2 Henry’s Fears

CHAPTER 2 Henry's Fears The next morning Henry discovered that Jim had been wrong. There was no battle that day. A lot of the other men made fun of Jim. He even got into a fistfight with a man from Chatfield Corners. The loud soldier, Wilson, also got into a fight, and the lieutenant had to break it up. Meanwhile, Henry still felt unsure of himself. For days he thought it over. He was still worried that he would run at the first sign of a fight. Finally he decided that the only way to prove himself would be to go into the

第二章亨利的恐惧第二天早上，亨利发现吉姆错了。 那天没有战斗。 许多人都取笑吉姆。 他甚至和查特菲尔德角的人打了一架。 吵闹的士兵威尔逊也打了起来，中尉不得不制止他们。 与此同时，亨利仍然对自己没有信心。 他想了好几天。 他仍然担心自己一看到打架的迹象就会逃跑。 最后，他决定证明自己的唯一方法就是进入

blaze. He would just have to wait and see if he actually fought. So he waited for an opportunity and tried to compare himself to his friends. Jim made Henry feel much better. He seemed so unworried, and appeared confident in himself. Nothing seemed to be beyond his ability. When Henry studied the other soldiers, he sometimes thought that they were all heroes. Surely they were all better than he could ever hope to be. At other times he thought they were just as nervous and uncertain as he was. One morning, Henry was standing with the rest of his troop. Everyone was whispering and telling one another the old rumors again. They were sure there would be a battle soon. In the gloom before daybreak, their uniforms glowed a deep blue color. The sun was about to rise, and the huge figure of the colonel on a horse loomed against the yellow patch of

大火。他只能等着看他是否真的打了。 因此，他等待机会，并试图将自己与他的朋友进行比较。 吉姆使亨利感觉好多了。 他似乎一点也不担心，似乎对自己很有信心。 似乎没有什么是他做不到的。 当亨利研究其他士兵时，他有时认为他们都是英雄。 当然，他们都比他所希望的要好。 其他时候，他认为他们和他一样紧张不安。 一天早上，亨利和他的部队站在一起。 每个人都在窃窃私语，又在互相传着那些旧的谣言。 他们确信很快就会有一场战斗。 在黎明前的昏暗中，他们的制服发出深蓝色的光。 太阳就要升起来了，上校骑在马上的巨大身影在一片黄色的草地上隐约出现

sky. The troop stood for what seemed like a long time and Henry grew impatient. At last, another man on a horse rode toward them. The soldiers nearby tried to listen as he spoke with the colonel. After a few minutes, the second man turned his horse around and rode away. A moment later, the troop went marching off into the darkness. It was now like a moving monster with many feet. The air was heavy and cold with dew. The mass of wet grass, when marched on, rustled like silk. The sun rose, and Henry saw that the landscape was streaked with two long, thick, black columns. The columns disappeared over a hill in front of them and vanished into the woods behind them. They were lines of men marching to battle, but they looked like two snakes crawling from the cavern of the night. The river wasn't in view, and the soldiers

天空。队伍似乎站了很长时间，亨利不耐烦了。 最后，另一个人骑着马朝他们走来。 当他和上校谈话时，附近的士兵试图倾听。 几分钟后，第二个人掉转马头骑走了。 过了一会儿，队伍就消失在黑暗中了。 它现在就像一个有许多脚的移动的怪物。 空气又重又冷，还结着露水。 一大片湿漉漉的草地在行进时发出丝绸般的沙沙声。 太阳升起来了，亨利看到这片土地上有两根又长又粗的黑色柱子。 纵队消失在他们前面的一座小山上，消失在他们身后的树林里。 他们是列队前往战场的士兵，但看起来却像两条从黑夜洞穴里爬出来的蛇。 看不见河，士兵们

continued to fight about what the plans could be. Henry took no part in the fights. As he walked, he kept asking himself whether or not he would run. He couldn't stop thinking about it. He looked ahead, often expecting to hear the sound of firing guns. The other men had begun to joke and laugh. Some of them even sang. Henry felt cut off from the others. At nightfall, the column broke into separate troops. Each troop went into the fields to camp. Tents sprang up like strange plants, and campfires dotted the night like red flowers.

继续为计划而争吵。 亨利没有参加打架。 他一边走，一边不停地问自己要不要跑。 他一直在想这件事。 他向前看，常常期待听到枪声。 其他的人开始开着玩笑，哈哈大笑。 他们中的一些人甚至唱歌。亨利感到与别人隔绝了。 夜幕降临时，纵队分成了不同的部队。 每个部队都到田野里去扎营。 帐篷像奇怪的植物一样拔地而起，篝火像红花一样点缀着夜空。