Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 Dink felt the wood that covered the chute. "It feels old," he said. "Back away, you guys. I'll smack it with the shovel." "How will you hit anything?" Ruth Rose asked. "I can't even see you!" Dink felt the chute again, judging its distance. He raised the shovel over his head, swung, and

丁克摸了摸覆盖在滑槽上的木头。 “感觉很老，”他说。“退后，伙计们。 我要用铲子打它。” “你怎么能击中东西呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 “我甚至看不见你!”丁克又摸了摸降落伞，判断它的距离。 他把铲子举过头顶，挥了挥，然后

missed. "Pretend you're blindfolded and you're swinging at a pinata," Josh said. "It's filled with candy, money, cookies …" THWACK! Dink's second swing struck something solid. Now that he had the right location, he was able to hit it every time he swung. "See if it's loose," Dink said, out of breath. "Wait a minute," Ruth Rose said. She stepped forward and felt for the wood. "I think you cracked it!" "Okay, get back again," Dink said. He swung the shovel with all his might. This time, the wood shattered. "You got it!" Josh said, pulling broken wood away. "Oh, gross, there's something slimy on me!" As he spoke, a pile of wet stuff fell into the room. It smelled worse than the coal dust. A beam

错过了。“假装你被蒙住眼睛，正在向皮纳塔扔秋千，”乔希说。 “里面装满了糖果、钱、饼干……”丁克的第二次挥杆击中了什么固体。 既然他有了正确的位置，他每次挥杆都能击中球。 “看看是不是松了，”丁克上气不接下气地说。 “等一下，”露丝·罗斯说。 她走上前去，摸索着木头。 “我想你破解了!”“好吧，回去吧，”丁克说。 他用尽全力挥动铁锹。 这一次，木头碎了。 “你说对了!”乔希说着，把断了的木头挪开。 “哦，恶心，我身上有黏糊糊的东西!”他说话的时候，一堆湿东西掉到了房间里。 它比煤尘还难闻。 一束

of sunlight fell through the chute. At Josh's feet was a pile of rotted leaves. "You did it, Dink!" Ruth Rose cried. Then she started to laugh. "What?" Josh asked. "Our legs and feet are black! We look like pandas!" The kids stared up at the sunlight. The chute was slanted. It was easy to see how coal would come sliding down into the cellar.

阳光从斜槽里照了进来。 在乔希的脚边是一堆腐烂的树叶。 “你做到了，丁克!”露丝·罗斯哭了。 然后她笑了起来。 “什么?”杰克问。“我们的腿和脚是黑色的!”我们看起来像熊猫!”孩子们抬头望着阳光。 降落伞倾斜了。很容易看出煤是怎样溜进地窖的。

"We need something to climb on," Josh said. "All we have is the coal," Ruth Rose said. "And my handy-dandy coal shovel!" Dink added. "What if we make a pile right under the opening?" "But how do we climb out?" Ruth Rose asked. "The chute is steep and looks slippery." "We can boost each other up," Josh said. "The first one out can pull up the next one. The ones on the inside can push." "But how about the last person?" Ruth Rose asked. "Who boosts him up? And what about Winnie?" "I guess somebody has to stay here while the others get help," Dink said. The kids stood and thought, with the sunlight streaming down through the chute. "How's this?" Josh said after a minute. "Ruth Rose, you're the smallest. What if Dink and I

“我们需要爬上去的东西，”乔希说。 “我们只有煤，”露丝·罗斯说。 “还有我那把漂亮的煤铲!”丁克补充道。 “我们在洞口下面堆一堆怎么样?”“但是我们怎么爬出去呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 “滑道很陡，看起来很滑。” “我们可以互相鼓励，”乔希说。 “第一个出来的人可以把下一个拉上来。 里面的人可以推。” “那最后一个人呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 “谁扶着他?”那温妮呢?”“我想在其他人得到帮助的时候，总得有人留在这里，”丁克说。 孩子们站在那里沉思，阳光透过雪槽照进来。 “这个怎么样?”过了一分钟，乔希说。 “露丝·罗斯，你是最小的。 如果丁克和我

boost you through the chute? We can stay here with Winnie while you run to the police station." "Are you sure?" Ruth Rose asked. "Maybe you should go. You're a faster runner." "Nah, I have to stay to protect Dink," Josh said. "He's afraid of the dark." "Okay, let's get to work," Dink said. "We'll take turns shoveling." Ten minutes later, Ruth Rose stood on a small mountain of coal. She stuck her arms into the chute, then her head and shoulders. "Okay, push, you guys!" Dink and Josh pushed Ruth Rose until only the bottoms of her feet were sticking out of the chute. "More!" she said, her voice sounding hollow. "I can't reach the other end." As the boys pushed the bottoms of her feet, Ruth Rose inched up the chute. "Okay!" came her faraway voice. Dink could hear her scrambling to pull herself out. When he and Josh looked up the chute, they

帮你穿过降落伞? 我们可以和温妮呆在这里，你去警察局。” “你确定吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “也许你该走了。你跑得更快。” “不，我得留下来保护丁克，”乔希说。 “他怕黑。” “好了，我们开始工作吧，”丁克说。 “我们轮流铲。” 十分钟后，露丝·罗斯站在一座小煤山上。 她把胳膊伸进滑槽里，然后是头和肩膀。 “好了，用力，伙计们!”丁克和乔希推着露丝·罗斯，直到她只露出脚底。 “还有!”她说，声音听起来很空洞。 “我够不到另一头。” 男孩们推着露丝·罗斯的脚底，她慢慢爬上了滑道。 “好吧!”她遥远的声音传来。 丁克能听到她拼命想把自己拉出来。 当他和乔什向上看的时候，他们

saw her face at the other end. "Try to find Winnie," she said. Then she was gone. Dink and Josh sat on the coal they'd piled up. Neither wanted to leave the comforting shaft of sunlight. "How do we find a black-and-white panda who's now all black?" Josh asked. "Maybe if we're real quiet, we'll hear her," Dink said. They sat totally still on their hill of coal. The sunlight fell between them, bouncing off the shiny black chunks. Dink heard his own breathing and Josh's. But try as he might, he couldn't hear anything else. Then Josh giggled. "What's funny?" Dink asked, glancing over at Josh. A coal-black baby panda had crawled onto Josh's lap. It was snuggling up against him. "Winnie must think you're her mama," Dink said. "Boy, do I wish I had Ruth Rose's camcorder now!" Dink and Josh sat and cuddled with Winnie. The sunlight coming through the chute warmed them up.

看到她在电话那头的脸了。 “试着找到温妮，”她说。 然后她就走了。丁克和乔希坐在他们堆起来的煤上。 谁也不想离开那温暖的阳光。 “我们怎么才能找到一只黑白相间的熊猫，它现在全身都是黑色的?”杰克问。 “也许如果我们真的安静下来，我们就能听到她的声音，”丁克说。 他们一动不动地坐在那座煤山上。 阳光照在他们之间，在闪亮的黑色石块上反射。 丁克听到了自己和乔希的呼吸声。 但不管他怎么努力，他什么也听不见。 然后乔希咯咯地笑了起来。“有趣的是什么?”丁克瞥了乔希一眼，问道。 一只煤黑的熊猫宝宝爬上了乔希的腿。 它偎依着他。 “温妮一定以为你是她妈妈，”丁克说。 “天哪，我真希望我现在有露丝·罗斯的摄像机!”丁克和乔希坐下来拥抱温妮。 阳光从雪槽里照进来，使他们暖和起来。