5 A risky plan

Chapter Five A RISKY PLAN Nebet scowled. "Why would you two want to help us? We know you're friends with the mummifier's grandson." She glanced down at the sack of mortar. "And what's that?" "Er…" said Gustavo. This isn't going well, he thought. To his relief, Kiki stepped in. "Remember

第五章冒险的计划内贝特皱起了眉头。 “你们俩为什么要帮我们？” 我们知道你是干尸人孙子的朋友。” 她低头看了一眼那袋灰浆。 “那是什么？”“嗯……”古斯塔沃说。 事情不太顺利，他想。 让他松了一口气的是，琪琪进来了。 “记住

when you stole the papyrus?" asked Kiki. "Well, we were trying to steal it, too." "Yes, that's right!" said Gustavo. "And this sack of mortar is to… er… seal up the tomb. After we've stolen the treasures, of course." Kiki nodded. "Then no one will know they're gone. So that means no one will be looking for us robbers, right?" Nebet's cold eyes flickered from Gustavo to Kiki. Gustavo could see that she still hadn't made up her mind about them. His heart was pounding. We've got to convince her she

你什么时候偷了莎草纸？”琪琪问。 “嗯，我们也想把它偷走。” “是的，没错！”古斯塔沃说。 “这袋灰泥是用来……呃……封住坟墓的。” 当然是在我们偷了宝藏之后。” Kiki点点头。“这样就没人知道他们走了。 也就是说没人会找我们这些强盗了，对吧？”内贝特冰冷的目光在古斯塔沃和琪琪之间闪烁。 古斯塔沃看得出她还没有拿定主意。 他的心怦怦直跳。我们得说服她，她

needs our help! "That guard was right," he said. "You and your gang could never squeeze past the rubble. But Kiki and I are much smaller. We can do it! All we want in return is a bit of the treasure. Deal?" Nebet frowned—and then a greedy grin spread over her face. "All right," she agreed. "Deal." Yuf and Bunefer cheered. "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" "But just a tiny bit of treasure—that's all you'll get," said Nebet. "And I'll be watching you. Make one wrong move…" "We won't," Gustavo said firmly. Yuf and Bunefer danced around each other. "Now we don't have to go into the scary pyramid," said Yuf. "These two kids can do it!"

需要我们的帮助！“那个警卫说得对，”他说。 “你和你的同伙永远挤不过碎石。 但是琪琪和我要小得多。 我们能做到！我们想要的回报就是一点点宝藏。 交易?”内贝特皱起了眉头——然后她脸上露出了贪婪的笑容。 “好吧，”她同意了。“交易”。 尤夫和布尼弗欢呼起来。“对，对，对！”“但你只能得到一点点财宝，”内贝特说。 “我会看着你的。 只要走错一步……”“我们不会的，”古斯塔沃坚定地说。 尤夫和布尼弗围着对方跳舞。 “现在我们不必进入可怕的金字塔了，”尤夫说。 “这两个孩子能做到！”

"Silence!" ordered Nebet with a stare. They immediately fell quiet. Nebet reached into the folds of her shawl and drew out the stolen papyrus. She unrolled it. "Now we must find the entrance…" Nebet stared at the hieroglyph code, muttering to herself. Finally she said, "Stupid thing! It doesn't make any sense." Bunefer peered at it over her shoulder.

“安静！”内贝特瞪着眼睛命令道。 他们立刻安静了下来。 妮贝特把手伸进披肩的褶里，拿出那张偷来的莎草纸。 她把它展开。“现在我们必须找到入口……”尼贝特盯着象形文字的密码，喃喃自语。 最后她说：“蠢东西！这没有任何意义。” 布尼弗扭头看了看。

"You've probably got it upside down." Nebet turned the papyrus the other way up, then glared at Bunefer. "Silly fool! Whoever heard of a pyramid with the pointy part at the bottom!" "H-have you tried it sideways?" Yuf asked. Nebet closed her eyes. She looked as if she was about to bite Yuf's head off. "Let us try," Gustavo said quickly. Maybe Nebet and her gang can't read, he thought. He knew that only a small number of ancient Egyptians could. Nebet passed the papyrus to him. She crossed her arms and tapped her feet on the dusty ground while Gustavo and Kiki examined the hieroglyphs. Kiki whispered, "Can you remember what Tamiko said they meant?"

“你可能把它弄颠倒了。” 内贝特把纸莎草纸反过来，然后怒视着布尼弗。 “愚蠢的傻瓜!谁听说过金字塔底部有尖尖的部分！”“你——你侧身试过吗？”Yuf问道。 内贝特闭上了眼睛。她看起来好像要把尤夫的头咬下来似的。 “让我们试试，”古斯塔沃很快地说。 也许尼贝特和她的同伙不识字，他想。 他知道只有少数古埃及人能做到。 内贝特把纸莎草纸递给了他。 她交叉着双臂，在尘土飞扬的地面上轻拍着双脚，古斯塔沃和琪琪则在检查那些象形文字。 琪琪低声说：“你还记得多美子说的是什么意思吗？”

"I think so," said Gustavo. "Sphinx, sunset, walk one hundred paces, hippopotamus, crossed-out sunbeams, a person looking up, twenty." Kiki looked around. "Well, the Sphinx is behind us now. And it's sunset. Let's try walking a hundred paces." With the robber gang following, Gustavo and Kiki walked, counting as they went. "Ninety-eight… ninety-nine… onehundred," said Gustavo, stepping on to a low rock that was in his way. He glanced down at the

“我想是的，”古斯塔沃说。 “狮身人面像，日落，走一百步，河马，交叉的阳光，一个人抬头，二十步。” 琪琪环顾四周。“嗯，现在狮身人面像在我们身后了。 现在是日落时分。我们试着走一百步吧。” 匪徒跟在后面，古斯塔沃和琪琪边走边数。 “九十八……九十九……一百，”古斯塔沃说着，踩在挡在他面前的一块矮矮的石头上。 他低头看了一眼