Ch7-Run for Your Lives!

CHAPTER SEVEN Run for your Lives!

第七章逃命！

Oki barked furiously at the three men on horseback. "Oki! Quiet!" Jack commanded. "Tell them your sister and your parents have a disease," said Annie. "What?" said Jack. He could barely hear Annie above Oki's barks. "Quiet!" he said. But the puppy kept barking. "I have a terrible disease, Jack," Annie said. "Here, take the reins." She pushed them into Jack's hands. Then she grabbed his backpack and started digging through it. "What are you doing?" he asked. "I have a disease," Annie said, keeping her head down. "What do you mean?" said Jack. Annie said something, but Jack couldn't hear her. Oki barked louder as the riders galloped closer and closer. As they pulled up in front of the cart, Jack saw that the men had grimy faces, bristly beards, and knotted hair down to their shoulders.

奥基对着马背上的三个人狂吠。 “冲电气!安静!”杰克命令。 “告诉他们你的妹妹和你的父母得了一种病，”安妮说。 “什么？”杰克说。在奥基的吠叫上方，他几乎听不见安妮的声音。 “安静！”他说。但是小狗一直在叫。 “我得了一种可怕的病，杰克，”安妮说。 “来，拿着缰绳。”她把它们塞到杰克手里。 然后她抓起他的背包开始翻找。 “你在干什么？”他问。 “我有病，”安妮低着头说。 “你什么意思？”杰克说。 安妮说了些什么，但杰克听不见。 骑手们越骑越近，奥基叫得更响了。 当他们把车停在马车前时，杰克看到那些人的脸都很脏，胡须浓密，头发一直打结到肩膀。

"Halt!" the biggest man ordered. Jack pulled on the reins to stop the oxen. Oki barked and growled from the cart. "Quiet!" Jack ordered the puppy. He was gripping the reins so tightly his knuckles were white. The huge rider glared at him with small, mean eyes. "Who are you?" he snarled.

“站住！”块头最大的那个人命令道。 杰克拉着缰绳让牛停下来。 奥基在车上咆哮着。 “安静!”杰克订购了这只小狗。 他紧紧抓住缰绳，连指关节都发白了。 魁梧的骑士用一双刻薄的小眼睛瞪着他。 “你是谁？”他咆哮道。

"I'm Jack and she's my sister, Annie," said Jack. He tried to keep his voice steady. Annie didn't look up. She was still hunched over the backpack. Jack had no idea what she was doing. The rider glanced toward the back of the cart. "Who lies there?" he asked. "Tell them about our disease," Annie said, keeping her head down. "Um…our mother and father…they're sick," said Jack. "And my sister—she's sick, too." "Bad disease!" hissed Annie. "They all have a bad disease!" Jack had to shout to be heard above Oki's barking. "What disease?" growled the rider. "I'm sorry, what?" said Jack. "What is their bad disease?" the man said. "Well, it, uh…it's—" Jack stammered. "Yellow fever!" Annie shouted. She threw off her hood and looked up at the men. "Run for your lives!"

“我是杰克，她是我妹妹，安妮，”杰克说。 他努力使自己的声音保持平稳。 安妮没有抬头。她仍然弯着腰看着背包。 杰克不知道她在做什么。 骑手朝马车的后面瞥了一眼。 “谁躺在那儿？”他问。 “告诉他们我们的病，”安妮低着头说。 “嗯……我们的爸爸妈妈……他们病了。”杰克说。 “还有我妹妹——她也病了。” “严重的疾病！”安妮嘶嘶地说。 “他们都得了重病！”杰克必须大声喊叫才能盖过奥基的吠叫。 “什么病？”骑手咆哮道。 “对不起，什么？”杰克说。 “他们得了什么病？” “嗯，它，嗯……它是——”杰克结结巴巴地说。 “黄热病!”安妮喊道。 她脱下兜帽，抬头看着那些人。 “快逃命！”

Jack nearly fell off the cart. Annie looked terrible! Her face was covered with bright yellow spots! The men pulled back. Grunting and growling, they spurred their horses past the cart. The horses broke into a gallop, and the thieves thundered away. "Well, how rude was that?" said Annie, laughing. "What happened to you?" cried Jack, staring at her. Annie held up the yellow marker from Jack's backpack, the one he'd used to highlight the puppy book. Jack burst out laughing, too. "Oh, man, that was quick thinking." "Thank you!" said Annie. Jack looked back at the king and queen. Arthur had slept through the whole incident. Guinevere was sitting up, holding Oki. The puppy was still barking at the fleeing horsemen. "What happened?" the queen asked. "Oki was barking so loudly, I could not hear. Where did

杰克差点儿从车上摔下来。 安妮看起来糟透了！她的脸上布满了亮黄色的斑点！士兵们撤退了。 他们一边咆哮着，一边策马从马车旁经过。 马疾驰而去，小偷们轰隆隆地跑开了。 “哎，那有多粗鲁啊？”安妮笑着说。 “你怎么了？”杰克盯着她叫道。 安妮举起杰克背包里的黄色马克笔，就是他用来在小狗书上做记号的那支。 杰克也突然大笑起来。 “哦，伙计，你的反应真快。” “谢谢你！”安妮说。杰克回头看了看国王和王后。 阿瑟在整个事件中一直在睡觉。 吉娜薇坐了起来，抱着奥基。 那只小狗还在对着逃跑的骑兵狂吠。 “发生了什么事？”王后问。 “Oki叫得太大声了，我听不见。 在哪里