8. Sky High

8 Sky High Stanley kept his eyes trained on Lily as her wheelchair lifted off. They climbed swiftly, but then he felt a terrible lurch—the wheels of the Escapist had snagged the barbed wire at the top of the fence. "Lily!" screamed Stanley. No matter how hard the wind pulled, it couldn't blow them free. The force against Stanley was so great, he could barely breathe. Caught like a bug in the spotlight, Lily took a spoke from the Escapist's wheel, and pulled

当莉莉的轮椅被抬起来时，斯坦利的眼睛一直盯着她。 他们爬得很快，但接着他感到一阵可怕的颠簸——“逃避现实者”的轮子勾住了篱笆顶上的铁丝网。 “莉莉!”斯坦利尖叫道。不管风刮得多厉害，也吹不走他们。 斯坦利身上的力量太大了，他几乎无法呼吸。 莉莉在聚光灯下像一只虫子一样被抓住了，她从“逃避现实者”的轮子上取下一根辐条，拉了拉

it apart into two handles. They were wire cutters! Lily was snipping the barbed wire! All at once, the Escapist was free, and Stanley blew out over the bay. Almost immediately, he felt a series of hard, jagged tugs on the wires that ran down to the wheelchair. Lily must be bumping the rocks on her way to the water! thought Stanley. He angled upward, pulling her higher. The San Francisco skyline twinkled up ahead, a slim pyramid-shaped building leading the way. She must be over the water by now, thought Stanley, and he slowly descended until he felt a smooth bump in the lines. Lily's wheelchair was skimming the surface of San Francisco Bay.

它分成两个把手。 他们是剪线钳!莉莉在剪铁丝网!突然间，逃避现实的人自由了，斯坦利在海湾上空呼啸而过。 几乎是在同一时间，他感到连着轮椅的电线被一阵猛烈的、参差不齐的拉扯。 莉莉一定是在去河边的路上碰到了岩石!认为斯坦利。 他向上倾斜，把她拉得更高。 旧金山的天际线在前方闪闪发光，一座细长的金字塔形建筑引领着道路。 她现在一定在水面上了，斯坦利想，于是他慢慢地往下潜，直到他感到钓索上有一个平滑的起伏。 莉莉的轮椅掠过旧金山湾的水面。

Down below, a spotlight caught Lily in its circular halo. But it wasn't coming from Alcatraz. It was

在下面，一盏聚光灯的圆形光晕照到了莉莉。 但它不是来自恶魔岛。 这是

coming from across the bay, from Oda Nobu's press conference. The world was watching Lily speed along, miraculously rolling on the surface of the water. Doing the impossible. Stanley was overcome by a wave of happiness. Then a faint sound filled his ears: people cheering from the shore. Lily was almost there! Stanley got ready for the moment his friend would detach the wires, rolling onto the shore without anyone knowing how she'd crossed the bay. He felt a slight jerk as the line was released,

来自海湾对面的Oda Nobu的新闻发布会。 全世界都在注视着莉莉，她在水面上奇迹般地翻滚着。 做不可能的事。斯坦利感到一阵幸福。 接着，一个微弱的声音传入他的耳朵:人们在岸边欢呼。 莉莉就快到了!斯坦利已经做好了准备，他的朋友会在没有人知道她是如何穿过海湾的情况下，解开电线，滚到岸上。 绳子松开时，他感到一阵轻微的晃动，

and he let himself safely descend, floating down like he'd learned to do at the wind farm in Texas. Stanley fluttered on top of a building overlooking the press conference. Below, TV cameras were swarming around Lily. From the stage, his friend Oda Nobu said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Lily Fox, the first person in history to escape from Alcatraz!" The crowd went wild. Lily beamed. "Thank you! Thank you all!" she shouted into the microphone. "I couldn't have done it alone! I had someone special looking down on me!" She scanned the rooftops, her eyes twinkling. And Stanley, invisible in his suit, took an invisible bow.

他让自己安全降落，就像他在德克萨斯州的风力发电场学过的那样漂浮着。 史丹利在俯瞰新闻发布会的大楼顶上拍着翅膀。 楼下，电视摄像机围着莉莉。 在舞台上，他的朋友Oda Nobu说:“女士们，先生们，我给你们Lily Fox，历史上第一个从恶魔岛逃脱的人!”人群变得疯狂起来。 莉莉微笑。“谢谢你!谢谢大家!”她对着麦克风喊道。 “我一个人做不到!”有个特别的人在看着我!”她扫视着屋顶，眼睛闪闪发光。 斯坦利穿着西装，隐隐约约地鞠了个躬。

Two hours later, Stanley was out for a crab dinner on Fisherman's Wharf with his parents; his

两小时后，斯坦利和父母在渔人码头吃螃蟹;他的