5 A Mysterious Campfire

CHAPTER 5 A Mysterious Campfire The next morning I was lazy and didn't want to get up to cook breakfast. I was dozing off again when I heard a deep "boom!" away up the river. I looked out through a hole in the leaves and saw a lot of smoke on the water. It was a long way up, near the ferry landing. And there was the ferryboat full of people. I knew what was going on now. "Boom!" I saw the white smoke come out of the ferryboat's side. They were firing a

第五章神秘的营火第二天早上，我很懒，不想起来做早饭。 我又在打瞌睡，突然听到河那边传来一声深沉的“砰”的声音。 我透过树叶上的一个洞向外看，看到水面上有很多烟。 那是一段很长的路，靠近渡口。 那里有一艘载满了人的渡船。 我现在知道是怎么回事了。 “轰!”我看见白烟从渡船的一侧冒出来。 他们在开火。

cannon over the water, trying to make my body float to the top. The ferryboat was floating with the current and soon I could see who was aboard. Pap, Judge Thatcher, Jo Harper, Tom Sawyer, his old Aunt Polly, Sid, and plenty more were there. Everybody was talking about the murder. Soon they floated past and went out of sight around the island. I could hear the booming now and then, further and further off. After about an hour, I didn't hear it anymore. I felt bad about lying to them like this, but I didn't know what else to do. I didn't want my pap to find me and I didn't want to go back to my old life with the widow. I knew I was all right now. Nobody else would come looking for me. I got my things from the canoe and set up a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them. I also caught a catfish. Toward sundown I started

大炮越过水面，试图让我的身体浮到水面上。 渡船随波逐流，我很快就看清了船上的人。 爸爸、撒切尔法官、乔·哈帕、汤姆·索亚、他的老姨妈波莉、希德，还有很多人都在那儿。 每个人都在谈论谋杀。 不久他们就漂过去了，在岛上消失了。 我不时能听到轰鸣声，声音越来越远。 大约一个小时后，我再也没有听到它了。 我对这样对他们撒谎感到很内疚，但我不知道还能做什么。 我不想让我爸爸找到我，我也不想和那个寡妇回到过去的生活。 我知道我现在没事了。 没人会来找我。 我从独木舟上拿了东西，在茂密的树林里搭起了一个漂亮的营地。 我用毯子做了一个帐篷，把我的东西放在下面，这样雨水就不能淋到它们了。 我还钓到了一条鲶鱼。日落时分，我出发了

my campfire and had supper. When it got dark, I sat by the fire feeling satisfied. But by and by it also got sort of lonesome. I sat on the bank and listened to the water swishing along and counted the stars and drift logs. Then I went to bed. There's no easier way to feel better when you're lonesome. You get over it soon. It went on like this for three days and nights. Every day was the same. After that I went exploring around the island. It felt like it all belonged to me and I wanted to know all about it. I found plenty of strawberries and green summer grapes. Green raspberries and the blackberries were just beginning to come out. They would come in handy, I thought. I almost caught a snake, too. I was running after it when, all of a sudden, I stepped right into the ashes of a campfire that was still smoking. Someone else was on my island! My heart jumped up into my lungs. I didn't

我的营火和晚餐。 天黑后，我坐在火炉旁，感到心满意足。 但渐渐地，它也变得有点寂寞。 我坐在岸边，听着水声，数着星星和漂流的圆木。 然后我就上床睡觉了。当你感到孤独时，没有比这更容易让你感觉更好的方法了。 你很快就会好起来的。就这样持续了三天三夜。 每天都是一样的。之后我在岛上四处探险。 感觉这一切都是属于我的，我想了解这一切。 我发现了大量的草莓和绿色的夏季葡萄。 绿树莓和黑莓刚刚开始开花。 我想它们迟早会派上用场的。 我也差点抓到一条蛇。 我追着它跑的时候，突然，我正好踩进了一堆还在冒烟的篝火的灰烬里。 还有别人在我的岛上！我的心都跳到肺里了。 我没有

wait to look around, but went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as I could. Every now and then I stopped and listened, but I was breathing so hard I couldn't hear anything else. When I got back to camp, I wasn't feeling very brave. I told myself that this was no time to fool around. I gathered all my gear and put out my fire. I spread the ashes around to look like an old camp from last year and then I climbed up a tree. I was up there for about two hours, but I didn't see or hear anything. There were a few times when my imagination made me think I heard and saw many things coming. I couldn't stay up there forever, so I finally climbed down. I stayed in the thick woods and kept on the lookout all the time. All I could eat were berries and leftovers from breakfast. By nighttime I was pretty hungry. When it was good and dark, I moved the canoe out and paddled across the river. I went into the woods

等着四处看看，但我踮起脚尖尽快地溜了回去。 我时不时地停下来倾听，但我呼吸太急促，什么也听不见。 当我回到营地时，我感到很不勇敢。 我告诉自己，现在不是胡闹的时候。 我收拾好所有的装备，把火扑灭了。 我把灰烬撒在周围，看起来像去年的旧营地，然后我爬上了一棵树。 我在上面待了大约两个小时，但我什么也没看到也没听到。 有几次，我的想象力使我认为我听到并看到了许多事情。 我不能永远呆在上面，所以我终于爬下来了。 我呆在茂密的树林里，一直保持着警惕。 我能吃的只有浆果和早餐剩下的东西。 到了晚上，我已经很饿了。 天完全黑了，我把独木舟划到河对岸。 我走进了树林

and cooked a supper. I had almost decided to stay there all night when I heard horses coming. Then I heard people's voices. I got everything back into the canoe as fast as I could and then crept through the woods to see what I could find out. I hadn't got far when I heard a man talking. "We should camp here if we can find a place," he said. "The horses are tired." I didn't wait, but shoved the canoe out and paddled away. I hid back on the island where I had been before and decided to sleep in the canoe. I didn't sleep much. I couldn't. Every time I woke up I thought someone had caught me by the neck. Finally I said to myself, I can't live this way. I'm going to find out who's on this island with me. One way or another, I'll find out. Well, I felt better right away. In the morning, I looked around some more and caught a glimpse of a fire away through the trees. I moved toward it, cautious and slow. Soon

做了一顿晚餐。我几乎要决定在那儿过夜了，这时我听到马来了。 然后我听到了人们的声音。 我以最快的速度把所有的东西搬回独木舟，然后蹑手蹑脚地穿过树林，看看能发现些什么。 我没走多远就听到一个人在说话。 “如果能找到地方，我们就在这里扎营，”他说。 “马累了。”我没等，就把独木舟推了出去，划开了。 我躲回了我以前待过的那个岛上，决定睡在独木舟上。 我睡得不多。我不能。 每次醒来，我都觉得有人抓住了我的脖子。 最后我对自己说，我不能这样生活。 我要找出谁和我一起在这个岛上。 不管怎样，我会查出来的。 我马上就感觉好多了。 早上，我又向四周看了看，瞥见树林里有一堆火。 我小心而缓慢地朝它走去。 很快

I was close enough to see a man lying on the ground and covered with a blanket. He yawned, stretched, and took off the blanket. It was Jim! I sure was glad to see him. I said: "Hello Jim," and walked out. He jumped up and stared at me with a scared look in his eyes. Then he fell to his knees and put his hands together and said: "Don't hurt me! I never did any harm to a ghost. I always liked dead people and did all I could for them. You've got to get back in the river where you belong. Don't do anything to old Jim. I was always your friend." Well it didn't take long to make him understand that I wasn't dead and I wasn't a ghost. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I wasn't lonesome now. I knew he wouldn't tell anyone where I was. "How long have you been on the island?" I asked. "I came here the night after you were killed—

我离得很近，看到一个男人躺在地上，身上盖着一条毯子。 他打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰，然后脱下毯子。 是吉姆！我真的很高兴见到他。 我说：“你好，吉姆。”然后走了出去。 他跳了起来，用惊恐的眼神盯着我。 然后他双膝跪地，双手合十说：“不要伤害我！我从来没有伤害过鬼。 我一直喜欢死人，为他们尽我所能。 你得回到属于你的河里去。 不要对老吉姆做任何事。 我一直都是你的朋友。” 没过多久我就让他明白我没死，也不是鬼。 我非常高兴见到吉姆。 我现在不寂寞了。我知道他不会告诉任何人我在哪里。 “你在岛上多久了？”我问。 “你被杀的那天晚上，我来过这里——