4. Into the Mine!

4 Into the Mine! Stanley and Arthur waited impatiently while Calamity Jasper led Gold Rush to a shady spot by a stream so he could drink and munch grass. Then they followed her to the mine entrance. Calamity handed each boy a flashlight. Then she switched on her headlamp and led them in. The mine was dark and dank. When their eyes adjusted, the boys could make out several men, blackened with dirt, chipping away at the walls and whispering to one another. "Don't pay them any mind," Calamity whispered. "Them prospectors are a jealous bunch. Every man to himself, that kind of thing. They'll hog-tie you and throw you off the mountain if they think you're trespassing onto

4进入矿井!史丹利和亚瑟不耐烦地等着，灾难之神贾斯帕带着“淘金”来到溪边的一个阴凉的地方，让他可以一边喝水一边吃草。 然后他们跟着她到了矿井入口。 “灾难”递给每个男孩一个手电筒。 然后她打开车头灯，领他们进去。 矿井里又黑又潮湿。 当他们的眼睛适应了，男孩们可以看到几个人，被泥土弄黑了，在凿墙，互相窃窃私语。 “别理他们。”灾难小声说。 “那些勘探者是一群嫉妒心强的人。 每个人都有自己的想法。 如果他们认为你擅闯，就会把你绑起来扔下去

their claims." She nodded into the darkness. "Reckon we better mosey on a little farther." The boys followed Calamity deeper and deeper into the dark mine shaft. The tink-tink-tink of the prospectors' hammers grew fainter, and the light grew dimmer. "I don't see any gold yet!" Arthur called out to Calamity Jasper, who was far ahead now. "Right! Where's the gold?" Stanley called out even louder. The boys were comforted by their voices in the dark, dank mine. "Where's the gold?" they cried together. "Don't yell," came Calamity's voice. "You'll cause a—" Suddenly, there was a tremendous rumbling roar! Rocks and rubble came crashing down in front of Stanley and Arthur… a cave-in! So that was why everyone was whispering! At the mine's entrance, the prospectors dropped their hammers and ran out. "Every man for himself!" they cried. "Head for the hills!" Stanley was tempted to call after them that they already were in the hills. But he was much too worried to be bothered.

他们的要求。”她在黑暗中点点头。 “我想我们最好再往前走一点。” 孩子们跟着“灾难”越钻越深，钻进了黑暗的矿井。 探矿者的铁锤丁丁当当的声音越来越微弱，光线也越来越暗淡。 “我还没看到金子呢!”阿瑟朝大淘气贾斯帕喊道，他现在已经跑在前面很远了。 “正确!金子在哪里?”斯坦利叫得更大声了。 在黑暗潮湿的矿井里，孩子们从他们的声音中得到安慰。 “金子在哪儿?”他们一起叫道。 “别喊。”传来“大灾难”的声音。 “你会引起——”突然，一阵巨大的轰鸣!岩石和碎石在斯坦利和阿瑟面前轰然倒塌……塌方了!这就是为什么大家都在窃窃私语!在矿井入口处，探矿者扔下锤子跑了出去。 “人人都为自己!” “往山上走!”斯坦利很想在他们后面喊，说他们已经在山里了。 但他太担心了，不想打扰他。

"Where's Calamity Jasper?" he asked Arthur. The boys played their flashlights over the wall of rocks and dirt in front of them. "Do you think —" Arthur whispered. "Shhh," Stanley whispered back. In the quiet, the boys could make out a muffled voice: "Gol-durned… gol-durned… gol-durned

“大灾难贾斯帕呢?”他问阿瑟。 孩子们用手电照着他们面前的岩石和泥土砌成的墙。 “你觉得——”阿瑟小声说。 “嘘。”斯坦利小声回答。 在寂静中，孩子们能听到一个低沉的声音:“金兜……金兜……金兜。

fools!" "Don't worry," Stanley called in—quietly—to the trapped cowgirl. "We'll get you out." "Step aside," Arthur told his brother. "It's your fault she's in there." Then he called in to Calamity —quietly also, "I'll get you out. I'm very strong for my age." Arthur was strong, that was true. But it was also true that he felt a lot stronger when he was wearing his Mighty Man T-shirt. And today he was wearing his authentic cowboy clothes instead. He pushed against a big rock. He pushed and he pushed. The rock didn't budge. "Step aside," Stanley said. "It's your fault she's in there. I'll get her out with my flatness." Stanley surveyed the rubble in front of him. There was a gap between two big rocks about an inch wide. It might work! He squeezed and folded himself until… yes! Stanley Lambchop worked himself through until he came out into a small clear space… and there was Calamity, sitting on a rock. "I'm here!" he said proudly. "You can stop worrying now!" Calamity looked up at him. "And why's that?"

傻瓜!”“别担心，”斯坦利轻声对被困的女牛仔喊道。 “我们会救你出去的。”“靠边站。”阿瑟对他哥哥说。 “她在里面都是你的错。” 然后他又轻声地对“灾难”喊道:“我来救你出去。 就我的年龄而言，我非常强壮。” 亚瑟很强壮，这是真的。 但当他穿上他的“威武之人”t恤时，他感觉自己强壮了很多，这也是事实。 今天他穿的是正宗的牛仔服。 他撞到了一块大石头。 他推啊推啊。岩石纹丝不动。 “靠边站，”斯坦利说。 “她在里面都是你的错。 我要用我的力量把她弄出来。” 斯坦利审视着眼前的碎石。 两块大石头之间有一个大约一英寸宽的缺口。 这可能有用!他挤了一下，把自己折叠起来，直到……是的!斯坦利·兰切普一直走到一处空旷的地方……只见Calamity坐在一块岩石上。 “我在这里!”他骄傲地说。 “你现在可以不用担心了!”“灾难”抬头看着他。 “为什么呢?”

"Because I'm used to being a hero. It's what I do, now that I'm flat. I rescued my mother's favorite ring, and I helped capture sneak thieves at the Famous Museum. So I'll get you out," he assured her. Calamity Jasper stood up and turned her head so her headlamp illuminated the small space. "Really?" she asked. "How?" Stanley looked around. He saw the problem: He could get through the gap in the rocks, but she couldn't. "I'm sorry," he said, embarrassed. "I'll come up with something." "Just go get help," Calamity muttered. Then she sat back down on the rock and turned her back to him.

“因为我习惯了当英雄。 我就是这么做的，因为我现在很平。 我救回了我妈妈最喜欢的戒指，我帮助抓捕了著名博物馆的小偷。 所以我会把你弄出去，”他向她保证。 大灾难贾斯帕站了起来，转过头来，让她的头灯照亮了这个小空间。 “真的吗?”她问。“如何?”斯坦利环顾四周。 他看到了问题所在:他可以穿过岩石的缝隙，但她不行。 “对不起，”他尴尬地说。 “我会想办法的。” “快去找人帮忙。”灾难喃喃地说。 然后她又在岩石上坐了下来，背对着他。

Stanley worked himself back through to the other side. "My flatness didn't help," he admitted to Arthur. "Well, my strength didn't help either," Arthur said. "Too bad we couldn't combine the two— hey!" He jumped up. "We've been studying machines at school! Do you know how a lever works?" Stanley understood Arthur's clever idea at once. The boys rolled a small rock beside the larger one, and Stanley lay himself over it. He worked his feet under the large rock and made himself stiff as a board. "Use your strength to press down on my shoulders," he directed his brother. Arthur did. With a deep creak, the boulder rolled aside! Calamity Jasper crawled through the gap. She narrowed her eyes and scowled at the two boys as she stormed past them to the mine entrance. The boys followed, and after the three children rubbed their eyes in the bright afternoon sunshine, they stared in disbelief: Gold Rush was gone!

斯坦利努力回到了另一边。 “我的直率没用。”他向阿瑟承认。 “嗯，我的力气也没帮上忙。”阿瑟说。 “可惜我们不能把这两者结合起来——嘿!”他跳了起来。 “我们一直在学校学习机器!”你知道杠杆是怎么工作的吗?”斯坦利立刻明白了阿瑟的妙计。 男孩们把一块小石头滚到大石头旁边，斯坦利躺在上面。 他在那块大石头下使劲地踩着脚，使自己像一块木板一样僵硬。 “用你的力量压住我的肩膀，”他吩咐他的兄弟。 亚瑟。随着一声深深的嘎吱声，巨石滚到了一边!大淘气贾斯帕从缺口爬了进来。 她眯起眼睛，怒视着两个男孩，怒气冲冲地从他们身边走过，走向矿井入口。 孩子们跟在后面，三个孩子在午后明媚的阳光下揉了揉眼睛，他们难以置信地盯着看:淘金热一去不复返了!