Chapter 12

chapter twelve Jack, If you would, please walk toward me. I don't like this. Not one bit. June elbows me. "Aww, what's the matter, Jack? Scared to cross your own backyard?" "Me? Scared? Ha!" I say. I boldly stomp toward Quint. Grass squishes loudly beneath my sneakers. This is no problem. ZERO problem.

第十二章杰克，如果你愿意，请向我走来。 我不喜欢这样。一点也不。 琼用胳膊肘撞我。“啊，怎么了，杰克？” 害怕穿过自家后院？”“我? 害怕吗?哈!”我说。我大胆地向昆特走去。 草地在我的球鞋下吱吱作响。 这没问题。零的问题。

But Quint grins then. A sick grin. A devious Quint grin. Devious Quint grins are never good. The kid looks like a Bond villain every time he plots a move in Monopoly. My next step is followed by a sudden snapping sound as something tightens around my ankle. It's like a hand, snatching me. "ZOMBIE IN THE GROUND!!!!" I shriek. "GROUNDERS! WE GOT GROUNDERS!" And then—

但昆特笑了。一个病态的笑容。 一个狡猾的昆特笑容。狡诈的咧嘴笑从来都不是好事。 这孩子每次在大富翁游戏中策划行动时，看起来都像邦德中的反派。 我的下一步是突然的咔嚓声，我的脚踝上有什么东西绷紧了。 就像一只手在抓我。 “地下僵尸！！！！”我尖叫。 “滚地出局!我们有地球人！”然后,

OK. False alarm. Not grounders. Please just forget that ever happened—me, yelling about grounders. Grounders aren't a thing. It was, in fact, a Quint invention. A particularly cruel Quint invention.

好的。假警报。不滚地出局。 请忘了那件事吧，我，对滚地球的事大吼大叫。 地表人不是什么东西。事实上，这是昆特的发明。 一个特别残忍的昆特发明。

June bursts out laughing—she has a deep, loud laugh that makes my heart happy—and Dirk chuckles like a little kid. Quint talks to Dirk and June like he's Tony Stark presenting some new suit of armor. "Now," Quint says, "I assume you're wondering why our friend Jack is hanging upside down?" "Not really," Dirk says.

琼突然大笑起来——她的笑声深沉而响亮，让我的心很开心——德克也像个小孩一样咯咯地笑。 昆特对德克和琼说话就像他是托尼·斯塔克展示新盔甲一样。 “现在，”昆特说，“我猜你在想为什么我们的朋友杰克倒挂着？”“不完全是，”德克说。

"I'm just enjoying it," June says. "He'd make a good Christmas tree ornament. Just wrap some lights around him. What do you say, Jack?" "I hate all of you," I mutter. "That's not very festive," June says. "Listen carefully," Quint says. "I've long suspected zombies were disappearing. Two months ago, we couldn't turn a corner without a zombie pouncing. Now, zombie hidey-holes are nearly empty! I didn't know why until last night, when we heard The Shrieking and saw the parade—" "Um, guys," I interrupt. "All the blood is rushing to my head. I can't really see..." My friends ignore me. Of course. "You're telling me some—ah—some thing is making a freaky shrieking sound—and that sound is calling zombies away from Wakefield?" Dirk asks. "But what?" June asks. "I don't know," Quint says. "In fact, I haven't the faintest idea."

“我只是很享受，”琼说。 “他会是一个很好的圣诞树装饰品。 在他身上缠上几盏灯。 你说呢，杰克？”“我恨你们所有人，”我喃喃地说。 “这不是很喜庆，”琼说。 “仔细听，”昆特说。 “我一直怀疑僵尸正在消失。 两个月前，我们一拐弯就会有僵尸扑过来。 现在，僵尸的藏身之处几乎是空的！我不知道为什么，直到昨晚，当我们听到尖叫，看到游行——”“嗯，伙计们，”我打断了他。 “所有的血都涌向了我的头。 我真的看不见……”我的朋友无视我。 当然可以。“你是说有什么——啊——有什么东西发出一种奇怪的尖叫声——那声音是在把僵尸从韦克菲尔德赶走？”德克问道。 “但是什么?”6月问道。“我不知道，”昆特说。 “事实上，我一点也不知道。”

Put something was causing them to shuffle together to some location. And I intend to find out what. June gives me another little shove. "Can I just again mention how much I absolutely love upsidedown Jack?" she says. "Can we keep him like this?" Finally, I erupt. "FIRST! Everyone stop pushing me. SECOND! What does me hanging here have to do with all this? Why did I get snared?" "Because," Quint says, "we're going to use a snare to catch our very own zombie. We'll bring the zombie here. And then..."

把一些东西放在一起，让它们拖到某个地方。 我要找出是什么。 琼又推了我一把。 她说：“我能再说一遍我有多喜欢《颠倒杰克》吗？” “我们能让他一直这样吗？”最后，我爆发了。 “第一!大家别逼我了。 第二个!我挂在这里跟这一切有什么关系？ 为什么我被困住了？”“因为，”昆特说，“我们要用一个陷阱来捕捉我们自己的僵尸。 我们把僵尸带过来。 然后…”