11 How My Shore Adventure Began

CHAPTER 11 How My Shore Adventure Began The next morning, the island looked quite different. Its gray solemn forests and stretches of golden sand, its three distinct hills topped by the Spyglass itself, all put fear in my heart. The ship rocked and I felt seasick and ill and thought my adventure ruined, for I now hated the very thought of Treasure Island. Throughout the heat of the day, we worked away quietly. But the crew had suddenly become surly and mean. Only Long

第十一章我的海岸冒险是如何开始的第二天早上，这个岛看起来完全不同了。 它那灰暗肃穆的森林，绵延不绝的金色沙滩，它那三座截然不同的小山，顶上就是望远镜山，这一切都使我感到害怕。 船摇晃了一下，我感到晕船和恶心，我想我的冒险完蛋了，因为我现在一想到宝岛就讨厌。 在炎热的一天里，我们一直安静地工作着。 但是船员们突然变得乖戾而刻薄。 只有长

John tried to keep them from seeming so. It became obvious that mutiny was upon us, and as we drew up to the cove where we would moor, not a sound stirred—the only thing we could hear was the crashing of the waves. We who had met in council only the night before knew that Long John's worry was the worst proof we could have. We met once again in the cabin to try to decide upon the course that was best. "If I give another order," said the Captain, "there will be mutiny. And if I don't, Silver will know that I am laying back because I know of his plan. Then we'd be done for." "Well," said the Squire, "what can we do?" "I propose," said the Captain, "sending the men ashore for an afternoon. If all go over to Silver's side, we must fight the ship. If none do, we hold the cabin only. But if only some go, mark my words, Silver will bring them

约翰竭力不让他们显得那样。 很明显，我们要叛变了。当我们把船划到要停泊的小海湾时，一点动静也没有——我们唯一能听到的是海浪的撞击声。 我们这些头天晚上才开会的人知道，高个子约翰的担心是我们能得到的最坏的证据。 我们在船舱里再次会面，试图决定最好的路线。 “如果我再下一个命令，”船长说，“就会发生兵变。 如果我不这么做，小银就会知道我在偷懒因为我知道了他的计划。 那我们就完了。”“那么，”乡绅说，“我们该怎么办呢？”“我建议，”船长说，“派人上岸呆一个下午。 如果大家都站到西尔弗那边，我们就得和这艘船战斗。 如果没有，我们就只保留船舱。 不过只要有几个人去，记住我的话，西尔弗就会把他们带来

back calm and in order. As mild as lambs." And so it was decided. We brought Hunter, Joyce, and Redruth into our plan and gave each a pistol. The Captain went to the deck and announced the free leave. "As many as would like," he offered, "may go ashore. I will fire a gun a half hour before sundown to let you know when to return to ship." With that, the men jumped up as if they thought they would find treasure the minute they stepped from the boat. They ceased looking downcast and were bright and chipper. The Captain quickly went below and, sure enough, Silver organized the men as if he were already their Captain. The honest men who went along were just dullards, or were lazy and idle. Most had let themselves be led astray in order to avoid

冷静下来，保持秩序。像羊羔一样温顺。” 事情就这样决定了。我们把亨特、乔伊斯和雷德拉斯也叫来，每人发了一把手枪。 船长走到甲板上，宣布可以自由休假。 “只要愿意，”他提议说，“就可以上岸。 我将在日落前半小时鸣枪，让你知道什么时候回到船上。” 说完，这些人跳了起来，好像他们一下船就能找到宝藏似的。 他们不再愁眉不展，而是精神抖擞。 船长迅速走到下面，果然，西尔弗把大家组织起来，好像他已经是他们的船长似的。 与他同行的诚实的人不是笨蛋，就是懒惰和游手好闲。 大多数人为了避免误入歧途而让自己误入歧途

having to work. But it is altogether another thing to join in a plot to take a ship and murder innocent men. At the end, thirteen men went ashore and six stayed on board. It was then that I became either brave or stupid, I can't say which, but I decided to hide myself in one of the boats. It was not the boat Silver was in but he saw that I had slipped aboard, and called out my name more than once. When our boat landed at the beach first, I leapt out and, taking off into the trees, disappeared into the forest. I had begun to regret my decision, but I ran and kept running until I could run no more.

不得不工作。但是，参与夺取一艘船并杀害无辜的人的阴谋，则完全是另一回事。 最后，十三个人上岸，六个人留在船上。 就在那时，我要么变得勇敢，要么变得愚蠢，我说不清是哪一种，但我决定躲在其中一条船上。 西尔弗坐的不是那条船，但他看见我溜上船来了，就不止一次地喊我的名字。 当我们的船第一次靠岸时，我跳出船，钻进树林，消失在森林里。 我开始后悔自己的决定，但我还是跑啊跑，直到跑不动为止。