35 Thirty-five

Thirty-five Round and round and upside down went the peach as it plummeted towards the earth, and they were all clinging desperately to the stem to save themselves from being flung into space. Faster and faster it fell. Down and down and down, racing closer and closer to the houses and streets below, where it would surely smash into a million pieces when it hit. And all the way along Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, and along all the other streets in the City, people who had not yet reached the underground shelters looked up and saw it coming, and they stopped running and stood there staring in a sort of stupor at what they thought was the biggest bomb in all the world falling out of the sky on to their heads. A few women screamed. Others knelt down on the sidewalks and began praying aloud. Strong men turned to one another and said things like, 'I guess

三十五桃子转啊转，上下颠倒地朝地面坠落，他们都拼命地抓着桃梗，以免自己被抛向空中。 它下落得越来越快。 往下，往下，往下，越来越接近下面的房屋和街道，它一定会撞到那里摔成碎片。 沿着第五大道和麦迪逊大道，沿着这座城市的所有其他街道，那些还没有到达地下避难所的人们抬起头来，看到它来了，他们停止了奔跑，站在那里，呆呆地看着他们认为是世界上最大的炸弹从天而降，砸在他们的头上。 几个女人尖叫起来。其他人跪在人行道上，开始大声祈祷。 强壮的男人对着彼此说:“我猜

this is it, Joe,' and 'Good-bye, everybody, goodbye.' And for the next thirty seconds the whole City held its breath, waiting for the end to come.

就是这样，乔，”和“再见，大家，再见。”在接下来的三十秒钟里，整个城市都屏住了呼吸，等待着末日的到来。