20 A Real Hero

CHAPTER 20 A Real Hero Seeing the enemy come at them, Henry felt a sudden sense of rage. He stamped his feet and glared with hatred at the swirling smoke that was approaching. It made him mad that the enemy wouldn't let him rest, wouldn't give him any time to sit down and think. Yesterday he had fought and fled quickly. There had been many adventures. He felt that he had earned the right to have a rest. He was exhausted. But those other men seemed never to get tired, and he had a wild hatred for them.

看到敌人向他们扑来，亨利突然感到一阵愤怒。 他跺着脚，憎恨地瞪着正在逼近的滚滚浓烟。 敌人不让他休息，不给他任何时间坐下来思考，这使他很生气。 昨天他打了一仗，很快就逃走了。 有许多奇遇。 他觉得自己有权休息一下。 他筋疲力尽。但那些人似乎永远不会感到厌倦，他对他们有一种疯狂的仇恨。

Henry didn't want to be chased anymore. He bent down behind a little tree and clenched his teeth. The bandage was still wrapped around his head. Over his wound there was a small spot of blood. His hair was messedand hung over thecloth bandage, covering his forehead. His jacket and shirt were open at the throat. His fingers were wrapped nervously around his rifle. He felt that the enemy was insulting him and his friends. They were being treated as if they were poor and puny, and he wanted revenge. He wanted to beat them. One rifle flashed in front of them, followed instantly by others. A moment later his troop started firing back. A thick wall of smoke settled over everything. Henry was fighting hard. He didn't even know if he was standing. When he lost his balance and fell, he jumped back up right away. His rifle barrel became so hot that he wouldn't have

亨利不想再被人追了。 他在一棵小树后面弯下腰，咬紧牙关。 他的头上还缠着绷带。 他的伤口上有一小块血迹。 他的头发乱蓬蓬地挂在布绷带上，遮住了前额。 他的夹克和衬衫在喉部敞开着。 他的手指紧张地握着步枪。 他感到敌人在侮辱他和他的朋友。 他们被当作穷人和弱小的人对待，他想报复。 他想打败他们。一支来复枪在他们面前闪动，其他人立刻跟上。 片刻之后，他的部队开始还击。 一层厚厚的烟雾笼罩着一切。 亨利在努力战斗。他甚至不知道自己是否站着。 当他失去平衡跌倒时，他立刻又跳了起来。 他的步枪枪管太热了，他不会

been able to hold it on any other day. But today he kept shooting. He fought and fought. He kept firing his gun even when everyone around him had stopped. He was so focused on fighting that he didn't notice how quiet it had become. Finally he heard a loud laugh and a voice that sounded amazed. "You fool!" someone yelled. "Don't you know enough to stop when there's nothing left to shoot at?" Henry turned and looked at his friends. They were all staring at him in surprise. When he looked to the front again, he saw a deserted field under the smoke. He looked confused for a moment, then realized what he was seeing. "Oh," he said. Henry returned to his friends and lay heavily on the ground. The lieutenant was yelling excitedly, and called out to him, "If I

其他日子我都能忍住。 但今天他继续射击。 他打了又打。即使周围的人都停下来了，他还是不停地开枪。 他太专注于打架了，没有注意到周围已经安静下来了。 最后，他听到一阵响亮的笑声和一个听起来很惊讶的声音。 “你这个傻瓜！”有人喊道。 “你难道不知道在没有东西可以射击的时候应该停下来吗？”亨利转过身来看着他的朋友们。 他们都惊奇地盯着他。 当他再次看向前方时，他看到一片被烟雾笼罩的荒地。 他困惑了一会儿，然后意识到他看到了什么。 “哦，”他说。亨利回到他的朋友身边，重重地躺在地上。 中尉兴奋地喊道，并对他喊道：“如果我

had ten thousand wildcats like you I could win this war in a week!" Some of the men muttered and looked at Henry in amazement. Wilson came walking over to him and asked, "Are you all right, Fleming? Do you feel all right? There's nothing wrong with you, Henry, is there?" "No," Henry said with some difficulty. He realized he had fought like an animal, and that it hadn't been hard. He had struggled to overcome his fear, and now he was what he would call a hero. He hadn't even noticed it happening. He lay on the ground and enjoyed the other men staring at him from time to time. Their faces were dirty with gunpowder. They were all sweating and breathing hard. "Hot work!" the lieutenant said loudly. He was very happy with the troop's performance, and walked up and down among the men. He was restless and eager.

如果有一万只像你这样的野猫，我可以在一个星期内赢得这场战争！”有些人嘟囔着，惊奇地看着亨利。 威尔逊走过来问他：“你没事吧，弗莱明？” 你还好吗？你没有什么毛病吧，亨利？”“不，”亨利有些吃力地说。 他意识到自己像动物一样战斗，而且并不困难。 他努力克服了恐惧，现在他成了他所谓的英雄。 他甚至没有注意到这件事的发生。 他躺在地上，享受着别人不时盯着他看的感觉。 他们的脸被火药弄脏了。 他们都在流汗，呼吸困难。 “干得好！”中尉大声说。 他对部队的表现非常满意，在士兵们中间走来走去。 他焦躁不安，心急如焚。

Sometimes he would even laugh. "By thunder," one of the men said. "I bet this army will never see another troop like us!" "You bet!" said another. "The more you press us, the tougher we get," said someone. "They lost a pile of men," said a soldier. "Yes, and if they come back they'll lose a lot more," said someone else. There was still noise in the forest. From far off in the trees came the rolling clatter of gunfire. A dark cloud of smoke went up toward the sun, now bright in the blue sky.

有时他甚至会笑。 “天哪，”其中一个人说。 “我敢打赌，这支军队再也见不到像我们这样的部队了！”“当然！”另一个说。 有人表示：“你们越是施压，我们就越强硬。” “他们损失了一堆人，”一名士兵说。 “是的，如果他们回来，他们会失去更多。”另一个人说。 森林里仍然有声音。 远处的树林里传来隆隆的枪炮声。 一团黑烟向太阳升起，现在在蓝色的天空中很明亮。