6 Escape

6 ESCAPE "Upstairs!" cried Rose. Holding Lily in her arms, she splashed across the parlor to the stairway. Jack grabbed his knapsack and hurried up the steps after Annie and Rose. When they reached the second-floor hallway, Jack heard glass shatter below. He looked down the stairs. The first floor windows had broken. Water covered the parlor floor and was rising fast. A chunk of the upstairs ceiling crashed to the floor of the hallway! It barely missed them. "This way!" shouted Rose. "Be careful!" Still carrying Lily, Rose led Jack and Annie into a dark bedroom. She shut the door.

“上楼！”露丝喊道。 她把莉莉抱在怀里，水花四溅地穿过客厅来到楼梯上。 杰克抓起背包，匆匆走上台阶，跟在安妮和罗斯后面。 当他们到达二楼走廊时，杰克听到下面玻璃破碎的声音。 他朝楼下看了看。 一楼的窗户破了。 水淹没了客厅的地板，而且还在迅速上升。 楼上天花板的一大块掉到了走廊的地板上！它几乎没有击中他们。 “这边走！”罗斯喊道。“小心!”露丝仍然抱着莉莉，领着杰克和安妮走进一间黑暗的卧室。 她关上了门。

"There!" she said. Shutting out the hurricane was impossible, though. The windows in the bedroom were broken. Glass was everywhere. Wind and rainwater swirled in. Jagged pieces of roof shingles blew inside. "Get down! Cover your heads!" Rose cried. Shielding Lily, Rose knelt between the wall and the bed. Jack and Annie crouched behind her. The baby buried her face against Rose. The house swayed back and forth. Jack felt water under his feet. It was seeping under the bedroom door! "We need to get higher!" said Rose. "The roof!" "How?" said Jack. "Follow me!" said Rose. Carrying Lily, she led Jack and Annie out of the bedroom. The rising seawater had reached the upstairs hall. Rain was pouring through a giant hole in the roof.

“那里！”她说。然而，阻挡飓风是不可能的。 卧室的窗户都破了。 到处都是玻璃。风和雨水旋涡而来。 参差不齐的屋顶瓦片被风吹了进来。 “下来!把你们的头遮起来！”玫瑰哭了。 露丝护着莉莉，跪在墙和床之间。 杰克和安妮蹲在她身后。 婴儿把脸贴在罗丝身上。 房子前后摇晃。 杰克感到脚下有水。 它从卧室门下面渗进来了！“我们得爬得更高！”罗斯说。 “屋顶上!”“怎么做？”杰克问。 “跟我来！”罗斯说。她抱着莉莉，领着杰克和安妮走出卧室。 上升的海水已经到达了楼上的大厅。 雨水从屋顶上的一个大洞里倾泻而下。

"If we can just get up there—on the roof— we can get above the water!" said Rose. "We can climb on furniture!" said Annie. "Good!" said Rose. "The dresser! The chest! The chair!" Jack and Annie pushed a tall dresser under the hole in the ceiling. They hoisted a chair on top of the dresser. Then they pushed a blanket chest against the dresser to help them climb up. "Rose, you go first!" said Jack. "Use the chest to get up onto the dresser. Then use the chair to get to the roof. Once you're safe, we'll hand Lily up." Annie took the baby from Rose. She whispered softly to her as Rose climbed from the chest onto the top of the dresser. "Careful!" said Jack. Rose then climbed onto the chair. She grabbed the edge of the torn roof and hauled herself up. "Now Lily!" she called to Jack and Annie.

“如果我们能爬到屋顶上去，我们就能浮出水面了！”罗斯说。 “我们可以爬上家具！”安妮说。 “很好！”罗斯说。“梳妆台上!胸部!椅子上!”杰克和安妮把一个高高的梳妆台推到天花板的洞下面。 他们把一把椅子抬到梳妆台顶上。 然后，他们把一个毯子箱推到梳妆台上，帮助他们爬上去。 “露丝，你先来！”杰克说。 “用箱子爬上梳妆台。 然后用椅子到屋顶上去。 等你安全了，我们就把莉莉交出去。” 安妮把孩子从罗斯手里夺走了。 当露丝从柜子爬到梳妆台顶部时，她轻声对她说。 “小心！”杰克说。然后罗斯爬上了椅子。 她抓住破裂的屋顶边缘，把自己拖了上去。 “好了，莉莉！”她对杰克和安妮喊道。

Jack climbed up on the chest, then the dresser. Then he stood up on the chair and reached down as Annie held the baby up to him. The baby was heavier than Jack had expected! He steadied himself on the chair, then lifted Lily up toward Rose. Jack held the baby as high as he could. Rose grabbed Lily and pulled her onto the roof. "You go next," Jack said to Annie. He stepped off the chair. Annie climbed onto the dresser. Jack held the chair steady as she pulled herself up onto the roof. Jack followed. He stood on the chair and peered above the roof. The wind and rain pounded him. He felt the chair shaking. The dresser shook, too. The whole house was shaking! With no time to think, Jack gripped the edge of the broken roof and pulled himself

杰克爬上了柜子，然后爬上了梳妆台。 然后他在椅子上站起来，把手伸了下来，安妮把孩子抱到他面前。 这个婴儿比杰克预料的要重！他在椅子上稳住身子，然后把莉莉抱到露丝身边。 杰克尽量把婴儿举得高些。 罗斯一把抓住莉莉，把她拉上了屋顶。 “你下一个，”杰克对安妮说。 他从椅子上站起来。安妮爬上梳妆台。 当她爬上屋顶时，杰克稳住了椅子。 杰克跟着。他站在椅子上，向屋顶上方张望。 狂风暴雨猛烈地袭击着他。 他感到椅子在摇晃。 梳妆台也摇晃起来。整个房子都在摇晃！没有时间思考，杰克抓住破碎的屋顶边缘，使劲拉着自己

up. He joined the others on the windblown, soggy rooftop.

向上。他和其他人一起站在被风吹湿的屋顶上。