Ch5-Stop, Thief!

CHAPTER FIVE Stop, Thief! "Oh, man," said Jack, dazed. "She was nuts. Everyone here is nuts, including Mr. Dickens." "It's all my fault," said Annie. "I shouldn't have—" "No, no, don't worry," said Jack. "We just have to catch him and try to fix things."

第五章站住，小偷！“哦，天哪。”杰克说，一脸茫然。 “她疯了。这里的每个人都是疯子，包括狄更斯先生。” “都是我的错，”安妮说。 “不，不，别担心，”杰克说。 “我们只需要抓住他，试着解决问题。”

"He couldn't have gone far," said Annie. She and Jack glanced up and down the busy street. The afternoon sun had disappeared. Dark clouds filled the sky. "Look, there he is!" said Annie, pointing. Jack saw Mr. Dickens weaving through the horse-and-carriage traffic. He was signaling to a cabdriver with his walking stick. "Mr. Dickens!" cried Annie. She started into the street, but Jack grabbed her just in time. Another horse and cab clattered by, barely missing them. "He's getting away!" said Annie. "I know," said Jack. "But we don't want to get run over!"

“他不可能走远，”安妮说。 她和杰克扫视了一下繁忙的街道。 下午的太阳已经消失了。 天空乌云密布。 “看，他在那儿！”安妮指着说。 杰克看见狄更斯先生在马车车流中穿行。 他正在用手杖向出租车司机打手势。 “狄更斯先生！”安妮叫道。 她向街上走去，但杰克及时抓住了她。 另一匹马和一辆出租马车辚辚驶过，几乎没有撞上他们。 “他跑了！”安妮说。 “我知道，”杰克说。“但我们可不想被车撞死！”

"Look!" said Annie. "There's the driver who brought us here! I'll bet he's waiting for us!" Across the street was the red cab pulled by the small, fat horse. "Great!" said Jack. He dodged the carriage traffic and rushed toward the driver. "Hi! Hi there!" Jack yelled. "Thanks for coming back! We need a ride! We have to follow—" He started to climb into the cab. "Sorry, no free rides today, boy!" the driver said. "I've got mouths to feed at home!" He jiggled his reins, and his horse took off. Jack nearly fell backward onto the sidewalk. "Wait! Don't you remember us?" he called. "We're the young gentlemen from Frog Creek!"

“看！”安妮说。“是那个把我们带到这儿来的司机！”我敢打赌他在等我们！”街对面是那匹又小又胖的马拉着的红色出租车。 “好极了！”杰克说。他躲开马车，向车夫冲去。 “嗨!大家好!”杰克喊道。 “谢谢你回来！”我们需要搭车！我们必须跟着——”他开始爬进驾驶室。 “对不起，孩子，今天没有免费乘车！”司机说。 “我家里还有人要养活呢！”他抖了抖缰绳，马就跑了。 杰克几乎向后倒在人行道上。 “等等!你不记得我们了吗？”他喊道。 “我们是青蛙溪来的年轻绅士！”

But the driver didn't seem to hear him in all the traffic. Annie touched Jack's arm. "He didn't recognize us. We don't look like gentlemen anymore," she said. "Our clothes are ragged, and we're covered with soot." "Oh, man," said Jack. "Everyone was nice to us when we looked rich. Now it feels like the whole world's against us." "I'm sorry, it's all my fault," said Annie. "Forget it," said Jack. "We just have to find Mr. Dickens. Come on. Let's try to find his carriage." Clutching his green bag, Jack led the way down the street. He and Annie half ran, half walked past a long row of shops. As they looked for Mr.

但司机似乎没有听到他在所有的交通。 安妮摸了摸杰克的胳膊。“他没认出我们。 我们不再像绅士了，”她说。 “我们的衣服破烂不堪，浑身都是煤烟。” “哦，天哪，”杰克说。“当我们看起来很有钱的时候，每个人都对我们很好。 现在感觉整个世界都在和我们作对。” “对不起，都是我的错，”安妮说。 “算了吧，”杰克说。“我们只需要找到狄更斯先生。 来吧。让我们设法找到他的马车吧。” 杰克抓着他的绿色包，在街上领路。 他和安妮半跑半走地走过一长排商店。 当他们寻找奥巴马先生时。

Dickens, they passed little girls sewing in the window of a dress shop. They saw boys sweeping trash and polishing boots, and girls selling matches and meat pies. Jack had never seen so many kids working at real jobs. "Hey, isn't that him getting out of that carriage?" said Annie. She pointed to an intersection in the distance. A small man wearing a top hat and carrying a walking stick was climbing down from a cab. "Yeah, I think it is!" said Jack. "Hurry!" Jack and Annie ran up the sidewalk, dodging shoppers and merchants. By the time they got to the intersection, Mr. Dickens had disappeared again.

狄更斯，他们路过一家服装店橱窗里正在缝衣服的小女孩。 他们看到男孩们在扫垃圾、擦靴子，女孩们在卖火柴和肉饼。 杰克从未见过这么多孩子从事真正的工作。 “嘿，从马车里出来的不是他吗？”安妮说。 她指着远处的一个十字路口。 一个戴着大礼帽、拿着拐杖的小个子男人正从一辆出租车上爬下来。 “是的，我想是的！”杰克说。 “快点!”杰克和安妮沿着人行道跑，避开购物者和商人。 当他们到达十字路口时，狄更斯先生又不见了。

"Darn," said Annie. "Let's keep looking," said Jack. "If we don't find him soon, we'll go back to his house and wait for him outside the gate." A light rain began to fall as Jack and Annie started down a crowded, muddy road. They passed shabby shops and rows of small shacks. They passed vendors selling secondhand clothes and hats and shoes. They saw lots of ragged kids hanging around the street. Jack caught the eye of a big, tough-looking boy slouching against a lamppost with his hands in his pockets. As Jack passed him, the boy looked him over. Jack saw the boy say something to another

“该死，”安妮说。“我们继续找吧。”杰克说。 “如果我们不能很快找到他，我们就回他家，在大门外等他。” 杰克和安妮走在拥挤泥泞的路上，下起了小雨。 他们经过破旧的商店和一排排的小棚屋。 他们经过卖二手衣服、帽子和鞋子的小贩。 他们看到许多衣衫褴褛的孩子在街上闲逛。 杰克注意到一个身材高大、长相彪悍的男孩，他双手插在口袋里，懒洋洋地靠在路灯柱上。 当杰克经过他身边时，那男孩把他打量了一番。 杰克看见那个男孩对另一个人说了些什么