Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 THE NEXT MORNING SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1980 10:00 A.M. CLIVE'S DINER Their chance to look for the camera came sooner than Jess expected.

第十一章第二天早上，1980年5月17日，星期六上午10点 克莱夫的晚餐他们找相机的机会来得比杰西预料的要快。

The very next day, the twins came to Clive's as the Saturday breakfast rush was ending. "Hey, gents," Mom called. "Your mom went out of town again?" "How'd you know?" Sam asked. "She just left." Mom smirked. "Magic." Jess laughed. "It's because you always wear those same disgusting Mariners T-shirts when your mom isn't here to stop you." The boys looked down at their stained shirts and grinned. The second Mom went back into the kitchen, the boys pounced on Jess with their news: Their dad was heading up to his fishing cabin early tomorrow morning. He'd left his most expensive fishing rod there, and he wanted to bring it home. "But how's he going to get there?" Jess asked. The cabin was eight miles from St. Helens. Jess didn't think the police were letting anyone get that close to the mountain.

就在第二天，这对双胞胎来到克莱夫家，此时星期六的早餐高峰即将结束。 “嘿，先生们，”妈妈喊道。“你妈妈又出城了?”“你怎么知道的?”山姆问。 “她刚走。”妈妈得意地笑着。 “魔法”。杰斯笑了。“因为你妈妈不在的时候，你总是穿那件恶心的水手队t恤。” 孩子们低头看着自己被弄脏的衬衫，咧嘴笑了。 妈妈一回到厨房，男孩们就向杰西扑过来，告诉她他们的消息:他们的爸爸明天一大早就要去他的钓鱼小屋。 他把最昂贵的鱼竿落在那里了，他想把它带回家。 “可是他怎么去那儿呢?”杰斯问道。 小屋离圣。 海伦斯火山。杰茜觉得警察不会让任何人这么靠近那座山。

"My dad talked to the police chief," Eddie said. "The loggers are going back to work on Monday. And the police are even letting people with cabins on Spirit Lake go up there today." Jess was shocked. Spirit Lake was right at the base of St. Helens, much closer than Loomis Lake. Jess paused for a minute, thinking about Dr. Morales. She was pretty positive he wouldn't be in favor of people going close to the mountain. But even he admitted that nobody knew for sure that St. Helens was going to erupt any time soon. And wouldn't there be some kind of warning before a big eruption? What Jess did know was that here was her chance to get Dad's camera back. And she needed to take it. "Your dad will let us come?" she asked. The boys nodded. Mom would never approve. But Mom didn't have to know because she wouldn't be home tomorrow. She was leaving early in the morning

“我爸爸和警察局长谈过了，”埃迪说。 伐木工将于周一恢复工作。 警察今天甚至允许在灵湖上有小屋的人上去。” 杰西惊呆了。精灵湖就在圣。 海伦斯，比卢米斯湖近多了。 杰斯停了一会儿，想着杰斯博士。 莫拉莱斯。她很肯定他不会赞成人们靠近这座山。 但就连他自己也承认，没有人确切地知道圣。 海伦火山随时都可能喷发。 难道在大喷发之前不会有某种警告吗? 杰茜只知道她有机会拿回爸爸的相机了。 她需要接受它。 “你爸爸会让我们去吗?”她问。 男孩们点了点头。妈妈不会同意的。 但是妈妈不需要知道，因为她明天不在家。 她一大早就要走了

for Vancouver. The twins' grandma was getting out of the hospital, and Mom wanted to help Mrs. Rowan get her settled. Mom had invited Jess to come along. But Jess said she'd stay with the twins. Jess couldn't believe her luck. Maybe she'd be able to get Dad's camera and sneak it back into Mom's trunk. And Mom would never have to find out that it had been missing. The next morning, Mom kissed Jess good-bye at six thirty. By seven, Jess and the twins were in the back of Mr. Rowan's pickup, rumbling along Spirit Lake Memorial Highway. There were no police roadblocks, and they made it to Loomis Lake in under an hour. They got out of the truck, and they all stood in the parking lot for a moment, staring up at the mountain.

温哥华。双胞胎的奶奶就要出院了，妈妈想帮罗文太太把她安顿下来。 妈妈邀请杰西一起去。 但杰茜说她会和双胞胎住在一起。 杰西简直不敢相信自己的运气。 也许她能把爸爸的相机偷放到妈妈的后备箱里。 妈妈也永远不会发现它不见了。 第二天早上，妈妈在六点半和杰西吻别。 七点的时候，杰西和双胞胎坐在罗文的皮卡后面，沿着灵湖纪念公路隆隆行驶。 没有警察设置路障，他们不到一小时就到达了卢米斯湖。 他们下了卡车，在停车场站了一会儿，抬头望着那座山。

"Looks the same as it always does," Mr. Rowan said. It was true. They couldn't see any of the cracks or bulges that Dr. Morales had told them about. The mountain's peak sparkled as usual, and its reflection rippled on the surface of Loomis Lake. "I don't want to stay long," Mr. Rowan told them. "An hour tops. So don't go far." He'd barely started to walk away when Jess and the twins were sprinting toward the forest. Soon they lost sight of the mountain; the tall trees blocked their view. Not being able to see the mountain made Jess nervous. But what rattled her most was the quiet. She heard none of the usual forest sounds — the chirps of birds and skittering of squirrels and chipmunks. The air was strangely still, without even a breath of wind. The twins were strangely quiet, too. They walked along without their usual baseball chatter.

“看起来和以前一样，”罗文说。 这是真的。他们看不到任何裂缝或凸起。 莫拉莱斯告诉他们的。 山顶像往常一样闪闪发光，它的倒影在卢米斯湖的水面上荡起涟漪。 “我不想待太久，”罗文告诉他们。 “最多一个小时。所以不要走太远。” 他刚要走开，杰西和双胞胎就向森林跑去。 不久他们就看不见山了;高大的树木挡住了他们的视线。 看不见那座山使杰茜很紧张。 但最让她不安的是这里的安静。 她没有听到森林里常见的声音——鸟儿的啁啾声、松鼠和花栗鼠的啾啾声。 空气出奇地寂静，连一丝风都没有。 双胞胎也出奇地安静。 他们走着，没有像往常那样闲聊棒球。

The hike was taking longer than it had last time. The trail was littered with fallen branches and ripped apart by huge holes caused by the earthquake. With every step, Jess's stomach twisted tighter. They should turn around, she thought. They needed to find Mr. Rowan and go home. This all felt wrong. She was ready to grab the twins and drag them back down the trail. But then she saw it, up ahead: the shack. Jess forgot her fear. All she could think of was Dad's camera. She hurried ahead, leaping over branches and holes. She ran up to the shack and pushed the door open. She searched all around the floor, but the camera wasn't there. Her heart sank. She'd been sure she would find it lying on the ground. And then she saw her backpack sitting on the table.

这次远足比上次花了更长的时间。 路上散落着倒下的树枝，被地震造成的大洞撕裂了。 每走一步，杰茜的胃就扭得更紧。 他们应该转过身来，她想。 他们需要找到罗文先生，然后回家。 这一切感觉都不对。她准备抓住那对双胞胎，把他们拖回小路上。 但接着她看到了，就在前面:那间小屋。 杰西忘记了她的恐惧。她满脑子都是爸爸的相机。 她急忙向前跑，跳过树枝和洞。 她跑到小屋，推开门。 她找遍了整层楼，但没有摄像头。 她的心一沉。她确信她会发现它躺在地上。 然后她看到她的背包放在桌子上。