Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 George didn't mean to get into trouble. It's just that he got these great ideas. Like on their first day at sea, when he had climbed up the huge ladder into the crow's nest. "Aunt Daisy!" he'd yelled, waving his arms. She had looked up. And she'd almost fainted. And yesterday George had explored the entire ship. Aunt Daisy kept warning him that he'd get lost. She said the ship was like a maze. But George could always find his way. Even in the huge forest that stretched out behind their farm. Mama used to say that George had a map of the world behind his eyes.

第三章乔治并不想惹麻烦。 只是他有一些很棒的想法。 就像他们出海的第一天，他爬上巨大的梯子进入瞭望台。 “黛西阿姨!”他喊道，挥舞着双臂。 她抬起头来。她几乎晕过去了。 昨天乔治搜遍了整条船。 黛西姨妈一直警告他，他会迷路的。 她说这艘船像个迷宫。 但乔治总能找到自己的路。 即使在他们农场后面绵延的巨大森林里。 妈妈过去常说乔治的眼睛后面有一张世界地图。

He saw the engine rooms and the boiler rooms, and wound up on the third-class recreation deck. He was watching some boys play marbles when he noticed that he wasn't alone. A little boy was staring up at him with huge eyes the color of amber glass. "See," the boy said. "See." And he held out a postcard of the Statue of Liberty. He looked so proud, like he'd carved that big lady himself. George felt like he had to show something in return, so he took out his good-luck charm, the bowie knife Papa had given him for his ninth birthday. He let the little boy run his fingers across the handle, which was carved from an elk's antler. "Enzo," the little boy said, puffing out his chest and pointing to himself. "George," said George. "Giorgio!" the little boy cried with a smile. A man sitting near them laughed. He was reading an Italian-English dictionary and had the same huge eyes as the boy. George guessed right that he was Enzo's father.

他参观了引擎室和锅炉房，最后登上了三等舱的娱乐甲板。 当他注意到他并不孤单时，他正在看一些男孩玩弹珠。 一个小男孩正用琥珀色玻璃般的大眼睛盯着他。 “看，”男孩说。“明白了。” 他递给我一张自由女神像的明信片。 他看起来很骄傲，就像他亲手雕刻了那个大女人。 乔治觉得他应该回报点什么，于是他拿出了他的幸运符，那把鲍伊刀是爸爸在他九岁生日时送给他的。 他让小男孩用手指摸着用麋鹿角雕刻而成的把手。 “恩佐，”小男孩挺起胸膛指着自己说。 “乔治，”乔治说。“乔治!”小男孩笑着叫道。 坐在他们旁边的一个男人笑了。 他正在读一本意英词典，眼睛和那个男孩一样大。 乔治猜对了，他就是恩佐的父亲。

"Marco," he said, shaking George's hand. "You are our first American friend." Marco must have been studying that dictionary pretty hard, because George understood everything he said. George learned that Enzo was four years old. He'd lost his mama too. He and Marco came from a little town in Italy, and now they were moving to New York City. George told Marco about their farm and their trip and explained that any decent person living in New York had to be a Giants fan. For some reason, Marco thought that was funny. When it was time for George to leave, Enzo got upset. Very upset. "Giorgio!" he howled, loud enough for the entire ship to hear. People stared and put their hands over their ears. Marco promised that they'd see George again, but Enzo wouldn't quit howling. George had never heard anything so loud. By the time Enzo let go of George's leg and George ran back up to the suite, Aunt Daisy was practically howling too. "I thought you fell overboard!" she cried.

“马可。”他握着乔治的手说。 “你是我们第一个美国朋友。” 马可一定很努力地学习那本字典，因为乔治能听懂他说的一切。 乔治得知恩佐四岁了。 他也失去了妈妈。他和马可来自意大利的一个小镇，现在他们要搬到纽约去。 乔治告诉马可他们的农场和他们的旅行，并解释说，任何住在纽约的正派人都必须是巨人队的球迷。 出于某种原因，马可觉得这很有趣。 乔治要走的时候，恩佐心烦意乱。 很苦恼的。“乔治!”他吼道，声音大得全船都能听见。 人们盯着看，用手捂住耳朵。 马可答应他们会再见到乔治，但恩佐就是不停地嚎叫。 乔治从来没有听到过这么大的声音。 当恩佐放开乔治的腿，乔治跑回房间时，黛西姨妈也在嚎叫。 “我还以为你落水了呢!”

But even then she wasn't really mad. She didn't get really mad until last night. How that lady screamed when George came sliding down the banister — like he really was a giant squid. George didn't mind getting yelled at. He was used to it. Not a day at school went by without Mr. Landers shouting "George! Settle down!" And Papa, well, he always seemed to be mad at George. But not Aunt Daisy. And being on this trip was supposed to make her happy, happy for the first time since her husband died last year. It had been Uncle Cliff's dream to be on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. He'd struck it rich selling automobiles and had plenty of money to pay for one of the biggest suites on the ship. When Uncle Cliff had his accident, George was sure Aunt Daisy would cancel the trip. Instead she'd invited George and Phoebe to go with her. And to George's shock, Papa said they could. "Your aunt's going on this trip to find a little peace," he'd said to George. "I expect you to be a perfect gentleman."

但即便如此，她也没有真的生气。 她直到昨晚才真正生气。 当乔治从栏杆上滑下来时，那位女士尖叫起来，好像他真的是一只大乌贼。 乔治不介意被人骂。 他已经习惯了。在学校里，兰德斯先生没有一天不大喊“乔治!安顿下来!”爸爸，嗯，他似乎总是生乔治的气。 但黛西姨妈不会。这次旅行本应该让她开心，这是她丈夫去年去世后第一次开心。 克利夫叔叔的梦想是登上泰坦尼克号的处女航。 他靠卖汽车发家致富，有足够的钱在船上租一间最大的套房。 克里夫叔叔出车祸时，乔治确信黛西阿姨会取消这次旅行。 相反，她邀请乔治和菲比和她一起去。 令乔治吃惊的是，爸爸说他们可以。 “你姑姑这次旅行是为了寻找一点平静，”他对乔治说。 “我希望你做一个完美的绅士。”

And if he wasn't, George knew he'd be shipped off to that army school for sure. Papa had been talking about that place ever since George had brought the two-foot rat snake to school to show Mr. Landers — because they were studying reptiles! George had been perfect the whole time in England. He'd let Aunt Daisy drag him to a fancy clothes store for a new pair of boots. He even learned to drink tea without spitting it back into the cup. But, well, the Titanic. The ship gave him so many great ideas! But now he'd really be perfect. No more ideas for the rest of the voyage.

如果不行，乔治知道他肯定会被送到军校去。 自从乔治把那条两英尺长的鼠蛇带到学校给兰德斯先生看以后，爸爸就一直在谈论那个地方——因为他们正在研究爬行动物!乔治在英国的时候一直都很完美。 他让黛西阿姨拉着他去一家高级服装店买双新靴子。 他甚至学会了不把茶吐回杯子里喝茶。 但是，好吧，泰坦尼克号。这艘船给了他很多好主意!但现在他真的很完美。 接下来的航行就没有别的想法了。