Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 Danny managed to grab Aki by the seat of his pants and hoist him up just in time. One of the monster's tusks tore through Danny's pant leg. Amazingly, it missed his flesh. Danny jerked back his leg, ripping his pants away from the tusk. He almost fell, but he regained his balance and kept his hold on Aki, who was still screaming for his puppy.

丹尼设法抓住阿基的裤脚，及时把他提了起来。 怪物的一根獠牙咬断了丹尼的裤腿。 令人惊讶的是，它没有击中他的肉。 丹尼猛地把腿往后一缩，把裤子从象牙上扯下来。 他几乎摔倒了，但他恢复了平衡，并抓住了仍在为他的小狗尖叫的阿基。

With Aki held high, Danny ran across the yard and into the house, slamming the door. "My puppy!" Aki screamed. "My puppy!" "No," Danny said, putting the kid down and blocking the door. "That's not yours. That's the monster's baby." "Not Aki's puppy?" Aki said, his eyes getting bigger. There were tears now. "Sorry, little guy," Danny said. "But that puppy has to be with its ma." "Aki want puppy," he said, throwing his arms around Danny and burying his face in Danny's legs. This kid was a stitch. Danny had always wanted a little brother, someone to trail along with him and Finn, someone to keep him company when Ma was working. "Where's your ma?" Danny said. "Mama mad at Aki," Aki said. And sure enough, just then Danny heard someone shouting Aki's name. Danny stuck his head out the window. "I got him!" he called.

丹尼高举着阿琪，跑过院子，进了房子，砰地关上了门。 “我的小狗!”阿基尖叫。“我的小狗!”“不，”丹尼说着，把孩子放下，挡住了门。 “那不是你的。那是怪物的孩子。” “不是阿琪的小狗吗?”阿基说，他的眼睛越来越大。 现在有眼泪了。“对不起，小家伙，”丹尼说。 “但那只小狗必须和它的妈妈在一起。” “阿基想要小狗，”他说着，伸出双臂搂住丹尼，把脸埋在丹尼的腿里。 这孩子真可怜。丹尼一直想要一个小弟弟，一个能跟他和芬恩一起走的人，一个能在妈妈工作时陪伴他的人。 “你妈妈呢?”丹尼说。 “妈妈生阿琪的气，”阿琪说。 果然，就在这时，丹尼听到有人在喊阿琪的名字。 丹尼把头伸出窗外。 “我抓到他了!”他喊道。

A moment later, he and Aki were standing on the porch with Aki's mother. Danny guessed she and Aki were Japanese. There were people from all over the world living here — just like in New York City. Lots of the people in Pearl City were originally from Japan, Ma had said. "Aki!" his mother scolded. "You cannot be running away like this!" "I sorry, Mama," he said in a voice sweeter than a chocolate doughnut. He wrapped his arms around his mother's legs and gazed up at her with an angelic smile. Danny saw how the anger in Aki's mother's eyes melted away. This little kid was good. She looked at Danny and smiled. Even though she looked nothing like Mrs. Mills, there was something about her that reminded Danny of his teacher — a look in her eyes, like she could read his mind and liked what she saw. "Thank you," she said. "My son is a wanderer. The minute I turn my back, he sneaks away." "We saw monster!" Aki said.

过了一会儿，他和阿琪站在门廊上，还有阿琪的妈妈。 丹尼猜她和阿琪是日本人。 世界各地的人都住在这里——就像在纽约一样。 珍珠城的许多人最初都来自日本，马说。 “阿琪!”他妈妈责备道。 “你不能就这样跑掉!”“对不起，妈妈，”他用比巧克力甜甜圈还甜的声音说。 他用双臂抱住母亲的腿，带着天使般的微笑凝视着她。 丹尼看到阿琪母亲眼中的愤怒消失了。 这个小孩很乖。她看着丹尼，笑了。 尽管她长得一点也不像米尔斯太太，但她身上有某种东西让丹尼想起了他的老师——她的眼神，仿佛能读懂他的心思，而且喜欢她所看到的。 “谢谢你，”她说。“我的儿子是个流浪者。 我一转身，他就溜走了。” “我们看到怪物了!”阿基说。

"A monster?" the woman said, raising her eyebrows. "It looked like a hairy pig," Danny said. "With horns." "A wild boar?" "Monster hurt Danny," Aki said, pointing to Danny's torn pants. "Goodness!" Aki's mother said with surprise. "Did he really hurt you?" "Just my pants," Danny said. He decided not to tell Aki's mother how the boar almost turned Aki into a shish kebab. "But it's very unusual for a boar to attack," said Aki's mother. "Aki got hold of one of its babies," Danny said. "Puppy." Aki smiled. "My puppy!" Aki's mother shook her head. "Aki sees the beauty in everything," his mother said. "Even a wild boar. But one of these days, Aki, you're going to end up in big trouble." "He's a good kid," Danny said, wanting to protect his new friend. "I good boy!" Aki said, puffing out his chest.

“怪物?”女人扬起眉毛说。 “它看起来像一头毛茸茸的猪，”丹尼说。 “有角的”。“一头野猪?”“怪物伤害了丹尼，”阿琪指着丹尼撕破的裤子说。 “天哪!”阿琪的妈妈惊讶地说。 “他真的伤害你了吗?”“只有我的裤子，”丹尼说。 他决定不告诉阿琪的妈妈野猪是如何差点把阿琪变成羊肉串的。 阿基的妈妈说:“但是野猪攻击人是很不寻常的。” “阿琪抓住了它的一个宝宝，”丹尼说。 “小狗”。阿基笑了。“我的小狗!”阿琪的妈妈摇了摇头。 “阿基看到了一切事物的美好，”他的母亲说。 “甚至是一头野猪。但是总有一天，阿琪，你会惹上大麻烦的。” “他是个好孩子，”丹尼说，想保护他的新朋友。 “我的好孩子!”阿琪挺起胸膛说。

Danny and Aki's mother looked at each other, and they both laughed. The sound startled Danny. He hadn't laughed since the night Finn fell. Aki stared at both of them, trying to see what was funny. Then he grabbed Danny's hand and started pulling with all his might. "Danny come!" Aki said. "Danny come over!" Danny opened his mouth to say "no thank you." But Aki kept shouting, "Danny come!" and pulling on his hand, trying to haul him up the hill. For such a shrimp, the kid was a real muscleman. "You might as well come," Aki's mother said. "I have lunch just about ready. And as you can see, my son doesn't take no for an answer."

丹尼和阿琪的妈妈面面相觑，他们都笑了。 这声音吓了丹尼一跳。自从芬恩摔倒那晚起，他就没笑过。 阿琪盯着他们俩，想看看有什么好笑的。 然后他抓住丹尼的手，用尽全身力气拉。 “丹尼来!”阿基说。“丹尼，过来!”丹尼张开嘴说:“不，谢谢。” 但是阿琪一直喊着:“丹尼来!”并拉着他的手，试图把他拉上山。 对于这样一个小虾来说，这孩子是一个真正的肌肉男。 “你还是来吧，”阿琪的妈妈说。 “我的午饭马上就好了。 正如你所看到的，我儿子不接受拒绝。”