Peter likes to read the stories about treasure hunting*. One night, Peter had a dream. In the dream, Peter met a pirate. The pirate told him how to find a treasure.
彼得喜欢读有关寻宝的故事。一天晚上，彼得做了个梦。在梦里，彼得遇到了一个海盗。海盗告诉他如何找到宝藏。
There is a treasure box in your yard*. It’s ten steps* from the porch* and twenty steps from the rose bushes*... 在你家院子里有个藏宝箱。就在距离走廊十步、距离玫瑰花丛二十步的地方……
The next day, Peter woke up*. He could remember* the dream clearly. So he took a spade* and went to the yard. He walked ten steps from the porch and made a mark*. Then he walked twenty steps from the rose bushes and made a mark, too.
第二天，彼得醒来。他能清晰地记得这个梦，于是他拿起铲子来到院子里。他从走廊那儿开始走了十步，做了个记号，然后从玫瑰花丛那儿开始走了二十步，又做了个记号。
Ha ha, the treasure box must be here! I’ll dig it up*. 哈哈，藏宝箱一定在这儿了！我要把它挖出来。
Peter dug* and dug. He dug a deep* hole*, but he didn’t see the treasure box. So he kept on* digging. The hole got deeper and deeper*.
彼得挖啊挖啊，他挖出了一个深坑，可是没能见到藏宝箱。于是他继续挖，坑也越来越深了。
Peter was very tired. He stopped digging and began to look for the treasure box. But he could only find a dog bone*.
彼得挖得很累了，他停止挖坑，开始寻找藏宝箱。可是他仅仅找到了一块狗骨头。
But when Peter’s mother saw the deep hole, she was very happy. She always wanted to plant a peach tree in the yard, but she could not dig a deep hole.
但当彼得的妈妈看到这个深坑时，她非常高兴。她一直都想在院子里种一棵桃树，可她挖不了这么深的坑。
哈哈，彼得辛辛苦苦挖了这么深的一个坑，虽然没找到藏宝箱，但也总算有收获啊，起码得到了10美元的奖励嘛！
其实我认为彼得还是挖到了宝藏的。他帮妈妈实现了在院子里种桃树的愿望，让妈妈非常开心。能让自己的亲人健康快乐难道不比金银财宝更宝贵吗？