17 A Fight at Camp

CHAPTER 17 A Fight at Camp When Henry woke up it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years. An icy dew had chilled his face, and he stared for a while at the leaves that blew around overhead. In the distance he could hear the sound of fighting. Around him were groups of sleeping men, motionless, pale, and in strange positions. For a brief moment he thought that they were all dead. Then he saw Wilson warming up by a small fire. A few other figures moved in the fog, and he heard someone chopping wood.

第十七章军营里的一场战斗当亨利醒来时，他觉得自己好像已经沉睡了一千年。 一颗冰冷的露珠冻得他的脸发冷，他盯着头顶上飘动的树叶看了一会儿。 他能听到远处的战斗声。 他周围是一群群睡着的人，一动不动，脸色苍白，姿势奇怪。 有那么一瞬间，他以为他们都死了。 然后他看见威尔逊在一堆小火旁取暖。 还有几个人影在雾中走动，他听到有人在劈柴。

Suddenly there was the rumble of drums, and a distant bugle sounded faintly. The men around him began to get up. Wilson saw that Henry was awake and asked, "Well, Henry, old man, how do you feel this morning?" Henry yawned. His head felt like a melon, and his stomach hurt. "Oh, I feel pretty bad," he said. Wilson fixed the bandage on Henry's head, and then prepared some food for both of them. Henry remembered how differently his friend had behaved before their big battle. He was not a loud young soldier anymore. He was quiet and sure of himself, and he didn't get upset at the little things other men said to him. Henry wondered when this change had come over his friend. Wilson balanced his coffee cup on his knee and said, "Well, Henry, what do you think our chances are? Do you think we'll beat them?"

突然，鼓声隆隆，远处传来了微弱的军号。 他周围的人开始站起来。 威尔逊看到亨利醒了，就问：“嘿，亨利，老头，你今天早上感觉怎么样？”亨利打了个哈欠。 他的头感觉像个瓜，胃也疼。 “哦，我感觉很糟糕，”他说。 威尔逊把绷带固定在亨利的头上，然后为他们俩准备了一些食物。 亨利想起了他的朋友在大战之前的不同表现。 他不再是一个吵闹的年轻士兵了。 他很安静，对自己很自信，他不会因为别人对他说的小事而生气。 亨利不知道他的朋友什么时候发生了这种变化。 威尔逊把咖啡杯放在膝盖上，说：“嗯，亨利，你觉得我们的机会有多大？” 你认为我们能打败他们吗？”

Henry thought for a while and then said, "The day before yesterday, you would have said you could beat them all by yourself." Wilson looked amazed. "Would I have said that?" he asked. "Well, maybe I would. I believe I was a pretty big fool before all this." Henry tried to apologize for embarrassing his friend, but Wilson waved it away. After a while, Wilson said that they had the enemy right where they wanted them. "I don't know about that," Henry said. "From where I was yesterday, it looked like we were getting hit pretty hard." "Do you think so?" Wilson asked. "I thought we handled them pretty rough yesterday." "Not a bit," said Henry. "Why, you didn't see anything of the fight." All around them were other small fires surrounded by men. From one of these

亨利想了一会儿，然后说：“前天，你会说你可以一个人打败他们。” 威尔逊显得很吃惊。“我会那样说吗？”他问。 “嗯，也许我会。我相信在这一切发生之前，我是个大傻瓜。” 亨利试图为使他的朋友难堪而道歉，但威尔逊挥手示意他走开。 过了一会儿，威尔逊说，敌人就在他们想要的地方。 “我不知道，”亨利说。 “从我昨天所处的位置来看，我们似乎受到了相当严重的打击。” “你这么认为吗？”威尔逊问道。 “我认为我们昨天对付他们相当粗暴。” “一点也不，”亨利说。“怎么，你根本没看到打架的场面。” 在他们周围还有其他的小火堆，周围都是人。 从其中一个

suddenly came sharp voices. Two soldiers had been teasing a huge, bearded man, who had become upset. It looked now as if there would be a fight. Wilson stood up and broke the men apart. "Here now, boys," he said. "What's the use of this? We'll be fighting the enemy in less than an hour. Why fight among ourselves?" One of the other soldiers reminded Wilson that he had been in a fistfight a few days ago and had lost. "You just don't like fighting since you lost that one," the soldier said. "Besides, this is none of your business." Eventually the men's argument quieted down and Wilson returned to his seat. Soon, all the men were joking with each other like old friends. "I hate to see the boys fighting among themselves," Wilson said. Henry laughed and said, "You've changed a

突然传来尖锐的声音。 两个士兵一直在逗弄一个身材高大、蓄着胡子的男人，这个男人变得心烦意乱。 现在看来好像要打起来了。 威尔逊站起来，把那些人分开了。 “来吧，孩子们，”他说。 “这有什么用？”我们将在一小时内与敌人交战。 我们为什么要自相残杀呢？”另一个士兵提醒威尔逊，几天前他和人打了一架，输了。 “你只是不喜欢战斗，因为你失去了那一个，”士兵说。 “再说，这不关你的事。” 最后，人们的争论平静下来，威尔逊回到了他的座位上。 很快，所有的人都像老朋友一样互相开玩笑了。 “我讨厌看到男孩子们打架，”威尔逊说。 亨利笑着说：“你变了一个

lot. I remember when you would have fought anyone without even thinking about it." "I guess I used to be that way," Wilson said. "I'm sorry if I'm embarrassing you," Henry said, after a moment. "Oh, don't worry about it, Henry," Wilson said. He thought for a while, and then said, "We thought the troop lost over half the men yesterday. I thought they were all gone, but they kept coming back last night until it looked like we only lost a few. They had been scattered all over the place, fighting with other troops, just like you did." "Is that so?" Henry asked.

很多。我记得以前你会毫不犹豫地和任何人打架。” “我想我以前也是这样，”威尔逊说。 “如果我让你难堪了，我很抱歉。”亨利过了一会儿说。 “哦，别担心，亨利，”威尔逊说。 他想了一会儿，然后说：“我们以为昨天部队损失了一半以上的人。 我以为他们都走了，但昨晚他们不停地回来，直到看起来我们只失去了几个。 他们分散在各处，和其他军队作战，就像你一样。” “是这样吗？”亨利问道。