The science club at Constance's school made a plan. They wanted to send a weather balloon up with a small camera. They worked for a month.
康斯坦丝学校的科学社团制订了一个计划。他们想把一个气象气球连同一台小相机放上天。他们为此忙了一个月。
They tied the camera to a white box. The teacher wrote the school's phone number on the box. Under it she wrote, "If you find this, please call."
他们把相机绑在一个白色盒子上。老师在盒子上写下了学校的电话号码。在号码下面，她写道：“如果你捡到了这个，请打电话。”
On Saturday, they let the balloon go behind the school. It went up fast. Soon it was a tiny white dot, and then it was gone.
星期六，他们在学校后面放飞了气球。它升得很快。很快它就成了一个小小的白点，接着就不见了。
The balloon came down far away. The battery in the tracker was dead. The last point on the map was far to the east. They drove there. They saw only forests and fields. They looked for three hours. They did not find the box.
气球落在了很远的地方。定位器的电池耗尽了。地图上的最后一个点在很远的东边。他们开车赶了过去。他们只看到森林和田野。他们找了三个小时。却没有找到那个盒子。
"A month of work is gone," Constance said.
“一个月的努力全白费了，”康斯坦丝说。
"Wait," the teacher said. "Remember the phone number on the box?"
“等等，”老师说，“还记得盒子上的电话号码吗？”
Two days later, the school phone rang. "I'm a farmer," a man said. "I found a white box in my field. Is it yours?"
两天后，学校的电话响了。“我是个农民，”一个男人说，“我在我的地里发现了一个白盒子。是你们的吗？”
"Yes!" the teacher said.
“是的！”老师说。
The next day, the club drove to the farm. The box was in a barn, safe and dry. The camera still worked.
第二天，社团的人开车去了农场。盒子在一间谷仓里，安全又干燥。相机还能用。
In the computer room, they looked at the photos. The first one showed the school, small like a toy. Then the clouds came. From above, they looked like a white sea. At the top, the sky was dark blue.
在电脑室里，他们查看了照片。第一张拍到了学校，小得像个玩具。然后云出现了。从上面看，它们像一片白色的海洋。在最高处，天空是深蓝色的。
Constance chose her favorite photo. She printed it for the wall of the science room.
康斯坦丝选了她最喜欢的一张照片。她把它打印出来，贴在科学教室的墙上。
