Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 "Yikes," Eddie muttered. The small cabin looked like nobody had stepped foot inside in years. The porch sagged, the windows were boarded up, and the chimney had crumbled to bits. Thick, twisting vines crawled up the sides. It was easy to imagine two deadly eyes peering through the cracks in the wood. Jess could

第五章“哎呀，”埃迪喃喃地说。 这个小木屋看起来好像多年没人进去过。 门廊塌陷了，窗户用木板封住了，烟囱也碎成了碎片。 又粗又扭的藤蔓爬上了山坡。 很容易想象两只致命的眼睛从树林的裂缝里窥视着。 杰斯可以

practically hear a croaking voice whispering to her. Give me your bones! Jess's muscles twitched. All she wanted was to get away from here. But then she pictured Missy's smirk. Don't be a dope, Jess told herself. There was no such thing as Skeleton Woman. But all-too-real Missy would be waiting for them at school on Monday morning. Jess gathered her courage and stepped forward. Sam and Eddie glued themselves to her side. Together they moved through the tangled brush, pushing through the thorny bushes that grabbed at their clothes. Skeleton Woman is not real. Skeleton Woman is not real. Jess said these words over and over to herself. But just to be safe, she scanned the ground for traps. She remembered that detail from the old legend — how Skeleton Woman dug big pits in

几乎听到一个嘶哑的声音对她耳语。 把你的骨头给我!杰西的肌肉抽搐起来。 她只想离开这里。 但她想起了米西的假笑。 别犯傻，杰茜对自己说。 根本就没有骷髅女这种东西。 但真正的米西会在周一早上在学校等着他们。 杰西鼓起勇气，走上前去。 山姆和埃迪紧紧地贴在她身边。 他们一起穿过缠绕在一起的灌木丛，推开抓住他们衣服的荆棘。 骷髅女不是真的。 骷髅女不是真的。 杰西一遍又一遍地对自己说着这些话。 但为了安全起见，她扫视了一下地面是否有陷阱。 她想起了那个古老传说中的细节——骷髅女是如何挖大坑的

the ground to trap her victims. The holes were as deep as graves. She'd cover the pits with branches and leaves and wait for helpless victims to tumble to their doom. Skeleton Woman is not real. Skeleton Woman is not real. Sam reached for the door first and gave it a little push. Creak! The door swung open. Jess braced herself for a hideous scream, for two rusty-clawed hands to reach out and pull her into the darkness. But wait... it didn't look so scary. A buttery ray of sunlight beamed through a crack in the roof. There was a battered table and chair and some cardboard boxes of junk. A paintbrush and a can splattered with red paint sat on a shelf. There were no baskets of bones, no cauldrons of bubbling witches' brew. It was just an abandoned hunting shack, like hundreds of others that dotted the forests around

用来诱捕猎物的地面。 这些洞像坟墓一样深。 她会用树枝和树叶盖住坑，等着无助的受害者倒下，走向死亡。 骷髅女不是真的。 骷髅女不是真的。 萨姆先伸手去开门，轻轻推了一下。 吱嘎吱嘎!门开了。 杰茜准备好迎接一声可怕的尖叫，两只生锈的爪子伸出来，把她拉进黑暗中。 但是等待…看起来没那么可怕。 一缕柔和的阳光从屋顶的裂缝里射进来。 有一张破旧的桌子和椅子，还有一些装垃圾的纸板箱。 架子上放着一支画笔和一个溅满红漆的罐子。 没有一篮一篮的尸骨，也没有一大锅冒泡的女巫酿造的酒。 这只是一个废弃的狩猎小屋，就像其他数百个点缀在森林里的小屋一样

here. They all stepped inside and looked around. "So hurry up and take the picture," Eddie said. "Okay," Jess said, shrugging off her backpack. She opened it up and took the big black camera out of its plastic bag. The sight of it sent a little jab through her heart; it reminded her so much of Dad. She put her pack on the floor and lifted the camera, aiming it at the room. But then a strange noise filled the shack. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! The hairs on the back of Jess's neck stood up straight. "What was that?" Her whole body started to shake. Her teeth rattled. But it wasn't her fear that was making her shake. The whole cabin was vibrating. The walls trembled and the floor rolled up and down under their feet. Jess staggered and fell to her knees.

在这里。他们都走了进去，环顾四周。 “所以快点拍照吧，”埃迪说。 “好吧，”杰西耸耸肩说。 她打开它，把那台黑色的大相机从塑料袋里拿出来。 看到这情景，她心里一阵刺痛;这让她想起了爸爸。 她把背包放在地板上，举起相机，对准房间。 但这时一个奇怪的声音充满了小屋。 Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !杰西脖子后面的汗毛都竖了起来。 “那是什么?”她的整个身体开始颤抖。 她的牙齿格格作响。但让她颤抖的并不是恐惧。 整个船舱都在震动。 墙壁在颤抖，地板在他们脚下上下翻滚。 杰西踉跄着跪倒在地。

Dad's camera slipped from her hands and flew across the floor. What was happening? Skeleton Woman is not real. Skeleton Woman is not real. But if it wasn't Skeleton Woman, who — or what — was it? "It's the curse!" Sam screamed.

爸爸的相机从她手中滑落，飞到了地板上。 发生了什么事?骷髅女不是真的。 骷髅女不是真的。 但如果不是骷髅女人，那是谁——或者是什么? “是诅咒!”山姆尖叫。