“I think that’s Henry barking!” Annie said. “We did come home.”
“我想这是亨利在叫！”安妮说，“我们的确到家了。”
They left the woods and ran down their deserted street.
他们离开了大森林，向着冷冷清清的街道跑去。
“That was close,” said Jack.
“家真近啊。”杰克说。
They both looked out the tree house window.
他们双双向树屋的窗外望去。
“Wait.” In a daze, Jack unzipped his backpack. He pulled out the castle book. It was quite wet. But Jack placed it back with all the other books.
“等一等。”杰克有些迷糊，拉开背包的拉链，他抽出那本城堡书，书还湿漉漉的。不过杰克还是把它和树屋里其他的书放在一起。
It was dawn. Far away a dog barked.
现在是拂晓时分。远处的一只狗在吠叫。
They got to their yard and crept across the lawn. Right up to the back door.
他们到了自己的院子，蹑手蹑脚地穿过草坪，直走到家的后门。
“Come on! Hurry!” said Annie, scooting out of the tree house.
“走吧！快！”安妮说，迅速溜出树屋。
“Shhh,” said Jack.
“嘘，”杰克说。
“Uh-oh,” said Annie. “I think Mom and Dad are up. Hurry!”
“唷——啊。”安妮说。“我想老妈和老爸起床了，得赶快！”
In the distance, streetlights lit their street. There was a light on in their upstairs window.
在远处，街道上的路灯还亮着。他们家楼上窗户还亮着灯。
He led the way up the stairs and down the hall. No sign of his mom or dad. But he could hear water running in the bathroom.
他沿楼梯上了楼，又下楼到客厅去。不见老妈和老爸的踪影。但是他能听见洗澡间的流水声。
They reached the ground and took off between the gray-black trees.
他们到了地面上，在灰黑色的树林中穿行。
“They’re not downstairs yet,” whispered Annie.
“他们还没下楼呢。”安妮低声说。
The air was warm.
空气暖洋洋的。
Jack and Annie slipped inside the house.
杰克和安妮溜进房子里。
Jack followed her down the ladder.
杰克跟着她下绳梯。
Now this was an amazing new fact.
这是一个令人惊奇的新事实。
Jack held the bookmark close to his lamp and studied it. The leather was smooth and worn. It seemed ancient.
杰克拿着书签凑近灯前，仔细研究。皮书签光滑陈旧，它似乎十分古老。
Jack took a deep breath. One mystery solved.
杰克深深地吸了一口气，一个神秘之谜限免了。
Annie stopped at her bedroom door. She gave Jack a smile, then disappeared inside her room.
安妮正站在她卧室的门口。她对杰克笑了笑，然后消失在她卧室里。
Jack hurried into his room. He took off his damp clothes and pulled on his dry, soft pajamas.
杰克飞快进入自己的房间。他脱掉自己的湿衣，换上了干燥柔软的睡衣。
He looked at the letter on it. It was the same M.
他看着上面的字母，也是同一个M。
Jack opened the drawer next to his bed. He took out the gold medallion.
杰克打开床边的桌子抽屉。他拿出金牌。
The person who had dropped the gold medallion in the time of the dinosaurs was the same person who owned all the books in the tree house.
在恐龙时代失落金牌的人和树屋那所有书籍的主人是同一个人！
For the first time Jack noticed a letter on the bookmark. A fancy M.
杰克第一次发现书签上有个字母。一个奇异的M。
He sat down on his bed and unzipped his backpack. He took out his wet notebook. He felt around for the pencil, but his hand touched something else.
他坐在床上，拉开背包拉链。他拿出湿湿的笔记本。他在背包里摸铅笔，但是他的手触摸到一样东西。
Jack pulled the blue leather bookmark out of his pack. It must have fallen out of the castle book.
杰克从背包里掏出那张蓝色的皮书签。这肯定是那张插在城堡书中的书签。
Their house was so different from the dark, cold castle. So safe and cozy and friendly.
他们的家和那黑洞洞冰飕飕的城堡是如此的不同。家是这样的安全，这样的温馨，这样的亲切。
Jack placed the bookmark next to the medallion. He closed the drawer.
杰克把书签和奖牌并排放好，然后关上抽屉。
the same…
一样的…
He picked up his pencil. He turned to the least wet page in his notebook. And he started to write down this new fact.
他拿起铅笔，翻到笔记本湿得最少的那一页。他开始记下这个新事实：
Who was this person?
这个人是谁呢？
He dreamed they were with the knight again. All three of them riding the black horse through the cool, dark night. Beyond the outer wall of the castle. And up over a moonlit hill. Into the mist.
他梦见他们又和骑士在一起。他们三人骑着黑马在凉飕飕、黑漆漆的夜里奔驰。驰过城堡的外墙。奔上月光照亮的小山。消失在浓浓的雾中。
But before he could draw the M, his eyes closed.
不过他还没写完字母M，双眼就闭上了。
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