Chapter 19

chapter nineteen guys. The tendril is close. Also, I named it the tendril, but it's got two Ls at the end because it drills. Get it tendril. What are you talking about? Sounds scary, but I like the name. The chasing tendril fills the tunnel entirely. Pebbles in soil. Rain down on us. I don't like the way the plants are flickering, like horror, movie bathroom, light bulbs. June shouts.

第十九章，伙计们。卷须很近。 我还把它命名为卷须，但它尾部有两个l，因为它会钻。 抓住它，卷须。你在说什么？ 听起来很吓人，但我喜欢这个名字。 追逐的卷须填满了整个隧道。 土壤中的鹅卵石。雨点落在我们身上。 我不喜欢植物闪烁的样子，就像恐怖片，电影浴室，灯泡。 6月大喊。

I slip on a mound of soil, face-plant into the ground, then get back up. "Guys!" I shout. I'm screaming at the top of my lungs, but the Tendrill is louder. "It's not just... the Vine- Thingies... it's bigger! The Tendrill." My friends dash around the next turn. I tuck in my head and run faster. Speeding after them, I holler, "GUYS! IT'S BIG! REALLY BIG!" "How big?" Dirk shouts as he glances back. His eyes go scary wide. "Oh. That big." Up ahead, June seems to somehow find another gear—and picks up speed. We're going uphill the entire way. I've got a cramp in my side like I swallowed a ninja star and it got wedged in the side of my gut. Unfortunately for us, I bet the Tendrill doesn't even get cramps. Lucky no-crampgetting tendrill with two Ls. "Look! More quills!" Quint calls out, pointing up ahead. "That means go left!" Dirk says. "That's the way we came!" We're nearly to the surface.

我在一堆土上滑倒，把脸埋进土里，然后爬起来。 “男人!”我喊。我声嘶力竭地尖叫，但藤钻的声音更大。 “这不仅仅是……藤蔓——那些东西…… 这是大的!Tendrill。” 我的朋友们在下一个拐弯处冲过去。 我把脑袋塞进去，跑得更快。 我飞快地跟在他们后面，喊道：“伙计们！这是大!真的大了!”“多大?”德克回头看了一眼，喊道。 他的眼睛睁得大得吓人。“哦。 大。”前方，June似乎找到了另一个档位，并加快了速度。 我们一路上都是上山的。 我身体一侧抽筋就像我吞下了一颗忍者之星它卡在了我的肠子里。 对我们来说不幸的是，我打赌藤钻根本不会抽筋。 幸运的不抽筋的卷须有两个l。 “看!更多的鹅毛笔!”昆特喊道，指着前方。 “那意味着向左走！”德克说。 “我们就是这么来的！”我们快到水面了。

But the Tendrill is close—and getting closer. Go go, go. I'm going. This is as much going as I can go. "I'm gonna try to slow the thing down!" I shout, as I yank the Slicer from over my shoulder. I plunge it into the tunnel wall, dragging it through the dirt as I run. I twist the handle, soil spills out, and soon the tunnel wall is collapsing behind us. "Faster, faster, faster!" I cry.

但是藤钻就在附近，而且越来越近。 快，快，快。我走了。我能做的就这么多了。 “我要试着让它慢下来！”我喊道，把切片机从肩膀上拽了过来。 我把它插进隧道的墙壁，一边跑一边拖着它穿过泥土。 我扭动把手，泥土溢出来，很快我们身后的隧道墙就坍塌了。 “快点，快点，快点！”我哭了。

Another turn—then I catch sight of the crater where we entered. A rope dangles through a hole in the surface—Big Mama's tow cable. June leaps for the rope. Quint's behind her, sailing toward it. Dirk grabs hold. They're being lifted up. At the last instant, I jump. Dirk grabs my wrist. "Pull me!" I cry. "Pulling, bro!" And then a final YANK and I'm exploding out of the dirt. Dirk races toward Big Mama. Then— KAAA-VOOSH! The Tendrill ERUPTS through the ground, radiating like an earthquake. The monster's surging body is like a whale breaching the surface. The sharp, fringed head of the Tendrill screeches in anger. "It's like an extension of Thrull," Quint says. "Doing his bidding." "I am SO not cool with that," June snarls.

又拐了一个弯，我看见了我们进去的那个火山口。 一根绳子从水面的一个洞里晃来晃去——这是大妈的拖缆。 琼跳向绳索。昆特在她后面，正朝它驶来。 德克抓住了他。它们被举起来了。 在最后一刻，我跳了下去。 德克抓住我的手腕。“拉我!”我哭了。 “拉,兄弟!”最后一扬，我就从泥土里炸开了。 德克跑向大妈。 然后——KAAA-VOOSH !藤钻穿过地面爆发，像地震一样辐射。 这只怪物汹涌的身体就像一头破浪的鲸鱼。 藤钻那锋利的、带着穗子的头愤怒地尖叫着。 昆特表示：“这就像是《Thrull》的延伸版。 “听他的吩咐。”“我对此很不爽，”琼咆哮道。

"GET IT!!!" I shout, and June, Quint, Rover, and I spring forward to attack....

“得到它!”我大喊一声，琼、昆特、罗孚和我冲上前去攻击....