月下去看猫头鹰：爸爸教会我勇敢且心怀希望

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[00:02.46]20 Owl Moon	月下去看猫头鹰
[00:06.58](By Jane Yolen)	（译/张玲）
[00:08.44]It was late one winter night, long past my bedtime, when Pa and I went owling. 那是一个冬天的深夜，早已过了我该睡觉的时间，爸爸和我去看猫头鹰。
[00:15.58]There was no wind. 外面没有风，
[00:17.41]The trees stood still as giant statues. 一棵棵树像一座座巨型雕塑静静伫立。
[00:20.82]And the moon was so bright that the sky seemed to shine. 月光皎洁，似乎照亮了整片天空。
[00:24.93]Somewhere behind us a train whistle blew, long and low, like a sad, sad song. 一阵火车的汽笛声从我们身后的某个地方传来，悠长而低沉，如一曲悲歌。
[00:31.89]I could hear it through the woolen cap Pa had pulled down over my ears. 爸爸已经将我的毛线帽拉下来盖住了我的耳朵，但我还是能听到那汽笛声。
[00:37.19]A farm dog answered the train, and then a second dog joined in. 农场里的一只狗应着汽笛声狂吠起来，接着，第二只狗也加入进来。
[00:42.70]They sang out, trains and dogs, for a real long time. 汽笛声与狗吠声此起彼伏，着实持续了好一阵子。
[00:46.89]And when their voices faded away it was as quiet as a dream.	当它们的声音渐渐消退，四周一片静谧，犹如梦境。
[00:51.16]We walked on toward the woods, Pa and I. 爸爸和我继续朝树林走去。
[00:55.31]Our feet crunched over the crisp snow and little gray footprints followed us. 我们踩在松脆的雪地上，发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音，在身后留下灰色的小脚印。
[01:00.57]Pa made a long shadow, but mine was short and round. 爸爸的影子长长的，而我的影子又短又圆。
[01:04.69]I had to run after him every now and then to keep up, and my short, round shadow bumped after me. 我得时不时地跑上几步才能跟上爸爸，每当这时，我那又短又圆的影子也跌跌撞撞地跟在我身后。
[01:11.48]But I never called out. 但我从未喊过一声。
[01:13.39]If you go owling you have to be quiet, that's what Pa always says. 爸爸总是说，如果你去看猫头鹰，就必须安静。
[01:18.14]I have been waiting to go owling with Pa for a long, long time.	我一直等着和爸爸去看猫头鹰，等了好久好久。
[01:23.16]We reached the line of pine trees, black and pointy against the sky, and Pa held up his hand. 我们到达了松树林外围，黑色的松树，树尖直入云霄。爸爸举起一只手，
[01:30.76]I stopped where I was and waited. 我停在原地等着。
[01:33.92]He looked up, as if searching the stars, as if reading a map up there. 他看向天空，仿佛在寻找星星，又像在研究天上的一张地图。
[01:40.18]The moon made his face into a silver mask. 月光给他的脸庞罩上了一层银色的面纱。
[01:43.49]Then he called out, "Whoo-whoo-who-who-whooo- whoo" the sound of a Great Horned Owl "Whoo-whoo-who-who-whooo- whoo". 接着他发出了“呼呼――呼呼呼――呼”的声音，这是巨角猫头鹰的叫声。“呼呼――呼呼呼――呼！”
[01:57.70]Again he called out. 他又叫了一遍，
[01:59.25]And then again. 接着又叫了一遍。
[02:00.21]After each call he was silent and for a moment we both listened. 他每叫一遍之后都会安静一会儿，然后我们俩听一会儿。
[02:04.91]But there was no answer.	但我们没听到任何回应。
[02:06.61]Pa shrugged and I shrugged. 爸爸耸耸肩膀，我也耸耸肩膀。
[02:09.57]I was not disappointed. 我并不失望。
[02:11.53]My brothers all said sometimes there's an owl and sometimes there isn't.	我的哥哥们都说过，树林里有的时候有猫头鹰，有的时候没有。
[02:16.26]We walked on. 我们接着向前走。
[02:18.50]I could feel the cold, as if someone's icy hand was palm-down on my back. 我能感觉到天气的寒冷，就像有人把冰冷的手放在我的背上一样。
[02:23.41]And my nose and the tops of my cheeks felt cold and hot at the same time. 我的鼻子和双颊冻得发烫，
[02:28.11]But I never said a word. 但我一声也没吭。
[02:29.82]If you go owling you have to be quiet and make your own heat.	如果你去看猫头鹰，就必须安静，还要自己抵御寒冷。
[02:34.17]We went into the woods. 我们走进树林。
[02:36.21]The shadows were the blackest things I had ever seen. 树影是我见过最黑的东西，
[02:39.60]They stained the white snow.它们将白雪染上了颜色。 
[02:41.86]My mouth felt furry , for the scarf over it was wet and warm. 我感觉嘴里毛毛的，因为围在嘴边的围巾又湿又热。
[02:47.04]I didn't ask what kinds of things hide behind black trees in the middle of the night. 深更半夜，那些黑乎乎的大树后面会躲着什么样的东西呢？我没有开口问。
[02:51.90]When you go owling you have to be brave.	如果你去看猫头鹰，就必须勇敢。
[02:55.22]Then we came to a clearing in the dark woods. 接着，我们来到这片漆黑树林中的一片空地上。
[02:58.50]The moon was high above us. 明月高悬于我们上方，
[03:00.53]It seemed to fit exactly over the center of the clearing and the snow below it was whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl.乎是对准这片空地的中央嵌在空中，月光下的雪地显得比盛在谷物碗(编注：一种可以将谷物和牛奶分开的碗)中的牛奶还要白。 
[03:08.78]I sighed and Pa held up his hand at the sound. 似我叹了一口气，爸爸举起一只手示意我不要出声。
[03:13.50]I put my mittens over the scarf over my mouth and listened hard. 于是我用手套捂在蒙着我嘴巴的围巾上，仔细聆听。
[03:17.62]And then Pa called, "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who- whooooooo. Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo."	然后，爸爸喊了起来：“呼呼――呼呼呼――呼！呼呼――呼呼呼――呼！”
[03:30.35]I listened and looked so hard that my ears hurt and my eyes got cloudy with the cold. 我使劲听，使劲看，我的耳朵冻得生疼，视线也变得模糊。
[03:36.99]Pa raised his face to call out again, but before he could open his mouth an echo came threading its way through the trees. 爸爸仰起脸打算再喊一遍，但他还没来得及张嘴，一只猫头鹰的回应声就穿过树林传来。
[03:44.98]"Whoo-whoo- who-who-who-whooooooo." Pa almost smiled. “呼呼――呼呼呼――呼！”爸爸脸上有了笑意。
[03:52.57]Then he called back, "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo." 接着他回应了一声“呼呼――呼呼呼――呼！”
[03:59.00]Just as if he and the owl were talking about supper or about the woods or the moon or the cold. 就好像他在和那只猫头鹰聊天，谈论着晚餐、树林、月色或是寒冷的天气。
[04:06.25]I took my mitten off the scarf off my mouth, and I almost smiled, too. 我把手套从嘴边的围巾上拿下来，脸上也有了笑意。
[04:11.71]The owl's call came closer, from high up in the trees on the edge of the meadow. 从草地边缘的树的上方传来了猫头鹰的叫声，而且越来越近。
[04:17.39]Nothing in the meadow moved. 但草地上仍然一点儿动静都没有。
[04:19.75]All of a sudden an owl shadow, part of the big tree shadow, lifted off and flew right over us. 突然，一只猫头鹰的影子从刚才那棵树的树影中分离出来，径直飞到我们上 方。
[04:26.33]We watched silently with heat in our mouths, the heat of all those words we had not spoken. 我们静静地看着，心里那些激动的话语涌到嘴边，却都忍着没有说出口。
[04:32.39]The shadow hooted again. 那个黑影再次发出了叫声。
[04:34.44]Pa turned on his big flashlight and caught the owl just as it was landing on a branch.爸爸打开他那支大手电筒，将亮光照在那只正要降落枝头的猫头鹰身上。 
[04:40.44]For one minute, three minutes, maybe even a hundred minutes, we stared at one another. 一分钟，三分钟，甚至或许是一百分钟，我俩就这么和那只猫头鹰对视着。
[04:46.53]Then the owl pumped its great wings and lifted off the branch like a shadow without sound. 然后，那只猫头鹰扇动起它那双巨大的翅膀，如一道黑色的魅影，无声无息地从它落脚的树枝腾空而起，
[04:52.65]It flew back into the forest.	飞回了树林深处。
[04:54.99]"Time to go home," Pa said to me. “该回家了。”爸爸对我说。
[04:58.20]I knew then I could talk and I could even laugh out loud. 我知道这下我可以说话了，甚至可以放声大笑了。
[05:02.37]But I was a shadow as we walked home. 但是在我们走路回家的时候，我安静得像一个影子。
[05:05.45]When you go owling you don't need words or warm or anything but hope. That's what Pa says. 爸爸说，你去看猫头鹰的时候，不需要言语或温暖，或任何东西，只需要心怀希望。
[05:13.20]The kind of hope that flies on silent wings under a shining Owl Moon.	一种在明亮的月光下乘着猫头鹰的翅膀静静飞翔的希望。

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