儿童英语读物《神奇树屋》第一册 Dinosaurs Before Dark 01 Into the Woods

1　进入树林

“救命啊!有妖怪!”安妮喊叫着。

“是啊，没错。”杰克说，“还真是一个大妖怪，就在宾夕法尼亚的蛙溪镇。”

“快跑，杰克!”安妮说着，顺着街道跑起来。

噢，我的天哪。

这就是杰克同他七岁的妹妹玩耍时常常出现的情景。

安妮喜欢玩假装的游戏。而杰克已经八岁半了，他喜欢确实的东西。

“当心，杰克!妖怪来了!向你冲过来啦!”

“不必了，谢谢你的提醒。”杰克说。

安妮自个儿冲进树林里。

杰克抬头望了望天空。太阳快要落山了。

“快回来，安妮!该回家了!”

但是安妮不见了踪影。

杰克等啊等。

还是没有安妮的影子。

“安妮!”他又喊了一遍。

“杰克，杰克!快到这儿来!”

杰克咕哝道：“希望这次是好事。”

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。”安妮说。

“不行!我们不知道树屋是谁的。”杰克说。

“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，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。

1　　Into 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 sister.

Annie loved pretend stuff. But Jack was eight and a half. He liked real things.

“Watch out, Jack! The monster’s 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! It’s time to go home!”

But Annie had disappeared.

Jack 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. She 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.

There—at the top—was 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 Jack. “I’ve never seen it before.”

“I don’t know. But I’m going up，” said Annie.

“No. We don’t 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，it’s almost dark. We have to go home.”

Annie disappeared inside 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?”

“It’s filled with books!”

Oh，man!Jack loved books.

He pushed his glasses into place. He gripped the sides of the rope lad　　der，and up he went.