Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13 Dex remembered the first aid kit that Dr. Gage kept in his glove compartment. He peered into the car's shattered insides. The computer screens had been sucked away. The air rifle and sound pods were gone, too. But the first aid kit was still in the glove compartment. Dex grabbed it and hurried back to Dr. Gage. Mom had made him take an advanced first-aid class last summer. He'd hated every minute, but now the training came back to him. He unzipped

第十三章德克斯想起了那个急救箱。 盖奇放在他的置物箱里。 他凝视着汽车破碎的内部。 电脑屏幕被吸走了。 气枪和音响舱也不见了。 但急救箱还在仪表盘的储物箱里。 德克斯抓起它，匆匆回到医生身边。 计。去年夏天妈妈让他上了高级急救课。 他讨厌每一分钟，但现在他又想起了训练。 他解压缩

the case, taking a deep breath to calm his hammering heart. He followed the steps he'd been taught: put on disposable gloves, use scissors to carefully cut away the muddy fabric that stuck to Dr. Gage's wounded leg. He didn't drop the scissors when he saw the gaping gash above Dr. Gage's knee. He didn't vomit at the sight of the blood, or at the sickening gleam of white bone through the open wound. He thought of Jeremy, imagining that he was right behind him, calmly walking him through the steps. He ripped open a package of gauze and pressed down as hard as he could. Blood soaked through, so he took more gauze and pressed harder. He kept pressing to try to stop the bleeding. The minutes crawled by. Dex gripped Dr. Gage's hand tight. No, he wouldn't let Dr. Gage go. He would hold on to him for dear life, the way Dr. Gage had held

说着，他深吸了一口气，让他怦怦直跳的心平静下来。 他按照老师教给他的步骤做了:戴上一次性手套，用剪刀小心地剪掉粘在Dr。 盖奇受伤的腿。他没有放下剪刀，因为他看到了Dr。 计的膝盖。他没有因为看到血而呕吐，也没有因为从敞开的伤口里透出令人作呕的白骨光而呕吐。 他想起了杰里米，想象杰里米就在他身后，平静地陪着他走过台阶。 他撕开一包纱布，用尽全力压下去。 血浸透了，所以他拿了更多纱布，用力按压。 他不停地按压，试图止血。 时间一分一秒地过去了。德克斯紧紧抓住医生。 盖奇的手紧紧地握着。不，他不会让医生。 计。他会死死地抓着他不放，就像Dr。 盖奇一直坚持

on to Dex when the tornado tried to suck him away. The bleeding slowed and then stopped. Dr. Gage's skin didn't look as gray. His breathing seemed a little steadier. Dex was putting on a fresh bandage and wrapping it in adhesive tape when he heard the sound of a truck, and slamming doors, and then voices. A man and woman came running toward him. Relief poured over Dex as he realized it was Jimmy and Sara. "We found you!" Sara shouted.

当龙卷风试图把德克斯吸走时，他抓住了他。 出血减慢，然后停止了。 盖奇医生的皮肤看起来没那么灰白了。 他的呼吸似乎平稳了一些。 德克斯正在用胶带缠上新绷带，这时他听到了卡车的声音，还有关门的声音，然后是说话声。 一男一女向他跑来。 当德克斯意识到那是吉米和萨拉时，他如释重负。 “我们找到你了!”莎拉喊道。

She and Jimmy started to cry when they saw Dr. Gage lying there, surrounded by bloody gauze. They kneeled down next to him, and Dr. Gage's eyes fluttered open, but then he drifted away again. Sara turned to Dex. "Dex, you took care of him?" Dex nodded. He'd done all he could.

当她和吉米看到医生时，他们都哭了。 盖奇躺在那里，被血淋淋的纱布包围。 他们在他身边跪了下来。 盖奇的眼睛眨了眨，但接着又走开了。 萨拉转向德克斯。“德克斯，你搞定他了?”敏捷点了点头。 他已经尽力了。

"You did real good," Jimmy said. Dex barely managed a nod as he fought back his tears. Within minutes, they had found a door in the wreckage to use as a stretcher. Dex helped them carefully move Dr. Gage onto the door, and they carried him to the pickup truck. "I'll ride in the back with Norm," Sara said. "Dex, you get up front with Jimmy." Dex shook his head. "I'm not going with you," he said. He hated to leave Dr. Gage, but Jimmy and Sara would take good care of him. "I need to find my mom and dad. I need to get home." The word home caught in his throat. "I don't live far from here," he said. His neighborhood was no more than a half mile away. "It's very bad out there, Dex," Jimmy said quietly. "This is the worst tornado I've ever seen.

“你做得很好，”吉米说。 德克斯勉强点了点头，强忍住泪水。 几分钟后，他们在残骸中找到了一扇门，可以用作担架。 德克斯帮他们小心翼翼地移走了医生。 盖奇上了门，他们把他抬到小货车上。 “我和诺姆坐在后面，”萨拉说。 “德克斯，你和吉米站在前面。” 德克斯摇了摇头。“我不跟你去，”他说。 他不愿意离开盖奇医生，但吉米和萨拉会好好照顾他的。 “我要找到我的爸爸妈妈。 我要回家了。”“家”这个词哽在他的喉咙里。 “我住的地方离这儿不远，”他说。 他的邻居离他不到半英里远。 “外面情况很糟，德克斯。”吉米平静地说。 “这是我见过的最严重的龙卷风。

It's just miles and miles of destruction. Parts of Joplin are completely gone." "Come with us to the hospital," Sara said. "We'll help you find your parents after we take care of Norm." Dex was tempted. He didn't want to be alone. But he couldn't wait. And Jimmy and Sara had no time to argue. They hugged Dex as though they were all family. Dex watched them drive off. And now it was time for Dex to head into the ruins, to discover what was left.

只有数英里的破坏。 乔普林的部分地区完全消失了。” “跟我们去医院吧，”萨拉说。 “我们照顾好诺姆后会帮你找到你的父母。” 德克斯受到了诱惑。他不想独自一人。 但他等不及了。吉米和萨拉没有时间争吵。 他们拥抱了德克斯，就像一家人一样。 德克斯看着他们开车走了。 现在是时候让德克斯进入废墟，去发现剩下的东西了。