that the nights are cold, although the sun is hot in the daytime. 虽然白天阳光炙热，但是晚上寒冷。

　　At the end of a day's march the natives built huts of grass, into which they crowded to keep warm. 当一天的行程结束时，土著人就会垒草棚，挤进去取暖。

　　Often they built fires in the grass huts at night. 晚上，他们经常在草棚里生火。

　　Sometimes a hut caught on fire and flamed up like a huge bonfire, 有时草棚会着火，燃烧起来就像是巨大的篝火，

　　but the people inside jumped through the flames in an instant. 草棚里的人会立刻从火焰里面跳出来。

　　Now Alice was really on safari; that means on the march. 现在，爱丽丝是在真正的旅行中了。

　　The party was traveling straight north through the mountains of central Africa, 他们正穿过非洲中部的山脉向正北行进。

　　marching every day and camping everynight. 白天行走，晚上露营。

　　Alice lived, during camping hours, in a green linen tent either with her mother or Priscilla, her nurse; 爱丽丝露营的时候跟她的妈妈或护士普里西拉睡在一个绿色的亚麻帐篷里；

　　she slept on a cot which could be folded up into a bag. 她睡在一个能折叠成包裹的简易床上。

　　The little girl had green linen bags in which were carried her clothes and bedding, her wash-basin, and her fold-up linen bathtub. 她有几个绿色的亚麻包，里面装着她的衣服和寝具，还有她的洗脸盆和折叠亚麻浴缸。

　　In an air tight tin box she had her most precious belongings: 在一个密封的锡盒里，装着她最珍贵的财产：

　　the picture books and beads and paper dolls that had to last her till she was out of the jungle again. 画册、串珠和一些纸娃娃，这些东西一直陪伴她，直到她再次离开丛林。

　　STARTING OUT IN THE MORNING 早晨出发

　　One safari day was like another. 旅行中的每一天都是一样的。

　　Each day began very early in the morning, 每天早上一大早就出发，

　　because the travelers wanted to get most of the marching done before the noon heat overtook them 因为他们想在中午天热难耐之前走完一天大部分行程。

　　and to make camp before the storms which came early every afternoon. 并且在每天下午风暴来临之前扎营。

　　There are only two seasons in Africa, the dry and the wet. 在非洲只有两个季节，那就是干季和湿季。