《神奇树屋》 第二十六册 Good Morning, Gorillas 10 A Special Magic

　　Tap-tap-tap.

Jack¹ opened his eyes.

The Frog Creek² woods were still dark and rainy.

"We're home," Annie said. Jack sighed.

"I miss them already," he said.

"Me too," said Annie. "Did you take a lot of noteson their habits and behavior?"Jack shrugged³.

"I listed a few things about them," he said. "Butsometimes lists don't tell you much. You have to lovegorillas to really know them.""Yeah. That's right," said Annie.

Jack opened his backpack. He pulled out theirresearch book and put it in the corner.

Then he pulled out the twig⁵ that Ho-ho had givenhim. He smiled as he showed it to Annie.

"I promised Ho-ho I'd eat this later," he said. "But Ithink we should save it for Mor-gan instead.""Good idea," said Annie. "It'll prove to her that wefound a special magic.""Yeah, gorilla⁴ magic," said Jack. "The magic of allanimals," said Annie. "Yeah," said Jack.

He placed the twig next to the scrolls⁶ they'dbrought back from old England.

"Let's go," said Annie. She started down.

Jack pulled on his backpack. He put the flashlight inhis pack. Then he grabbed the umbrella and followedAnnie.

They started through the Frog Creek woods. It wasstill cool and dark and rainy.

Jack didn't mind, though. He didn't put on hisjacket. He didn't take out the flashlight. He didn't putup the umbrella.

Jack felt as if he weren't completely human yet.

There was still a bit of gorilla left in him.

"Ho, ho, ho," he said in a low voice. "Bu, bu," Anniesaid back.

"Huh, huh, huh," they said together.

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

3 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 gorilla   

n.大猩猩，暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
• A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。

5 twig   

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

• He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

6 scrolls   

n.（常用于录写正式文件的）纸卷( scroll的名词复数 )；卷轴；涡卷形（装饰）；卷形花纹v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的第三人称单数 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕

参考例句：

• Either turn it off or only pick up selected stuff like wands, rings and scrolls. 把他关掉然后只捡你需要的物品，像是魔杖(wand)，戒指(rings)和滚动条(scrolls)。 来自互联网
• Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea. 死海旁边的山洞里发现了古代的卷轴。 来自辞典例句