Chapter 14

CHAPTER 14 DECEMBER 25, 1941 7:30 A.M. On Christmas morning, Danny was awakened by a strange noise. He sat up in bed, wide awake, wondering if he needed to wake up Ma, if they had to rush to the air-raid shelter down the road. There had been

第十四章1941年12月25日上午7:30 圣诞节的早晨，丹尼被一个奇怪的声音吵醒了。 他从床上坐起来，完全醒着，想知道他是否需要叫醒妈妈，他们是否必须冲到路那头的防空洞。 曾经有过

drills all week. Everyone knew where they were supposed to go if the Japanese attacked. Danny peeked around the blackout curtains on his window. Every house had to have these curtains. It had to be pitch dark at night so that the Japanese wouldn't see any targets from the sky. Danny hated being inside the sealed-up house. It made him think of being in a coffin, buried alive. It scared Danny. Pretty much everything scared Danny. You'd have to crazy not to be scared, with what was happening in the world, with America at war with both Japan and Germany now. More troops were arriving every day at Pearl Harbor. Soon they'd all be sent to fight the Japanese in the Pacific, even Mack, who was almost well enough to starting running bombing missions in his B-17. Danny knew Mack was sad to be leaving; he and Ma were good friends now. Danny never did have to make Ma go out to dinner with him. She asked him herself. Danny was scared for Ma when she went to take care of the men at Hickam. He was scared for

整个星期都在训练。每个人都知道如果日本人进攻，他们应该去哪里。 丹尼透过窗户上的遮光窗帘往外偷看。 每个房子都必须有这些窗帘。 晚上必须漆黑一片，这样日本人才不会从空中看到任何目标。 丹尼讨厌待在封闭的房子里。 这让他觉得自己在棺材里，被活埋了。 这把丹尼吓坏了。几乎每件事都让丹尼害怕。 考虑到世界上正在发生的事情，美国现在与日本和德国都处于战争状态，你必须疯了才能不害怕。 每天都有更多的部队抵达珍珠港。 很快，他们都被派往太平洋与日本人作战，麦克也不例外，他的身体几乎恢复到可以驾驶B-17轰炸机执行轰炸任务了。 丹尼知道麦克要离开了，心里很难过;他和妈妈现在是好朋友了。 丹尼从不强迫妈妈和他一起出去吃饭。 她亲自问他。妈妈去照顾希卡姆的人时丹尼很担心她。 他很害怕

Mr. Sudo, that he might get arrested again. He was scared that something bad could happen to Aki. But, Danny decided, being scared was better than being numb. If he were numb, he wouldn't be able to feel happy, and there were times when he caught himself smiling. Like when Mack came for dinner, or when Mr. Sudo was teaching him to draw, or when Aki rushed by with his crazy monkey smile, with no idea that so many bad things were happening. And of course there was Finn. Finn was better now. Danny found out because Ma had been allowed to use the phone at the hospital to call Mrs. Mills. Ma wanted her to spread the word in the neighborhood that she and Danny were safe. Mrs. Mills told her that Earl and all of his guys had enlisted in the army. And the most important news: Finn was out of the hospital, and he was staying with Mrs. Mills. Danny liked the sound of that. He was writing Finn a long letter about what had happened to him during the attack. Ma said that all letters from Hawaii would be censored; soldiers would read

苏多先生，他可能会再次被捕。 他害怕阿琪会遭遇不测。 但是，丹尼决定，害怕总比麻木好。 如果他麻木了，他就无法感到快乐，有时他发现自己在微笑。 比如当麦克来吃晚饭的时候，或者当苏多先生教他画画的时候，或者当阿基带着疯狂的猴子般的微笑匆匆走过的时候，他根本不知道发生了这么多不好的事情。 当然还有芬恩。 芬恩现在好多了。丹尼发现了这件事，因为妈妈被允许用医院的电话给米尔斯太太打电话。 妈妈想让她在社区里散布消息，说她和丹尼都很安全。 米尔斯太太告诉她，厄尔和他所有的伙伴都应征入伍了。 最重要的消息是:芬恩出院了，他和米尔斯太太住在一起。 丹尼喜欢这个声音。 他正在给芬恩写一封长信，讲述他在袭击期间发生的事情。 马说，所有来自夏威夷的信件都将被审查;士兵们会读

his letter and cross out any information that could help the enemy. Danny didn't mind. He'd even asked Mr. Sudo to draw a picture of Aki for him to send. Mr. Sudo said that instead he would help Danny draw the picture. It was almost done. It wasn't good. But it didn't stink too bad. Danny put his head back down on the pillow. At least the morning birds had come back. He liked to listen to them sing. But then there was that strange sound again, the sound that had woken him up. It sounded like a baby whimpering. Was Aki out there? He hadn't wandered since his father came home. But Danny wanted to make sure. He threw on some clothes and went outside to the yard. He followed the sound to one of the prickly bushes. It wasn't Aki. There, shaking like a leaf, was that baby wild boar, with the one white ear. Danny looked around. Its mother monster was nowhere to be seen. The baby was alone.

在信中划掉任何可能对敌人有利的情报。 丹尼不介意。他甚至让须藤先生画一幅阿琪的画，让他寄给他。 须藤先生说他会帮丹尼画画。 差不多完成了。这并不好。 不过味道还不算太糟。 丹尼把头放回枕头上。 至少早晨的鸟儿回来了。 他喜欢听他们唱歌。 但接着又传来了那个奇怪的声音，那个把他吵醒的声音。 听起来像是婴儿的呜咽声。 阿琪在外面吗?自从他父亲回家后，他就没有散过步。 但丹尼想确认一下。 他匆匆穿上几件衣服，走到外面的院子里。 他循着声音来到一处多刺的灌木丛。 不是阿琪。就在那儿，那只长着一只白耳朵的野猪宝宝，像一片树叶一样颤抖着。 丹尼环顾四周。它的妈妈不见了。 婴儿独自一人。

Danny picked it up. The baby had changed in the past three weeks, like everything else. Danny held it up and looked the little guy in the eye. He looked scared. And tough. And like he'd be happy to have someone keep an eye on him. Danny wasn't sure if it was possible to keep a wild boar as a pet. In fact, he was pretty sure it was a very bad idea. But at that moment, Danny decided not to think about it — or anything else — as he headed up the hill to the Sudos' with the baby resting happily in his arms. All he was thinking about was how Aki would smile when he saw his Christmas present.

丹尼把它捡起来。孩子在过去的三个星期里变了，就像其他东西一样。 丹尼把它举起来，看着小家伙的眼睛。 他看起来很害怕。和艰难。 好像他很乐意有人盯着他似的。 丹尼不确定是否有可能养一头野猪作为宠物。 事实上，他很确定这是一个非常糟糕的主意。 但在那一刻，丹尼决定不去想这件事，也不去想其他任何事情，他抱着孩子快乐地向小山走去。 他满脑子想的都是阿琪看到他的圣诞礼物会怎么笑。