Chapter 14

chapter fourteen None of us say much as we head back to the tree house. It's like there's suddenly more to this world than we ever imagined. More horror. More terror. More danger. More everything. June, in a daze, flips through the radio stations. She seems to have forgotten that there is no more radio. Rough static comes from the speakers. June finally turns the knob to OFF. She rests her head against the window. I miss music It's the only thing anyone says during the ride.

第十四章回到树屋时，我们谁也没多说什么。 就好像这个世界突然比我们想象的要丰富。 更恐怖。更恐怖。更多的危险。 更多的一切。琼茫然地翻看着广播电台。 她似乎忘了收音机已经没有了。 粗糙的静电来自扬声器。 琼终于把旋钮关了。 她把头靠在窗户上。 我想念音乐这是大家在旅途中唯一会说的话。

A big monster like Blarg? You can run from that. You can hide from that. If you have to, you can fight that. But something so unknown? Something so foul that it sucks out the brains of the already undead? It fills us with cold, choking fear. As Dirk pulls Big Mama into the backyard, Quint comes shuffling out of the garage, his hair a mess, shirt covered in Mountain Dew stains, like he hasn't slept in days. But he's got a grin like the Cheshire Cat. Before he can dive into whatever it is he's about to dive into, I stop him. We all sit down. I let June do the talking—and she details everything that happened. Everything we saw. The Shrieking, the burp, the raining zombies. Quint slowly shakes his head. "This is not good. However," he continues, "the timing is perfect. Because..."

像布莱那样的大怪物？你可以逃避。 你可以躲起来。如果有必要，你可以反抗。 但如此未知的事情呢？某种恶心到能吸走不死生物大脑的东西？ 它让我们充满了冰冷、窒息的恐惧。 当德克把“大妈妈”拉进后院时，昆特拖着脚从车库走了出来，他的头发乱糟糟的，衬衫上沾满了潮露的污渍，就像他好几天没睡觉一样。 但他咧着嘴笑得像柴郡猫。 在他开始他要做的事之前，我要阻止他。 我们都坐下了。我让琼来说话，她详细描述了发生的一切。 我们看到的一切。尖叫，打嗝，下雨的僵尸。 昆特慢慢地摇了摇头。 “这可不妙。然而，”他继续说道，“时机是完美的。 因为……”

I have developed a variety of zombie-catching traps using them. We WILL catch a Zombie And we Will be prepared when The shrieking shrieks again. "And that means," Quint says, "it's zombie stakeout time." The idea of a stakeout lifts my spirits some. It helps to push the horrific vision of raining zombies to the back of my mind. See, for as long as I can remember, I've wanted to go on a stakeout. I mean, a real stakeout—what's better than that? Like a cool, grizzled cop. Like buddy cops, from a buddy-cop movie! I can just picture us...

我利用它们开发了各种捕捉僵尸的陷阱。 我们将抓住一个僵尸，我们将准备当尖叫再次尖叫。 “这意味着，”昆特说，“现在是监视僵尸的时候了。” 监视的想法使我的精神振奋了一些。 这有助于把僵尸雨的可怕景象抛到脑后。 从我记事起，我就一直想去盯梢。 我是说，真正的监视——还有什么比这更好的呢？ 像个酷酷的花白警察。 就像兄弟警察电影里的兄弟警察！我可以想象我们…

So we pile into Big Mama—Rover curled up in the back, weighing the whole thing down—and go hunting for snacks. You can't do a stakeout without stakeout snacks. That's like Stakeout 101. At the grocery store, once we've filled our giant bags, June has a realization. "Guys, since a lot of the zombies are missing—along with their brains— where do we find one?" "I thought about that," Quint says. "And that's where Rover comes in." Quint kneels down in front of the big fur ball and does his best zombie impression. Rover cocks his head and looks at Quint like he's a bit bonkers.

于是我们挤进“大罗孚妈妈”车里，蜷缩在车的后面，把整个车压下去，然后去找零食吃。 没有监视零食是没法监视的。 这就像监视101。在杂货店，当我们装满了我们的大袋子时，琼突然意识到。 “伙计们，既然很多僵尸都不见了——连同它们的大脑——我们上哪儿去找一个呢？”“我想过这个问题，”昆特说。 “这就是罗孚的用武之地。” 昆特跪在大毛球前，做了他最好的僵尸模仿。 罗孚歪着头看着昆特，好像他有点疯了。

Then Rover tilts his head toward me. I shrug and do a terrible zombie impression, too. Rover seems to understand, and moments later, he's stampeding through town. We scramble back into Big Mama, I stomp the pedal, and we follow. Rover stops at an alley that cuts between two rows of homes. Dirk steps out of Big Mama and begins examining the ground. He's in this weird, like, Apache tracker mode. He picks up some dirt, sifts through some grass, and then holds up a finger. "Zombie tracks," he declares. I frown. "How can you tell the difference between zombie tracks and regular not-dead-person tracks?" "It's easy..."

然后罗孚把头向我歪过来。 我耸耸肩，也做了一个可怕的僵尸模仿。 罗孚似乎明白了，过了一会儿，他在镇上狂奔。 我们爬回大妈妈，我踩踏板，我们跟着。 罗孚在两排房屋之间的一条小巷停了下来。 德克走出“大妈妈”，开始检查地面。 他现在很奇怪，就像阿帕奇追踪者一样。 他捡起一些泥土，筛过一些草，然后举起一个手指。 “僵尸的足迹，”他宣称。 我皱眉。“你如何区分僵尸的足迹和普通活人的足迹？”“很容易……”

"Do the tracks appear fresh?" Quint asks. "Since the last rain," Dirk answers. "Two days, maybe three." I have no idea how he knows this. "Then this is the spot," Quint declares. I reverse Big Mama into an overrun backyard that keeps us hidden from Dozers but still lets us watch the path. Quint sets up his first trap, and with that... Break out the grub. It's classic cinematic stakeout time. Quint grins. "I brought sunflower seeds. Ultimate stakeout food." Turns out, sunflower seeds must be an acquired taste.

“脚印看起来新鲜吗？”五度音问道。 “自从上次下雨以来，”德克回答。 “两天，也许三天。”我不知道他是怎么知道的。 “那么就是这里了，”昆特宣布。 我把“大妈妈”倒过来，变成了一个杂草丛生的后院，这样我们就可以躲避推土机，但仍然可以看着小路。 昆特设下了他的第一个陷阱 把食物拿出来。这是经典的电影监视时间。 昆特笑着说。“我带了葵花籽。 终极监视食物。”事实证明，葵花籽的味道一定是后天养成的。