【譯文】

      感恩節前一天，孩子們正在林子裡玩耍。突然，“砰”的一聲，震耳欲聾！他們立刻被嚇得尖叫起來，方圓十里地幾乎都能聽到這聲巨響！他們手拉着手向穀倉走去，誰都不想說話，直到聽見媽媽招呼他們回家為止。

      晚飯時，孩子們仍然沉默不語。屋裡靜悄悄的，即使一根針掉到地毯上大伙兒都會聽得一清二楚。晚飯後，他們顧不上干其它家務活，早早地上床睡覺去了。

      其實，沒有一個人能真正入睡。大約半夜一點鐘，孩子們又聽到同樣的動靜。接着，一陣猶如汽車轟鳴聲朝小城方向奔去。

      第二天，感恩節來臨。大家本打算殺雞過節，沒想到家裡的火雞不見啦！

      孩子們開始四處尋找火雞，結果發現它正在城門跟前的草叢上呼呼地睡着大覺。他們正要逮它的時候，不料火雞卻飛走了，眨眼的工夫，“撲哧！”火雞竟跑得無影無蹤。

      孩子們循着火雞身後的腳印，一直追趕到林子裡。年紀最大的孩子不解地問：“瞧，火雞為什麼逃掉了呢？”

      “我們可以設陷阱逮住它。”年紀最小的一位馬上建議道。

      大家一致表示同意。

      很快地，孩子們發現了這隻火雞。他們布下天羅地網，甚至打扮成各種模樣逼火雞就範。這時，火雞跌跌撞撞，一下子掉進又深又黑的陷阱，孩子們好不容易才把它揪出來，放進籠子裡去。

      感恩節的晚上，孩子們終於吃上了有史以來最豐盛的大餐。

【原文】

      On the day before Thanksgiving, the children were playing in the woods. Then they heard an ear shocking "BANG!" They screamed. They were sure a person 10 miles away could hear it! Together, they walked in a tidy circle to the barn. The children were silent for a while when they heard their mom call.

      At dinner, no one said word. The children could have even heard a pin drop on the carpet. They didn't even bother to do their chores, instead they just went to bed early.

      No one got any sleep. About one o'clock in the morning, The children heard another ear shocking "BANG!" Then they heard a sound like a car zooming into the town.

      The next morning, it was Thanksgiving. So they prepared to kill the turkey but the turkey was long gone!

      They set off to search for the turkey and saw him snoring loudly on the grass next to the entrance of town. They were about to tackle the turkey when it jumped out of their reach. As fast as a blink of an eye, Poof! The turkey vanished.

      One thing that the turkey left behind was his footprints. They followed it into the woods. Then the oldest child said, "What if the turkey got away again?" We could set traps all around him," answered the youngest. All of them agreed.

      They quickly found the turkey and the children went in all directions to set up traps. They put on scary costumes ready to chase the turkey into the trap. The turkey tumbled down a deep, dark pit. He was pulled out of the pit and was in a cage the next second.

      That night, they had the best Thanksgiving dinner ever.

(二O一一年十一月廿四日，感恩節)