Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Hugo dropped the kids off on the dock. "Run and get your father," he said. "I'm going back out there to keep an eye on Sundown!" With Sammi in the lead, the kids raced for the castle. The king was on the telephone in his office when they burst in. The king looked up. "Sammi, I'm talking to the police. Can you pl—" "We found the gold!" Sammi blurted out. The king's mouth dropped open. "Where?" he asked, ignoring the telephone. "Dink figured it out," Sammi told his father. "Dr. Skor hid the gold underneath his boat!"

第十章雨果把孩子们送到码头上。 “快去把你父亲叫来，”他说。 “我要回去监视日落!”在萨米的带领下，孩子们冲向城堡。 他们闯进来时，国王正在办公室打电话。 国王抬起头来。“萨米，我在跟警察说话。 你能不能——”“我们找到金子了!”萨米脱口而出。 国王张大了嘴。 “在哪儿?”他问，没有理睬电话。 “丁克明白了，”萨米告诉父亲。 “斯科尔博士把金子藏在船底下了!”

Interrupting each other, the kids quickly explained how Hugo had swum beneath the yacht and spotted the gold. "But you have to hurry, Pop," Sammi said. "A guy on Sundown saw us. He'll tell Dr. Skor, and they'll take off!" The king spoke into the telephone. "Surround that yellow yacht in the harbor!" he ordered. "And have your fastest boat pick me up at the dock in three minutes!" The kids were surprised at how fast the king could run. He made it to the dock before they did and leaped into a sleek police boat. The boat practically flew out of the water as it sped toward Sundown. Hugo zoomed back to the dock and whistled. The kids climbed into his boat, and he raced after the police. By now three police boats had tied up to Sundown. As Hugo and the kids approached, Dink could see several officers boarding the yacht. "Look!" Ruth Rose suddenly yelled. She pointed aft, where Dr. Skor sat in his rubber dinghy.

孩子们打断了彼此的谈话，迅速解释了雨果是如何游到游艇下面并发现了金子的。 “但是你得快点，爸爸，”萨米说。 “一个家伙看到了我们。他会告诉医生的。 Skor，他们会起飞的!”国王对着电话讲话。 “包围港口里的那艘黄色游艇!”他命令道。 “让你最快的船在三分钟内到码头来接我!”孩子们对国王跑得如此之快感到惊讶。 他比他们先到了码头，跳上了一艘漂亮的警船。 船向日落方向驶去，几乎飞出了水面。 雨果迅速飞回码头，吹起了口哨。 孩子们爬上了他的船，他追赶警察。 到现在为止，已经有三艘警艇停泊在“日落号”附近。 当雨果和孩子们走近时，丁克看见几个军官登上了游艇。 “看!”露丝·罗斯突然喊道。 她指了指船尾。 斯科尔坐在他的橡皮艇里。

The man started the motor and the dinghy roared toward open sea. "He's getting away!" Ruth Rose yelled. "Can you catch him?" Dink asked. Hugo grinned. "Do fish drink water?" he asked. "Hold on!" Hugo thrust the throttle all the way forward. His boat tore around Sundown with its bow out of the water. The kids grabbed their seats and braced themselves as they bounced over the water. Ruth Rose was sitting next to Hugo. "You steer!" he yelled in her ear. "Use both hands and get as close as you can to his dinghy!" Dink, Josh, and Sammi stared as Ruth Rose and Hugo switched places. Her knuckles were white as she clutched the steering wheel.

那人发动了马达，小船呼啸着驶向开阔的海面。 “他要跑了!”露丝·罗斯喊道。 “你能抓住他吗?”丁克问道。 雨果咧嘴一笑。“鱼喝水吗?”他问。 “等等!”雨果把油门一直往前推。 他的船在日落时分冲出水面。 孩子们抓住座位，在水面上跳来跳去。 露丝·罗斯坐在雨果旁边。 “你掌舵!”他在她耳边喊道。 “用两只手尽量靠近他的小艇!”当露丝·罗斯和雨果互换位置时，丁克、乔希和萨米瞪大了眼睛。 她紧紧抓住方向盘，指关节都发白了。

Hugo picked up the anchor. It had three sharp prongs that were meant to grab and hold. A long rope was tied to the anchor. The rope's other end was attached to a metal ring on the bow. "Can you get any closer?" Hugo shouted to Ruth Rose. "Do monkeys eat bananas?" she shouted back. She turned the wheel, and the boat responded. When his boat was about fifteen feet from the dinghy Hugo stood up. He spread his legs for balance, then whipped the anchor over his head. The steel anchor landed in Dr. Skor's rubber dinghy with a thud. Hugo grabbed the wheel from

雨果拿起了锚。 它有三个锋利的尖头，用来抓住和抓住。 一根长绳系在锚上。 绳子的另一端系在船头的一个金属环上。 “你能再靠近一点吗?”雨果对露丝·罗斯喊道。 “猴子吃香蕉吗?”她喊道。 她转动方向盘，船也跟着转动了。 当他的船离小船大约15英尺时，雨果站了起来。 他张开双腿保持平衡，然后把锚甩过头顶。 钢锚降落在博士。 斯科尔的橡皮艇砰的一声。 雨果从

Ruth Rose and whipped it around. Then he shoved the throttle forward, and his boat lurched ahead. Dink didn't understand what Hugo was up to. Was he planning to tow Dr. Skor's dinghy back to shore? But then he got it. The anchor rope stretched to the breaking point, but it held. Suddenly they all heard a ripping noise. The anchor hooks had torn a hole in Dr. Skor's dinghy. When they looked, it was losing air fast. Dr. Skor turned and glared at Hugo and his passengers. The thief's face was nearly purple with rage. Just then two police boats roared up to them. "Good job, kids," one of the officers said. "We'll take it from here." Riko and Mr. Baz were released from jail. Dr. Skor and his crew took their place. Police divers brought the gold ashore, and it was once more locked in the bank vault.

露丝站起来，挥了一挥。 然后他把油门往前一推，他的船踉踉跄跄地向前驶去。 丁克不明白雨果想干什么。 他是打算拖走博士吗? 斯科尔的小艇靠岸了吗? 但后来他明白了。锚绳被拉到了断裂的边缘，但还撑得住。 突然，他们都听到了撕裂的声音。 锚钩在Dr。 Skor的小艇。他们一看，空气流失得很快。 斯科尔博士转过身来，怒视着雨果和他的乘客。 小偷气得脸都快发紫了。 就在这时，两艘警艇呼啸着向他们驶来。 “干得好，孩子们，”其中一名警官说。 “我们从这里接手。” 里科和巴兹先生被释放了。 斯科尔博士和他的手下接替了他们的位置。 警方潜水员把黄金带上岸，并再次锁在银行保险库里。

Riko's crew repaired the vault floor and filled in the tunnel. The yellow crime-scene tape came down, and work began on the aquarium again. "And I have you kids to thank for saving the day" the king said. Sammi had invited Hugo to join them for ice cream and leftover birthday cake.

理科的人修好了地下室的地板，填满了隧道。 黄色的犯罪现场胶带下来了，水族馆的工作又开始了。 “我还得感谢你们这些孩子挽救了今天的局面。”国王说。 萨米邀请雨果和他们一起吃冰激凌，吃剩下的生日蛋糕。