Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO 'Look,' said Dick, 'there's that kid coming along the beach again. Shall we ask him to come swimming with us- he seems to be all on his own. Look out, kid- don't get knocked over by our dog!'

第二章“看，”迪克说，“那个孩子又沿着海滩走来了。 我们叫他和我们一起去游泳好吗？他好像一个人在游泳。 当心，孩子——别被我们的狗撞倒了！”

Timmy had come racing up joyfully, chasing the other dog, and the boy went sprawling as they galloped round him. Timmy turned in surprise and saw the boy rolling over and over on the sand. He gave an apologetic bark, and ran to the small boy, licking and sniffing at him.

蒂米兴高采烈地追着另一只狗跑过来，当他们围着蒂米奔跑时，小男孩四肢伸开。 蒂米惊讶地转过身来，看到男孩在沙滩上滚来滚去。 它发出一声道歉的吠叫，跑向小男孩，舔着他，嗅着他。

The boy was terrified of Timmy. He began to scream in terror, and Julian ran to him.

男孩很怕提米。 他惊恐地尖叫起来，朱利安向他跑去。

'He's only making friends, he's only saying he's sorry he knocked you over, he won't hurt you! Come on, get up- we were just going to ask you to come and swim with us.'

“他只是在交朋友，他只是说他把你撞倒了，他很抱歉，他不会伤害你的！”来吧，起来——我们正想请你和我们一起游泳呢。”

'Oh, said the boy, and stood up, shaking the sand off himself. He looked to be about nine or ten, and small for his age. 'Well- thanks. I'd like to swim with you. I'm Oliver Humes, and I'm staying at the Rollins Hotel.'

“哦，”男孩说着站了起来，抖掉身上的沙子。 他看上去大约九岁或十岁，比他的年龄要小。 “好,谢谢。我想和你一起游泳。 我是奥利弗·休姆斯，我住在罗林斯旅馆。”

'Then your dad must be a friend of our uncle, said Dick. 'He's called Kirrin- Quentin Kirrin- and he's a scientist. So is your dad, isn't he?' 'Yes. A very good one too,' said Oliver proudly. but he's worried this morning.' 'Why? What's up?' said George. 'Well- he's working on something important, said Oliver, 'and this morning he had a horrible letter. It said that unless Dad agreed to give the writer information he wanted about what Dad was working on, he'd— he'd kidnap me!'

“那么你爸爸一定是我们叔叔的朋友了，”迪克说。 “他叫麒麟——昆汀·麒麟——是个科学家。 你爸爸也是，对吧？“是的。 “而且是一本很好的书。”奥利弗骄傲地说。 但他今天早上很担心。“为什么? 有什么事吗?乔治说。“嗯——他在处理一件重要的事情，”奥利弗说，“今天早上他收到了一封可怕的信。 上面说，除非爸爸同意把他想要的关于爸爸正在写的东西的信息告诉作者，否则他就——他就会绑架我！”