Jack sighed. “Annie,its almost dark. We have to go home.”Annie disappeared i
7、nside the tree house.“An-nie!Jack waited a moment. He was about to call again when Annie poked her head out of the tree house window.“Books!” she shouted.“What?“Its filled with books!Oh,man!Jack loved books.He pushed his glasses into place. He gripped the sides of the rope ladder,and up he went.2大妖怪
8、杰克从树屋地板上的一个洞里爬了进去。哇噻!树屋里的确堆满了书,到处都是书。有封面上积满厚厚灰尘的很老很老的旧书,也有封面崭新闪着光泽的很新很新的新书。“看!你能看得很远很远。”安妮说着,从树屋的窗口向外望去。杰克同她一起向外望去。俯瞰下去,是其他树木的树梢。在远处,他看见蛙溪镇的图书馆、小学,还有公园。安妮指向另外一边。“那是我们的家。”她说。千真万确。那正是他们的家,就是那个有着绿色走廊的白色木头房子。隔壁是他们邻居家的黑狗亨利。它看上去小得可怜。“喂,亨利!”安妮大声喊道。“嘘!”杰克说,“我们可是这儿的不速之客。他又扫视了一下树屋。“我想知道这些书的主人是谁。”他说。他发现很多书里插着书
9、签。“我喜欢这本书。她抱起一本封面上有一座城堡的书。“这儿有一本关于宾夕法尼亚的书。他翻到插有书签的那一页。“嗨,这里有一幅蛙溪镇的画。”杰克说,“画的正是这里蛙溪树林!“喂!这儿有一本书给你。她举起一本恐龙的书。蓝色的丝绸书签从书页里露出头来。“让我看看,让我看看!”杰克放下他的背包,从安妮手中夺过那本书。“你就看看这本,我要看看封面有城堡的那本。“不行,我们还是别乱翻了。”杰克说,“我们还不知道这些书的主人是谁呢。尽管他嘴上这么说着,还是忍不住把恐龙书翻到插有书签的那一页。他实在是控制不住自己。他翻到会飞的古代爬行动物那页无齿翼龙。他摸了摸那巨型的像蝙蝠一样的翅膀。“哇噻。”杰克嘟嘟哝哝地
10、说,“我多么希望能看看真的无齿翼龙啊!杰克仔细看着这幅画,看着画中盘旋在空中的奇异动物。“啊!”安妮尖叫着。“怎么啦”杰克问。“大妖怪!”安妮大叫着。她指着树屋的窗户。“别装神弄鬼的,安妮。“不,是真的!杰克朝窗外看去。一个巨型动物正在林梢之上滑翔!它有一个又长又怪的头冠长在脑袋后面,一个皮包骨头的喙,还有一双巨大的蝙蝠一样的双翼!这真是一只活生生的无齿翼龙!它划破长空,径直朝树屋冲来。看上去就像一架滑翔机!大风吹了起来。树叶颤动不已。这个动物突然扶摇直上,冲入云霄。杰克想看清楚这个动物,差点儿从窗户跌了下去。风吹得更紧了,发出呼啸声。树屋开始打转。“怎么回事”杰克呼叫着。“快下去!她把他从窗
11、口拉了回来。树屋不停地旋转着,转得越来越快。杰克紧紧地闭住双眼,紧紧地抓着安妮。然后一切都平静了。绝对的平静。杰克睁开了双眼。阳光从树屋的窗户斜斜地照射进来。安妮还在,书还在,他的背包还在。树屋仍旧架在橡树上。不过,这不是同一棵橡树。2 The MonsterJack crawled through a hole in the tree house floor.Wow. The tree house was filled with books. Books everywhere. Very old books with dusty covers. New books with shiny, b
12、right covers.“Look. You can see far, far away,” said Annie. She was peering out the tree house window.Jack looked out the window with her. Down below were the tops of the other trees. In the distance he saw the Frog Creek library. The element ary school. The park.Annie pointed in the other direction
13、.“Theres our house,”she said.Sure enough. There was their white wooden house with the green porch. Next door was their neighbors black dog,Henry. He looked very tiny.“Hi,Henry!”shouted Annie.“Shush!”said Jack. “Were not supposed to be up here.”He glanced around the tree house again.“I wonder who own
14、s all these books,”he said. He noticed bookmarks were sticking out of many of them.“I like this one,”said Annie. She held up a book with a castle onthe cover.“Heres a book about Pennsylvania,”said Jack. He turned to the page with the bookmark.“Hey,theres a picture of Frog Creek in here,” said Jack.
15、“Its a picture of these woods!“Oh,heres a book for you,”said Annie. She held up a book about dinosaurs. A blue silk bookmark was sticking out of it.“Let me see it.” Jack set down his backpack and grabbed the book from her.“You look at that one,and Ill look at the one about castles,”said Annie.“No,We
16、 better not,”said Jack. “We dont know who these books belong to.”But even as he said this,Jack opened the dinosaur book to where the bookmark was. He couldnt help himself.He turned to a picture of an ancient flying reptile. A Pteranodon.He touched the huge bat-like wings.“Wow,” whispered Jack. “I wi
17、sh I could see a Pteranodon for real.”Jack studied the picture of the odd-looking creature soaring through the sky.“Ahhh!”screamed Annie.“What” said Jack.“A monster!”Annie cried. She pointed to the tree house window.“Stop pretending,Annie”,said Jack.“No,really!Jack looked out the window.A giant crea
18、ture was gliding above the treetops!He had a long, weirdcrest on the back of his head. A skinny beak. And huge bat-like wings!It was a real live Pteranodon!The creature curved through the sky. He was coming straight toward thetree house. He looked like a glider plane!The wind began to blow.The leave
19、s trembled.Suddenly the creature soared up. High into the sky. Jack nearly fell out the window trying to see it.The wind picked up. It was whistling now.The tree house started to spin.“Whats happening” cried Jack.“Get down!She pulled him back from the window.The tree house was spinning. Faster and f
20、aster.Jack squeezed his eyes shut. He held on to Annie.Then everything was still.Absolutely still.Jack opened his eyes. Sunlight slanted through the window.There was Annie.The books. His backpack.The tree house was still high up in an oak tree.But it wasnt the same oak tree. 3这儿是哪儿杰克望着窗户外面。他低头看了看书中的
21、画,又望了一眼窗户外面。外面的世界与画中的世界它们一模一样,完全相同。无齿翼龙翱翔在天空。地面上覆盖着羊齿植物和深深的草丛。有一条小溪,流水潺潺,蜿蜒曲折。有一座陡陡的山坡,还有远处的火山。“哪儿我们在哪儿”杰克结结巴巴地说。无齿翼龙滑落到他们那棵树底下。它飘然地停在了地上,然后一动也不动地站在那儿。“到底发生了什么事”安妮说。她看着杰克,杰克看着她。“我不知道。”杰克说,“我正在看书中的画”“然后你说,哇噻,我多么希望能看看真的无齿翼龙啊!”安妮说。“是啊!然后我们真的就看到一只无齿翼龙,在蛙溪树林里。接着风大了起来。树屋开始打转。“然后我们到了这儿。“所以这意味着”杰克说。“所以这意味着什
22、么”安妮说。“没什么。”杰克说,他摇了摇头。“这一切不可能是真的。安妮又望向窗户外面。“但是它是真的。”她说,“它绝对是真的。杰克同她一起望着窗户外面。无齿翼龙仍站在橡树底下,像个哨兵。它巨大的双翼在它身体两边伸开。“嗨!”安妮大喊。”杰克说,“我们是这儿的不速之客。“但是这儿是哪儿”安妮问。”安妮又对着那动物大叫起来。无齿翼龙抬头看着他们。“这儿是哪儿”安妮朝下面发问。“你这个傻帽!它不会说话。”杰克说,“不过那本书可能会告诉我们什么。杰克低下头看那本书。他看到那幅画下面的文字:这种会飞的爬行动物生活在白垩纪。它消失于6500万年前。不!不可能!他们不可能来到6500万年前。“杰克。”安妮说
23、,“它多可爱啊!“可爱”“是的,我觉得是这样。我们下去跟它说说话吧!“跟它说说话”安妮开始爬下绳梯。“嘿!”杰克叫道。但是安妮继续往下爬。“你疯了吗”杰克喊。安妮下到地面上,大胆地走向这个远古的动物。3Where Is Here?He looked down at the picture in the book.He looked back out the window.The world outside and the world in the picturethey were exactly the same.The Pteranodon was soaring through the s
24、ky. The ground was covered with ferns and tall grass. There was a winding stream. A sloping hill. And volcanoes in the distance.“Whwhere are we?” stammered Jack.The Pteranodon glided down to the base of their tree. The creature coasted to a stop. And stood very still.“What happened to us” said Annie
25、. She looked at Jack. He looked at her.“I dont know,”said Jack.“I was looking at the picture in the book”“And you said,Wow, I wish I could see a Pteranodon for real,”said Annie.“Yeah. And the we saw one. In the Frog Creek woods”,said Jack.“Yeah. And then the wind got loud. And the tree house started
26、 spinning,”said Annie.“And we landed here,” said Jack.“And we landed here,” said Annie.“So that means.” said Jack.“So that means.what?“Nothing,”said Jack. He shook his head. “None of this can be real.”Annie looked out the window again.“But hes real,”she said. “Hes very real.”Jack looked out the wind
27、ow with her. The Pteranodon was standing at the base of the oaktree.Like a guard. His giant wings were spread out on either side of him.“Hi!”Annie shouted.“Shush!”said Jack.“were not supposed to be here.”“But where is here?“I dont know,”said Jack.”Annie called again to the creature.The Pteranodon lo
28、oked up at them.“Where is here?”Annie called down.“Youre nuts. He cant talk,”said Jack. “But maybe the book can tell us.”Jack looked down at the book.He read the words under the picture:This flying reptile lived in the Cretaceous period.It vanished 65 million years ago.No. Impossible. They couldnt have land
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