V—The Explorers Find Treasure
五、探险家们找到宝藏
THE NEXT MORNING Jessie woke up first, and she got up at once, for she was the housekeeper.
第二天早上，杰西最先醒来，她立刻起了床，因为她是这个家的“管家”。
The dog sat in the door of the car and looked at her as she jumped down to get the milk for breakfast.
当她跳下车去取早餐用的牛奶时，小狗坐在车厢门口看着她。
Then he jumped down after her.
然后它也紧跟着跳了下来。
Jessie walked down by the little brook and stopped to look at the waterfall. It was beautiful.
杰西沿着小溪走下去，停下来观赏瀑布，景色真美。
“I must look in the refrigerator,” she said with a laugh.
“我得去看看冰箱了，”她笑着说。
It was a funny refrigerator. There was a rock behind the waterfall, and the night before Jessie had put the two bottles of milk in a hole in this rock. Now she took out the bottles and found that the milk was very cold.
这是个有趣的“冰箱”。瀑布后面有一块岩石，前一天晚上杰西把两瓶牛奶放在了岩石的一个洞里。现在她取出瓶子，发现牛奶非常冰凉。
“Is it good?” called Benny, who sat in the car door.
“好喝吗？”坐在车厢门口的本尼喊道。
“It is delicious!” cried Jessie. “It is cold, too.”
“太好喝了！”杰西叫道，“而且很凉。”
She got up into the car with the milk and sat down beside Benny. Then the four children drank the milk for breakfast.
她拿着牛奶回到车上，在本尼身边坐下。接着，四个孩子就把牛奶当作早餐喝了下去。
Henry said, “Today I’ll go to town and try to get some work to do. I can cut grass or work in a garden or something. Then we’ll have something besides milk for breakfast.”
亨利说：“今天我要去镇上找点活干。我可以割草或者在花园里帮忙之类的。这样我们早餐就不止只有牛奶了。”
He washed his hands and face and started out.
他洗了手和脸就出发了。
“I’m so glad you have a dog, Jessie,” he said. “Good-by! I’ll be back at noon.”
“杰西，真高兴你有条狗，”他说，“再见！我中午回来。”
The children looked after Henry, and then they looked at Jessie.
孩子们目送亨利离开，然后看向杰西。
“What are we going to do now, Jessie?” Benny asked his sister.
“杰西，我们现在做什么？”本尼问姐姐。
“Well, Benny,” answered Jessie, “we’ll go exploring and look for treasures. We’ll begin here at the car and look and look until we find a dump.”
“嗯，本尼，”杰西回答，“我们去探险寻宝吧。我们就从车厢这儿开始找，一直找到垃圾堆为止。”
“What’s a dump?” asked Benny.
“什么是垃圾堆？”本尼问。
“Oh, Benny!” said Violet. “You know what a dump is. Old tin cans and old dishes and bottles.”
“哦，本尼！”维奥莱特说，“你知道什么是垃圾堆呀。就是旧锡罐、旧盘子和瓶子那些东西。”
“Are old tin cans and dishes treasures?” Benny wanted to know.
“旧锡罐和盘子也算宝贝吗？”本尼想知道。
“They will be treasures for us,” answered Jessie, laughing.
“对我们来说就是宝贝，”杰西笑着回答。
“And wheels?” asked Benny again. “Will there be any wheels on the dump?”
“那轮子呢？”本尼又问，“垃圾堆上会有轮子吗？”
“Yes, maybe,” replied Violet. “But cups, Benny, and plates, and maybe spoons. You like to drink milk out of a cup.”
“也许有吧，”维奥莱特答道，“但是本尼，那里会有杯子、盘子，可能还有勺子。你不是喜欢用杯子喝牛奶嘛。”
“Oh, yes,” agreed Benny politely. But anyone could see that his mind is still on wheels.
“噢，是的，”本尼礼貌地表示同意。但谁都看得出他心里想的还是轮子。
The explorers started walking down the old rusty tracks, with Watch hopping along on three legs. The other paw, still tied up with Jessie’s handkerchief, was held off the ground. But the dog looked very happy. He liked these kind children.
小探险家们沿着生锈的旧铁轨出发了，看门狗“守望者”三条腿蹦跳着跟在后面。它另一只爪子还被杰西的手帕包扎着，悬在空中。但这只狗看起来很开心，它喜欢这些善良的孩子。
They all walked along through the woods, looking this way and that. After awhile the old track came out into the sun, and the explorers found that they were on top of a hill. They could look down and see the town below them.
他们穿过树林一路走着，东张西望。过了一会儿，旧铁轨延伸到了阳光下，探险家们发现自己来到了一座山顶。他们可以俯瞰下面的小镇。
“Henry is down there,” said Jessie.
“亨利就在那下面，”杰西说。
Benny was walking along behind his two sisters.
本尼走在两个姐姐身后。
Suddenly he cried happily, “Look, Jessie! There’s a treasure—a wheel!”
突然他高兴地叫了起来：“看，杰西！有个宝贝——一个轮子！”
The girls looked where he was pointing, and they saw a big dump with many old bottles and tin cans on it. There were also both wheels and cups. Indeed, there were dishes of all kinds.
女孩们顺着他指的方向看去，只见一个大垃圾堆上有许多旧瓶子和锡罐。那里确实既有轮子也有杯子，甚至还有各种各样的餐具。
“Oh, Benny!” cried Jessie. “You saw the treasures first. What should we do without you!”
“哦，本尼！”杰西叫道，“是你第一个发现宝贝的。没有你可怎么办啊！”
Violet ran over to the dump. “Here’s a white pitcher, Jessie!” she cried.
维奥莱特跑向垃圾堆。“杰西，这里有个白色的大水罐！”她喊道。
Jessie looked at it. It was all right, with only one small crack.
杰西看了看，水罐完好无损，只有一道小裂缝。
“Here’s a big white cup, too,” she said, happily.
“这里还有一个大白杯子，”她开心地说。
“Can you use a teapot, Jessie?” asked Benny.
“杰西，你能用茶壶吗？”本尼问。
“Yes, indeed!” she replied. “We can put water in it. I have found two cups and a bowl. Let’s look for spoons, too!”
“当然能！”她回答，“我们可以用它装水。我已经找到了两个杯子和一个碗。我们再找找勺子吧！”
Violet held up what she had found—five spoons, covered with rust.
维奥莱特举起她找到的东西——五把沾满铁锈的勺子。
“Good!” said Jessie. “Here’s a big kettle. Let’s pile all the dishes in it. Then we can carry them back to the boxcar.”
“太好了！”杰西说，“这里有个大水壶。我们把所有餐具都堆在里面，这样就可以把它们搬回棚车了。”
Benny had found four wheels just alike and laid them to one side. Now he held up a pink cup. There was a big crack in it, but it had a handle.
本尼找到了四个一模一样的轮子，把它们放在一边。现在他举起一个粉色杯子。虽然上面有道大裂缝，但还有个把手。
“This will be my pink cup,” said Benny.
“这就是我的粉色杯子了，”本尼说。
“I hope it will hold milk,” said Jessie, laughing. “It’s a beautiful cup, Benny.”
“希望它能装得住牛奶，”杰西笑着说，“本尼，这杯子真漂亮。”
The children laid all their treasures, even the wheels, on a board, and the girls carried the board back to the boxcar between them. They put the dishes down by the brook.
孩子们把所有的宝贝，甚至包括轮子，都放在一块木板上，两个女孩抬着木板回到了棚车。他们把餐具放在小溪边。
“Now we must wash them,” said Jessie.
“现在我们得把它们洗干净，”杰西说。
“All right,” agreed Benny. “We’ll wash my pink cup.”
“好的，”本尼同意了，“我们来洗我的粉色杯子。”
And never did a little boy hand dishes so carefully to his sisters as Benny did.
从来没有哪个小男孩像本尼那样小心翼翼地把餐具递给姐姐们。
The girls washed the dishes with soap, and Jessie used sand to get the rust off the spoons.
女孩们用肥皂清洗餐具，杰西还用沙子擦掉了勺子上的铁锈。
“There!” she said, washing the last shining spoon. “How fine they look! But I’m afraid they still aren’t clean enough to eat from. When Henry comes, we’ll get him to build a fire. Then we can have hot water to rinse them, and they will be very clean.”
“好了！”她洗完最后一把闪亮的勺子说道，“它们看起来多好啊！但我恐怕还不够干净，不能直接用来吃饭。等亨利回来，我们让他生个火。这样就能用热水冲洗它们，那样就会非常干净了。”
The children sat back and admired the dishes.
孩子们坐下来欣赏这些餐具。
Suddenly Violet cried, “Oh, I know where to put them. Come and see what I found in the car last night.”
突然维奥莱特叫道：“哦，我知道该把它们放哪儿了。快来看看我昨晚在车里发现了什么。”
Both girls looked in at the door.
两个女孩都朝车门里看去。
“Look on the door on the other side of the car,” said Violet.
“看车厢另一边的门上，”维奥莱特说。
All Jessie saw were two pieces of wood nailed to the closed door of the car. But she knew at once what was in Violet’s mind. She ran to get the board they had carried from the dump and laid it carefully across the two pieces of wood. It made a fine shelf for the dishes.
杰西只看到关着的车门上钉着两块木头。但她立刻明白了维奥莱特的想法。她跑去拿来从垃圾堆抬回来的那块木板，小心地架在那两块木头上。这就成了一个放餐具的好架子。
“There!” said Jessie.
“好了！”杰西说。
The children could hardly wait to put the shining dishes on the shelf.
孩子们迫不及待地想把闪亮的餐具放到架子上。
“Let’s put them on now,” said Violet, “and see how they look, without waiting to rinse them.”
“我们现在就放上去吧，”维奥莱特说，“不用等冲洗完，先看看效果怎么样。”
When they were on the shelf, Violet picked some white and yellow flowers and put them in a cup full of water in the middle of the shelf.
餐具摆上架子后，维奥莱特摘了一些白色和黄色的花，插在架子中间装满水的杯子里。
“There!” said Jessie, stepping back to look at it.
“好了！”杰西退后一步看着架子说。
“You said ‘There’ three times,” remarked Benny happily.
“你已经说了三次‘好了’，”本尼开心地评论道。
“So I did,” replied Jessie, laughing. “And I’m going to say it again.”
“是啊，”杰西笑着回答，“而且我还要再说一次。”
She pointed into the woods and said, “There!”
她指着树林里说：“瞧！”
Henry was coming through the woods, and he carried many funny-looking bundles in his arms. But he would not open his bundles or tell what he had been doing until it was time for dinner.
亨利正穿过树林走来，怀里抱着许多样子古怪的包裹。但在晚饭时间之前，他不肯打开包裹，也不说他去干了什么。
“Where did you get the dishes?” he cried, when he saw the shelf.
“你们从哪儿弄来的餐具？”看到架子时他叫道。
“We went exploring,” said Violet, “and found a big dump.”
“我们去探险了，”维奥莱特说，“发现了一个大垃圾堆。”
The children began telling him about their treasures. Benny told him about the tin cans and his pink cup and his wheels. Jessie took out the big kettle and asked him about building a fire.
孩子们开始向他讲述他们的宝贝。本尼告诉他关于锡罐、他的粉色杯子和轮子的事。杰西拿出大水壶，问他能不能生个火。
“We want to use the dishes to eat from,” she told him, “and it’s hard to get them clean in cold water.”
“我们想用这些餐具吃饭，”她对他说，“可是冷水很难把它们洗干净。”
So Henry made a small fire in an open place where it could not burn anything. He put big stones all around it.
于是亨利在一块空旷不会引燃任何东西的地方生了一堆小火。他在四周垒上了大石头。
“We ought to have a fireplace,” he remarked.
“我们应该有个灶台，”他说。
Jessie cleaned the kettle with sand and filled it with water. Then Henry put it on the fire. Soon the water was boiling, and Jessie rinsed the dishes carefully.
杰西用沙子把水壶擦干净并装满水。然后亨利把它放到火上。很快水烧开了，杰西仔细地冲洗了餐具。
“Now I know they’re clean enough to eat from,” she said happily.
“现在我知道它们够干净可以用来吃饭了，”她高兴地说。
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