14 The Pirate Ship

CHAPTER 14 The Pirate Ship The Jolly Roger lurked low in the water like a waiting crocodile. The pirates sat on deck in the

海盗船“海盗罗杰号”像一条等待的鳄鱼一样潜伏在水中。 海盗们坐在甲板上

cool fog of the night, playing cards or napping. Hook could not play, or rest. Distracted, he paced the deck. It wasn't that he was unhappy. After all, Peter had been removed, and the lost boys were soon to walk the plank. And yet, for some reason, his happiness was incomplete. Like Mr. Darling, Hook worried about things like breeding and class—what he liked to call "good form." He, too, cared very much what people—especially people with good form— thought about him. Whenever he did something, or wanted something, he would ask himself, Is it good form to do or want such a thing? Sometimes he worried that it was not good form to think so much about good form. But Hook wasn't just unhappy; he was also lonely. As hard as it was to believe, Hook hurt. He had no children to love him. It was strange that this should bother him, but it was true all the same.

夜晚的凉爽雾气，打牌或打盹。 胡克不能玩耍，也不能休息。 他心烦意乱，在甲板上踱来踱去。 这并不是说他不快乐。 毕竟，彼得已经被移走了，迷路的孩子们很快就要走上木板了。 然而，由于某种原因，他的幸福是不完整的。 和达林先生一样，胡克也担心教养和阶级——他喜欢称之为“良好的风度”。 他也非常在意别人——尤其是风度翩翩的人——对他的看法。 每当他做某件事或想要某件事时，他都会问自己：做这件事或想要这件事，这是一种良好的形式吗？ 有时他担心，把那么多心思放在良好的举止上是不得体的。 但胡克不仅仅是不开心；他也很孤独。 虽然很难相信，但胡克受伤了。 他没有孩子爱他。 奇怪的是，这件事竟会使他感到烦恼，但这毕竟是真的。

In a way, Hook envied Smee. Smee was the least threatening of the pirates, and yet the children loved him. Michael had even tried on his spectacles. Thinking about the children's preference for Smee made Hook angry, and he decided to finish off the boys once and for all. "Are the children tied up so they can't fly away?" he yelled. "Ay, ay," came the reply. "Well, then, hoist them up!" The boys were brought up on deck before him. "Six of you will walk the plank tonight," Hook announced, "but I have room for two cabin boys. Who will it be? Which of you will come to work for me?" Tootles stepped forward. "I would, sir, but I don't think my mother would want me to be a pirate. Would yours, Slightly?" "I don't think so," Slightly said. The twins agreed, as did the others. None of their mothers would approve.

在某种程度上，胡克嫉妒斯密。 斯密是海盗中最不具威胁性的，然而孩子们却很喜欢他。 迈克尔甚至试了试他的眼镜。 想到孩子们对斯密的偏爱，胡克很生气，他决定一劳永逸地解决掉这些男孩。 “孩子们被绑起来了吗，这样他们就不会飞走了？”他喊道。 “是的，是的，”对方回答。“好吧，那就把它们举起来吧！”孩子们在他之前被带到甲板上。 “今晚你们六个人走跳板，”胡克宣布，“但我还有两个舱内侍者的位置。 会是谁呢？你们谁愿意来为我工作？”图图走上前去。 “我愿意，先生，但我想我妈妈不会希望我当海盗的。 你呢，斯莱特利？”“我不这么认为，”斯莱特利说。 双胞胎同意了，其他人也同意了。 他们的母亲都不会同意。

"Enough!" Hook cried. He pointed to John. "You!" he said. "You look like you have a little pluck in you. Do you want to be a pirate?" Secretly, John had always dreamed of being a pirate. He even had a pirate name picked out: Red-Handed Jack. In a low voice, he now confessed this to Hook. "Why, Red-Handed Jack is a fine name!" Hook said. "What would my name be if I joined?" Michael asked. "Blackbeard Joe," Hook said. Michael was impressed. "Will we still be respectful subjects of the king of England?" John asked. "No!" Hook replied. "You would have to swear, Down with the king!" "Oh," John said, his face falling. He could never turn his back on England. "Well, then, never mind." "Then you shall walk the plank, too!" Hook

“够了!”钩哭了。他指着约翰。 “你！”他说。“你看起来有点勇气。 你想当海盗吗？”私下里，约翰一直梦想成为一名海盗。 他甚至给自己取了一个海盗的名字：赤手杰克。 现在，他低声向胡克坦白了这一点。 “嘿，赤手杰克是个好名字！”钩说。 “如果我加入，我的名字会是什么？”迈克尔问道。 “黑胡子乔。”胡克说。 迈克尔被打动了。“我们还会做英格兰国王的臣民吗？”约翰问道。 “不!”钩答道。“你必须发誓，打倒国王！”“哦，”约翰说，他的脸垂了下来。 他永远不能背弃英国。 “好吧，那没关系。”“那你也走木板吧！”钩

roared. The boys went pale as they saw Jukes and Cecco preparing the piece of wood off which they would walk before falling into the water. But they tried to look brave, especially when Wendy was brought up. She was the brave one. She emerged from belowdecks wearing a dark scowl. "Are you ready to watch your boys walk the plank?" Hook asked her sweetly. "Do you have any last words for them?" "I do," Wendy replied in a loud, clear voice. "I have a message from their real mothers, and it is a hope that their sons will die bravely and with their heads held high, like proper English gentlemen." The boys all stood up a little higher, trying to be brave, to do this one last thing for their mothers and Wendy. "Tie her up to the mast," Hook yelled, and Smee obeyed.

怒吼。孩子们看到朱克斯和切科在准备一块他们要在落水前走的木头时，脸色都变白了。 不过，他们竭力装出勇敢的样子，尤其是当温迪长大的时候。 她是勇敢的那个。她阴沉着脸从甲板下走了出来。 “你准备好看着你的孩子们走跳板了吗？”胡克温柔地问她。 “你有什么遗言要对他们说吗？”“我喜欢。”温迪用响亮、清晰的声音回答。 “我有他们亲生母亲的口信，希望他们的儿子勇敢地死去，昂首挺胸，就像真正的英国绅士一样。” 男孩们都站得更高了一点，想表现得勇敢些，为他们的母亲和温迪做最后一件事。 “把它拴在桅杆上。”胡克喊道，斯密照做了。

"I'll save you if you promise to be my mother," Smee whispered to Wendy. "I would rather have no children at all," she replied scornfully, even though she had to admit that Smee was the nicest pirate of them all. The boys tried to be brave as they were put on the plank. In the end, however, they were only little boys, and they could not stop themselves from shaking and shivering with fear. Wendy turned her head. She couldn't look. Hook took a step toward her. He wanted her to watch the boys walk, one by one, off the end of the plank. But he never reached her. He never got to hear her beg for the boys' lives. Instead he heard tick, tick, tick. It was the terrible tick, he realized, of the crocodile. All eyes were suddenly on Hook. It was almost a sad sight to see this brave pirate captain positively freeze in terror as the ticking sound came nearer and nearer. Even his claw hung inactive, as if it, too, were afraid.

“如果你答应做我妈妈，我就救你。”斯密小声对温迪说。 “我宁愿不要孩子，”她轻蔑地回答，尽管她不得不承认斯密是所有海盗中最好的一个。 孩子们被放在木板上时，表现得很勇敢。 然而，最后，他们只是小男孩，他们无法阻止自己颤抖和颤抖的恐惧。 温迪转过头去。她不敢看。 胡克朝她走了一步。 他想让她看着孩子们一个接一个地走下跳板。 但他始终没有找到她。他从来没听过她为孩子们的生命乞求。 相反，他听到嘀嗒、嘀嗒、嘀嗒的声音。 他意识到，那是鳄鱼发出的可怕的滴答声。 所有的目光突然都集中在胡克身上。 当滴答声越来越近的时候，看到这位勇敢的海盗船长完全被吓呆了，这几乎是一种悲哀的景象。 就连它的爪子也耷拉着，好像它也害怕似的。