Chapter 21

chapter twenty-one Thick, melted ice cream is splattered in a sticky layer across the ground, dotted with rainbow sprinkles. It looks like the world was hit by a cake batter cyclone. Through the rain, I see Thrull....

厚厚的融化了的冰淇淋在地上粘了一层，上面点缀着彩虹色的雪花。 看起来整个世界都被蛋糕糊旋风袭击了。 透过雨，我看到Thrull....

He jams his fleshy, flapping arm into the cut- open side of the tail— It is mine. The tail fuses with Thrull's arm, forming one long, terrifying appendage. Of course he wasn't going to return the tail to Ghazt. He wanted

他把他那多肉的、扇动着的手臂塞进那只被切开的尾巴——那是我的。 尾巴和瑟鲁的手臂融合在一起，形成了一个长长的、可怕的附属物。 他当然不会把尾巴还给加斯特。 他想要的

zombie control for himself. And now he has it.... He's a liar. I learned that the hard way. Now Evie has, too. Out of the corner of my eye, I see her backing away, out of sight. The tail twists, turning Thrull. His back is to me. So I rise and begin to cross the parking lot. But I'm too scared to confront him. And too angry to do nothing. The rain comes down in buckets. Before I can decide—

自己控制僵尸。 现在他有了....他是个骗子。 这是我经历过的惨痛教训。 现在伊维也有了。从眼角余光，我看到她正往后退，消失在我的视线之外。 尾巴扭曲，旋转Thrull。 他背对着我。于是我站起来，开始穿过停车场。 但我太害怕了，不敢面对他。 太生气了，什么都做不了。 雨成桶倾盆而下。 在我决定之前

YANK Rover's carrying me in his mouth like a lion cub and Big Mama is whipping toward us. June's at the wheel. Quint beside her, Dirk in the back. They're all OK. I don't breathe a sigh of relief—but, yeah, a tiny bit of relieved nose breath shoots out my nostrils.

美国佬罗孚把我像小狮子一样叼在嘴里，大妈妈朝我们走来。 琼在开车。昆特在她旁边，德克在后面。 他们都很好。我没有松一口气——但是，是的，有一点点松一口气从我的鼻孔喷了出来。

"What are we doing?" I ask as Rover races up beside Big Mama. "Fleeing!" Quint shouts. "But, Bardle!" I cry. "We can't leave him!" "We gotta," Dirk says. "For now." I don't know how to respond to that. But then Rover leaps up, into Big Mama's truck bed. I guess I'd rather be out of the cold, so I crawl through the rear window, inside, to my friends. Quint pulls me close, and I'm happy—happy the rain is there to hide my tears....

“我们在做什么？”罗孚跑到“大妈”旁边时，我问道。 “逃!”昆特喊道。“但是,Bardle !”我哭了。 “我们不能丢下他！”“我们必须这么做，”德克说。 “现在。”我不知道该怎么回答。 但是罗孚跳了起来，跳进了大妈妈的卡车床上。 我想我宁愿远离寒冷，所以我从后窗爬进去，到我的朋友们那里。 昆特把我拉近，我很高兴——很高兴有雨藏着我的眼泪....