“That’s nuts,” said Jack. “I want to sleep.”
“别傻了。”杰克说，“我还想睡呢。”
“No, it isn’t. The moon makes it bright enough to see,” said Annie.
“不黑，月光足够亮了，能看清。”安妮说。
But he got out of bed.
不过他还是从床上爬了起来。
“No — now,” said Annie. “We have to find the fourth M thing. I have a feeling that the full moon might help us.”
“不行，就要现在。”安妮说，“我们必须找到第四个带有M的东西。我有种感觉，今晚的满月说不定能帮上我们呢。”
Jack opened his eyes. He saw a figure in the moonlight.
杰克睁开眼睛，看到了月光下的一个身影。
Jack looked at his clock. “Oh, man,” he said. “It’s midnight. It’s too dark.”
杰克看了看钟。“天啊，”他说，“才半夜，太黑了吧。”
Jack yawned. He pulled on his jeans and sneakers and a sweatshirt. He put his notebook and pencil into his backpack. Then he crept down the stairs.
杰克打了个哈欠，穿上了牛仔裤、汗衫和球鞋。他把铅笔和笔记本放进背包，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼梯。
Jack turned on his lamp. He rubbed his eyes.
杰克打开灯，揉了揉眼睛。
“Let’s go to the tree house,” she said.
“咱们去树屋吧。”她说。
Annie was standing beside his bed. She wore jeans and a sweatshirt.
安妮正穿着牛仔裤、汗衫站在他的床前。
“Wait till morning,” said Jack.
“等到早晨再说吧。”杰克说。
“What time is it?” asked Jack. He put on his glasses.
“几点了？”杰克问，并且戴上了眼镜。
“You can sleep when we come back home,” said Annie. “No time will have passed.”
“我们回来后你还可以睡嘛。”安妮说，“我们离开的时候时间是停顿的。”
“Wake up. Get dressed.” It was his sister, Annie.
“快醒醒，穿上衣服。”原来是他的妹妹安妮。
“Don’t look at your clock,” said Annie.
“别看钟。”安妮说。
Jack sighed. “Oh, brother,” he said.
杰克叹了口气，“天啊。”他说。
“Yay!” whispered Annie. “Meet you at the back door.” She tiptoed out of Jack’s room.
“耶！”安妮小声叫道，“我在后门等你。”说着她踮着脚尖走出了杰克的房间。
“Jack!” whispered a voice.
“杰克！”一个声音轻声说。
“No, we don’t. I told you — the moon will light our way,” said Annie. And she took off.
“不用，我跟你说过了——月亮会为我们照亮的。”安妮说着便出发了。
Annie was right, thought Jack. The moon was so bright that he could see his shadow. Everything seemed washed with silver.
安妮是对的，杰克心想。月光是那么的明亮，他连自己的影子都能看见呢。一切似乎都镀上了一层银色。
“Careful — go slowly,” said Jack.
“小心，慢点爬！”杰克说。
“There!” said Annie.
“在那儿！”安妮叫道。
Jack looked up, searching for the tree house.
杰克抬头望着，想找到那个树屋。
It shone on the three M things that rested on the M: a moonstone from the time of the ninjas, a mango from the Amazon rain forest, and a mammoth bone from the Ice Age.
同时，月光也照亮了字母M上放着的三样以英文M开头的东西：从忍者时代的日本带回的月亮石，来自亚马孙雨林的一个芒果，和从冰河时代带回来的猛犸的骨头。
The magic tree house was shining in the moonlight.
那个神奇的树屋在月光下熠熠闪光。
Annie grabbed the rope ladder and started climbing up.
安妮抓住绳梯开始向上爬。
“Wait –” said Jack. “We need a flashlight.”
“等等——”杰克说，“我们得拿个手电筒。”
Soon they left their street. Annie led the way into the Frog Creek woods. It was much darker under the shadows of the trees.
很快，他们就离开了街道，由安妮带路进入了蛙溪树林。树阴下，可黑多了。
Jack sighed, then followed her.
杰克只好叹了叹气，跟在安妮后面。
He followed her up the ladder and into the tree house.
他跟在安妮的后面沿着绳梯爬进了树屋。
Moonlight streamed through the window. It shone on the letter M that shimmered on the wooden floor.
月光从窗户透了进来，洒在木地板上，照亮了地上的字母M。
Annie opened the back door. Quietly, they stepped outside.
安妮打开后门，他们轻轻地走了出去。
“Peanut!” said Annie.
“花生！”安妮叫道。
“There’s no air. We couldn’t breathe. Not only that, we’d boil to death if it was day and freeze to death if it was night.”
“那里没有空气，我们根本无法呼吸。不仅如此，白天我们会被高温烤死，而晚上又会被冻死。”
“Uh-oh,” he said. “I knew we should have brought a flashlight. I can’t read a thing.”
“哦。”他说，“我就说我们该带个手电筒吧。我简直什么都看不清。”
In the dim light, Jack saw a tiny mouse. She sat on an open book.
在昏暗的月光下，杰克看到了一只小老鼠正坐在一本打开的书上。
The letters were bigger on the cover. Jack squinted at them.
封面上的字要大得多。杰克眯着眼看着。
Jack held the book up to the moonlight.
杰克拿着书，对着月光看着。
“Look at the cover,” said Annie.
“看看封面。”安妮说。
“So where are we going this time?” Annie asked him.
“这次我们该去哪里了？”安妮问。
Squeak.
吱吱。
“Yikes,” said Annie. “So where do you think we are going?”
“啊呀！”安妮嚷道，“那么你觉得我们会去哪里呢？”
“It’s called Hello, Moon,” he said.
“这本书叫做《你好，月球》。”他说。
He could make out diagrams and shadowy pictures. But he couldn’t read a word.
他只能依稀辨别出一个表格和一幅朦朦胧胧的图画，但却一个字也看不清。
She picked up Peanut. And Jack picked up the open book.
她拎起小老鼠花生，而杰克拿起了那本打开的书。
“Why?”
“为什么？”
“Of course not,” said Jack. “It’s impossible to go to the moon without tons of equipment.”
“当然不会。”杰克说，“没有成堆的设备根本就不可能去月球。”
Annie gasped. “We’re going to the moon?”
安妮倒吸了一口气。“难道我们要去月球吗？”
“You didn’t expect to see us this late, did you?” said Annie.
“没想到这么晚会见到我们吧。”安妮说。
“We need just one more M thing,” said Annie, “to free Morgan from her spell.”
“只要再找到一个M开头的东西就行了。”安妮说，“那样我们就可以把摩根从魔咒中解救出来了。”
“Maybe a place where people train to be astronauts,” said Jack.
“也许去一个训练宇航员的地方。”杰克说。
“Yeah,” said Jack. He’d always wanted to meet astronauts and space scientists.
“是啊。”杰克说。他可是一直想见见宇航员和宇航科学家呢。
“That sounds neat,” said Annie.
“听上去挺棒的！”安妮说。
The wind started to blow.
风吹了起来。
Jack opened the book again. He pointed to a picture of a dome-shaped structure. “I wish we could go there,” he said.
杰克再次打开书，指着一幅画有一个拱形建筑的图片说：“我希望我们能去那里。”
It spun faster and faster and faster.
转得越来越快，越来越快！
The tree house started to spin.
树屋开始打转。
Then everything was silent.
然后，一切都平静了。
Absolutely silent. As quiet and still as silence could be.
绝对的平静！四周一点声音也没有，任何细微的声音都没有。
“So say the wish,” said Annie.
“那么许愿吧。”安妮说。
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