Chapter 5

Chapter Five IN WHICH Jared and Simon Wake Sleeping Beauty Jared barely noticed the path they took to the treasure room. He shut his eyes against the burn of tears. "Here we are," said the dwarf who had brought them. His beard was white, and there was a ring of keys at his hip. He turned to the group carrying the glass box that held Mallory. "Just set that down right there."

第五章贾里德和西蒙唤醒睡美人贾里德几乎没有注意到他们通往宝藏室的路。 他闭上眼睛不让眼泪燃烧。 “我们到了。”带来他们的小矮人说。 他的胡子是白的，屁股上挂着一串钥匙。 他转向抬着装着马洛里的玻璃盒子的人。 “把它放在那儿就行了。”

The treasure chamber was lit with a single lantern, but the heaps of shining gold reflected the light, so it was not as dim as it might have been. A silver peacock with a lapis-and-coral-studded tail pecked at a copper mouse sitting atop a vase in a way that suggested more boredom than malice. The white-bearded dwarf peered at them while the others trooped out. He grinned at them fondly. "I'll just see if I can find something for you boys to play with. Perhaps gob stones? They even stand up and hurl themselves." "I'm hungry," Simon said. "We're not mechanical. If you're going to keep us here, you're going to have to feed us." The dwarf squinted. "True enough. I'll bring you a mash of spiders and turnips. That will fix you right up." "How are you going to give it to us?" Jared asked suddenly. "There's no door." "Oh, there's a door all right," said the dwarf. "I made that cage myself. Sturdy, isn't it?"

宝库里只有一盏灯，但成堆闪闪发光的金子反射着光线，所以它并不像原本那样昏暗。 一只银孔雀，尾巴上镶满青金石和珊瑚，啄着一只坐在花瓶上的铜老鼠，那样子与其说是恶意，不如说是无聊。 当其他人成群结队地离开时，白胡子的小矮人盯着他们。 他对他们亲切地笑了笑。 “我看看能不能找点东西给你们玩。 也许是采空区的石头？他们甚至站起来扔自己。” “我饿了，”西蒙说。“我们不是机械人。 如果你想把我们留在这里，你就得给我们吃的。” 侏儒眯起眼睛。“真够了。 我给你拿一份由蜘蛛和萝卜做成的土豆泥。 这样你马上就好了。” “你打算怎么把它给我们？”杰瑞德突然问道。 “没有门。”“哦，那里有一扇门。”小矮人说。 “那个笼子是我自己做的。很结实，不是吗？”

"Yeah," said Jared. "Real sturdy." He rolled his eyes. Wasn't it bad enough that they had gotten tricked and were stuck in a cage? Did the dwarf really have to rub it in? "See, the lock is inside this bar." The dwarf tapped one of the bars lightly with his finger. "I had to make the gears really tiny—had to work with a hammer the size of a pin. If you look, you can see the seam of the door. See? Right there." "Can you open it?" Simon asked. Jared looked at him with surprise. Had Simon been planning the whole time, while Jared had been busy just being upset?

“是啊。”杰瑞德说。“真正的坚固。” 他翻了个白眼。它们被骗被关在笼子里还不够糟糕吗？ 那个小矮人真的有必要戳你的痛处吗？ “看，锁在这个酒吧里面。” 小矮人用手指轻轻地敲了敲其中一根铁条。 “我必须把齿轮做得很小——必须用一个大头针大小的锤子来工作。 如果你看，你可以看到门的接缝。 看到了吗?在这里。”“你能打开吗？”西蒙问。 杰瑞德惊讶地看着他。 难道是西蒙一直在计划，而杰瑞德却一直忙着沮丧吗？

"You want to see it in action?" asked the dwarf. "Yeah," Jared said, not quite believing that they were going to get this lucky. "Well, okay, boys. Now step back for a moment. There. Just once, and then I better get your food. What a treat to finally get to use all of these things." Jared smiled encouragingly. The dwarf took the key ring from his belt and selected a tiny key. It was the size and shape of a whistle, with a complicated pattern of ridges on it. He inserted it into one of the bars, although Jared couldn't see the hole from their side of the cage. With a twist of the dwarf's wrist, clicks, clunks, whirrs, and whizzing noises came from the whole rail.

“你想看看它是怎么用的吗？”小矮人问。 “是啊，”贾里德说，他不太相信他们会这么幸运。 “好吧，好吧，孩子们。现在先退一步。 在那里。就一次，然后我去给你拿吃的。 终于可以使用所有这些东西了，真是一种享受。” 贾里德鼓励地笑了笑。 小矮人从腰带上取下钥匙圈，选了一把小钥匙。 它的大小和形状都像一个哨子，上面有复杂的脊状图案。 他把它插进了其中一根栏杆里，尽管贾里德从笼子的另一边看不见这个洞。 小矮人一扭手腕，咔哒、咔哒、呼呼、嗖嗖的声音就从整个铁轨上发出来。

"There." The dwarf pulled on the bar, and a front section of the cage swung open on hidden hinges. But just as the boys were moving forward, the dwarf quickly shut it. "Wouldn't have been as much fun if you hadn't at least tried to escape," he chuckled, moving to hook the key ring back on his belt. Jared darted his hand out and grabbed for the key ring at the same time. The keys clattered to the floor. Simon scooped them up before the dwarf could. "Hey! No fair!" said the dwarf. "Give those back!" Simon shook his head. "But you have to. You're prisoners. You can't have the keys." "We're not giving them back," Jared said. The dwarf looked panicked. He walked to the edge of the hall and yelled, "Quick—someone! Send guards! The prisoners are escaping!" When no one came, he fixed Jared and Simon with a

“在那里。”小矮人拉了拉门闩，笼子前面的一个部分在隐藏的铰链上打开了。 但就在男孩们向前走的时候，小矮人迅速关上了门。 “如果你不试着逃跑的话，就不会这么有趣了。”他咯咯地笑着，把钥匙圈钩回腰带上。 贾里德伸出手，同时抓住了钥匙圈。 钥匙嗒嗒地落在地板上。 西蒙抢在小矮人之前把它们捞了起来。 “嘿!不公平！”小矮人说。 “还给我！”西蒙摇了摇头。 “但你必须这么做。你是囚犯。 你不能拿钥匙。”“我们不会把它们还回去的，”贾里德说。 侏儒显得惊慌失措。 他走到大厅边缘喊道：“快来人！送保安!犯人在逃跑！”没人来，他就用

glare. "You'd better stay right there," he said, and darted out into the hall, still calling for guards. Simon fitted the key into the door, and they jumped out of the cage. "Hurry, they're coming!" "We have to get Mallory!" Jared gestured to her case. "There's no time," said Simon. "We'll come back." "Wait," Jared said. "Let's hide here! They'll think we ran away." Simon looked panicked. "Where?" "On top of the cage!" Jared pointed to the solid silver lid of the cage. He scrambled on top of a nearby pile of loot and used it to climb up. "Come on!" Simon climbed halfway, and Jared hauled him onto the top. They had just enough time to curl up tightly before dwarves burst into the room. "They're not here, either," one dwarf said. "Not in the hallway, not in any of the nearby rooms." Jared smirked against the cool metal. "Wind up the dogs. They'll find them."

眩光。“你最好呆在那儿。”他说着，一边冲进大厅，一边还在叫警卫。 西蒙把钥匙插进门里，他们跳出了笼子。 “快点，他们来了！”“我们得去找马洛里！”贾里德指了指她的箱子。 “没时间了，”西蒙说。 “我们会回来的。”“等等，”贾里德说。 “我们躲在这里吧！”他们会以为我们逃跑了。” 西蒙看起来很惊慌。“在哪里?”“在笼子顶上！”杰瑞德指着笼子纯银的盖子。 他爬上附近的一堆战利品，用它爬了上去。 “来吧!”西蒙爬到半山腰，杰瑞德把他拉到了山顶。 他们刚来得及紧紧地蜷缩起来，矮人们就冲了进来。 “他们也不在这里。”一个矮人说。 “走廊里没有，附近的房间里也没有。” 杰瑞德对着冰冷的金属假笑。 “把狗拴起来。他们会找到的。”