Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Dink woke up when he heard someone singing outside the tent. He peeked out and saw Jack opening the coolers. Sunlight slanted across the water, turning the Gulf to gold. A sweet-smelling breeze came with the sun. It was a perfect morning, and Dink was hungry. As Dink pulled on his sneakers, he thought of last night. He laughed. No way could that have been Jack in the grave. No way. Dink nudged Josh and Ruth Rose awake, then unzipped the flap and left the tent.

当丁克听到有人在帐篷外唱歌时，他醒了过来。 他向外偷看，看见杰克正在打开冷藏箱。 阳光斜照在水面上，把海湾染成了金色。 太阳吹来了一阵芬芳的微风。 这是一个完美的早晨，丁克饿了。 当丁克穿上运动鞋时，他想起了昨晚。 他笑了。那不可能是坟墓里的杰克。 不可能。丁克轻轻地把乔什和露丝·罗斯推醒，然后拉开拉链，离开了帐篷。

Jack was wearing shorts and a T-shirt again. "Hey," he said, smiling at Dink. "I brought fruit and bagels and juice. You hungry?" "Yeah, my stomach is rumbling," Dink said. "Mine is, too!" Josh said, joining them. Ruth Rose came next, fixing her headband. Jack carried the food down to one of the flatbottomed boats to use it as a tabletop. They looked out over the water as they ate. "Look," Jack said, pointing along the shore. A mother squirrel and two young ones were sitting at the water's edge. They washed their hands and faces, then waddled back into the trees. "When are we going to go see the alligator nest?" Josh asked. Jack checked his watch. "Pretty soon. But I want to check in on Myrna first. Do you mind?" he asked. "She seemed worried yesterday." "Sure," Dink said. "But what will we do with the tent and stuff?" "I'll get it later," Jack said. "Are you going to tell Myrna what we saw last night?" asked Ruth Rose. Jack chewed his lower lip for a few seconds. "If I'm right and it was one of the village men, she'd

杰克又穿了短裤和t恤。 “嘿，”他笑着对丁克说。 “我带了水果、百吉饼和果汁。 你饿了吗?”“是的，我的肚子咕咕叫，”丁克说。 “我的也是!”乔希说，也加入了他们。 露丝·罗斯接着来了，正在整理她的发带。 杰克把食物端到其中一艘平底船上，把它当作桌面。 他们一边吃，一边眺望着水面。 “看，”杰克指着岸边说。 一只松鼠妈妈和两只小松鼠坐在水边。 他们洗了手和脸，然后摇摇摆摆地回到树林里。 “我们什么时候去看鳄鱼窝?”杰克问。 杰克看了看表。”很快。 但我想先看看玛娜。 你介意吗?”他问。“她昨天看起来很担心。” “当然，”丁克说。“但是我们怎么处理帐篷和其他东西呢?”“我一会儿去拿，”杰克说。 “你打算告诉玛娜我们昨晚看到了什么吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 杰克咬了咬下唇几秒钟。 “如果我没猜错，是村里的一个男人干的，她会

already know about it," he said. "But I'll definitely mention it to her." The kids helped Jack tidy up. Then they hiked toward the small village. Myrna was there, weeding her garden. Myrna looked up at Jack. "Everyone is at the graveyard," she said. "I came to see how you're doing," Jack told her. Myrna sat on the edge of her porch. She stretched her back and wiped dirt from her hands. "My friend Bo wants to leave here. One of

我已经知道了，”他说。 “但我一定会告诉她的。” 孩子们帮杰克收拾。 然后他们向小村庄走去。 玛娜在那儿给她的花园除草。 玛娜抬头看着杰克。“每个人都在墓地，”她说。 “我来看看你怎么样了，”杰克对她说。 玛娜坐在门廊边上。 她伸直了腰，擦去手上的污垢。 “我的朋友波想离开这里。 之一

the robbed graves is his father's." She glanced up at Jack. "I am worried, too." Just then Jack's cell phone rang. He answered, listened, then said, "Okay, hon, see you in a few minutes." "Is the baby coming?" asked Dink. "I don't know, but my wife said she feels funny," Jack said. "She wants to go see her doctor. Do you mind if I take you back to the hotel for a while? I'll pick you up later and we can check out that alligator nest." "They can stay with me," Myrna offered. "Go see your wife. The kids will be fine here until you get back." "Is that okay with you guys?" Jack asked. "Sure," Ruth Rose said. "But will you let my grandmother know? She keeps her cell phone with her while she's painting." Jack nodded. "I'll call her from the van," he said. He took off jogging back toward the trail. "See you in an hour!" he called over his shoulder. "I'd better finish this weeding," Myrna said. She hiked her dress up and got down on her knees

被抢的坟墓是他父亲的。” 她抬头看了杰克一眼。“我也很担心。” 就在这时，杰克的手机响了。 他回答，听着，然后说:“好的，亲爱的，几分钟后见。” “孩子要来了吗?”丁克问。 “我不知道，但我妻子说她觉得怪怪的，”杰克说。 “她想去看医生。 你介意我带你回旅馆住一会儿吗? 我一会儿来接你，我们可以去看看鳄鱼的巢穴。” “他们可以和我住在一起，”玛娜说。 “去看看你的妻子吧。在你回来之前，孩子们在这里会过得很好。” “你们觉得可以吗?”杰克问。 “当然，”露丝·罗斯说。“但是你会告诉我奶奶吗?” 她画画的时候总是带着手机。” 杰克点了点头。“我在车上给她打电话，”他说。 他开始向小路慢跑回去。 “一小时后见!”他回过头喊道。 “我最好把这场婚礼做完，”玛娜说。 她撩起衣服，跪了下来

in the garden. The bottoms of her feet were black from the rich soil. "Myrna, did one of the men go out to guard the cemetery last night?" Dink asked. The woman sat back. "Why are you asking?" "Uh … Jack was going to ask you, but he forgot," Dink said. Myrna shook her head. "I don't know. Listen, while I work on the garden, why don't you kids go out and explore?" she said. "What if we get lost?" Josh asked. "Then I'll come get you," Myrna said, reaching into a deep pocket and pulling out a whistle on a lanyard. "My grandkids use this when they come to visit me," she said, dropping the lanyard around Josh's neck. "Don't your grandchildren live here?" Dink asked. Myrna shook her head. "My son took his family and moved away" she said, gazing at her simple hut. Myrna yanked a weed from in between some clumps of lettuce. "Go play for a while," she said.

在花园里。她的脚底被肥沃的土壤染成了黑色。 “玛娜，昨晚有人出去守墓地了吗?”丁克问道。 女人往后一靠。“你问这个干什么?”“嗯……杰克本来想问你的，但是他忘了，”丁克说。 玛娜摇了摇头。“我不知道。 听着，在我整理花园的时候，你们这些孩子为什么不出去探索一下呢?”她说。 “如果我们迷路了怎么办?”杰克问。 “那我就来接你，”玛娜说着，把手伸进一个很深的口袋，拿出一个挂在挂绳上的哨子。 “我的孙子们来看我的时候就用这个，”她说着，放下了挂在乔希脖子上的挂绳。 “你的孙子们不是住在这里吗?”丁克问道。 玛娜摇了摇头。“我儿子带着他的家人搬走了，”她凝视着自己简陋的小屋说。 迈娜从莴苣丛中抽出一根杂草。 “去玩一会儿，”她说。

The kids left Myrna and walked to the edge of the clearing. "I want to go back to the cemetery," Ruth Rose said. "Yuck! Why?" Josh asked. "Aren't you curious?" Ruth Rose asked. "Or do you believe we saw a zombie last night?" "I don't know and I don't care," Josh said. "That totally creeped me out." "Oh, come on, Josh," Dink said. "Now that it's daylight, we might find a clue to who was down in that grave." "Okay, I'll go, but don't try to get me to climb down in it!" Josh said. The kids found the path to the graveyard. When they got there, they saw dozens of village people on their knees near the two empty graves. Their heads were bowed, and no one was saying a word. "I think they're praying," Dink whispered. "Let's keep going." They moved quietly away, following the iron fence. They came to the beginning of another narrow path, opposite the one that led back to Myrna's hut.

孩子们离开玛娜，走到空地的边缘。 “我想回到墓地去，”露丝·罗斯说。 “啐!为什么?”杰克问。“你不好奇吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “还是你相信我们昨晚看到僵尸了?”“我不知道，也不在乎，”乔希说。 “这完全把我吓坏了。” “哦，拜托，乔希，”丁克说。 “现在天亮了，我们也许能找到线索，知道坟墓里是谁。” “好吧，我去，但别想让我爬下来!”杰克说。 孩子们找到了通往墓地的路。 当他们到达那里时，他们看到几十个村民跪在两个空坟墓旁边。 他们低着头，谁也不说话。 “我想他们在祈祷。”丁克低声说。 “我们继续前进吧。”他们沿着铁栅栏悄悄地走开了。 他们来到另一条狭窄小路的起点，正对着通向玛娜小屋的那条小路。