12 Extremely Happy Hook

CHAPTER 12 Extremely Happy Hook The pirate attack was a complete surprise. Hook had broken all of the rules the pirates and

海盗的袭击完全出乎意料。 胡克违反了海盗们的所有规矩

the Indians normally followed when they fought. He attacked in neither the time nor the place that was allowed. When it was over, almost all of the Indians were injured. Only Tiger Lily managed to escape unharmed. Finished with the Indians, the pirates still could not rest. It was, after all, not the Indians they had come for. The Indians were just bees to be smoked out so they could get to the honey. The pirates wanted the lost boys and Wendy and, most of all, Peter Pan. Peter was an awfully small boy to inspire such a big hatred in Hook, even if he had thrown Hook's hand to the crocodile. But there was something about him that enraged Hook. It was more than Peter's courage, or his cuteness. It was his cockiness, his absolute confidence in himself. This is something many children have, but most grown-ups have lost it entirely. Perhaps Hook had lost some of his, too, and wanted it back. The question was: How could the pirates get

印第安人通常跟在后面打仗。 他攻击的时间和地点都不允许。 战争结束后，几乎所有的印第安人都受伤了。 只有虎百合毫发无伤地逃脱了。 干掉印第安人后，海盗们仍然不能休息。 毕竟，他们不是来找印第安人的。 印第安人就像蜜蜂一样，被烟熏出来，这样他们就能拿到蜂蜜了。 海盗们想要丢失的男孩和温迪，最重要的是，彼得·潘。 彼得是个小男孩，即使他把胡克的手扔给鳄鱼，也能激起胡克如此强烈的仇恨。 但他身上有一种东西激怒了胡克。 这不仅仅是因为彼得的勇气，或者他的可爱。 这是他的自大，他对自己的绝对自信。 这是很多孩子都有的，但大多数成年人却完全失去了。 也许胡克也丢了一些，想要拿回来。 问题是：海盗们怎么能得到

down the hollow trees, which were perfectly sized to allow each individual lost boy down but no one else? Below, the boys were still trying to figure out who had won the battle. "If it was the Indians," they reasoned, "they will beat their tom-tom drums. It is always their sign of victory." Perched at the edge of the hollow trees up above, the pirates heard this. Smee happened to be sitting on a tom-tom, which Hook ordered him to beat immediately. After a moment of confusion, Smee understood and smiled. BANG! BANG! BANG! went the tom-tom drum. "The tom-tom!" the pirates heard Peter cry. "The Indians have won! Let's go up and celebrate with them!" The lost boys cheered, and Hook ordered his men to take their positions and get ready for the boys to come up through their trees. The first to emerge was Curly. The pirates

沿着中空的树下去，这些树的大小正好可以让每个迷路的男孩下去，但其他人却不能下去？ 下面，孩子们还在想到底是谁赢了这场战斗。 “如果是印第安人，”他们推断，“他们会敲他们的大鼓。 这永远是他们胜利的标志。” 海盗们站在树洞的边缘，听到了这句话。 斯密正巧坐在一把大鼓上，胡克命令他马上敲一下。 一阵困惑之后，斯密明白了，笑了。 砰!砰!砰!大鼓响起来了。 “咚咚咚咚！”海盗们听见彼得喊道。 “印第安人赢了！”我们上去和他们一同庆祝吧！”迷路的孩子们欢呼起来，胡克命令他的手下各就其位，准备让孩子们从他们的树林里爬上来。 第一个出现的是卷毛。 海盗

threw him around like a ball—from Cecco to Smee, then Starkey, then Bill Jukes, then Noodler. One by one, all of the boys were plucked from their trees and tossed around in this manner. It was, to say the least, a different kind of flying than they were used to. The pirates then gagged the boys and tied them up. With Wendy, the pirates behaved differently. After all, she was a lady—or, rather, a little girl —and even pirates have some manners. When she emerged, Hook offered her his arm and bowed so elegantly that she blushed. When they tied her up, they used the softest rope they had, apologizing and making sure that they weren't hurting her. When it came time to tie up Slightly, however, the pirates found that it took far more rope than it had for the other boys or Wendy. It turned out that Slightly had been sneaking so many snacks lately that he had grown greatly. In fact, there

把他像扔球一样扔来扔去，从切科到斯密，然后是斯塔奇，比尔·朱克斯，然后是努德勒。 一个接一个，所有的男孩都被从树上拽下来，这样被扔来扔去。 至少可以说，这是一种与他们习惯的飞行不同的飞行方式。 海盗们随后堵住了男孩们的嘴，把他们绑了起来。 对于温迪，海盗们表现得不一样。 毕竟，她是一位女士——或者更确切地说，是一个小女孩——即使是海盗也有一些礼貌。 当她出来的时候，胡克伸出胳膊，优雅地鞠了一躬，她的脸都红了。 当他们把她绑起来时，他们用了最软的绳子，一边道歉，一边确保没有伤害她。 可是，到了把斯莱特利捆起来的时候，海盗们发现，他们用的绳子比其他男孩和温迪用的要多得多。 原来是斯莱特利最近偷吃了太多零食，长得很大了。 事实上，这里

had come a day when he no longer fit in his tree. How had he gotten into and out of the cave? Each night while the other boys slept, he had secretly started to widen the hole in his tree. "Why are you so much bigger than the other boys?" Hook demanded. "Why, you're practically as big as a grown-up." While the pirates found extra rope with which to tie him up, Hook had a brilliant idea. He knew how he was going to get Peter, who was still down in the cave. He signaled for the other pirates to take the lost boys and Wendy to the ship and leave him alone to his plans. Tiptoeing over to Slightly's tree, Hook saw that it was now wide enough to let him through. He listened for any sound from down below, but all was quiet. Was Peter asleep? Was he waiting at the bottom of the tree with his dagger in his hand? The only way to find out was to try. Hook took a deep breath, stepped into the tree, and let

有一天，他不再适合他的树。 他是怎么进出山洞的？ 每天晚上，当其他男孩睡觉时，他就偷偷地开始把树上的洞弄宽。 “你为什么比其他男孩大那么多？”钩问道。 “嘿，你几乎和大人一样大了。” 当海盗们找到额外的绳子把他绑起来时，胡克有了一个绝妙的主意。 他知道怎样才能找到彼得，彼得还在山洞里。 他示意其他海盗把迷路的孩子和温迪带到船上，让他一个人去做他的计划。 胡克蹑手蹑脚地走到斯莱特利的那棵树旁，看到树已经宽到可以让他过去了。 他听着下面有什么声音，但一切都很安静。 彼得睡着了吗？他手里拿着匕首在树底下等着吗？ 唯一的办法就是去尝试。 胡克深深地吸了一口气，跨进树里，让

himself fall. When he hit the ground, he crouched for a second, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the dark of the underground cave. Finally, things began to take shape. In the corner, he saw the great bed and, on it, Peter sleeping. For once, Peter wasn't pretending. He was unaware of what was happening up above. He believed the Indians had won the battle, and that the lost boys had gone up to celebrate with them. He was happy for the Indians, but the lost boys were going to leave him, and Peter didn't feel like celebrating. Oh, he had pretended not to care, but he was very sad. And when he got sad, he got sleepy. Today he was so sleepy that he didn't even dream. It was in this sad, deep, dreamless sleep that Hook found Peter. As he stood over the bed and looked down, Hook felt slightly sorry for the boy. After all, Peter was only a child, and Hook wasn't completely evil. But then Peter smiled in his sleep—perhaps he

自己跌倒。当他着地时，他蹲了一会儿，等着他的眼睛适应地下洞穴的黑暗。 最后，事情开始有了眉目。 在角落里，他看到了那张大床，彼得正在床上睡觉。 这一次，彼得没有装。 他不知道上面发生了什么事。 他相信印第安人赢得了这场战斗，那些迷路的孩子们已经和他们一起上去庆祝了。 他为印第安人感到高兴，但迷路的孩子们要离开他了，彼得不想庆祝。 哦，他假装不在乎，但他很伤心。 当他难过的时候，他就会犯困。 今天他困得连梦都没做。 胡克就是在这种悲伤、深沉、无梦的睡眠中找到彼得的。 胡克站在床边往下看，他有点为这个男孩感到难过。 毕竟，彼得只是个孩子，胡克也不完全是坏人。 但是彼得在睡梦中笑了——也许他