10 Ten

Ten It was quite a large hole, the sort of thing an animal about the size of a fox might have made. James knelt down in front of it, and poked his head and shoulders inside. He crawled in. He kept on crawling. This isn't a hole, he thought excitedly. It's a tunnel! The tunnel was damp and murky, and all around him there was the curious bittersweet smell of fresh peach. The floor was soggy under his knees, the walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious. He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight towards the very

这是一个相当大的洞，像狐狸大小的动物可能会打出来的那种洞。 詹姆斯在它面前跪了下来，把头和肩膀伸了进去。 他爬了进去。他继续爬行。 这不是一个洞，他兴奋地想。 这是隧道!隧道里又潮湿又阴暗，他的四周弥漫着新鲜桃子的奇特的甜中带苦的味道。 他膝盖下的地板湿透了，墙壁又湿又粘，桃子汁从天花板上滴下来。 詹姆斯张开嘴，用舌头抓了一些。 它尝起来很好吃。他现在正往山上爬，仿佛这条隧道是直接通向悬崖的

centre of the gigantic fruit. Every few seconds he paused and took a bite out of the wall. The peach flesh was sweet and juicy, and marvellously refreshing. He crawled on for several more yards, and then suddenly – bang – the top of his head bumped into something extremely hard blocking his way. He glanced up. In front of him there was a solid wall that seemed at first as though it were made of wood. He touched it with his fingers. It certainly felt like wood, except that it was very jagged and full of deep grooves. 'Good heavens!' he said. 'I know what this is! I've come to the stone in the middle of the peach!' Then he noticed that there was a small door cut into the face of the peach stone. He gave a push. It swung open. He crawled through it, and before he had time to glance up and see where he was, he heard a voice saying, 'Look who's here!' And another one said, 'We've been waiting for you!'

巨大果实的中心。 他每隔几秒钟就停下来咬一口墙。 桃子的果肉香甜多汁，令人神清气爽。 他又爬了几码，突然——砰——他的头顶撞上了挡着他去路的一个极其坚硬的东西。 他抬起头来。在他面前有一堵坚固的墙，乍一看好像是木头做的。 他用手指碰了碰它。 它摸起来确实很像木头，只不过它参差不齐，布满了深深的凹槽。 “天啊!他说。“我知道这是什么!”我走到桃子中间的那个核了!”这时，他注意到桃核的表面上有一个小门。 他推了一下。门打开了。 他爬了进去，还没来得及抬头看看自己在哪里，就听到一个声音说:“看谁来了!”另一个说:“我们一直在等你!”

James stopped and stared at the speakers, his face white with horror. He started to stand up, but his knees were shaking so much he had to sit down again on the floor. He glanced behind him, thinking he could bolt back into the tunnel the way he had come, but the doorway had disappeared. There was now only a solid brown wall behind him.

詹姆斯停了下来，盯着扬声器，他的脸吓得发白。 他开始站起来，但他的膝盖抖得太厉害了，他不得不再次坐在地板上。 他回头看了一眼，以为可以从来时的路逃回隧道，但门不见了。 现在他身后只剩下一堵坚固的棕色墙。