Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 Before Danny really understood what was happening, Aki had dragged him up to their house, if you could call it a house. It was smaller than the Cranes' house and made of cement, with a metal roof. Still, there was something nice about it — the white flowers climbing up one of the walls, the neat vegetable garden planted in front. Aki's mother had introduced herself on the way up — she was Mrs. Sudo. She explained that Aki's

在丹尼真正明白发生了什么事之前，阿琪已经把他拖到了他们的房子，如果你能称之为房子的话。 它比起重机的房子小，是水泥做的，有一个金属屋顶。 尽管如此，它还是有一些美好的地方——白色的花朵爬上了一堵墙，前面种着整齐的菜园。 阿琪的母亲在来的路上介绍了自己——她是须藤太太。 她解释说阿琪的

father was a fisherman out on a three-day trip. He'd be back tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Sudo had Danny sit down at a little wooden table in front of the house. Aki scrambled onto his lap. He stayed there as Mrs. Sudo served lunch. The food was weird — bowls of rice with fish in a salty sauce — but not so bad, especially the bright orange fruit for dessert. It tasted sweet as a lollipop. After they ate, Aki curled up on Danny's lap. Danny thought he would fall asleep, tuckered out by all of the excitement. But then a formation of bomber planes flew over them. There were always military planes crisscrossing the skies above Pearl Harbor. There were army and navy airfields all around the harbor, not only Hickam, where Ma worked. Aki leaped up. "B-18!" he shrieked. A minute later, three more planes appeared. "A-20!" he shouted. And finally, "Danny! B-17! Flying Fortress! B-17 Aki's favorite plane!"

父亲是一名渔夫，要出海三天。 他明天下午会回来。 须藤太太让丹尼在房前的一张小木桌旁坐下。 阿琪爬到他的腿上。 当须藤太太端上午餐时，他呆在那里。 食物很奇怪——一碗碗的米饭和咸鱼酱——但还不错，尤其是甜点上的鲜橙色水果。 它尝起来像棒棒糖一样甜。 他们吃完后，阿琪蜷缩在丹尼的腿上。 丹尼觉得他会睡着的，因为他太兴奋了。 但随后一队轰炸机从他们头顶飞过。 总是有军用飞机在珍珠港上空纵横交错。 港口周围到处都是陆军和海军的机场，而不仅仅是马工作的希卡姆。 阿琪跳了起来。“B-18!”他尖叫道。 一分钟后，又出现了三架飞机。 “A-20!”他喊道。最后，“丹尼!b !空中堡垒!B-17是阿琪最喜欢的飞机!”

"Aki knows all the planes," Mrs. Sudo said, putting another plate of orange fruit in front of Danny. "Aki, why don't you show Danny your book?" Aki hopped off Danny's lap and shot into the house. He reappeared a minute later and handed Danny a worn sketchbook. He grinned proudly as Danny opened it. Danny stared at the pages, each one filled with perfect drawings of bomber planes and warships. "You drew these?" Danny said in amazement. "My papa!" Aki said. "My husband drew those," Mrs. Sudo explained. "When he's home, he takes Aki down to the docks. They'll sit there for hours." "He's really good," Danny said. "He's an artist." Danny could hear the pride in Mrs. Sudo's voice. "Fishing is just his job."

“阿基知道所有的飞机，”须藤太太说着，又把一盘橘子放在丹尼面前。 “阿琪，你为什么不给丹尼看你的书呢?”阿琪从丹尼的腿上跳下来，冲进了房子。 一分钟后他又出现了，递给丹尼一本破旧的速写本。 当丹尼打开它时，他自豪地笑了。 丹尼盯着那几页纸，每一页都画满了完美的轰炸机和军舰。 “这些是你画的?”丹尼惊奇地说。 “我的爸爸!”阿基说。“那是我丈夫画的，”须藤太太解释说。 “当他回家的时候，他会带阿琪去码头。 他们会在那里坐上几个小时。” “他真的很棒，”丹尼说。 “他是个艺术家。”丹尼能听出苏多太太声音里的骄傲。 “钓鱼只是他的工作。”

"I wish I could draw," Danny said. Actually he already could draw, a little bit. Mrs. Mills got him a sketchbook and told him to practice, but he never made much progress. "My husband would love to help you learn," Mrs. Sudo said. "Is your father in the military?"

“我希望我能画画，”丹尼说。 实际上他已经会画一点了。 米尔斯太太给了他一本速写本，让他练习，但他一直没有多大进步。 “我丈夫很乐意帮你学习，”须藤太太说。 “你父亲在军队服役吗?”

"No," Danny said. "It's just me and my ma. She works as a nurse at Hickam. We moved here from New York City a couple of weeks ago." "Your mother's very brave, to come all this way to start a new life." Danny had never really thought of it that way. Ma had looked so scared after Finn fell. But he guessed it was brave, to leave the city she'd lived in her whole life, to travel halfway around the world. "She's lucky to have a boy like you," Mrs. Sudo said. The words hung in the air a minute — a boy like you — and then they seemed to slap Danny in the face. Tears came into Danny's eyes, but he had no idea why. Somehow, being here with Aki and Mrs. Sudo, some of that ice inside him had melted. He had to get out of here. He stood up so quickly that he dropped Aki's book onto the floor. "Thank you for lunch," he said, picking up the sketch pad and handing it to Aki. "But, uh, I have

“不，”丹尼说。“只有我和我妈妈。 她在希卡姆当护士。 我们几个星期前从纽约搬到这里。” “你妈妈很勇敢，千里迢迢来到这里开始新生活。” 丹尼从来没有这样想过。 芬恩摔倒后，妈妈看起来很害怕。 但他猜这是勇敢的，离开她生活了一辈子的城市，去环游半个世界。 “她很幸运，有你这样的男孩，”须藤太太说。 这句话悬在空中一分钟——像你这样的男孩——然后他们似乎打了丹尼的脸。 泪水涌上了丹尼的眼睛，但他不知道为什么。 不知怎么的，和阿琪和须藤太太在一起，他内心的一些坚冰融化了。 他必须离开这里。 他很快地站起来，把阿琪的书掉在了地板上。 “谢谢你的午餐。”他说着，拿起速写本递给阿琪。 “但是，嗯，我有

to go." "Danny!" Aki shouted. "Stay!" "You're welcome to stay the afternoon," Mrs. Sudo said. "Until your mother returns from work." "I'm sorry," Danny said. "I'm sorry, but… I have to leave." And without even a wave good-bye, he ran down the hill and into his house.

去。”“丹尼!”阿基喊道。 “留下来!”“欢迎你今天下午留下来，”须藤太太说。 “直到你妈妈下班回来。” “对不起，”丹尼说。“对不起，但是……我得走了。” 甚至连挥手告别都没有，他就跑下山回了家。