Chapter 5

Chapter 5 The man standing at the grave's edge was tall. He wore dark clothing. His face was in shadow, but his hair looked silver in the moonlight. Dink felt there was something familiar about him. The man wiped red clay from his pant legs. Then he shone the flashlight on his wrist, causing his watch to gleam briefly. He turned and disappeared into the trees. "Wh-who was that?" Josh asked.

第五章站在坟墓边上的人个子很高。 他穿着深色衣服。他的脸在阴影中，但他的头发在月光下看起来是银色的。 丁克觉得自己有些眼熟。 那人擦去裤腿上的红泥。 然后他把手电筒照在手腕上，他的手表闪了一下。 他转身消失在树林里。 “那——那是谁?”杰克问。

"It sure wasn't a zombie wearing a watch and carrying a flashlight," Ruth Rose said. "I wonder what he was doing down in that grave," Dink said. "Should we go look?" "No!" Josh hissed. "It's bad enough we're creeping around cemeteries. We're not crawling down into some grave!" "Let's go tell Jack," Ruth Rose said. The kids retraced their steps back to the campsite. Dink was relieved to see Jack's tall form lying in the hammock. "Let's not wake him," Dink said. "We can tell him in the morning." The kids tiptoed past Jack, then knelt to crawl into the tent. "See anything interesting?" Jack asked. All three kids jumped and whipped around. "You're awake?" Dink said. Jack sat up in his hammock. "I'm a light sleeper," he said. "Where have you been?" "We need to talk to you," Ruth Rose said. "We saw someone at the cemetery!" "You did?" Jack jumped out of his hammock. He had put on dark sweat clothes. He pushed up

露丝·罗斯说:“这肯定不是一个戴着手表、拿着手电筒的僵尸。” “我想知道他在坟墓里做什么，”丁克说。 “我们要不要去看看?”“不!”Josh发出嘘嘘的声音。 “我们在墓地里鬼鬼祟祟已经够糟糕的了。 我们不是往坟墓里爬!”“我们去告诉杰克吧，”露丝·罗斯说。 孩子们原路返回营地。 看到杰克高大的身躯躺在吊床上，丁克松了一口气。 “我们不要吵醒他，”丁克说。 “我们可以明天早上告诉他。” 孩子们踮着脚尖从杰克身边走过，然后跪下爬进帐篷。 “看到什么有趣的事了吗?”杰克问。 三个孩子都跳来跳去。 “你醒了吗?”丁克说。 杰克在吊床上坐了起来。 “我睡得很浅，”他说。 “你上哪儿去了?”“我们需要和你谈谈，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我们在墓地看到有人!”“你做的?”杰克跳下吊床。 他穿上了深色的运动服。 他推了起来

his sleeve and looked at his watch. "What were you doing at the cemetery at midnight?" "Something woke me up," Dink said. "I noticed a light in the woods, and we decided to follow it." Dink stared at Jack. He couldn't help comparing him with the man they'd just seen at the graveyard. Both were tall, wearing dark clothing. Both had light hair and wore wristwatches. "We saw a guy crawl out of a grave!" Josh said. "We know he wasn't a zombie 'cause he was wearing a watch. Right, guys?" Dink focused on Jack's face. Could it have been him they'd just spied on? What would Jack be doing in an empty grave? "Do you think it could have been the grave robber?" asked Ruth Rose. "Was he digging?" Jack asked. "We don't know," Josh said. "We didn't see a shovel or anything." Josh pointed at Dink. "He wanted to go down in it, but I said no way!" "You were smart," Jack told Josh. "But you were all pretty foolish to go out in these woods without telling me. Don't do it again, okay?"

他捋了捋袖子，看了看表。 “半夜你在墓地干什么?”“有什么东西把我吵醒了，”丁克说。 “我注意到树林里有光，我们决定跟着它走。” 丁克盯着杰克。他忍不住把他和他们刚刚在墓地看到的那个人作了比较。 两人都很高，穿着深色衣服。 两人都是浅色头发，戴着手表。 “我们看到一个人从坟墓里爬出来!”杰克说。 “我们知道他不是僵尸，因为他戴着手表。 对不对?”丁克盯着杰克的脸。 他们刚刚监视的会是他吗? 杰克在一个空坟墓里做什么? “你觉得会是盗墓贼吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “他在挖土吗?”杰克问。 “我们不知道，”乔希说。 “我们没有看到铲子之类的东西。” 乔希指着丁克。“他想坐着它下去，但我说不行!”“你很聪明，”杰克告诉乔希。 “但是你们不告诉我就到树林里去，真是太愚蠢了。 别再这样了，好吗?”

The kids nodded. "Okay, but who do you think that was?" Ruth Rose asked. Jack stretched and leaned against one of his hammock trees. "My guess? One of the men from the village just checking out the cemetery. For all we know, they may have posted guards to make sure the grave robber doesn't steal anymore," he said. "But what was he doing down in one of the graves?" Josh asked. Jack shrugged. "I have no idea," he admitted. "Now how about we get some sleep?" Jack hoisted himself back into his hammock. The kids crawled into the tent, and Dink zipped it shut. After they were settled, Dink lay on his back staring at the tent ceiling. He tried to remember if he'd taken a good look at Jack's hammock before they'd followed the flashlight. Dink didn't know for sure if Jack had been there when they'd left. Dink tried to swallow, but his mouth had gone dry. Could the grave robber have been sleeping in a hammock just outside their tent? Dink didn't sleep well that night.

孩子们点了点头。“好吧，但你认为那是谁?”露丝·罗斯问。 杰克伸了个懒腰，靠在他的一棵吊床树上。 “我猜?村里的一个人正在检查墓地。 据我们所知，他们可能已经派了警卫，以确保盗墓贼不再偷窃。” “但是他在其中一个坟墓里做什么呢?”杰克问。 杰克耸耸肩。“我不知道，”他承认。 “现在我们睡一会儿怎么样?”杰克爬回吊床上。 孩子们爬进帐篷，丁克拉上了拉链。 他们安顿下来后，丁克仰面躺着，眼睛盯着帐篷的天花板。 他努力回忆在他们跟着手电筒走之前，他是否仔细看了看杰克的吊床。 丁克不确定他们离开时杰克是否在那里。 丁克想吞咽，但他的嘴已经干了。 盗墓贼会不会一直睡在帐篷外的吊床上? 丁克那天晚上没睡好。