007 平静的周日繁忙的周一

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The next morning everyone was awake early

第二天一早，大家都醒得很早。

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The children sprang about the tree house like monkeys while I sat beneath the great tree

孩子们像猴子一样在树屋上跳来跳去，而我坐在大树下。

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" What should we do next, Father?" Franz called down to me

“我们接下来做什么，爸爸？”弗朗兹从上面朝我喊道。

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" What do you want us to do today?"

“你今天想让我们做什么？”

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" Rest, my boys," I replied." Rest."

“休息，孩子们，”我回答，“休息。”

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" Rest?" Franz repeated." Why should we rest?"

“休息？”弗朗兹重复道，“我们为什么要休息？”

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" It's Sunday. Come down here, please."

“今天是星期天。请你们下来一下。”

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" Is it really Sunday?" asked Jack when he'd climbed down the ladder

“真的是星期天吗？”杰克爬下梯子后问道。

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" How jolly! I won't do any work

“太棒了！我什么都不用干了。”

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I'll take a bow and arrow and prowl through the woods

我要拿上弓箭，去林子里逛逛。

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And we'll climb about the tree and have fun all day."

我们就在树上爬来爬去，玩一整天。

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" That's not resting, Jack," I pointed out

“那不是休息，杰克，”我指出。

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" That's not the way you usually spend Sundays."

“那不是你们平时过星期天的方式。”

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" I usually go to church, but we don't have a church here."

“我通常去教堂，但这里没有教堂。”

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" And we don't have a clergyman or an organ," added little Franz

“也没有牧师和管风琴，”小弗朗茨补充道。

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" We can still offer thanks for our new home," I said

“我们仍然可以为我们的新家表示感谢，”我说。

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" Come, everyone, gather around me."

“来吧，大家，聚到我身边来。”

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After I led my family in some prayers and hymns, the boys were free to do as they liked

在我带领家人做了祈祷和唱了赞美诗之后，孩子们就可以自由活动了。

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I continued to sit under our tree

我继续坐在我们的树下。

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A few birds came to feed on the figs, which were just beginning to ripen

几只鸟飞来吃无花果，这些果子刚开始成熟。

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I realized that as more figs ripened, more birds would come

我意识到，随着更多无花果成熟，会有更多鸟飞来。

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If we could preserve some birds, we could eat them during the rainy season when food might be scarce

如果我们能保存一些鸟，就能在食物可能短缺的雨季吃它们了。

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Relieved that I'd thought of a way to provide food for my family, I enjoyed my morning in the shade

想到能为家人储存食物，我松了口气，在树荫下享受这个早晨。

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During lunch I proposed that we name all the places we'd visited since we arrived

午餐时，我提议为我们到达以来去过的所有地方命名。

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" We'll feel more at home if these places have names," I said

“如果这些地方有名字，我们会更有家的感觉，”我说。

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" Let's start by naming the bay where we landed."

“我们从命名我们登陆的那个海湾开始吧。”

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" Oyster Bay," said Fritz

“牡蛎湾，”弗里茨说。

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" No, no," protested Jack

“不，不，”杰克抗议道。

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" Lobster Bay, in memory of the fellow who grabbed my leg."

“龙虾湾，为了纪念那个抓住我腿的家伙。”

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" I think we should call it Safety Bay," said my wife

“我觉得我们应该叫它安全湾，”我妻子说。

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" It will be a token of our gratitude for a safe escape from the ship."

“这将是我们对从沉船安全逃生表达感激之情的一个纪念。”

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" I like it!" said Ernest

“我喜欢这个名字！”厄内斯特说。

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The others agreed, and so the bay was known as Safety Bay from that moment on

其他人也都同意，于是从那一刻起，这个海湾就叫做安全湾了。

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We easily decided on Tentholm for the place where we first lived

我们很轻易地就决定把最初住过的地方命名为帐篷屋。

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Many names were proposed for our tree house, but we finally decided on Falconhurst

大家为树屋提了很多名字，但最终我们决定叫它猎鹰居。

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We spent the rest of the day quietly

那天剩下的时光，我们过得很安静。

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The following morning I proposed an expedition to Tentholm

第二天早上，我提议去帐篷屋远征一趟。

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We went by a different route

我们走了一条不同的路。

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The boys roamed ahead of my wife and me

孩子们跑在我和妻子前面到处探索。

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Knips the monkey rode along on Juno the dog

猴子克尼普斯骑在狗儿朱诺身上一道前行。

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Soon I heard a joyful shout, and Ernest came running toward me at full speed, followed by his brothers

很快，我听见一声欢呼，埃尔奈斯特全速向我跑来，弟弟们紧随其后。

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He held out a plant for me to see

他伸出手，递给我一株植物看。

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" Potatoes! Potatoes, Father!" Ernest was gasping for breath

“土豆！土豆，爸爸！”埃尔奈斯特上气不接下气地喊道。

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" Yes," said Jack." Acres and acres of potatoes. Come look at them."

“没错，”杰克说，“好多好多英亩的土豆。快来看！”

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My wife and I hurried to the spot

我和妻子连忙赶到那里。

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There indeed was a great area of land covered with potato plants

那里确实有一大片土地，长满了土豆秧。

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" Ernest, you've made a great discovery," I said

“埃尔奈斯特，你这个发现真了不起。”我说。

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" With all these potatoes, we'll always have something to eat."

“有了这么多土豆，我们总能有东西吃了。”

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" Ernest may have the honor of discovering the potatoes," said Jack

“发现土豆的荣誉可以归埃尔奈斯特，”杰克说，

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" But I'll have the honor of being the first to harvest them."

“但第一个收获它们的人应该是我。”

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So he set to work digging potatoes with his hands

于是他立刻动手，用双手挖起土豆来。

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Knips followed his example and soon had a pile of potatoes beside him

克尼普斯也有样学样，不一会儿身边就堆起了一小堆土豆。

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Everyone began digging, and we didn't stop until we'd filled every bag, pouch, and pocket

大家都开始挖起来，一直挖到所有的袋子、小包和口袋都装得满满当当才停下。

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We pushed on to Tentholm, loaded down with potatoes but happy with our find

我们背着沉甸甸的土豆，继续向帐篷屋前进，大家都为这个发现高兴不已。

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Along the way the boys pestered me for the names and uses of the many strange plants and trees we passed

一路上，孩子们缠着我问个不停，想知道经过的各种奇花异树的名字和用途。

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I recognized some of them, but there were many others that I couldn't identify

其中一些我认得出，但还有许多我也叫不上名字。

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Everything was safe at Tentholm, and we began gathering what we wanted to take back

帐篷屋那边一切都安然无恙，我们开始收拾要带回去的东西。

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I collected a fresh supply of salt, and my wife wanted to make butter

我准备再带些盐，而我妻子想做一些黄油。

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Jack and Ernest ran down to the beach to capture the geese and ducks that we'd left behind

杰克和埃尔奈斯特跑到海边，去抓我们之前留下的那些鹅和鸭子。

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The birds were out on the water, and nothing could persuade them to come ashore

那些家禽都待在水面上，说什么都不肯上岸。

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" I know!" said Ernest." Let's ask Mother for some cheese and string."

“我有办法了！”埃尔奈斯特说，“咱们去找妈妈要些奶酪和绳子。”

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" Cheese and string?" said Jack." Who will eat that?"

“奶酪和绳子？”杰克说，“谁要吃那个啊？”

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" Just watch," said Ernest as he led Jack to the tent for supplies

“你就看好吧。”埃尔奈斯特说着，便领着杰克回帐篷取东西了。

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Back at the beach, the boys broke off pieces of cheese and tied a long string around each one

回到海边，孩子们把奶酪掰成小碎块，再用长绳子分别拴好。

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Ernest threw the bait into the water, and the hungry birds instantly went after it

埃尔奈斯特把鱼饵扔进水里，饿坏了的家禽立刻追了上去。

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With a little maneuvering, he got the birds onshore, where Jack caught them and tied their feet together

他略施小计，便把家禽引到了岸上，杰克趁机抓住它们，把它们的脚捆在了一起。

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We soon set off for Falconhurst

我们很快就出发返回隼巢。

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After a pleasant walk, we were back at our tree house

愉快地走了一阵后，我们回到了树屋。

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I released the birds into our stream

我把那几只鸟放进了我们的小溪里。

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After a delicious supper of potatoes, milk, and butter, we went to bed

享用了一顿美味的晚餐，有土豆、牛奶和黄油，我们就上床睡觉了。