The next morning was very cold. Benny did not want to get up at all.
第二天早上非常冷。本尼根本不想起床。
“No,” he said, “it is so cold that I’m not going to get out of bed.”
“不，”他说，“天太冷了，我不打算下床。”
Henry looked out at the ocean. “I have an idea,” he said. “It’s too cold outside today. Let’s all stay inside and paint our birds.”
亨利望向大海。“我有个主意，”他说，“今天外面太冷了。我们都待在屋里画鸟吧。”
“Fine!” agreed Jessie. “I’ll light the stove and we’ll shut the barn door. It will soon be warm.”
“好啊！”杰西同意道，“我来生炉子，我们把谷仓门关上。很快就会暖和起来的。”
In spite of what he had said earlier about staying in bed, Benny opened the swinging door of his room, and came out wearing his red sweater. He was carrying the little toy boat which was in the package his grandfather had given him.
尽管本尼早先说过要待在床上，他还是推开了房间的弹簧门，穿着红毛衣走了出来。他手里拿着祖父给他的包裹里的那艘小玩具船。
“I like my new boat,” said Benny, proudly. “Let’s make it go, Henry.”
“我喜欢我的新船，”本尼自豪地说，“亨利，我们让它跑起来吧。”
“Put it in that pail of water, Benny,” said Henry. “You play with your boat while we get ready to work.”
“把它放在那桶水里吧，本尼，”亨利说，“在我们准备工作的时候，你玩你的船吧。”
The girls helped Henry put the table in the corner under the window. Then Jessie brought the bird books and some heavy paper.
女孩们帮亨利把桌子搬到窗下的角落里。然后杰西拿来了鸟类图鉴和一些厚纸。
“I’m going to use my new pen,” said Violet. “Grandfather knew I needed a new one.”
“我要用我的新钢笔，”维奥莱特说，“祖父知道我需要一支新的。”
“He knew I wanted a set of things like this, to fix cuts,” said Henry. “It will be handy to have when we go on picnics or exploring.”
“他知道我想要这样一套东西来处理伤口，”亨利说，“我们去野餐或探险时带着会很方便。”
Grandfather had given Jessie a set of six cooking spoons.
祖父给了杰西一套六把烹饪勺。
“Are you going to use your new spoons today, Jessie?” asked Violet.
“杰西，你今天打算用你的新勺子吗？”维奥莱特问。
“I might,” said Jessie. “I have a good idea for dinner this noon. I think you’ll like it, but I won’t tell you what it is until we have finished painting the birds.”
“可能会用，”杰西说，“我对今天的午餐有个好主意。我想你们会喜欢的，但在我们画完鸟之前，我不会告诉你们是什么。”
“Let’s get to work, then!” cried Henry. “I’ll cut out paper birds and you girls color them.”
“那我们开始干活吧！”亨利喊道，“我来剪纸鸟，你们女孩来上色。”
“Cut out a picture of every bird we have seen,” said Jessie. “The bird book tells all the names.”
“把我们见过的每种鸟都剪下来，”杰西说，“鸟类图鉴上有所有的名字。”
The children worked all morning. Suddenly Benny said, “Henry, I think Joe ought to have stayed here to see Grandfather.”
孩子们忙了一上午。突然本尼说：“亨利，我觉得乔应该留在这里见祖父的。”
“I think so, too,” said Henry.
“我也这么觉得，”亨利说。
“It seems very strange,” said Violet, “for him to go off without telling us.”
“他不告诉我们一声就走了，这似乎很奇怪，”维奥莱特说。
“We’ll ask him when he comes back,” said Jessie. “And now, I’ll tell you my surprise for dinner. I am going to make an apple pie.”
“等他回来我们再问他，”杰西说，“现在，我要告诉你们午餐的惊喜了。我要做一个苹果派。”
“But you never made a pie,” said Henry, looking up.
“但你从来没做过派啊，”亨利抬起头说。
“No,” said Jessie, “but I’m going to now.”
“是的，”杰西说，“但我现在要做了。”
She took a pan of very small green apples out of the cupboard.
她从橱柜里拿出一锅很小的青苹果。
“Where did you get them?” asked Benny.
“你在哪儿弄到的？”本尼问。
“Near the yellow house,” said Jessie. “There are two apple trees there.”
“在那座黄房子附近，”杰西说，“那里有两棵苹果树。”
“I’ll get them ready,” said Violet.
“我来把它们准备好，”维奥莱特说。
“Good! And Henry, won’t you smooth off one of those boards for a pie-board?”
“好的！还有亨利，你能不能把那些木板中的一块磨平，当作派板用？”
Jessie washed the new board. Then she picked up a big empty green bottle. “This is my rolling pin,” she said. “I am going to try to make some good piecrust.”
杰西洗了新木板。然后她拿起一个大的空绿瓶子。“这就是我的擀面杖，”她说，“我要试着做些好吃的派皮。”
So over and over she rolled the crust. She put some butter on it and rolled it out again. But when Jessie put the bottom crust in the pan, the crust was not big enough.
于是她一遍又一遍地擀着派皮。她在上面抹了些黄油，再次擀开。但当杰西把底皮放进锅里时，发现皮不够大。
“Put a patch in it,” said Benny.
“打个补丁吧，”本尼说。
Jessie took a little more crust and smoothed it over the edge of the pan with her fingers. “This is going to be a very deep pie,” she said. “And there will be lots of apples in it.”
杰西又拿了一点派皮，用手指在锅边抹平。“这将是一个非常厚的派，”她说，“里面会有很多苹果。”
Benny watched Jessie roll out the top crust. “Make it big enough this time, Jessie,” he said. “There are lots of apples.”
本尼看着杰西擀顶皮。“这次擀得够大点，杰西，”他说，“苹果很多呢。”
Jessie rolled the top crust a little thinner. It was just right. When the pie was in the oven, she began to boil some sugar and water in a saucepan.
杰西把顶皮擀得薄了一些。大小刚刚好。当派放进烤箱后，她开始在平底锅里煮糖水。
“What’s that for?” asked Henry. He began to take the things off the table.
“那是做什么用的？”亨利问。他开始收拾桌上的东西。
“Just wait,” said Jessie. “I think it’s going to be the best thing about this pie. You see there isn’t any sugar in the pie yet, so there is no juice to boil over. Why don’t you get out the bread and milk and set the table? Then everything else will be ready when the pie is done.”
“等着瞧吧，”杰西说，“我觉得这将是这个派最棒的部分。你看，派里还没有放糖，所以不会有果汁溢出来。你为什么不把面包和牛奶拿出来摆好餐桌？这样等派烤好了，其他一切也就准备好了。”
When the crust was nice and brown, Jessie took the pie out of the oven. She lifted up the top crust with a knife, and carefully poured the hot juice over the apples. Then she let down the crust again.
当派皮烤成漂亮的棕色时，杰西把派从烤箱里拿了出来。她用刀掀起顶皮，小心地将热糖水浇在苹果上。然后又把派皮盖回去。
Just as Jessie was about to cut the pie into four pieces, there was a knock at the barn door.
就在杰西准备把派切成四块时，谷仓门被敲响了。
“Who in the world can that be?” cried Henry. He was so surprised that he almost dropped his cup.
“到底是谁啊？”亨利叫道。他惊讶得差点掉了杯子。
When Henry opened the door, he was even more surprised to see a tall man standing there.
当亨利打开门时，看到一个高个子男人站在那里，他更加惊讶了。
“I’m sorry,” said the stranger, “but I went to the fisherman’s hut, and nobody was at home.”
“抱歉，”陌生人说，“我去了渔夫的小屋，但没人在家。”
“Won’t you come in?” asked Jessie.
“请进来好吗？”杰西问。
“Thank you. It is a cold day,” said the man with a smile. “Oh, I see that you are about to have dinner. I’ll just stay long enough to ask you something.”
“谢谢。今天真冷，”那人笑着说，“哦，我看你们正准备吃午饭。我只待一会儿，问你们一件事。”
“Won’t you sit down?” said Henry.
“请坐好吗？”亨利说。
“Thank you. My name is Browning,” he said as he sat down in the company chair. “A young man who went exploring for me last year has been lost. I heard that he was dead. Then later I heard that he was living on the Alden Island. This is the Alden Island, isn’t it?”
“谢谢。我叫布朗宁，”他一边说一边坐在公用的椅子上坐下，“去年替我去探险的一个年轻人失踪了。我听说他已经死了。后来我又听说他住在奥尔登岛上。这里就是奥尔登岛，对吧？”
“Yes,” said Henry. “But there is nobody on the island but Captain Daniel and his friend Joe.”
“是的，”亨利说，“但这岛上除了丹尼尔船长和他的朋友乔之外，没有别人了。”
“Who is this Captain Daniel?” asked Mr. Browning.
“这位丹尼尔船长是谁？”布朗宁先生问。
“Oh, Captain Daniel is old,” said Henry, “and I’m sure he never went exploring. He has been with my grandfather for years.”
“哦，丹尼尔船长年纪大了，”亨利说，“我敢肯定他从未去探险过。他在我祖父身边工作多年了。”
“How about his friend Joe?” asked the man.
“那他的朋友乔呢？”那人问。
“He’s nice. He’s my best friend in all the world,” said Benny, proudly “all but Jessie, and maybe Watch and Captain Daniel—and of course Violet and Henry and my grandfather—”
“他很好。他是全世界我最好的朋友，”本尼自豪地说，“除了杰西，也许还有沃奇和丹尼尔船长——当然还有维奥莱特、亨利和我的祖父——”
“You have a lot of best friends,” said the man, laughing. “Tell me, what color are Joe’s eyes and hair?”
“你最好的朋友可真多，”那人笑着说，“告诉我，乔的眼睛和头发是什么颜色的？”
“He has brown hair and brown eyes,” said Benny, “and he has a violin.”
“他是棕色的头发和棕色的眼睛，”本尼说，“他还有一把小提琴。”
“I don’t think he is the one I know, then,” said the man. “I never heard that he played the violin. Just the same, I should like to see your Joe.”
“那我想他不是我要找的那个人，”那人说，“我从没听说过他会拉小提琴。不过尽管如此，我还是想见见你们的乔。”
“Won’t you wait for him? He is sure to come back soon,” said Jessie. “Why don’t you stay to dinner and help us eat our first apple pie?”
“您不等他一下吗？他肯定很快就会回来的，”杰西说，“您何不留下吃顿饭，帮我们吃掉我们的第一个苹果派？”
The man looked at the big pie and said, “If you are sure there will be enough, I think I will.”
那人看着那个大派说：“如果你确定够吃的话，那我就留下了。”
So the pie was cut into five pieces. Violet quietly got an extra cup of milk and set another place, and the stranger sat down to a strange dinner.
于是派被切成了五块。维奥莱特悄悄地多拿了一杯牛奶，又摆了一个座位，这位陌生人便坐下来享用这顿奇特的午餐。
“When I look at that pie,” said Mr. Browning, “my mouth fills up with water.” And certainly everyone was watching Jessie as she took out the big juicy pieces.
“看着那个派，”布朗宁先生说，“我就直流口水。”确实，当杰西拿出大块多汁的派时，大家都在注视着她。
“Milk seems to go with apple pie,” said Henry.
“牛奶似乎和苹果派很配，”亨利说。
“I never knew pie could be so delicious,” said Mr. Browning when dinner is over. “But now, if I may, I think I will see if I can find Joe.”
“我从不知道派能这么好吃，”午餐结束时布朗宁先生说，“但现在，如果可以的话，我想去看看能不能找到乔。”
“We think that Joe is more than a handy man,” said Henry.
“我们认为乔不仅仅是个勤杂工，”亨利说。
“Joe knows everything in the world,” said Benny. “He knows all the flowers and the birds and the clam shells, and Indian things.”
“乔知道世上的一切，”本尼说，“他认识所有的花、鸟、蛤蜊壳，还有印第安人的东西。”
“Indian things!” cried Mr. Browning. “It must be the very one. He was the head of a museum before he went away. I must see him.”
“印第安人的东西！”布朗宁先生叫道，“肯定就是他。他在离开前曾是一家博物馆的馆长。我必须见他。”
But Mr. Browning did not see Joe. Captain Daniel came back to the island without him. He said that Joe had gone away for a day or two.
但布朗宁先生没见到乔。丹尼尔船长独自回到了岛上。他说乔出去一两天了。
“Is he coming back?” asked Benny, getting ready to howl.
“他会回来吗？”本尼问，眼看就要哭出来了。
“Oh, yes,” said Captain Daniel. “He will come back, all right.”
“哦，会的，”丹尼尔船长说，“他肯定会回来的。”
When Mr. Browning left, he told Jessie that he was glad he came, for now he had met a girl who could make a wonderful apple pie with an old green bottle for a rolling pin.
布朗宁先生离开时告诉杰西，他很庆幸自己来了，因为他遇到了一位能用旧绿瓶子当擀面杖做出美味苹果派的女孩。
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