36 Thirty-six

Thirty-six 'Good-bye, Ladybird!' gasped James, clinging to the stem of the falling peach. 'Good-bye, Centipede. Good-bye, everybody!' There were only a few seconds to go now and it looked as though they were going to fall right in among all the tallest buildings. James could see the skyscrapers rushing up to meet them at the most awful speed, and most of them had square flat tops, but the very tallest of them all had a top that tapered off into a long sharp point – like an enormous silver needle sticking up into the sky. And it was precisely on to the top of this needle that the peach fell! There was a squelch. The needle went in deep. And suddenly – there was the giant peach, caught and spiked upon the very pinnacle of the Empire State Building.

“再见，小鸟儿!”詹姆斯气喘吁吁地说，紧紧抓住掉落的桃子的茎。 “再见,蜈蚣。再见,每个人!”只剩下几秒钟了，看起来他们就要掉到所有最高的建筑物中间去了。 詹姆斯看见摩天大楼以极快的速度冲过来迎接他们，大多数摩天大楼的顶端都是方形的，但最高的那座摩天大楼的顶端都变成了一个尖尖的尖尖——就像一根巨大的银针直指天空。 桃子正好落在针的顶端!一阵沉闷的声音。 针扎得很深。突然之间，巨大的桃子出现了，它被抓住并插在了帝国大厦的顶端。