005 新家园

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Before I could react, Fritz raised his gun to his shoulder and fired at the shark

我还没来得及反应，弗里茨已经把枪举到肩上，朝鲨鱼开了火。

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The monstrous fish disappeared under the water, and our sheep was safe

那条巨鱼消失在水下，我们的羊安全了。

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" Well done!" I cried

“干得好！”我喊道。

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Fritz's eyes sparkled at my praise

弗里茨听到我的表扬，眼睛里闪着光。

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He carefully watched the water for the shark, but it didn't reappear

他警惕地注视着水面，寻找鲨鱼的踪影，但它没有再出现。

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With a breeze in our sail, we quickly reached shore where I released the animals

借着吹动船帆的微风，我们很快到了岸边，我把动物们放了。

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My wife and the three younger boys came running to meet us

我的妻子和三个小儿子跑过来迎接我们。

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They helped to collect the animals and unload supplies from our boat

他们帮着把动物赶到一起，并从船上卸下物资。

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We were hungry, but when we reached camp, there was no sign of supper

我们都很饿，但当我们回到营地时，那里还没有晚饭的迹象。

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" Fritz and I can supply some ham," I volunteered, pointing to the supplies from the ship

“弗里茨和我可以提供些火腿，”我指着从船上带来的物资，主动提议道。

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My wife smiled." Ernest, let's see if we can conjure up some eggs."

妻子微笑着说：“欧内斯特，看看我们能不能变出些鸡蛋。”

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" Where did you get these?" I asked as Ernest proudly set before me a dozen turtle eggs

“这些你是从哪儿弄来的？”我问道，这时欧内斯特得意地在我面前放下一打海龟蛋。

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" I'll tell you over supper when I describe how we spent our day," said my wife

“吃晚饭的时候，我会跟你们说说我们这一天是怎么过的。”妻子说。

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Supper consisted of an omelet followed by ham and cheese

晚饭先是煎蛋卷，接着是火腿和奶酪。

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After I told the others about our adventures with the animals and shark, my wife began her story

我把我们和动物还有鲨鱼的历险讲给大家听后，妻子便开始讲她的事。

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" The sun beats down on this bare, rocky spot all day," she said

她说：“这片光秃秃的岩石地，太阳整天晒着。”

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" And it's even hotter inside the tent

“帐篷里面更热。

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I decided that you and Fritz weren't the only ones who could do something for this family."

我想着，你和弗里茨不是唯一能为这个家出力的人。”

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So she and the boys had set out to find a cooler place to live

于是，她和孩子们出发去寻找一处更凉快的地方居住。

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Accompanied by the two dogs, they'd crossed the stream and the field of tall grass

在两条狗的陪伴下，他们穿过了小溪，又走过那片高高的草丛。

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" We soon came to a grove of a dozen trees

“我们很快就来到了一片有十几棵树的树林。

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I really can't describe how huge and strange they were," my wife continued

我真的没法形容它们有多么巨大、多么奇特，”我妻子继续说道。

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" Their roots arched above the ground."

“它们的树根高高拱起，长在地面之上。”

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She told how Jack had scrambled up above the roots of one tree and measured its circumference with a piece of string

她讲起杰克如何爬到大树拱起的树根上面，用一根绳子量了量大树的周长。

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" I think it was eighteen yards around!" said Jack

“我想它的周长有十八码！”杰克说。

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The spot was shady and cool, and the longer they'd stayed there, the more my wife had liked it

那个地方又阴凉又清爽，他们在那里待得越久，我妻子就越喜欢那儿。

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" If only we could live among the branches of those grand, noble trees, I'd feel perfectly safe and happy," she said

“要是我们能住在那些宏伟、高贵的大树的枝桠间，我准会感到非常安全、非常幸福。”她说。

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She'd liked the place so much that she didn't feel the need to search anymore

她太喜欢那个地方了，觉得没必要再找下去了。

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They'd returned home by way of the beach

他们是从海滩那边返回营地的。

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" That's where we found the eggs!" said Ernest

“我们就是在那里找到这些蛋的！”恩斯特说。

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" Or I should say, the dogs found them."

“或者我该说，是狗找到它们的。”

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Everyone laughed. The boys went off to play while my wife and I continued to talk

大家都笑了。男孩们跑去玩耍，我和妻子则继续聊天。

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" I hope you're in favor of packing everything up and taking us to live among my splendid trees," said Mother

“我希望你赞成收拾行李，带我们住到我那些漂亮的树上去。”妈妈说。

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" So you want us to perch in these trees like birds?" I said

“所以你想让我们像鸟儿一样栖息在树上吗？”我说。

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" If we had wings, it would be a wonderful idea."

“如果我们有翅膀，那倒是个好主意。”

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" My idea is not as silly as you think

“我的主意可没你想的那么傻。

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A house among the branches would keep us safe from wild animals

建在树枝间的房子能保护我们不被野兽侵扰。

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And I've seen such a house in Switzerland

而且我在瑞士见过那样的房子。

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I climbed a staircase to reach it."

我爬了一段楼梯才到那儿。”

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I was reluctant to leave our current spot, which was protected by high cliffs

我不太愿意离开我们现在的住处，那里有高高的悬崖保护着。

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But my wife continued to make her argument for a house in the treetops

但妻子继续为在树顶建房的计划据理力争。

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At last I agreed

最后，我终于同意了。

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" We'll have to build a bridge first," I said," in order to carry everything across the stream."

“我们得先建一座桥，”我说，“才能把所有东西运过小溪。”

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" A bridge!" she exclaimed

“建桥！”她惊呼道。

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" I'll die from the heat if I have to wait for a bridge."

“如果要等桥建好，我早就会热死的。”

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" We'll need bags and baskets to carry everything," I said

“我们需要袋子和篮子来装东西，”我说。

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" If you focus on those, I promise the boys and I will make a bridge as quickly as possible."

“如果你专心准备那些，我保证我和儿子们会尽快把桥建好。”

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So the next day everyone set to work

于是第二天，大家都开始忙活起来。

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Using planks that had washed up from the wreck, we soon completed our bridge

我们用从沉船上冲下来的木板，很快就搭好了一座桥。

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When moving day arrived, everyone was busy. Some collected provisions

搬家那天，所有人都很忙碌。有人负责收拾食物。

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Others packed kitchen utensils and tools into baskets tied onto the cow and donkey

另一些人把厨具和工具装进篮子，绑在牛和驴的身上。

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We planned to return later for the ducks and geese

我们打算晚些时候再回来接鸭子和鹅。

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" Leave room for Franz to ride on the donkey!" my wife called out

“留出地方让弗朗茨骑到驴背上！”妻子喊道。

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" Oh! I almost forgot the chickens and pigeons!"

“哦！我差点忘了鸡和鸽子！”

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Away ran the boys to catch the chickens and pigeons

男孩们跑开去抓鸡和鸽子了。

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The result was a lot of chasing, fluttering, cackling, and cooing

结果就是一阵追跑、扑腾、咯咯叫和咕咕叫。

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But they didn't catch any of them

但他们一只也没抓到。

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At last my wife scattered some grain inside the tent

最后，妻子在帐篷里撒了些谷粒。

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Lured by the food, the chickens and pigeons were easily caught, tied together, and placed on the cow's back

被食物引诱的鸡和鸽子很快就被轻松抓住，绑在一起，放到了牛背上。

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And off we went! Fritz and my wife led the caravan

我们出发了！弗里茨和妻子走在队伍最前面。

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Then came Franz on the donkey, followed by the cow

接着是骑着驴的弗朗茨，牛跟在后面。

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Jack led the goats with Knips riding one of them

杰克牵着山羊，克尼普斯骑在其中一只上。

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Ernest was in charge of the sheep

欧内斯特负责照看羊群。

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I brought up the rear while the two dogs raced back and forth

我走在最后面，两只狗则来回奔跑。

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Meanwhile the pig stubbornly refused to join us

与此同时，那头猪却固执地不愿跟我们走。

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We had just crossed the bridge when I heard the pig grunting and squealing angrily behind us

我们刚刚过桥，就听到身后传来猪愤怒的哼哼和尖叫声。

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She had decided to come with us after all, but she clearly wasn't happy about it

它最终还是决定跟我们一起走，但显然对此很不高兴。