5 A snappy escape

Chapter Five A SNAPPY ESCAPE Ollie and Kiki cautiously made their way over the stepping stones, one by one. Ollie badly wanted to rush across, but he knew it was better to go slowly. A single slip would land him in the water with the crocs. As he moved from stone to stone, holding his arms out for balance, he glanced nervously down at the crocodiles. They

第五章逃命奥利和琪琪小心翼翼地一个接一个地走过那些垫脚石。 奥利很想冲过去，但他知道还是慢慢走比较好。 只要一滑，他就会和鳄鱼一起掉进水里。 他从一块石头走到另一块石头，伸出双臂保持平衡，他紧张地低头瞥了一眼鳄鱼。 他们

hadn't moved… yet. Meanwhile, the three plantation managers were catching up. They came scrambling along the river bank, ducking under tree branches and yelling angrily. "There they are! Get them!" Kiki made a final leap to the other side. She held out her arm and Ollie caught hold of it as he jumped after her. He landed safely, breathing hard. What a relief to have the firm ground under his feet again!

还没动呢。与此同时，三位种植园经理正在迎头赶上。 他们沿着河岸爬来，躲在树枝下，愤怒地大喊大叫。 “他们在那儿！”让他们!”琪琪最后一次跳到对岸。 她伸出手臂，奥利在她后面跳着，抓住了她的手臂。 他安全着陆，呼吸困难。 他又踏上了坚实的土地，这是多么令人宽慰啊！

"They're getting away, you idiots!" yelled the plantation manager. "Don't stand with your mouths open like you were catching flies, go after them!" "Time to give those crocs a wake-up call," Ollie said. "Quick, look for something we can throw in the water." Kiki looked around and sniffed the air. "I smell durian!" she said. "I'd know that stinky fruit anywhere now. Look, there's the tree!" They ran over to the durian tree, which was growing near to the river. Ollie and Kiki

“他们跑了，你们这些白痴！”种植园经理喊道。 “不要像抓苍蝇一样张着嘴站着，去追它们！”“是时候给那些鳄鱼敲响警钟了，”奥利说。 “快，找些可以扔进水里的东西。” 琪琪环顾四周，嗅了嗅空气。 “我闻到榴莲的味道！”她说。 “我现在在任何地方都能认出那个臭水果。 看，那棵树在那儿！”他们跑到河边的榴莲树那里。 奥利和琪琪

quickly pulled down as many of the spiky, smelly fruits as they could. They tore off the skin and lobbed the stinky flesh at the three adults as they came running up to the water. "Ha! Missed me!" shouted the clipboard man as a glob of durian flesh flew past him. Ollie whispered to Kiki, "They haven't noticed the crocs!" "The plan is working," Kiki grinned. The clipboard man strode on to the first stone, looking confident. Some durian fruit sploshed down beside him.

很快，他们尽可能多地拔掉了那些长着尖刺、散发着臭味的果实。 他们撕下皮，把臭气熏天的肉扔向三个跑到水边的成年人。 “哈!没打中我！”当一团榴莲肉从他身边飞过时，那个拿写字板的人喊道。 奥利低声对琪琪说：“他们没有注意到鳄鱼！”“计划起作用了，”琪琪笑着说。 剪贴板男大步走到第一块石头上，看起来很自信。 榴莲在他身边溅落。

In the river shallows, the crocodiles began to stir. Yellow, slit-pupilled eyes blinked open. Long tails lashed the water. The man yelped in alarm and jumped back on to the river bank. A croc lunged up at him and snapped its gigantic jaws in the air where he'd been a second before. The sound was like great shears slamming shut. "That's quite a bite!" Kiki said. "The most powerful bite of any animal," Ollie said proudly. "I told you to go after those kids," the boss shouted to the cowering man. "What's wrong with you?" The man pushed past him and ran, yelling over his shoulder as he went. "I'm not going back there. Not for any amount of money!" "Me either!" said the woman with the tablet, and ran after him.

在河滩上，鳄鱼们开始骚动起来。 黄色的、眯缝状的眼睛眨了眨。 长长的尾巴拍打着水面。 那人惊恐地大叫一声，跳回到河岸上。 一只鳄鱼向他扑过来，在他刚刚待过的地方用它巨大的下颚咬住了他。 那声音就像大剪刀砰地一声关上了。 “好大的一口啊！”琪琪说。 “这是所有动物中最有力的一口，”奥利自豪地说。 “我告诉过你去追那些孩子，”老板对那个畏缩的男人喊道。 “你怎么了？”那人从他身边挤过去，一边跑一边在他身后大喊大叫。 “我不会再回去了。 不管给多少钱都不行！”“我也是！”拿着写字板的女人说，然后追了上去。

The boss turned back to the river with a curse. And then he noticed the crocodiles… who had also noticed him. Slowly, the grinning crocs waded up the muddy river bank. The plantation boss turned on his heel and ran. Ollie and Kiki watched him flee back into the rainforest and vanish from sight. "Good one, Ollie," Kiki said. "The plan worked perfectly!" She looked down at her sticky, smelly hands. "With just one problem…"

老板咒骂着转身回到河边。 然后他注意到了鳄鱼，它们也注意到了他。 慢慢地，咧着嘴笑的鳄鱼蹚过泥泞的河岸。 种植园老板转身就跑。 奥利和琪琪看着他逃回雨林，从视线中消失了。 “好主意，奥利，”琪琪说。 “这个计划非常成功！”她低头看着自己又粘又臭的手。 “只有一个问题……”