So in the morning, a big boat took Becky, Tom, and all their friends down the river. There were some older children on the boat too, but all the mothers and fathers stayed at home. Picnics are better without them!
After the picnic, the children took out their candles, and ran up the hill to the cave. The mouth of the cave was dark, and some of the children were afraid at first. But caves are exciting, so in the end everybody went in.
McDougal’s Cave was very, very big, with hundreds of tunnels and rooms. The tunnels went up, down, and into the hill for miles. You could walk for days in McDougal’s Cave. Nobody knew all the cave, but many people knew the tunnels near the door. You could play all day in these tunnels. Tom, of course, knew them well.
For hours the children walked and ran through the cave, up and down the tunnels, in and out of the rooms. In the evening they came out, and walked down the hill to the boat, tired but happy.
When the boat arrived back in St Petersburg, it was dark. Huck Finn saw the boat, but he did not know about the picnic. He did not go to birthday picnics, of course, because the mothers of St Petersburg did not like him. But tonight Huck was only interested in treasure - Injun Joe’s treasure. Injun Joe was in an old building by the river, and Huck waited in the street near the building.
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"也许,"他想,"印江·乔的十字架就在这儿,还有那箱钱。我一定要盯住了,明天就可以告诉汤姆。"
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’Perhaps,’ he thought, ’Injun Joe’s cross is in there. And the box of money. I must wait and watch. I can tell Tom about it tomorrow.’
But Injun Joe didn’t come out. At midnight it began to rain, and Huck waited all night in the cold street. In the morning he could not move and he could not speak. He felt cold, then hot, then cold, then hot again. Mrs Douglas, a woman from the church, found him in the street. She took him to her home and put him to bed. And there he stayed for two weeks. He was very ill, and so he did not hear about Tom and Becky.
But on Sunday morning all St Petersburg knew about Tom and Becky - because they were not on the boat when it came back to the village. Where were they? Were they lost in the cave? And were they alive, or dead?
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一开始,汤姆、贝姬和伙伴们都一块儿在山洞里玩,后来汤姆想去一条没走过的隧道,贝姬跟他一起去了。
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At first Tom and Becky played with their friends in the cave. Then Tom wanted to go down a new tunnel, and Becky went with him.
They walked and talked, and went into a second tunnel, then a third. Sometimes Tom put a mark with candle smoke on the tunnel wall - he wanted to find the mouth of the cave again! Then they came out of the tunnels into a big room. There were hundreds of bats in this room, and the candles woke them up. Tom took Becky’s hand and they ran into the nearest tunnel, with the bats behind them. But one bat hit Becky’s candle and it went out. The children ran and ran through the tunnels, and at last they got away from the bats. They stopped and sat down. Suddenly, it was very, very quiet.
They went down one tunnel, then a second, a third, a fourth... Then they wanted to find the big room with the bats again, but they couldn’t. Becky began to cry:
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"汤姆,我们出不去了。我们迷路了,汤姆,我们迷路了!"
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’Tom, we can’t get out. We’re lost, Tom, we’re lost!’
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他们走啊,走啊,累了就坐下休息,然后又起来继续走。时间渐渐过去,现在是白天还是晚上呢?他们不知道。
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They walked, and walked. When they were tired, they sat down. Then they got up and walked again. Time went by. Was it day, or night? They didn’t know.
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汤姆想要找到水源。他们没有东西吃,但是必须喝点儿什么呀。他们找到了一处很小的水流,就在旁边坐下。
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Then Tom wanted to find water. They had nothing to eat, and they must have something to drink. They found a very small river and sat down next to it.
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"贝姬,"汤姆说,"我们只能留在这里,待在水源旁边。这是最后一根蜡烛了,而且......"
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’Becky,’ said Tom. ’We must stay here. Near this river. This is our last candle, and...’
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他没有说完,但是贝姬明白。
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He did not finish, but Becky understood.
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"汤姆?"
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’Tom?’
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"嗯,贝姬。"
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’Yes, Becky.’
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"他们会回来找我们吗?"
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’Are they going to come and look for us?’
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"当然!等船一到圣彼得斯堡--"
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’Of course! When the boat gets to St Petersburg -’
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"但是他们怎么才能找到我们呢?这里有几百条隧道呢。哦,汤姆,汤姆,我们会死在这里的。"
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’But how can they find us, in these hundreds of tunnels? Oh, Tom, Tom, we’re going to die in here!’
Becky began to cry again. Then the candle went out and the two children were in the dark. They sat for hours and hours. They slept a little, then woke up, then slept again. Was it Sunday now? Or Monday?
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突然,汤姆坐了起来。"听!有人在叫呢!"
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Suddenly Tom sat up. ’Listen! Somebody’s calling!’
The two children listened. They heard it again, a little nearer. They called back; then they began to walk down the tunnel in the dark, with their hands on the wall. They stopped and listened again, but now they couldn’t hear anything. Slowly, they went back to their river.
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他们又睡着了,醒过来的时候,觉得非常非常饿。
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They slept again, and woke up very, very hungry.
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"今天也许是星期二了。"汤姆想,"我应该怎么做呢?我一定得做点儿什么!"然后他想出了一个主意。
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’Perhaps it’s Tuesday now,’ Tom thought. ’What can I do? I must do something!’ Then he had an idea.
Slowly and carefully, Tom went down the first tunnel on his hands and knees. Then the tunnel wall on his right finished, and there was nothing. Tom put out his hand to feel the floor. And just then, away to his right, he saw a hand - a hand with a candle.
The hand moved, and Tom saw an arm and a face. It was Injun Joe! Tom was very afraid, but Injun Joe was afraid too, and he quickly ran away down the tunnel.
Tom went back to Becky, but he did not tell her about Injun Joe. Tom waited for an hour, then went into a different tunnel with his string. Then a third tunnel...
It was Tuesday evening, and St Petersburg waited. Many of the villagers were in the cave, and they looked for the children day and night. But they heard nothing, saw nothing, and found nothing.
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然而,那天深夜,街上突然骚动起来。人们开始往撒切尔家跑去。
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Then, late that evening, there was a sudden noise in the streets. People began to run to the Thatchers’ house.
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"他们在这儿!贝姬和汤姆在这儿!"
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’They’re here! Becky and Tom are here!’
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村里大部分的人都来了,听汤姆讲他们的经历。
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Most of the village came to listen to Tom’s story.
’It was in the sixth tunnel,’ he told them. ’I went to the end of my string, and suddenly, I could see daylight! There was a little hole in the cave wall. I put my head out, and there was the river, right under my nose! I went back and got Becky, and we climbed out through the hole. Then we stopped a boat on the river. We were five miles from the mouth of the cave!’
Tom was very tired after his three days in the cave, and he went to bed and stayed there for two days. He heard about Huck and went to see him on Sunday, and then every day. But Mrs Douglas was always in the room.
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"你只能和哈克打个招呼。"她告诉汤姆,"然后你就得走了。哈克病得很重,他需要休息。"
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’You can just say hello,’ she told Tom. ’And then you must go. Huck is very ill, and he needs to sleep.’
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所以汤姆没法和哈克聊天,告诉他那些刺激的事,也没法跟哈克讲印江·乔的事情。
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So Tom could not talk about anything exciting, and he could not tell Huck about Injun Joe.
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有一天,大概是野餐过后的两个星期吧,汤姆正在贝姬的家里,她的父亲走了进来。
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One day, about two weeks after the picnic, Tom was in Becky’s house, and her father came in.
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"哎呀,汤姆,"撒切尔先生说道,"你以后还想回到那个山洞去吗?"
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’Well, Tom,’ Mr Thatcher said. ’Would you like to go back to the cave again, one day?’
Mr Thatcher laughed. ’There are a lot of people like you, Tom. But nobody’s going into the cave again. There are big doors across the cave mouth now - and nobody can open them!’
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汤姆的脸一下子变白了。"但是撒切尔先生--印江·乔还在洞里面呢!"
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Tom’s face went white. ’But Mr Thatcher - Injun Joe’s in that cave!’
An hour later, fifty men were at the cave and they opened the doors. Injun Joe was on the ground, dead, his face to the door and his knife in his hand. ?