16 Tom Sawyer

CHAPTER 16 Tom Sawyer When I heard Tom's name, I almost fell over. But there was no time to think. They asked me all kinds of questions about Tom's family back home. I was so happy to know who I was supposed to be. I knew all the details and news of the Sawyer family. I talked and talked and gave them enough news for six Sawyer families. For example, I knew right away that the old woman who met me must have been his Aunt

第十六章汤姆·索亚当我听到汤姆的名字时，我几乎摔倒了。 但是没有时间思考。 他们问了我关于汤姆家里的各种问题。 我很高兴知道我应该是谁。 我知道索耶一家的所有细节和消息。 我说啊说啊，给他们讲的消息够索耶家六个家庭的了。 例如，我马上就知道，遇到我的那个老妇人一定是他的阿姨

Sally. That meant the old man was his Uncle Silas. I was feeling pretty comfortable being Tom Sawyer, but then I thought, suppose Tom comes down that road just like I did? And suppose he tells them who I am before I can give him a signal to keep quiet? I couldn't have that, so I told the folks that I was going into town to fetch my luggage. When I was halfway there, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer coming my way. I called out to him and he stopped, his mouth open like a trunk. He thought I was a ghost. "I never did you any harm," he said. "Why would you want to come back and haunt me?" "I haven't come back. I was never gone," I said. It took some explaining before Tom understood my situation. Then he was excited. He loved adventures. I told him all about the two frauds and how Jim had been captured. I said that my plan was to pretend to be Tom until I

莎莉。这意味着那个老人就是他的叔叔塞拉斯。 我本来觉得做汤姆·索亚很舒服，但后来我想，要是汤姆也像我一样走上这条路呢？ 万一他在我示意他闭嘴之前就告诉了他们我是谁呢？ 我不能那样做，所以我告诉他们我要进城去取行李。 当我走到一半的时候，汤姆·索亚果然向我走来了。 我叫他，他停了下来，嘴巴张得像个大箱子。 他以为我是鬼。“我从来没有伤害过你，”他说。 “你为什么要回来缠着我？”“我还没有回来。 我从来没有离开过，”我说。 我向汤姆解释了一番才明白我的处境。 然后他很兴奋。他喜欢冒险。 我把那两起诈骗案的经过和吉姆被捕的经过都告诉了他。 我说我的计划是假装汤姆，直到我

could find a way to free Jim. I also wanted to be sure that I was well away from the duke and the king. Tom said he knew exactly what to do. First, I went back to the Phelps' farm with his luggage. Then Tom came along about a half hour after. He pretended to be his own brother, Sid. "Why, dear me, this is such a surprise," said Aunt Sally. "We weren't expecting you, only Tom. Sis never wrote to me about anybody coming but him." "I wasn't supposed to come, but I begged and begged and at the last minute she let me go," he said. We had dinner then. Tom and I tried to find out some news about Jim, but we couldn't learn anything. Then Tom mentioned seeing a poster for a show in town and asked if we could go. Uncle Silas said no, but I realized it was the show that the duke and the king were doing. That night I told Tom about the show. We decided to

能找到救吉姆的办法 我还想确保自己远离公爵和国王。 汤姆说他知道该怎么做。 首先，我拿着菲尔普斯家的行李回到了他的农场。 大约半小时后，汤姆来了。 他假装自己是自己的弟弟希德。 “哎呀，天哪，这真是一个惊喜，”萨莉姨妈说。 “我们没想到你会来，只有汤姆。 除了他，姐姐从来没有写信告诉我有人要来。” 他说：“我本不该去的，但我不停地哀求，最后她还是让我去了。” 然后我们吃了晚饭。汤姆和我试图找出一些关于吉姆的消息，但我们什么也没学到。 然后汤姆提到在城里看到一场演出的海报，问我们能不能去。 塞拉斯叔叔不同意，但我意识到这是公爵和国王在演的戏。 那天晚上，我把演出的事告诉了汤姆。 我们决定

sneak out to warn the townspeople about those two frauds. When we got into town that night, we saw a rush of people in the street. They were all carrying torches. Everyone was yelling and whooping, banging tin pans, and blowing horns. We got out of their way as fast as we could. As they passed we saw the king and the duke. They were covered in tar and feathers, and sitting on an old train rail being carried by the crowd. I knew it was them, even though they were covered with tar and feathers. I felt sorry for them. I didn't think I could be angry with them anymore. It was a terrible thing to see. Human beings can be awfully cruel to one another.

溜出去警告镇上的人那两个骗子。 那天晚上我们进城时，看到街上挤满了人。 他们都拿着火把。 每个人都在大喊大叫，敲打着锡锅，吹着喇叭。 我们以最快的速度躲开了他们。 当他们经过时，我们看到了国王和公爵。 他们身上涂满了柏油和羽毛，坐在被人群抬着的旧铁轨上。 我知道那是他们，尽管他们身上沾满了焦油和羽毛。 我为他们感到难过。我觉得我不能再对他们生气了。 这是一件可怕的事情。 人类可以对彼此非常残忍。