Chapter 4

Chapter 4 "There must be a way to open the door from in here," Ruth Rose said. "Let's look for a switch or something." The kids searched the walls near the door but found nothing that would open it.

“一定有办法从这里把门打开，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我们找找开关之类的东西吧。” 孩子们在门附近的墙上找了一遍，但没有找到能把门打开的东西。

"But why did the door close in the first place?" Josh asked. "You might have set off an alarm when you touched the case," Ruth Rose said. "If she's right," Dink said, "someone will hear the alarm and come to see who's in here. All we have to do is wait." "Wait in here?" Josh squeaked. "It won't be for long," Dink said. "Any second now, that door will slide open again." "Yeah, well, let's wait in the treasure chamber," Josh muttered. "Those mummies are creeping me out." "They're just dust," Ruth Rose said. "But they're dead dust!" Josh said, heading into the chamber. The kids sat on the floor and leaned against a wall. The room was silent. The ceiling lights cast a soft glow onto the gold inside the cases. "I've always dreamed of being locked in a room full of gold," Josh said. "But now that I am, I'd rather be home." Minutes passed, then more minutes. No one came to rescue them. The stone door in the tomb remained solidly shut.

“那门当初为什么要关上呢?”杰克问。 “你碰箱子的时候可能会引起警报，”露丝·罗斯说。 “如果她是对的，”丁克说，“就会有人听到警报，过来看看谁在里面。 我们所要做的就是等待。” “在这儿等?”Josh发出“吱吱”的响声。 “这不会持续太久，”丁克说。 “现在随时都有可能，那扇门又会滑开。” “是啊，好吧，我们在宝库里等着吧。”乔什嘟囔着。 “那些木乃伊吓死我了。” “它们只是尘土，”露丝·罗斯说。 “可他们都是死灰!”乔希说着走进了房间。 孩子们坐在地板上，靠在墙上。 房间里一片寂静。天花板上的灯把柔和的光芒投射到箱子里的黄金上。 “我一直梦想着被锁在一个满是金子的房间里，”乔希说。 “但现在我在，我宁愿呆在家里。” 几分钟过去了，又几分钟过去了。 没有人来救他们。 墓里的石门仍然关得严严实实。

"No one knows we're in here," Josh muttered. "We could be trapped forever. We'll die and become mummies!" "Our parents all know we're at the museum," Ruth Rose said. "If I'm not home for supper, my dad will call." "But by then the museum will be closed," Josh insisted. "No one will answer the phone!" "Then my folks will drive here," Ruth Rose said. "Or they'll call the police," Dink said. "All we have to do is sit here and chill out." "I'm already chilled," Josh mumbled. "This place feels like the inside of a refrigerator." Dink grinned. "Gee, Joshua, I thought you'd be happy inside a refrigerator." "Very funny, Donald!" Josh muttered. "Plus, I'm sitting on gravel. Why can't they have carpets like normal people?" Ruth Rose stood up and wiped gravel and sand off her shorts. "Josh is right. Let's see if we can find someplace more comfortable to sit," she said. "Like home," Josh said. "Or like this!" Ruth Rose said. She had opened a small door cut into the stone wall.

“没人知道我们在这里。”乔希喃喃地说。 “我们可能永远被困在这里。 我们会死去，变成木乃伊!”“我们的父母都知道我们在博物馆，”露丝·罗斯说。 “如果我不回家吃晚饭，我爸爸会打电话的。” “但到那时博物馆就关门了，”乔希坚持说。 “没人接电话!”“然后我的父母会开车来这里，”露丝·罗斯说。 “不然他们会叫警察的，”丁克说。 “我们要做的就是坐在这里冷静一下。” “我已经冷了。”乔希咕哝道。 “这个地方感觉就像冰箱里一样。” 丁克咧嘴一笑。“哎呀，约书亚，我以为你在冰箱里会很开心呢。” “很有趣，唐纳德!”Josh嘟囔着。 “另外，我坐在砾石上。 为什么他们不能像正常人一样铺地毯呢?”露丝·罗斯站起来，擦去短裤上的沙砾。 乔希是对的。看看能不能找个更舒服的地方坐。” “就像回家一样。”乔希说。“或者像这样!”露丝·罗斯说。 她打开了凿在石墙上的一扇小门。

"It's some kind of closet," Dink said, peering inside. "Egyptians didn't have closets," Josh said. The kids saw folding chairs, cleaning supplies, and a stack of carpet pieces. "The carpet squares must be for kids to sit on," Ruth Rose said. "Let's spread them out." The kids covered the closet floor with carpet squares, then lay down. "This is more like it," Josh said, making himself comfortable. "Now if someone would just bring

“这是某种壁橱，”丁克说，朝里面看了看。 “埃及人没有衣柜，”乔希说。 孩子们看到了折叠椅、清洁用品和一堆地毯碎片。 “方形地毯一定是给孩子们坐的，”露丝·罗斯说。 “让我们把它们摊开。”孩子们在壁橱的地板上铺上一块块地毯，然后躺下。 “这才像话。”乔希说，让自己舒服一点。 “现在如果有人能带来

me some pizza and a soda, I'd be happy." "Would you share it with the mummies?" Ruth Rose asked Josh. "Nope." More time passed. Dink yawned, and his eyes grew heavy. He pulled the closet door shut, darkening the small room. Then he lay down, and they all drifted off to sleep. Suddenly, a huge blast shook the room. The folding chairs fell over with a crash, and a box of cleaning stuff flew off a shelf. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose bolted up out of a sound sleep. "What the heck was that?" Josh said. "It sounded like a bomb!" "I smell smoke!" Ruth Rose said in the dark. Dink opened the closet door a crack, then pulled it shut again. "The place is filled with dust," he said, wiping his eyes. "What happened?" Ruth Rose asked. Just then Dink heard voices. "Someone's out there," Josh said. "We're rescued!" "Quiet!" Dink whispered. "They wouldn't bomb the place to rescue us."

给我一些披萨和一杯苏打水，我会很高兴的。” “你能和木乃伊们分享吗?”露丝·罗斯问乔希。 “不。”时间又过去了。丁克打了个哈欠，眼睛变得沉重起来。 他关上壁橱的门，小房间里一片漆黑。 然后他躺下，他们都迷迷糊糊地睡着了。 突然，一个巨大的爆炸声震动了房间。 折叠椅哗啦一声倒在地上，一盒清洁用品从架子上飞了下来。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯从酣睡中跑了出来。 “那是什么鬼东西?”杰克说。 “听起来像炸弹!”“我闻到烟味了!”露丝·罗斯在黑暗中说。 丁克把门打开一条缝，然后又把门关上。 “这地方满是灰尘，”他擦着眼睛说。 “发生什么事了?”露丝·罗斯问。 就在这时，丁克听到了说话声。 “外面有人。”乔希说。 “我们救了!”“安静!”丁克低声说。 “他们不会为了救我们而轰炸这个地方。”

Dink nudged the door open a crack. He peered through the floating dust, then suddenly scooted back. Two shapes in dark clothing slipped past the closet, inches from the kids' noses. Both carried black gym bags. As the kids watched, the two figures separated, stopping in front of two of the glass cases. Dink heard glass breaking, and then a piercing alarm bell sounded. "Grab as much as you can. Then we're outta here!" one of the intruders said. "They're not here to rescue us," Dink whispered. "They're here to steal the mummies' gold!"

丁克把门推开了一条缝。 他透过漂浮的灰尘往外看了看，然后突然跑了回去。 两个黑衣人从壁橱里溜过，离孩子们的鼻子只有几英寸远。 两人都背着黑色的运动包。 在孩子们的注视下，那两个人影分开了，停在两个玻璃柜前。 丁克听到玻璃破碎的声音，接着响起了刺耳的警铃。 “尽可能多地抓。那我们就离开这里!”其中一个闯入者说。 “他们不是来救我们的。”丁克低声说。 “他们是来偷木乃伊的金子的!”