Chapter 12

CHAPTER 12 Chet started shouting halfway down the big hill. "Get out of the water!" he screamed. "Get out! Get out now!" He thundered down the path and onto the dock. "You have to get out! There's a shark!" The guys were all there — but they didn't even look at Chet. "You have to believe me!" Chet insisted. "This isn't a joke. You have to get out!"

切特走到半山腰时开始大喊大叫。 “从水里出来!”他尖叫道。 “出去!现在就出去!”他轰隆隆地沿着小路走到码头上。 “你必须出去!”有鲨鱼!”所有人都在那里——但他们甚至都没看切特一眼。 “你必须相信我!”切特坚持道。 “这不是开玩笑。你必须出去!”

"You hear that, Monty?" Sid said. "There's a shark in the creek! We better get out." Sid hoisted himself up onto the dock, and Monty and Dewey followed. Was it working? Were they listening? But then Sid backed up and took a running leap off the edge of the dock. He cannonballed into the creek with such an enormous splash that Chet got drenched. Monty and Dewey dove in after him. "Hey," Sid called. "If the shark attacks me, you guys can split the five-hundred-buck reward from that rich guy." "That guy's dead!" Monty said. "Too bad!" said Sid. "Oh, shaaaaaaa-rrrrrrrk!" Monty called through cupped hands. "Here, sharky shark! Come and get us!" They hooted with laughter, and Chet stood there, totally helpless. That shark was probably long gone. Nobody would ever believe him. For the next hundred years, people around Elm Hills would be talking about Chet Roscow, the kid who had said there was a shark in the creek. He'd be a big joke, like the Captain was.

“你听到了吗，蒙蒂?”席德说。 “小溪里有条鲨鱼!”我们最好出去。” 希德爬上码头，蒙提和杜威也跟了上去。 它有效吗?他们在听吗? 但这时希德后退了几步，从码头边上跳了下去。 他像炮弹一样冲进小溪，溅起了巨大的水花，切特浑身湿透了。 蒙蒂和杜威也跟着跳了进去。 “嘿，”希德叫道。“如果鲨鱼袭击我，你们可以从那个富人那里分500美元的赏金。” “那家伙死了!”蒙蒂说。 “太糟糕了!”希德说。“哦,shaaaaaaa-rrrrrrrk !”蒙提双手交叉着喊道。 “喂，鲨鱼!快来救我们!”他们哄堂大笑，切特站在那里，完全没有办法。 那条鲨鱼可能早就不见了。 没有人会相信他。 在接下来的一百年里，榆树山附近的人们一直在谈论切特·罗斯科，就是那个说小溪里有鲨鱼的孩子。 他会是个大笑话，就像上尉一样。

Chet felt like running away, far away. All the way to California. But then he noticed Sid, strangely still in the creek. His face had gone white. His mouth was open, like he was going to scream. Chet's insides turned to jelly when he saw the glistening fin moving slowly through the water. "What the…" Dewey said. "Hurry!" Chet cried "Get out!" Monty and Dewey flew out of the water. But Sid seemed stuck, hypnotized. The shark was closer to the surface now, its black eyes almost glowing. Its massive body looming. They all screamed at Sid. "Get out!" "Hurry!" "Come on! It's coming!" Chet heard a motor in the distance, and Captain's Wilson's voice shouting, "Shark! Shark in the creek! Everyone out! Shark in the creek!" Sid still didn't budge. The shark was getting closer.

切特想逃走，逃得远远的。 一直到加州。 这时他注意到希德，奇怪地还呆在小溪里。 他的脸变白了。他张着嘴，好像要尖叫似的。 当切特看到闪闪发光的鱼鳍在水里慢慢游动时，他的内心变成了果冻。 “什么……”杜威说。“快点!”切特喊道:“出去!”蒙蒂和杜威飞出了水面。 但希德似乎被困住了，被催眠了。 鲨鱼现在离水面更近了，它的黑眼睛几乎在发光。 它庞大的身躯隐约可见。他们都朝希德尖叫。 “出去!”“快点!”“来吧!它来了!”切特听到远处有发动机的声音，还有威尔逊船长的声音，“鲨鱼!鲨鱼来了!每个人都出去!鲨鱼来了!”希德仍然纹丝不动。 鲨鱼越来越近了。

Suddenly, before he had a chance to think, Chet was in the water, swimming as fast as he could toward Sid. He grabbed hold of Sid's arm and pulled him. "Chet! Is it real?" Sid gasped. "Is it real?" "Yes, yes, hurry!" Monty and Dewey were at the edge of the dock, reaching down for them. Sid hoisted himself up, and Chet planted his hands on the dock. The guys all grabbed his arms to pull him

突然，他还没来得及思考，切特就跳进了水里，以最快的速度向希德游去。 他抓住希德的胳膊，把他拉了起来。 “切特!这是真的吗?”席德气喘吁吁地说。 “这是真的吗?”“是的，是的，快点!”蒙蒂和杜威站在码头边上，伸手去抓他们。 希德爬了起来，切特把手放在船坞上。 那些人都抓住他的胳膊拉他

up. Chet was almost out of the water when something caught his leg. At first it felt like a giant hand was grabbing him. Then it felt like hot nails were boring into his calf. "It's got my leg!" Chet screamed. "Pull!" Sid shouted. His friends pulled. They pulled and pulled until Chet was sure he'd be torn in two. After an eternity, his leg finally came free! His friends hauled him onto the dock. But then the shark exploded out of the water, its jaws wide open, its teeth smeared with blood. Its gaping mouth was coming right for Chet. And then — BANG! A gunshot shattered the air. Time seemed to stop. The next thing Chet knew, he was sitting on the dock. Everything looked foggy, and people seemed to be moving in slow motion. He heard muffled noises — men's voices, a boat's motor. And the guys, saying his name over and over. They were leaning close, still holding tight to his arms.

向上。切特几乎要出水了，突然有什么东西抓住了他的腿。 起初，他觉得有一只大手抓住了他。 然后感觉就像热指甲钻进了他的小腿。 “它咬住了我的腿!”切特尖叫。 “拉!”Sid喊道。他的朋友拉。 他们拉啊拉，直到切特确信他会被撕成两半。 过了好久，他的腿终于自由了!他的朋友们把他拖上了码头。 但随后鲨鱼突然冲出水面，嘴巴张得大大的，牙齿上沾满了血。 它张开的嘴正朝切特扑过来。 然后——砰!一声枪响响彻天空。 时间似乎停止了。切特所知道的下一件事，就是他坐在码头上。 一切看起来都是雾蒙蒙的，人们似乎在慢动作地移动。 他听到低沉的声音——男人的说话声，船的发动机声。 还有那些人，一遍又一遍地喊着他的名字。 他们靠得很近，仍然紧紧抓住他的胳膊。

Chet looked down and wondered what he was doing in a puddle of ketchup. Hadn't he cleaned that up? Why was the puddle getting bigger? Chet realized it wasn't the ketchup. It was blood pouring from his leg. The fog around him grew thicker, until Chet couldn't see or hear a thing.

切特低下头，不知道自己在一滩番茄酱里干什么。 他没有清理干净吗? 为什么水坑越来越大? 切特意识到不是番茄酱的问题。 血从他腿上喷涌而出。 他周围的雾越来越浓，直到切特什么也看不见，什么也听不见。