Chapter 9

Chapter 9 That night, a thunderstorm blew through Green Lawn. While Dink slept, lightning flashed and thunder boomed outside his bedroom window. Dink had a nightmare. He was trapped in the tomb again. This time he was alone.

第九章那天晚上，一场雷雨吹过了绿草坪。 丁克睡觉的时候，他的卧室窗外电闪雷鸣。 丁克做了一个噩梦。他又被困在坟墓里了。 这一次只有他一个人。

One by one, the two mummies leaning against the wall opened their eyes. One by one, they stepped out of their coffins and shuffled toward him. They passed the child's coffin. Its lid stayed shut, the child's mask staring up at the ceiling. Because the mummy's not in there, Dink thought. But then why— Just then Dink felt a cold hand on his shoulder. He tried to run, but his legs wouldn't budge. The mummies' cloth wrappings had come loose and were encircling his body like tentacles. Dink bolted awake with a yell, tangled in his sheet. When he realized that he was in his bed and not the tomb, he lay back down. He tried to go back to sleep, but something kept him awake. It was something in his nightmare, in the tomb. What was it? He lay there trying to picture the tomb again. Before the bomb went off, all three sarcophagus lids had been open. The small sarcophagus was empty because the mummy was still in Dr. Tweed's office. But after the blast, the smallest coffin—the one for the child—was closed.

靠在墙上的两个木乃伊一个接一个地睁开了眼睛。 他们一个接一个地从棺材里走出来，拖着脚步走向他。 他们经过孩子的棺材。 它的盖子紧闭着，孩子的面具凝视着天花板。 因为木乃伊不在里面，丁克想。 就在这时，丁克感到一只冰冷的手搭在他的肩膀上。 他想跑，但他的腿不动了。 木乃伊的布包裹物松了下来，像触手一样包围着他的身体。 丁克被床单缠住，一声喊叫惊醒了。 他知道自己是在床上，不是在坟墓里，就又躺下了。 他想回去睡觉，但有什么东西使他睡不着。 是他噩梦里的东西，坟墓里的东西。 是什么?他躺在那里，试图重新想象坟墓的样子。 在炸弹爆炸之前，三个石棺的盖子都是打开的。 小石棺是空的，因为木乃伊还在Dr。 粗花呢的办公室。但是在爆炸之后，最小的棺材——孩子的棺材——被关闭了。

Then Dink remembered the robbers dragging those two heavy bags of gold. He smiled, closed his eyes, and went back to sleep. After breakfast, Dink called Josh. He came over, and they walked next door to Ruth Rose's house. She was sitting on her front steps with a plate of toast on her knees. Dink sat on the bottom step. "I figured it out last night," he told them. "I know where the crooks hid the gold." Josh reached for a piece of Ruth Rose's toast, but she slapped his hand. "Don't you know it's nice to share?" he asked. "Don't you know it's nice to ask first?" Ruth Rose said. But she passed Josh a section of her toast. "Tell us, Dink." "I had an awful dream last night," Dink said. "I was trapped in the tomb. The two big coffins were open, and the mummies were chasing me. But the little coffin, the one for the kid, was closed." He looked at Josh and Ruth Rose. "After I woke up, I remembered something. When we were in the tomb just before we got locked in, the little

这时丁克想起了强盗拖着那两袋沉重的金子。 他笑了笑，闭上眼睛，又睡着了。 早饭后，丁克打电话给乔希。 他过来了，他们走到露丝·罗斯家的隔壁。 她坐在门前的台阶上，膝盖上放着一盘烤面包。 丁克坐在最下面的台阶上。 “我昨晚就想明白了，”他告诉他们。 “我知道那些骗子把金子藏在哪里了。” 乔希伸手去拿露丝·罗斯的一块吐司，但她打了他一巴掌。 “难道你不知道分享是件好事吗?”他问道。 “难道你不知道最好先问一下吗?”露丝·罗斯说。 但她递给了乔希一小块她的吐司。 “告诉我们，丁克。”“我昨晚做了一个可怕的梦，”丁克说。 “我被困在坟墓里。 两个大棺材打开了，木乃伊们在追我。 但是那个孩子的小棺材是关着的。” 他看着乔希和露丝·罗斯。 “醒来后，我想起了一件事。 我们在坟墓里的时候就在我们被关进去之前，那个小

coffin was open. Remember? But when we went back into the tomb after the bomb went off, the coffin lid was closed!" "I don't get it," Josh said, licking jam from his fingers. "You will in a minute," Dink said. "I couldn't get back to sleep last night, so I started wondering: Who closed that little coffin? Then it hit me. If the robbers didn't have a car waiting, and if the gold was too heavy to carry far, maybe they hid it there!" "Then the crook has to be someone who can get back into the tomb later and get the gold," Josh said. "DR. TWEED!" Ruth Rose yelled. "That's what I think, too," Dink said. "Aunt Freda said Dr. Tweed was a good customer. I figure he and the woman with the short dark hair planned it together." "She had that gym bag," Ruth Rose said. "And all she had to do was walk across the street." "And she smelled like a walking French fry!" Josh added. "But which one hid the bomb?" Ruth Rose asked.

棺材开着。还记得吗? 但是当炸弹爆炸后我们回到坟墓时，棺材盖是关着的!”“我不明白，”乔希说，舔着手指上的果酱。 “你马上就知道了，”丁克说。 “昨晚我睡不着，所以我开始想:是谁关上了那口小棺材?” 然后我恍然大悟。如果强盗没有车等着，如果金子太重，搬不了那么远，也许他们就藏在那里了!”“那么这个骗子就必须是一个以后能回到坟墓里拿到金子的人，”乔希说。 “博士花呢!”露丝·罗斯喊道。 “我也是这么想的，”丁克说。 弗雷达姨妈说特威德医生是个好顾客。 我想是他和那个黑发短发的女人一起策划的。” “她带着那个运动包，”露丝·罗斯说。 “她所要做的就是穿过街道。” “她闻起来像一根行走的薯条!”杰克说。 “可是谁把炸弹藏起来了?”露丝·罗斯问。

"Dr. Tweed, I think," Dink said. "Remember how he stayed in the tomb for a few minutes after we all left?" "But why did the woman grab the mummy?" asked Josh. "To get us out of there," Dink said. "Dr. Tweed had to be alone in the tomb so he could plant the bomb." Dink grinned at Josh and Ruth Rose. "And that left the sarcophagus empty for the gold!" he said. "OH MY GOSH!" Ruth Rose yelled. "Dr. Tweed told us he wouldn't be at Wet Wednesday today. I'll bet he's gonna take the gold and leave!" She jumped up and ran into the house. Dink and Josh were right behind her. Ruth Rose called the police station and asked for Officer Fallon.

“我想是特威德医生吧，”丁克说。 “还记得我们都离开后，他在坟墓里呆了几分钟吗?”“但是为什么那个女人要抓木乃伊呢?”乔希问。 “让我们离开那里，”丁克说。 “特威德博士必须独自一人待在坟墓里，这样他才能安放炸弹。” 丁克朝乔希和露丝·罗斯咧嘴一笑。 “这样石棺就空了，可以装金子了!”他说。 “我的天哪!”露丝·罗斯喊道。 “特威德医生告诉我们，他今天星期三不来了。 我敢打赌他会拿着金子离开的!”她跳起来，跑进了房子。 丁克和乔希就在她后面。 露丝·罗斯打电话给警察局，要求找法伦警官。