Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 "Grounded on our last night here!" Michael whined as he lay on his cot, sketching. "Well, we wouldn't be if you would've listened to your dad in the first place," Justin replied. "It's been a fun summer, though. Hard to believe we'll be back in a boring old classroom in a couple days." "Yup." Michael sketched quietly for a moment, then asked, "Hey, when we entered the cave, did we take two rights and a left, or three rights?" "Three rights, I think," Justin replied. "Um, what are you doing?"

第四章“在这里的最后一晚被禁足了！”迈克尔一边躺在小床上画画，一边呜咽着。 “嗯，如果你一开始就听你爸爸的话，我们就不会这样了，”贾斯汀回答。 “不过，这是一个有趣的夏天。 很难相信再过几天我们就要回到那间无聊的旧教室了。” “是的。”迈克尔静静地画了一会儿，然后问道：“嘿，我们进洞的时候，是右转两圈再左转，还是右转三圈？”“三个权利，我想。”贾斯汀回答。 “嗯，你在做什么？”

"Drawing a map." Justin knew Michael well enough to know that this could not be good. "Michael, you are not going back into that cave." Michael showed Justin his map. "Check it out! Here's the ledge. Don't you want to know what was up there? It could be a treasure. What if we made THE discovery of the summer? Wouldn't that be amazing?"

“画地图。”贾斯汀很了解迈克尔，他知道这不会是好事。 “迈克尔，你不能回到那个山洞里去。” 迈克尔给贾斯汀看他的地图。 “快看！”这是窗台。 你不想知道上面是什么吗？ 它可能是个宝藏。如果我们在夏天有了大发现呢？ 那不是很神奇吗？”

"WE? Don't bring ME into this! And YOU are not going back into that cave." Justin crossed his arms. "Remember what your dad said? 'Never go into a cave without an experienced guide.' Those were his exact words." "Exactly! I've been into that cave, and now I have a map of it. If that's not experience, I don't know what is!" Michael reasoned. "Do us both a favor and forget about whatever is up on that ledge," Justin said. "I'm not sure I can," Michael replied. "We leave tomorrow, and we may never come back. What if I go my whole life wondering what was up there?" "I think the real question is, are you going to listen to your dad or not?" Justin said. He blew out the lantern between their cots and rolled over. "Good night." "Good night," Michael replied, but his mind was racing, and he was not feeling the least bit sleepy. So many questions, he thought.

“我们?别把我扯进来！你不能再回到那个山洞里去了。” 贾斯汀交叉双臂。“还记得你爸爸说的话吗？” “没有经验丰富的向导，千万不要进入洞穴。”这是他的原话。” “完全正确!我去过那个山洞，现在我有一张地图。 如果这不是经验，我不知道什么才是！”迈克尔推理。 “帮我们俩个忙，忘了那边的事吧，”贾斯汀说。 “我不确定我能行，”迈克尔回答。 “我们明天就走，也许再也不会回来了。 如果我一辈子都在想上面是什么呢？”“我认为真正的问题是，你到底听不听你爸爸的话？”贾斯汀说。 他吹灭了床间的灯笼，翻了个身。 “晚安。”“晚安。”迈克尔回答，但他的脑子飞快地转着，一点也不觉得困。 这么多问题，他想。