Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Spike was the man he'd overheard at the airport! Suddenly, Chip was talking. "Ya know," he said, "I'm gonna miss this old tub when it's gone."

第10章斯派克就是他在机场听到的那个人!突然，奇普开口说话了。 “你知道，”他说，“等这旧浴缸没了，我会想念它的。”

"Not me," Spike answered. "When we get the dough from the old folks, I'm buying the hottest car in Florida. I'm sick of living like a sardine!" "So when do you want to do it?" Chip asked. "Soon as I finish eating," Spike said. "I'll even let you have the pleasure of using the ax." Dink heard Chip laugh. "With all those cinder blocks we brought aboard, the Goose will go down in ten seconds!" "Yeah, it should," Spike said. "Don't forget the box. We don't want that to sink, too!" Dink felt Josh grab his arm and squeeze. On his other side, Ruth Rose let out a small gasp. Spike and Chip were planning to sink the Golden Goose! "Don't worry," Chip was saying. "I already put the gold in the dinghy." A chair scraped, and the tattooed ankle disappeared from Dink's sight. "After we drown the Goose, we'll take the dinghy back to town," Spike said. "We'll lie low till we get the money from the old folks." He laughed. "Then we disappear." Dink felt his stomach sink. He heard more thumps and footsteps.

“不是我，”斯派克回答。“当我们从老人们那里得到钱的时候，我要买佛罗里达最热门的车。 我厌倦了像沙丁鱼一样生活!”“那你想什么时候做呢?”芯片问道。 “等我吃完就走，”斯派克说。 “我甚至会让你享受使用斧头的乐趣。” 丁克听到奇普笑了。“我们带了那么多煤渣块上船，鹅号十秒钟就会沉下去!”“是的，应该是这样，”斯派克说。 “别忘了那个盒子。我们可不想让它也沉下去!”丁克感到乔希抓住他的胳膊，用力挤。 在他的另一边，露丝·罗斯轻轻地倒吸了一口气。 斯派克和奇普计划击沉金鹅号!“别担心，”奇普说。 “我已经把金子放在小船里了。” 一把椅子刮了一下，丁克的纹身脚踝从他的视线中消失了。 “我们把鹅淹死之后，再把小船划回城里。”斯派克说。 “我们要躲起来，直到从老人们那里拿到钱。” 他笑了。“然后我们就消失了。” 丁克感到胃里一沉。 他听到更多的砰砰声和脚步声。

"Make sure you don't leave anything aboard with your name on it," Spike said. "Paper floats, you know." "Don't worry," Chip said. "Where's the ax?" The voices faded away. "Did you hear that?" Josh asked. "They're gonna sink this thing!" "Shh!" Dink hissed. Suddenly, the kids heard loud smashing noises, one after the other. Dink gulped. It was an ax striking wood! Then he heard a thump and footsteps running up the cabin stairs. Suddenly, he heard a new sound—the gurgle of water flooding into the boat! "Now!" Dink said. He shoved the trapdoor open and scrambled out. Josh and Ruth Rose were right behind him. They stepped into salt water. "Look!" Ruth Rose pointed to a hole in the side of the cabin. Water was rushing in.

“别把写着你名字的东西留在船上。”斯派克说。 “你知道，纸会飘起来。”“别担心，”奇普说。 “斧头在哪儿?”声音渐渐消失了。 “你听到了吗?”杰克问。 “他们要击沉这艘船!”“嘘!”丁克发出嘘嘘的声音。 突然，孩子们听到巨大的砸碎声，一个接一个。 丁克一饮而尽。那是斧头在砍木头!接着，他听到砰的一声，还有脚步声跑上了小屋的楼梯。 突然，他听到一种新的声音——水涌进船里的汩汩声!“现在!”丁克说。 他推开活板门，爬了出去。 乔什和露丝·罗斯就在他后面。 他们踏进了咸水里。 “看!”露丝·罗斯指着船舱侧面的一个洞。 水涌了进来。

"What are we gonna do?" Josh asked. Dink raced up the stairs and peeked. He saw Spike and Chip tearing across the water in the dinghy. "They took off!" Dink said. "Come on!" The kids ran up the stairs and sprinted toward the rear of the boat. Josh looked down into the water. "Now what do we do?" he squeaked. "WE JUMP!" Ruth Rose yelled. And they did.

“我们该怎么办?”杰克问。 丁克跑上楼去偷看。 他看见斯派克和奇普乘着小船在水面上疾驰而过。 “他们跑了!”丁克说。 “来吧!”孩子们跑上楼梯，冲向船尾。 乔希朝水里望去。 “现在我们该怎么办?”他尖声说。 “我们跳!”露丝·罗斯喊道。 他们做到了。