17. Have an Ice Day!

CHAPTER 17 HAVE AN ICE DAY! George and Harold grabbed their pets and ran as fast as they could to escape the rapidly spreading ice fields. Their cavebuddies were right behind them. "Quick, Crackers," said George, "you've got to take Sulu and get out of here! It's your only hope!" But something was wrong with Crackers. The usually perky pterodactyl seemed to be getting sick. "Maybe he's catching a cold," cried Harold. "He's not used to the freezing temperatures!"

第十七章祝你愉快！乔治和哈罗德抓着他们的宠物，以最快的速度跑开，以逃离迅速蔓延的冰原。 他们的穴居伙伴就在他们后面。 “快点，饼干，”乔治说，“你得带上苏鲁离开这里！这是你唯一的希望！”但是薄脆饼干有点不对劲。 通常很活泼的翼龙似乎生病了。 “也许他感冒了。”哈罗德叫道。 “他还不习惯这么冷的温度！”

Soon, they came upon the massive waterfall where Mr. Krupp was tied up. The ice was already beginning to turn the flowing water into frozen slush. "We've got to rescue Mr. Krupp!" said George. "But there's no time!" said Harold. "We'll all get frozed!" "We don't have a choice," said George. "We can't just leave him there!" George and Harold ran toward Mr. Krupp and began pulling at the vines holding him in place. When the cavepeople saw what the boys were trying to do, they also stopped running and came forward to help.

很快，他们来到了克虏伯先生被捆绑的巨大瀑布。 冰已经开始把流动的水变成冰冻的雪泥。 “我们得去救克虏伯先生！”乔治说。 “可是没时间了！”哈罗德说。 “我们都会冻僵的！”“我们没有选择，”乔治说。 “我们不能把他丢在那儿！”乔治和哈罗德跑向克虏伯先生，开始拔起把他固定住的藤蔓。 当洞穴人看到男孩们试图做的事情时，他们也停止了奔跑，走上前去帮忙。

But it was too late. The ice got closer and closer as everyone pulled desperately at the vines in the rapidly freezing water. The frigid, slushy water wrapped around Harold's shirt as thick ice encased George's body. "Oh w-w-w-well," said Harold, as he shivered in the rapidly expanding permafrost, "at least w-w-we t-t-t-tried our b-b-b-best!"

但为时已晚。冰越来越近了，每个人都在迅速结冰的水中拼命地拽着藤蔓。 冰冷、泥泞的水包围着哈罗德的衬衫，厚厚的冰包裹着乔治的身体。 “哦——嗯——嗯，”哈罗德说，他在迅速膨胀的永久冻土中瑟瑟发抖，“至少——我们——我们——我们——我们已经尽了——尽了——最大——努力了！”

"G-G-G-G-G-Good-bye," said George, as the ice flowed up around his face and covered the top of his head. The end had finally come for George and Harold. It was all over. The only hope they had left was that maybe someday in the future, an archaeologist would dig up their fossilized bones and have a lot of explaining to do. But even that hope seemed far-fetched at best.

“g - g - g - g - g - g -再见。”乔治说，冰从他的脸上流了起来，盖住了他的头顶。 乔治和哈罗德的末日终于到来了。 一切都结束了。他们剩下的唯一希望是，也许在未来的某一天，考古学家会挖出他们的化石骨头，并有很多解释要做。 但即使是这样的希望也似乎遥不可及。