5 A Safe Haven

CHAPTER 5 A Safe Haven? Hidden in the side of the rocks was an entrance to a series of caves. Hawkeye motioned for everyone to walk inside. Once they were all within the safety of the rocky walls, Hawkeye and Uncas went back outside to stand guard. "Do you think we are safe now, Duncan?" Alice asked. Before Duncan could answer, Hawkeye said "The fire grows too bright, Uncas. Drop the

第五章避风港？隐藏在岩石一侧的是通往一系列洞穴的入口。 鹰眼示意大家走进去。 当他们都在岩壁的安全地带时，鹰眼和昂卡斯回到外面站岗。 “你认为我们现在安全了吗，邓肯？”爱丽丝问。 邓肯还没来得及回答，鹰眼就说：“火太亮了，恩卡斯。 把

blanket to the cave." "Are we quite safe?" Duncan shouted "Is there no danger of surprise?" A figure moved at the back of the cave. The girls shouted in fright, but it was only Chingachgook, showing them the other entrance to the cavern. "See," Hawkeye said as he came toward the back. "There is another way out. You'll be quite safe here." Duncan looked around. "Are we on some sort of island?" he asked. "We're between two waterfalls," Hawkeye answered. "The river is both above and below." While the group made a rough dinner of deer meat, Uncas did his best to make sure that Cora and Alice were comfortable. Chingachgook sat apart from the group and watched everything carefully. "Now," Hawkeye said to the musician. "I do not know who you are."

把毯子放到洞里去。”“我们很安全吗？”邓肯喊道：“难道不会有意外的危险吗？”一个人影在山洞后面移动。 女孩们吓得大叫起来，但那只是钦加古，给她们看了洞穴的另一个入口。 “看，”鹰眼走到后面说。 “还有另一条出路。 你在这里会很安全的。” 邓肯环顾四周。“我们是不是在什么岛上？”他问。 “我们在两个瀑布之间。”鹰眼回答。 “这条河上下都有。” 当这群人用鹿肉做了一顿粗糙的晚餐时，恩卡斯尽力确保科拉和爱丽丝吃得舒服。 Chingachgook坐在远离人群的地方，仔细观察着一切。 “现在，”鹰眼对乐师说。 “我不知道你是谁。”

"My name is David Gamut," the musician answered. "Tell me, what do you do?" "I teach singing," David replied. "That's a strange kind of job. Why don't you sing a little now? It will make the girls feel better." David started to sing quietly, and Cora and Alice joined in. Suddenly a strange cry stopped the singing. Everyone fell silent. "What was that?" Alice whispered. No one replied. Hawkeye spoke to the two Mohicans, and then Uncas quietly left the cave. "We don't know what made that noise," Hawkeye said. "It's like nothing we have ever heard before in this forest." "Is it not a sound that warriors make before battle?" Cora asked. "If you had ever heard a warrior cry," Hawkeye said, "you would never mistake it for

“我叫大卫·加穆特，”乐师回答。 “告诉我，你是做什么的？”大卫回答说：“我教唱歌。” “这是一种奇怪的工作。 你现在为什么不唱一曲呢？ 这会让女孩们感觉好一点。” 大卫开始轻轻地唱起来，科拉和爱丽丝也跟着唱起来。 突然，一声奇怪的喊叫使歌声停止了。 大家都沉默了。“那是什么？”爱丽丝小声说。 没有人回答。鹰眼对两个莫希干人说了几句话，然后恩卡斯悄悄离开了山洞。 “我们不知道是什么发出了那种声音，”鹰眼说。 “这是我们在这片森林里从未听到过的。” “这不是战士们在战斗前发出的声音吗？”科拉问道。 “如果你听过战士的哭声，”鹰眼说，“你就不会把它误认为是

that sound." Uncas came back inside. "Can you see the fire from outside?" Hawkeye asked him. Uncas shook his head. "We're safe, then," Hawkeye told the girls. He gestured to the second cave and said, "Cora, Alice, please go and get some sleep. We'll need to travel most of tomorrow. You need your rest." Cora stood up and did as she was told. Alice also stood, but before she made her way farther into the cave, she asked Duncan to come with them. "Please don't leave us alone," she said. "That terrible cry has scared me to death." "Let us first look around the cave and make sure it's safe." Duncan took a torch from the fire and shone it in every direction, looking around carefully. "Good men are guarding the front. There is no way anyone can get through the back without us hearing them. I assure you, girls, you are quite safe." "I imagine Father is very worried about us,"

这种声音。”昂卡斯回到屋里。 “你能从外面看到火吗？”鹰眼问他。 恩卡斯摇了摇头。“那么我们安全了。”鹰眼对女孩们说。 他指着第二个洞穴说：“科拉，爱丽丝，请你们去睡一会儿。 明天大部分时间我们都得旅行。 你需要休息。”科拉站起来，照吩咐的做了。 爱丽丝也站了起来，但在她向洞里走得更远之前，她叫邓肯跟他们一起去。 “请不要丢下我们，”她说。 “那可怕的叫声把我吓死了。” “我们先看看山洞周围，确保安全。” 邓肯从火里拿了一支火把，朝各个方向照了照，仔细地环顾四周。 “好人守在前线。 没人能在我们听到的情况下从后门进去。 姑娘们，我向你们保证，你们很安全。” “我想爸爸一定很担心我们。”

Alice cried softly. "Alice," Cora said, "you need to be brave. I am the older sister. Follow my example." "And he is a soldier, your father," Duncan added. "He knows I am with you, and will keep you safe. That is my duty." "But he is still our father," Alice said. "And I am sure he's worried." Before either could say another word, the same loud, piercing cry filled the air. Hawkeye lifted up the blanket to the entrance and looked at the three of them. The girls shivered. Even Duncan's brave face seemed to falter. There was some kind of danger afoot and even a man of the woods like Hawkeye wasn't entirely sure what might happen.

爱丽丝轻声叫道。“爱丽丝，”科拉说，“你要勇敢。 我是姐姐。以我为榜样。” “他是一名军人，你的父亲，”邓肯补充说。 “他知道我和你在一起，他会保护你的安全。 这是我的职责。”“但他仍然是我们的父亲。”爱丽丝说。 “我肯定他很担心。” 谁也没来得及再说一句话，空中就响起了同样刺耳的叫声。 鹰眼把毯子掀到门口，看着他们三个。 女孩们打了个寒颤。就连邓肯那张勇敢的脸似乎也动摇了。 有某种危险正在逼近，即使像鹰眼这样的丛林人也不能完全确定会发生什么。