Chapter 11

Chapter 11 MOVE ALONG, ZOMBIES- THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE HERE! Just as they'd done the night before, the kids worked through the daylight hours to prepare for the nighttime siege. But this time, Harper led them in a different kind of preparation. This time, they had to build. They started with a bridge—a wide, floating walkway that began at the mountain's peak and went right over the village. They had a lot of "junk" material left over from digging for iron the night before—dirt and several varieties of stone. They used it all now. Harper decided the bridge should have a high ledge so that falling from it would be less likely. The last thing they needed was for zombies to take the bridge and then fall right off it. She imagined the chaos of zombies

第11章往前走，僵尸们——这里没什么可看的！就像他们前一天晚上做的那样，孩子们在白天工作，为夜间的围攻做准备。 但这一次，哈珀带领他们做了一种不同的准备。 这一次，他们不得不建造。 他们从一座桥开始，那是一条宽阔的浮动通道，从山顶开始，正好穿过村庄。 他们有很多前一天晚上挖铁剩下的“垃圾”材料——泥土和几种不同的石头。 他们现在都用完了。哈珀决定在桥上建一个高高的桥架，这样就不太可能从桥上掉下来。 他们最不希望看到的就是僵尸占领桥，然后从桥上掉下来。 她想象着僵尸的混乱

plummeting onto the village like hail. An engineer imagined problems like that, then worked to avoid them. The bridge was a good start. But they couldn't possibly make it large enough to divert every mob. So they dug a tunnel. It led from the foot of the mountain, under the village, and into the woods beyond. With any luck, most of the mobs that

像冰雹一样冲向村庄。 工程师设想过这样的问题，然后努力避免它们。 这座桥是一个好的开始。 但他们不可能把它弄得足够大来转移所有暴徒。 所以他们挖了一条隧道。它从山脚下一直延伸到村庄下面，一直延伸到远处的树林里。 运气好的话，大多数暴徒

missed the bridge would end up in the tunnel. Finally, for any strays, they dug a trench around the village. It was deep at the front but became shallow near the rear. Any mobs that fell into it wouldn't be trapped. But they wouldn't be able to jump out until they'd bypassed the village. Even working together, it was a lot to do. They barely finished before the sun went down. "IT'S NOT THE PRETTIEST BRIDGE I'VE EVER SEEN," said Po. "It doesn't need to be pretty," said Harper. "It only has to work." Please let it work! "So what do we do now?" Jodi asked. "We get out of the way," said Harper. "Our presence could mess everything up. If they see us, THE MOBS MIGHT STILL COME AFTER US." "Back to the village library, then," said Morgan. "To hope for the best."

错过桥就会掉进隧道。 最后，他们在村庄周围挖了一条壕沟，以寻找流浪动物。 前面是深的，后面是浅的。 任何掉进去的暴徒都不会被困住。 但他们要绕过村子才能跳出来。 即使是一起工作，也有很多事要做。 太阳落山之前，他们还没干完。 “这不是我见过的最漂亮的桥，”阿宝说。 “它不需要很漂亮，”哈珀说。 “只要能起作用就行了。”请让它起作用吧！“那我们现在该怎么办？”乔迪•问道。 “我们让开。”哈珀说。 “我们的存在可能会把一切都搞砸。 如果他们看到我们，暴徒们可能还会来追我们。” “那就回村里的图书馆去吧。”摩根说。 “往好处想。”

"And to talk about our other problem," said Ash. "The real-world one." She grinned. "BECAUSE I THINK HARPER'S SOLUTION HERE MIGHT HELP US SAVE THOSE BATS, TOO."

“谈谈我们的另一个问题。”阿什说。 “现实世界的那个。”她咧嘴一笑。 “因为我认为哈珀的解决方案也可以帮助我们拯救那些蝙蝠。”