Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 Nothing bothered Justin more than being late. If he wasn't at least 30 minutes early to school, he started to sweat. Inside of 15 minutes, he broke out into hives. The one time he was five minutes tardy, he nearly exploded. Running toward the cave entrance in danger of being late for dinner the second night in a row, Justin was in complete panic mode. That's probably why he ran straight past the turn he should have made. Michael, jogging carelessly behind his friend and digging cave pebbles out of his nose, assumed Justin knew where he was going.

没有什么比迟到更让贾斯汀烦恼的了。 如果他没有至少提前30分钟到学校，他就会开始出汗。 不到15分钟，他就起了荨麻疹。 有一次他迟到了五分钟，他几乎要爆炸了。 连续第二天晚上，贾斯廷冒着吃饭迟到的危险向山洞入口跑去，他完全处于恐慌状态。 这可能就是为什么他直接跑过了他应该转弯的地方。 迈克尔漫不经心地跟在他的朋友后面慢跑，一边从鼻子里挖出洞穴里的鹅卵石，他以为贾斯汀知道他要去哪里。

After a number of minutes of running past unrecognizable cave features, the panicked late feeling in Justin's stomach gave way to a different kind of horror. He stopped cold. Michael, whose right pinky was reaching for the very last pebble lodged deep in his right nostril, ran right into Justin, hitting his elbow against Justin's back and forcing the pebble even deeper up his nose. "UGH!" He grunted with the impact, which forced him to swallow the pebble. "Oh. Thanks!" he said. "We're lost," Justin whispered. "We're what?" Michael asked. "We're lost. I don't know where we are. I must have missed the turn!" "That's not good," Michael said casually. The boys looked at each other. "AHHHHH!" they screamed in unison. Being lost in a cave, whether it's in the Middle East or the middle of Tennessee, is most certainly not good.

在经过了几分钟无法辨认的洞穴特征后，贾斯汀的胃里的恐慌被另一种恐惧所取代。 他突然停了下来。迈克尔的右小指正伸向右鼻孔深处的最后一块鹅卵石，却撞上了贾斯汀，他的手肘撞在了贾斯汀的背上，把鹅卵石塞进了他的鼻子里。 “哎!”由于受到冲击，他咕噜了一声，这迫使他把鹅卵石吞了下去。 “哦。谢谢！”他说。“我们迷路了。”贾斯廷小声说。 “我们什么?”迈克尔问道。 “我们迷路了。我不知道我们在哪里。 我一定是错过了转弯！”“这可不妙，”迈克尔漫不经心地说。 男孩们面面相觑。 “啊——”他们齐声尖叫。 无论是在中东还是田纳西州中部，在山洞里迷路肯定是不好的。

"Fortunately," they would tell their friends when they were back at school later that year, "we had two years of Junior Ranger Patrol training!" In reality, Michael just happened to remember the story of Hansel and Gretel. "Why don't we just follow our footsteps back to where we're supposed to turn?" Michael said. "Like breadcrumbs." "Oh. Yeah. Good idea," Justin said, looking slightly calmer. Thirty minutes later, and one hour late for dinner, the boys spotted daylight.

“幸运的是，”他们在那年晚些时候回到学校时告诉他们的朋友，“我们有两年的初级游骑兵巡逻训练！”实际上，迈克尔只是碰巧想起了《汉塞尔和格蕾特》的故事。 “我们为什么不循着我们的脚步回到我们应该转弯的地方呢？”迈克尔说。 “就像面包屑”。“哦。是的。 好主意。”贾斯汀说，看起来平静了一些。 30分钟后，吃晚饭的时间晚了一个小时，孩子们看到了天亮。