18 Tom’s Adventure

CHAPTER 18 Tom's Adventure Over the next few days, Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas began to notice that items were missing from the house: the sheet, spoon, candles, and other things that Tom had decided were necessary to free Jim. Tom and I tried to fool them by replacing some of the items and taking others later on. Tom's plan was also bothering Jim, who was supposed to write poems and paint a coat of

在接下来的几天里，萨莉姨妈和西拉斯叔叔开始注意到房子里的东西不见了：床单、勺子、蜡烛和其他汤姆认为用来解救吉姆的东西。 汤姆和我试图骗过他们，先换掉一些东西，然后再拿走其他的。 汤姆的计划也困扰着吉姆，他本来要写诗和画一幅画

arms. The problem was that none of us knew how to do that. Tom did a pretty good job of making them up for Jim. Three weeks passed. I thought it was taking a very long time to free him. When we were finally ready to set Jim free, Tom said we had to write warning letters to Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas. The letters had to be from a mysterious stranger. Tom had read all about it in one of his books. One night he left a note that said: "Beware. Trouble is brewing. Keep a sharp lookout. Unknown Friend." He slipped it under the front door of the house. The next night he drew a skull and crossbones on the front door. The night after that he drew a coffin on the back door. It was all very mysterious and scary. Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were quite upset. The slightest noise outside made them jump. People thought there were ghosts everywhere.

武器。问题是我们都不知道该怎么做。 汤姆为吉姆编造了一个很好的故事。 三个星期过去了。我还以为解救他要花很长时间呢。 当我们终于准备释放吉姆时，汤姆说我们必须给萨莉姨妈和西拉斯叔叔写警告信。 这些信一定是一个神秘的陌生人写的。 汤姆在他的一本书里读到过这一切。 一天晚上，他留下一张纸条，上面写着：“小心。 麻烦正在酝酿之中。保持高度警惕。 未知的朋友。”他把它塞进了房子的前门下面。 第二天晚上，他在前门画了一个骷髅和交叉的骨头。 第三天晚上，他在后门上画了一口棺材。 这一切都非常神秘和可怕。 萨莉姨妈和塞拉斯叔叔很不高兴。 外面最轻微的响声都会使他们跳起来。 人们认为到处都是鬼。

Then Tom left another letter: "I wish to be your friend. I want to warn you that there is a desperate gang who want to steal the runaway slave tonight. They have been trying to scare you so you will stay in the house and not bother them. I am one of the gang, but I wish to quit it and live an honest life again." The letter said the gang would sneak onto the farm at midnight and told how the family could capture the gang. The next day while Tom was out making preparations, I went back to the house. There was quite a crowd there! Fifteen farmers and every one of them had a weapon. I felt sick. Everyone was talking in a low voice. They all looked fidgety and uneasy. I ran and found Tom at the hut as soon as I could get away. I told him about the men. His eyes blazed and he said: "No! Is that so! Ain't that something!" "Hurry!" I said. "We have to set Jim free

然后汤姆又留下了一封信：“我希望成为你的朋友。 我要警告你，今晚有一帮走投无路的人想要偷走那个逃跑的奴隶。 他们一直想吓唬你，好让你待在家里，不要打扰他们。 我是这伙人中的一员，但我想退出，重新过诚实的生活。” 信中说，这伙人将在午夜潜入农场，并告诉家人如何抓住这伙人。 第二天，汤姆出去做准备的时候，我回到了家里。 那里有很多人！十五个农民，每个人都有武器。 我觉得不舒服。每个人都在低声交谈。 他们都显得烦躁不安。 我一跑开，就在小屋里找到了汤姆。 我告诉他那些人的事。他两眼放光，说：“不！是这样吗？这不是很了不起吗？”“快点!”我说。 “我们必须释放吉姆

now." We slipped the chain off Jim's leg. Just then we heard the men approaching. We all hid when they opened the door. It was dark and no one saw us as we crawled out of the hole we had dug. We crept around outside toward the fence and were nearly away when Tom's pants caught on a piece of wood. Someone heard us and yelled: "Who's that? Answer or I'll shoot!" We didn't answer. We just ran and ran. There was a bang, bang, bang! and the bullets whizzed around us! We heard the men yell: "There they are! They're headed for the river! After them, boys, and turn loose the dogs!" We made it to the river and found where I had hidden my canoe. We hopped in and rowed for dear life toward the island where I had hidden the raft. We were far away from the men. When we finally stepped onto the raft, I said: "Now Jim, you're free again. I bet you'll never be a slave again."

现在。”我们把吉姆腿上的链子解开了。 就在这时，我们听到那些人走近了。 他们开门时，我们都躲了起来。 天很黑，当我们从挖的洞里爬出来时，没有人看到我们。 我们蹑手蹑脚地向外面的篱笆走去，快要离开时，汤姆的裤子被一块木头卡住了。 有人听到我们喊道：“那是谁？” 回答，不然我开枪了！”我们没有回答。 我们只是跑啊跑。砰，砰，砰！子弹在我们周围呼啸而过！我们听到那些人喊道：“他们在那儿！他们往河里去了！跟着他们，孩子们，把狗放出来！”我们来到河边，找到了我藏独木舟的地方。 我们跳上船，拼命向我藏木筏的那个岛划去。 我们离那些人很远。 当我们终于登上木筏时，我说：“现在吉姆，你又自由了。 我打赌你再也不会做奴隶了。”

"It was a mighty good job, too, Huck," he said. "It was planned beautifully. Nobody could have come up with a better plan than that." We were all as glad as we could be, but Tom was even happier because he had a bullet in the calf of his leg. Well Jim and I didn't feel as good as we did before. It was hurting Tom a lot and bleeding pretty heavily. We tore up one of the duke's shirts to bandage him, but he wanted to do it himself. "We did it so elegantly, didn't we?" he said, still excited about the escape. Jim and I knew Tom needed a doctor, but Tom didn't want one. It never happened like that in any of his adventure books. Finally he agreed to

“干得也很不错，哈克，”他说。 “计划得很完美。 没有人能想出比这更好的计划了。” 我们都很高兴，但汤姆更高兴，因为他的小腿中了一颗子弹。 吉姆和我感觉不像以前那么好了。 汤姆伤得很重，血流得很厉害。 我们撕了公爵的一件衬衫给他包扎，但他想自己动手。 “我们做得很优雅，不是吗？”他说，仍然对这次越狱感到兴奋。 吉姆和我知道汤姆需要医生，但汤姆不想要。 在他的历险书里从来没有这样的事。 最后他同意了

let me go. He didn't have a choice, but I let him think it was his decision. He made me promise to blindfold the doctor so he wouldn't know where we were hidden. I said I would and Jim said he would hide until the doctor left. The doctor I found in town was a very kind- looking old man. I told him my brother was hurt in a hunting accident and that we wanted him to help us without telling our parents. "Who are your folks?" he asked. "The Phelpses." "Oh," he said, and a few moments later: "How did you say he got shot?" "He had a dream and it shot him." "Some dream," he said. When he saw my canoe, he said it wouldn't be big enough for both of us. He told me to stay at his office until he came back. I didn't have time to argue with him, so I told him which island Tom was on and he set out for it. Well pretty soon I fell asleep out there. When

放开我。他没得选，但我让他以为这是他的决定。 他让我答应蒙住医生的眼睛这样他就不知道我们藏在哪里了。 我说我会的，吉姆说他会躲起来直到医生离开。 我在城里找到的医生是一位看起来很慈祥的老人。 我告诉他我哥哥在一次狩猎事故中受伤了，我们希望他能帮助我们，但不要告诉我们的父母。 “你父母是谁？”他问。 “精子”。“哦，”他说，过了一会儿又问：“你怎么说他中枪了？”“他做了一个梦，却被它击中了。” “有人做梦，”他说。当他看到我的独木舟时，他说小船不够大，容不下我们俩。 他让我在他办公室等他回来。 我没有时间和他争论，所以我告诉他汤姆在哪个岛上，他就出发了。 很快我就在外面睡着了。 当