30 Home Again

CHAPTER 30 Home Again I met Friday in front of the summer house and we walked down to the beach together. I had already packed the few things I wanted to take with me: my goatskin hat, my umbrella, and my latest pet parrot. Of course, all of the money I had found and saved all those years ago would now come in very handy!

第三十章再次回家我在避暑别墅前遇见了星期五，我们一起向海滩走去。 我已经打包了几样我想带走的东西：我的山羊皮帽子，我的伞，还有我最近养的宠物鹦鹉。 当然，我多年前积攒下来的钱现在会派上用场了！

We left the island on December 19, 1686 —twenty-eight years, two months, and nineteen days after I had landed there. By June of the next year, we had made our way back to England. As I walked through the streets of York, I couldn't believe how much had changed in the last thirty-five years. The town was bigger. The streets were busier. My mother and father had both passed away years ago. In my heart I didn't really expect them to be alive, but I was sad over the loss anyway. After spending some time in York, I decided to travel to Brazil. I was curious to see what had happened to my plantation—to see if my partners were still alive and if my farm still existed. Friday and I set off by sea to Brazil. It was now April 1688. The country had changed so much! Many of my friends and old business partners had passed away. Luckily, Wells, my

我们于1686年12月19日离开了这个岛——距我登陆该岛28年2个月零19天。 到第二年6月，我们终于回到了英国。 当我走在约克的街道上时，我不敢相信在过去的35年里发生了这么大的变化。 城镇更大了。街道更加繁忙了。 我的父母多年前就去世了。 在我心里，我真的不指望他们还活着，但无论如何，我还是为他们的去世感到难过。 在约克待了一段时间后，我决定去巴西旅行。 我很想知道我的种植园发生了什么事，想知道我的伙伴们是否还活着，我的农场是否还存在。 星期五和我乘船去了巴西。 此时是1688年4月。这个国家变化太大了！我的许多朋友和老生意伙伴都去世了。 很幸运，威尔斯，我的

old friend and neighbor, was still alive. He had grown very rich from the success of both of our plantations. When Friday and I arrived on his doorstep, he was so surprised to see me—at first, he didn't even recognize me! My plantation was restored to me, and I made a very good profit when I sold it a couple of months later. The plans to return to England were soon set in motion. I longed for a peaceful, quiet life, the very same kind of life my father wanted for me all those years ago. Long before I set off on any adventure. Long before I spent almost all of my life stranded on a deserted island. Perhaps now, in my golden years, I could truly enjoy the life he wanted for me. But Friday and I would have to get home first, and those adventures, my faithful friends, are the tales of another story.

老朋友兼邻居，还活着。 我们两个种植园的成功使他变得非常富有。 当星期五和我来到他家门口时，他看到我非常惊讶——起初，他甚至没有认出我来！我的种植园恢复了，几个月后我卖掉了它，赚了一大笔钱。 回到英国的计划很快就付诸实施了。 我渴望过一种平静的生活，那种多年前父亲希望我过的生活。 早在我开始任何冒险之前。 很久以前，我几乎一生都被困在一个荒岛上。 也许现在，在我的黄金岁月里，我可以真正享受他为我想要的生活。 但是星期五和我必须先回家，而那些冒险，我忠实的朋友们，是另一个故事的故事了。