Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 Ben stood between Mom and Ojisan as the doctor looked Harry over. Ben's stomach was still twisted in knots from the sight of Harry lying on the ground. The little guy looked terrible — a blood-crusted nose and a big gash on his arm. But as battered as he looked, he wasn't so badly hurt. It seemed that the branches of the tree had slowed Harry's fall before he hit the dirt, and that the ground was soft from all the rain. The doctor — his name was Dr. Sato — checked Harry over very carefully. When he was finished, he put his hand on Harry's head.

本站在妈妈和欧吉桑中间，医生给哈利检查身体。 看到哈利躺在地上，本的胃还在打结。 这个小家伙看起来很可怕——鼻子沾满了血，胳膊上有一个大伤口。 虽然他看起来很憔悴，但伤得并不严重。 似乎是树枝在哈利落到泥土上之前减慢了他下落的速度，而且由于雨水的缘故，地面很软。 那个医生，他的名字是。 佐藤非常仔细地打量着哈利。 说完，他把手放在哈利的头上。

"You must be made of rubber, Harry," he said in perfect English. "Did you bounce when you hit the ground?" "I think so!" Harry exclaimed. This made them all laugh, even Ben. The sound that came out of his mouth surprised him, it had been so long since he'd heard it. "I just need to fix up that little cut on your arm," Dr. Sato said. "It will just take a few stitches." Uh-oh. "Nooooo!" screamed Harry. Show Harry a cobra and he'd smile and reach out to pet it. But the tiniest needle sent him into fits of total panic. Dr. Sato wasn't going to get anywhere near Harry, Ben was sure. Except it turned out Dr. Sato was a genius. "Mrs. Kudo," Dr. Sato said to Mom, raising his voice above Harry's screams. "Is it true that Darth Vader has a scar on his arm?"

“你一定是橡胶做的，哈利。”他用流利的英语说。 “你着地时弹起来了吗?”“我想是的!”哈利喊道。 这让他们都笑了，包括本。 从他嘴里发出的声音让他很吃惊，他已经很久没有听到过这个声音了。 “我只需要修复你手臂上的小伤口。” 佐藤说。“缝几针就好了。” 哦。“不行!”哈利尖叫道。 给哈利看一条眼镜蛇，他会微笑着伸出手去抚摸它。 但最微小的针头也会让他陷入极度恐慌。 本确信佐藤医生是不会接近哈利的。 但事实证明佐藤博士是个天才。 “工藤太太，”佐藤医生对妈妈说，提高了声音，盖过了哈利的尖叫声。 “达斯·维德的手臂上有一道伤疤，这是真的吗?”

Harry stopped crying. "Yes," Mom said, putting on a serious face. "Isn't that right, Ben?" "Totally," Ben answered, trying not to smile. "He got it in a lightsaber fight." They all looked at Harry, who finally took a deep, hiccupping breath. "Can I get a scar?" he asked softly. "If you sit perfectly still while I do the stitches," Dr. Sato said. Harry held out his arm to the doctor. "Go ahead." He sniffed bravely. Forty-five minutes later, Harry admired his sewn-up cut as if it was the best birthday present ever. They all said good-bye to Dr. Sato. They piled into Ojisan's little car and headed back to Shogahama. The road was narrow, and curved around high rocky cliffs. Out one window, Pacific waves crashed against a wall of craggy rocks. On the other side, the view stretched across

哈利停止了哭泣。“是的，”妈妈说，装出一副严肃的表情。 “对不对，本?”“当然，”本回答，强忍着不笑。 “他是在一场光剑大战中得到的。” 他们都看着哈利，哈利终于深深地吸了一口气，打着嗝。 “我能留个疤吗?”他轻声问道。 “如果你在我缝针的时候完全坐着不动的话。” 佐藤说。哈利向医生伸出手臂。 “去吧。”他勇敢地嗅了嗅。 四十五分钟后，哈利欣赏着自己的剪裁，仿佛这是他收到的最好的生日礼物。 他们都向他告别。 佐藤。他们挤进欧吉桑的小车，返回了坂滨。 这条路很窄，绕着高高的岩石悬崖蜿蜒而行。 透过一扇窗户，太平洋的海浪撞击着嶙峋的岩壁。 在另一边，景色一望无际

rice fields to the mountains, which towered up to the clear blue sky. "Daddy was right," Mom said. "I think this is the most beautiful place on Earth." "You should stay longer," Ojisan said. "I want to!" Harry shouted. Not Ben. He was glad they were leaving in two days. He'd miss Ojisan. But being here had turned Ben all soft. He'd been dreaming about Dad every night, thinking about him all the time.

稻田向高山延伸，高山高耸入云，蓝天清澈。 “爸爸是对的，”妈妈说。 “我认为这是地球上最美丽的地方。” “你应该多待一会儿，”奥吉桑说。 “我想去!”哈利喊道。 不是本。他很高兴他们两天后就要走了。 他会想念欧吉桑的。但在这里，本变得软弱了。 他每天晚上都梦见爸爸，无时无刻不在想着他。

Back home, Ben managed to keep his mind clear. It wasn't easy. He'd given up basketball, even quitting the travel team he'd worked so hard to make. Hoops had been their game — Ben and Dad's. After the accident, just the sound of a bouncing ball would hit Ben in the chest like a bullet. He'd cleaned out his room so there were no more pictures of Dad. He'd ripped down the F-16 poster that had hung over his bed. When Mom knocked on his locked door, Ben said he was doing homework. When Harry wanted to play, Ben told him to go away. Sometimes it seemed that Ben had turned his room into a cave, a dark space like where Dad hid after he was shot down in Afghanistan. Yeah, it was lonely in there sometimes. But at least in his cave, Ben felt safe.

回到家，本设法保持头脑清醒。 这并不容易。他放弃了篮球，甚至放弃了他努力组建的旅行队。 篮球是他们的游戏——本和爸爸的。 事故发生后，就连弹球的声音都会像子弹一样击中本的胸膛。 他已经把房间打扫干净了，所以再也没有爸爸的照片了。 他撕下了挂在床上的F-16的海报。 当妈妈敲他锁着的门时，本说他在做作业。 当哈利想玩的时候，本叫他走开。 有时，本似乎把他的房间变成了一个洞穴，一个黑暗的空间，就像爸爸在阿富汗被击落后藏在那里一样。 是啊，有时候在里面挺寂寞的。 但至少在他的洞穴里，本感到安全。