Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Dink felt the water rush over his head. Some got in his mouth before he remembered to shut it. His eyes stung from the salt. Then his life vest shot him to the surface. He was floating.

丁克感到水从他的头上冲了过去。 有一些在他想起来之前就进了他的嘴里。 他的眼睛被盐刺痛了。 然后他的救生衣把他射到水面上。 他漂浮着。

Josh and Ruth Rose were bobbing nearby in their orange life vests. "You guys okay?" Dink asked. "Look!" Josh said, pointing at something over Dink's shoulder. Dink spun around in the water. The Golden Goose lay on its side. A few seconds later, it went under. The kids heard a loud WHOOSH! as the boat disappeared. "We got off just in time!" Josh said. "Let's swim," Dink said. "Spike and Chip might decide to come back to make sure the boat sank!" "Swim where?" Josh asked. "I can't even see land!" "But I see some boats," Ruth Rose said, pointing one wet arm. "See those things sticking up out of the water?" Josh began splashing his arms. "I think those are shark fins!" he yelled. Ruth Rose laughed. "Sharks don't have white sails, Josh." The kids began swimming toward the boats. Suddenly, Dink heard a roar.

乔希和露丝·罗斯穿着橙色救生衣在附近上下浮动。 “你们没事吧?”丁克问道。 “看!”乔希指着丁克身后的什么东西说。 丁克在水里打转。 金鹅侧身躺着。 几秒钟后，它沉了下去。 孩子们听到一声响亮的呼!船消失了。 “我们起飞得很及时!”杰克说。 “我们游泳吧，”丁克说。“斯派克和奇普可能会决定回来确保船沉没!”“游泳在哪里?”杰克问。 “我连陆地都看不见!”“但我看到一些船，”露丝·罗斯指着一只湿胳膊说。 “看到那些从水里伸出来的东西了吗?”乔希开始拍打他的手臂。 “我想那是鲨鱼鳍!”他喊道。 露丝·罗斯笑了。“鲨鱼没有白帆，乔希。” 孩子们开始向船游去。 突然，丁克听到一声吼叫。

He whipped his head around, expecting to see Spike and Chip bearing down on them. Instead, he saw a large white boat. On the side, in black letters, he read COAST GUARD. The boat zoomed up, then slowed. The kids bounced in the waves like corks. "What the heck are you kids doing!" a voice boomed from the boat. Dink saw a man in a white uniform standing on the deck. He was holding a bullhorn and glaring down at them.

他猛地转过头，以为会看到斯派克和奇普朝他们冲过来。 相反，他看到了一艘白色的大船。 在侧面，他用黑体字写着“海岸警卫队”。 船急速驶来，然后又慢了下来。 孩子们像软木塞一样在海浪中蹦蹦跳跳。 “你们这些孩子在搞什么鬼!”一个声音从船上传来。 丁克看见一个穿白色制服的人站在甲板上。 他拿着一个扩音器，向下怒视着他们。

Dink tried to yell, but a wave filled his mouth with water. Another man threw three round life preservers into the water. "Hang on to those!" the man in white bellowed. The rings splashed into the water only a few feet away. Seconds later, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose were hauled onto the boat's deck. The kids huddled together. A group of men stood staring at them. The sun was warm, but Dink couldn't stop shaking. One of the men draped blankets around their shoulders. "Well?" the uniformed man said. "I'm waiting." He stared at the kids with a strange expression on his face. "You do speak English, I hope." Josh grinned. "Yeah. Do you guys have anything to eat? I'm starving!" The men laughed. The man holding the bullhorn grinned. "Okay kids, first you tell us why you were swimming to Cuba," he said, "then we feed you!"

丁克想大喊大叫，但一股海浪把他的嘴里灌满了水。 另一个人把三个圆形救生圈扔进水里。 “抓住那些东西!”白衣男子吼道。 戒指溅到几英尺外的水中。 几秒钟后，丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯被拖上了甲板。 孩子们挤在一起。 一群人站在那里盯着他们。 太阳很暖和，但丁克还是不停地发抖。 其中一个人把毯子披在他们肩上。 “怎么样?”穿制服的人说。 “我等待。”他盯着孩子们，脸上带着一种奇怪的表情。 “我希望你会说英语。” 杰克笑了。“是的。你们有吃的吗? 我饿死了!”男人们笑了。 拿着扩音器的人咧嘴一笑。 “好吧，孩子们，你们先告诉我们为什么要游到古巴，”他说，“然后我们就喂你们!”

"Awesome!" Josh said as burst after burst of fireworks went off in the sky. It was ten o'clock on New Year's Eve, two days after they'd been rescued by the Coast Guard boat. The kids were lying on the lawn in Gram's backyard. They had just finished a lobster dinner, and their stomachs were full. Gram came out carrying a tray. "Who has room for chocolate ice cream?" she asked. Dink groaned. "If I eat one more thing, I'll bust wide open!" Josh sat up. "I'll have some!" he said. Gram set the tray on the blanket. "Help yourself," she said, joining the kids. "That was a super meal, Gram," Ruth Rose said. "My pleasure!" Gram said. "You kids are heroes! Thanks to you, the police were able to catch Spike and Chip. We almost lost a lot of money!" "Well, Dinkus," Josh said, "you were right. It was Spike on the phone at the airport, and he did say, 'take the dough!'" Gram Hathaway squeezed Dink's hand. "You saved the day!" she said.

“太棒了!”乔希说，烟花在天空中一阵又一阵地绽放。 那是新年前夜十点，他们被海岸警卫队的船救起两天后。 孩子们躺在奶奶家后院的草坪上。 他们刚吃完一顿龙虾晚餐，他们的肚子已经饱了。 奶奶端着一个托盘走了出来。 “谁还有地方吃巧克力冰淇淋?”她问。 丁克呻吟着。“如果我再吃一样东西，我就会破肚皮了!”乔希坐了起来。 “我来点!”他说。 克拉姆把托盘放在毯子上。 “请自便，”她说着，加入了孩子们的行列。 “奶奶，那顿饭真是太棒了，”露丝·罗斯说。 “这是我的荣幸!”克说。“你们这些孩子是英雄!多亏了你，警察才能抓住斯派克和奇普。 我们差点赔了很多钱!”“好吧，丁库斯，”乔希说，“你说得对。 是斯派克在机场接的电话，他确实说了，‘拿着钱!’”海瑟薇紧紧握住丁克的手。 “你挽救了局面!”她说。

Dink blushed. "Well, you guys helped, too," he said. "If it hadn't been for Ruth Rose, we wouldn't have been on the Golden Goose when those two guys came back. They'd have sunk the boat and gotten away with the money." "And Josh figured out they were lying about how to clean gold and silver," Ruth Rose said. "I never even saw that in my book." Gram Hathaway smiled. "I know three children who are going to get a reward," she said. "A reward?" Josh said. "For what?" "The gold and silver Spike and Chip showed us was stolen from a museum in Miami," Gram said. "The museum was offering a reward, and it goes to you three!" "Awesome—how much?" Josh said. Ruth Rose laughed. "Don't be greedy, Joshua." Josh slurped up the last of his ice cream. "I'm not greedy," he said. "I just like money!" Suddenly a huge mushroom of fireworks went off over their heads. Red, blue, and green sprays of light cascaded toward the earth. "Make a wish, everyone!" Gram said. "I wish I had more ice cream," Josh said.

丁克脸红了。“嗯，你们也帮了忙，”他说。 “如果没有鲁斯·罗斯，那两个人回来的时候，我们就不会在金鹅号上了。 他们会把船弄沉，带着钱跑掉。” “乔希发现他们在如何清洗金银上撒了谎，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我在我的书里都没见过。” 格兰·海瑟薇笑了。“我知道有三个孩子会得到奖励，”她说。 “奖励?”杰克说。“为了什么?”“斯派克和奇普向我们展示的金银首饰是从迈阿密的一家博物馆偷来的，”格拉姆说。 “博物馆在悬赏，这个奖要颁给你们三个!”“Awesome-how多?”杰克说。 露丝·罗斯笑了。“别贪心，约书亚。” 乔希吞吞吐吐地吃完了最后一块冰淇淋。 “我不贪婪，”他说。 “我就是喜欢钱!”突然，一个巨大的蘑菇云在他们头顶上绽放。 红色、蓝色和绿色的光柱像瀑布一样向地球倾泻而下。 “大家许个愿吧!”克说。 “我希望我有更多的冰淇淋，”乔希说。