Chapter 5

Chapter 5 "What is it?" Dink and Ruth Rose asked at the same time. "It looks like a cement refrigerator!" Josh said. Ruth Rose laughed. "Gee, Josh, I wonder if there's food in it!" "Very funny!" Josh climbed up on some smaller rocks and hoisted himself to the top of the slab. "It's flat up here, too," he said. "This thing is a big cement box!" "Is this front part a door?" Ruth Rose asked. She poked the flat slab with the shovel.

第五章“这是什么?”丁克和露丝·罗斯同时问道。 “它看起来像一个水泥冰箱!”杰克说。 露丝·罗斯笑了。“哎呀，乔希，我想知道里面有没有食物!”“很有趣的!”乔希爬上一些较小的岩石，爬到石板的顶部。 “这里也很平，”他说。 “这东西是一个大水泥盒子!”“前面的部分是门吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 她用铲子戳那块平板。

Dink ran his fingers along the sides. "I can't find any hinges," he said. He tugged at it, but it didn't budge. "Maybe there's a secret lock somewhere," Ruth Rose suggested. She began digging around the bottom of the slab. All she found was stones and poison ivy roots. "Ouch!" Josh said, still on top. "There's something sharp up here!" He poked his head over the top. "Climb up here, guys. I think I found the key to this thing!" Dink and Ruth Rose scrambled up next to Josh. "Look at this," Josh said. He pointed to a metal rod poking out of the cement. "Try pulling on it," Dink suggested. Josh grabbed the rod and yanked.

丁克用手指在两边擦来擦去。 “我找不到任何铰链，”他说。 他使劲拉它，但它纹丝不动。 “也许在什么地方有一把密锁，”露丝·罗斯暗示道。 她开始在石板底部挖。 她只找到了石头和毒葛根。 “哎哟!”乔希说，他还在上面。 “这儿有个锋利的东西!”他把头探过山顶。 “爬上来，伙计们。我想我找到这东西的钥匙了!”丁克和露丝·罗斯爬到乔希旁边。 “看这个，”乔希说。 他指着一根从水泥里伸出来的金属棒。 “试着拉一下，”丁克建议道。 乔希抓起棍子猛拉。

"Doesn't come out," he muttered. "Does it wiggle back and forth?" Ruth Rose asked. She put her foot against the rod and shoved. It still didn't budge. "Well, it has to do something," Dink said. He climbed down off the cement box, grabbed the shovel, and handed it up to Josh. "Try hitting it with that," he said. Josh held the shovel over his head, braced himself, and gave the rod a good smack. Suddenly they heard a scratchy noise, like fingernails on a chalkboard.

“出不来。”他喃喃地说。 “它会前后摆动吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 她用脚顶着棍子猛推。 它仍然一动不动。“嗯，它必须做点什么，”丁克说。 他从水泥箱上爬下来，抓起铲子，递给乔希。 “试试用那个打它，”他说。 乔希把铲子举过头顶，打起精神，狠狠地打了一下铁棒。 突然，他们听到一阵刺耳的声音，就像指甲划过黑板一样。

"Whoa, that did it!" Dink yelled, jumping back. "It's moving!" The cement door swung open, revealing a damp, musty closet. Dink took a step forward, then stopped. His jaw dropped. "What's in there?" Josh asked, staring down at Dink. Dink didn't answer. "Dink?" Ruth Rose said. "What's going on?" Dink gulped and tried to speak. "Muh-muhmuh…" "What the heck is 'muh'?" Josh said. "Mud? Mummies? Muffins?" Dink could barely breathe, let alone talk. "Money!" he finally said.

“哇，成功了!”丁克喊道，跳了回去。 “这是移动!”水泥门打开了，露出一个潮湿发霉的壁橱。 丁克向前走了一步，然后停了下来。 他的下巴掉了下来。“里面有什么?”乔希低头看着丁克问道。 丁克没有回答。“丁克吗?”露丝·罗斯说。 “发生什么事了?”丁克咽了口气，想说话。 “muh——muh……”“‘muh’到底是什么意思?”杰克说。 “泥?木乃伊吗?松饼?”丁克几乎不能呼吸，更不用说说话了。 “钱!”他最后说。