Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 "Come on," Danny said, picking Aki up. "We need to get you back home. Your mama will be very worried." "Airplanes," Aki said, looking into the sky. "Aki, you have to go home, come on, you have to…" Aki put his hand on Danny's mouth, silencing him. "Shhh!" he said. "Airplanes."

“来吧，”丹尼说着，把阿琪抱起来。 “我们得把你送回家。 你妈妈会很担心的。” “飞机，”阿琪望着天空说。 “阿琪，你必须回家，快点，你必须……”阿琪把手放在丹尼的嘴上，让他闭嘴。 “嘘!”他说。“飞机”。

Danny almost pulled Aki's sticky hand off his face. But then he heard a sound he'd never heard before. A buzzing sound, like there was a giant swarm of bees closing in. Danny followed Aki's pointed finger. And then he saw it in the distance — what looked to be an enormous flock of gray birds flying toward Pearl Harbor. As the gray spots grew larger, Danny could see that Aki was right. They were airplanes. More than Danny had ever seen. And then he saw even more, coming in from another direction. There must be a drill going on. The navy and army were always practicing. There had been a drill at Hickam last week, when fifty sailors had to pretend to be wounded. Ma came home exhausted and covered in fake blood. Whatever game these planes were playing, Danny didn't have time to watch them, not if he planned to catch the Carmella. He'd already wasted too much time bellyaching in bed.

丹尼差点把阿琪黏糊糊的手从他脸上拉开。 但接着他听到了一个他从未听过的声音。 嗡嗡的声音，好像有一大群蜜蜂在靠近。 丹尼跟着阿琪的手指。 然后，他从远处看到了它——看起来是一大群灰色的鸟向珍珠港飞去。 随着灰点越来越大，丹尼可以看出阿基是对的。 它们是飞机。这是丹尼从未见过的。 然后他看到更多的人从另一个方向过来。 这里一定在进行演习。 海军和陆军一直在训练。 上星期在希卡姆举行了一次演习，50名水兵不得不假装受伤。 妈妈筋疲力尽地回到家，浑身是假血。 不管这些飞机在玩什么游戏，丹尼都没时间看，如果他打算赶上卡梅拉号的话。 他已经在床上浪费了太多的时间。

"Come on," Danny said, holding out his hand. If he hurried, he'd get Aki home and then be able to hitchhike to Honolulu. He could still make it to the port in time. Then, when they were almost up the hill, an enormous BOOM shook the ground. And then another. Danny stopped short. "Fire!" Aki shouted. Flames were rising from one of the battleships. What kind of drill was this? Had a pilot crashed or dropped a bomb by mistake?

“来吧，”丹尼伸出手说。 如果他抓紧时间，他就能把阿琪送回家，然后搭便车去檀香山。 他还是能及时赶到港口的。 然后，当他们快上山的时候，一声巨大的轰隆震动了地面。 然后是另一个。丹尼突然停了下来。 “火!”阿基喊道。火焰从一艘战列舰上升起。 这是什么演习? 飞行员是否失误坠毁或投下了炸弹?

Danny stopped moving. Aki wrapped his arms around Danny's neck. Danny could feel the little boy's heart beating, like tiny running footsteps. Together they stared at the scene over the harbor. The planes were flying so low they seemed to skim the tops of the taller ships. Kaboom! Another explosion rang out. Sirens began to howl. Boom… boom… BOOM… BOOM! The sky was filling with black smoke. "My ships," Aki whispered. A feeling of dread came up through Danny, a black and swirling feeling, like on that night with Finn, when he'd first heard the metal of the fire escape start to give way. He knew something horrible was happening, something beyond his worst nightmares. He gripped Aki tighter. "Aki," Danny said. "Are those B-17s?" Aki shook his head. "Are they B-18s?" Again Aki shook his head.

丹尼停了下来。阿琪用双臂搂住丹尼的脖子。 丹尼能感觉到小男孩的心跳，就像微小的奔跑的脚步声。 他们一起凝视着海港上空的景色。 飞机飞得很低，似乎能掠过较高的船只的顶部。 大爆炸!又一声爆炸声响起。 警笛开始嚎叫。砰……砰……砰……砰!天空中充满了黑烟。 “我的船。”阿琪低声说。 一种恐惧的感觉从丹尼的身体里涌了出来，一种黑色和旋转的感觉，就像那天晚上和芬恩在一起的时候，当他第一次听到消防梯的金属开始倒塌。 他知道发生了可怕的事情，比他最可怕的噩梦还要可怕的事情。 他把阿琪抓得更紧。“阿琪，”丹尼说。 “那些是b -17吗?”阿琪摇了摇头。 “是b -18吗?”阿基又摇了摇头。

"A-20s?" "Not Aki's planes." And that's when Danny knew. It was Hitler! Germany was attacking! Just like Mrs. Mills had said it would! More explosions rang out. The air filled up with a horrible smell. A voice rang out. "Aki!" Mrs. Sudo came running down the hill. "Thank goodness!" she cried, grabbing Aki and hugging him. "The Germans are attacking us," Danny said. Mrs. Sudo turned to Danny. She had tears in her eyes. "No, Danny," she said. "Those are not Germany's planes." "Who else could it be?" Danny said. Who else was crazy enough to bomb Pearl Harbor? "Those are Japanese planes," Mrs. Sudo said. Japan? What had America done to Japan? Why would they want to destroy all of those ships?

“-吗?”“不是阿基的飞机。” 这时丹尼知道了。 是希特勒!德国进攻了!就像米尔斯太太说的那样!更多的爆炸声响起。 空气中充满了难闻的气味。 一个声音响了起来。“阿基!”须藤太太从山上跑下来。 “谢天谢地!”她叫道，一把抓住阿基，抱住他。 “德国人在攻击我们，”丹尼说。 须藤太太转向丹尼。 她眼里含着泪水。 “不，丹尼，”她说。“那些不是德国的飞机。” “还能是谁呢?”丹尼说。 还有谁疯到要轰炸珍珠港? “那些是日本飞机，”须藤女士说。 日本吗?美国对日本做了什么? 他们为什么要摧毁所有的飞船?

There were no answers, just more explosions, more of that black, bloody-looking smoke. Aki was crying. "Come," Mrs. Sudo said, grabbing Danny's hand. "I know somewhere we can go, in case…" Danny knew what she wasn't saying: In case the planes started bombing their houses too. They hurried up and around the back of the Sudos' little house. Danny helped Mrs. Sudo open the wooden door that led to her root cellar — not much more than a hole in the dirt. Mrs. Sudo went down the narrow wooden stairs first, and Danny handed Aki to her. "Come, Danny," Mrs. Sudo said. But Danny was staring out over the smoke and flames. Somewhere in the middle of all that was Hickam. And somewhere at Hickam was Ma. "I need to find my mother," he said. "No! Your mother would want you here! Please stay! She would want you to be safe!" Danny knew that was true.

没有回音，只有更多的爆炸声，更多的黑色、血腥的烟雾。 阿琪在哭。“来吧，”苏多太太说着，抓住丹尼的手。 “我知道我们可以去什么地方，万一……”丹尼知道她没在说什么:万一飞机也开始轰炸他们的房子。 他们急忙跑到苏多家小屋的后面，绕了一圈。 丹尼帮助苏多太太打开通往她的根窖的木门——那只不过是泥土上的一个洞。 须藤太太先走下狭窄的木楼梯，丹尼把阿琪递给她。 “来吧，丹尼，”须藤太太说。 但丹尼凝视着外面的烟雾和火焰。 希卡姆就在这中间。 妈妈就在希卡姆的某个地方。 “我需要找到我的妈妈，”他说。 “不!你妈妈会希望你在这儿的!请留下来!她会希望你安全的!”丹尼知道这是真的。