25 Robinson Meets Friday

CHAPTER 25 Robinson Meets Friday Many months passed before fate answered my questions. I had not been out long one morning before I discovered the canoes. The natives were back! They were camping in the same place as they had done a couple of years ago. Again, I hid and watched them from a distance. They had two prisoners with them. These

第二十五章鲁滨逊遇见星期五许多个月过去了，命运才回答了我的问题。 一天早晨，我出去没多久就发现了独木舟。 当地人回来了！他们在几年前露营的地方露营。 我又躲了起来，远远地看着他们。 他们带着两个囚犯。 这些

poor men were tied up with vine ropes and looked scared to death. I knew then there was no hope of making friends with these scary men. There were at least thirty of them! They were making a lot of strange noises. One very large man knocked down one of the prisoners with his bare hands. After watching his companion get hit, the second man took the chance of his life and sped away. He ran faster than any man I had ever seen run before! Before I knew what was happening, he turned and ran toward me. My heart almost stopped still in my chest. This is it, I imagined, they're going to find me now, and then they're going to hurt me. Two other men chased the prisoner. They all came closer and closer to me. In a split second, I made up my mind to help the poor man. I crouched in the bushes and waited until just the right moment. The prisoner ran by me. Then, I stepped out and tripped one

穷人被藤绳捆起来，看上去吓得要死。 那时我就知道，和这些可怕的人交朋友是没有希望的。 他们至少有三十个！他们发出很多奇怪的声音。 一个身材魁梧的人赤手空拳击倒了一个囚犯。 在看到他的同伴被击中后，第二个人冒着生命危险疾驰而去。 他跑得比我以前见过的任何人都快！我还没反应过来是怎么回事，他就转身向我跑了过来。 我的心几乎停止了跳动。 就是这样，我想象着，他们现在会找到我，然后他们会伤害我。 另外两个人追赶那个囚犯。 他们都离我越来越近。 刹那间，我下定决心要帮助那个穷人。 我蹲在灌木丛中等待合适的时机。 囚犯从我身边跑过。然后，我走出去，绊倒了一个

of the men chasing him. The second man tried to grab me, but I managed to knock him out cold. The prisoner turned around and saw me there. "Don't worry!" I said, knowing he probably didn't understand me, "I'm going to help you!" The man hesitated for a minute, and then he ran back to me. "Help me tie them up, so they can't hurt you anymore." At first he didn't understand, but then I cut his wrists free of the vines and pointed to the two men. We tied them up using the same kind of vine ropes. They would not be moving for a very long time! "Come on!" I said. "We need to get out of here." I brought the man to my cave. When we could finally rest, I gave him some food and water—he was very hungry and thirsty. "What's your name?" I asked.

那些追他的人。第二个人想抓住我，但我把他打晕了。 犯人转过身来，看见我在那儿。 “别担心!”我知道他可能听不懂我的话，但我说：“我会帮你的！”那人犹豫了一会儿，然后跑回我身边。 “帮我把他们绑起来，这样他们就不能再伤害你了。” 起初他不明白，但后来我割断了他手腕上的藤蔓，指着那两个人。 我们用同样的藤绳把它们绑起来。 他们在很长一段时间内都不会移动！“来吧!”我说。 “我们得离开这里。” 我把他带到我的山洞里。 当我们终于可以休息时，我给了他一些食物和水——他又饿又渴。 “你叫什么名字？”我问。

He answered me in his language. "I'm going to call you Friday," I said. "Because that's the day I rescued you!" The man smiled at me and nodded. I pointed at my chest, "My name is Robinson. Robinson Crusoe." Before he could help himself, Friday let out a great, big yawn. I laughed out loud. "You must be very tired." I showed him the straw sleeping mat I kept in the cave and said, "Here, why don't you take a nap." Friday smiled at me. He knew exactly what I meant. He walked over to the mat and fell right asleep. I just sat there and watched him for a while. Even though I knew he didn't understand me and I didn't understand him, it was wonderful to have someone to talk to. Friday was a very tall man. He had long, dark hair that fell right down his back. He was dressed in skins as well, but didn't wear quite as many as I did.

他用他的语言回答我。 “我星期五给你打电话，”我说。 “因为那天我救了你！”那人对我笑了笑，点了点头。 我指着自己的胸口说：“我叫罗宾逊。 《鲁宾逊漂流记》。”星期五还没来得及控制自己，就打了一个大大的哈欠。 我大声笑了起来。“你一定很累了。” 我给他看了我放在山洞里的草席，说：“来，你为什么不打个盹呢？” 星期五对我笑了笑。他完全明白我的意思。 他走到席子旁，马上就睡着了。 我只是坐在那里看了他一会儿。 尽管我知道他听不懂我说的话，我也听不懂他说的话，但能有人说话还是很棒的。 星期五是一个很高的人。 他有一头长长的黑发，直披在背上。 他也穿着兽皮，但没有我穿得那么多。

The next day, I came back to my cooking cave to find Friday still there. In fact, over the next few days, I was very surprised to find that he didn't want to go home at all. For more than two months we worked hard side-by-side. We got along well, even if we didn't speak the same language.

第二天，我回到我的烹饪洞穴，发现星期五还在那里。 事实上，在接下来的几天里，我很惊讶地发现他根本不想回家。 两个多月来，我们并肩努力工作。 虽然我们的语言不通，但我们相处得很好。