9 Full Moon

9. FULL MOON The clouds parted to reveal a full moon. A bowsprit cut through the swirling fog, dragging a tattered sail beneath it. A hulking ship followed closely behind, crashing in the waves and creaking as if it were begging the sea to break it apart.

9. 云散开，露出一轮满月。 一艘船首斜桅船划破了旋涡的雾气，拖着一只破帆。 一艘巨大的船紧跟在后面，在海浪中颠簸，吱吱作响，好像在乞求大海把它分开。

Shadowy figures busied themselves aloft, while others took arms from the quartermaster on deck: flintlocks, pikes, muskets, and cutlasses. Then came an urgent call from the crow's nest: "SWIP AHOY, CAP'N!" A gigantic figure hanging from the rigging, blade in hand and shrouded in mist, bellowed, "HARD TO PORT!" Almost at once, the Black Rat turned sharply in a shower of spray and brine, furing tendrils of fog across the water toward the Blackhole, which had been positioned directly in the path of Twirlybeard's ship.

有的人从甲板上的舵手手里拿起武器：燧发枪、长枪、滑膛枪和弯刀。 这时，从瞭望台传来一声急迫的叫声：“喂，船长！”一个巨大的身影挂在索具上，手里拿着刀，笼罩在薄雾中，他吼道：“左转！”几乎就在同时，黑鼠号在一阵水雾和盐水的骤雨中急转弯，把卷须状的雾吹向水面上的黑洞，黑洞正好位于旋须飞船的航线上。

On the deck of the Blackhole, the Jolley- Rogers watched nervously. Apart from Nugget, who wasn't nervous at all and couldn't wait to meet a real-life ghost. "FLY!" ordered Grandpa, and he launched his trusty parrot, Squawk, toward the Black Rat, a rolled-up parchment in his talons. "Do you think they'll come?" Jim Lad's mom asked Grandpa. "When Cap'n Twirlybeard reads that note, he'll come, all right," Grandpa replied. The Jolley-Rogers waited in the moonlight. All was silent but for the waves lapping against the oak of the Blackhole's

在“黑洞”号的甲板上，乔利-罗杰斯们紧张地看着。 除了纽格特，他一点也不紧张，迫不及待地想见到现实生活中的鬼魂。 “飞！”爷爷命令道，他把他那只可靠的鹦鹉“呱呱”扔向黑鼠，爪子里抓着一张卷起来的羊皮纸。 “你觉得他们会来吗？”吉姆·拉德的妈妈问爷爷。 “当旋转胡子船长看到那张纸条时，他会来的，好吧，”爷爷回答。 乔利-罗杰斯在月光下等待着。 四周一片寂静，只有海浪拍打着黑洞的橡树

hull and the gentle creak of its timbers. After a few minutes, Nugget shouted, "Squawk!" and pointed toward the Black Rat's stern, where a parrot's silhouette could be seen heading their way. Squawk landed on Grandpa's hand. "Squawk!" he screeched. "Coming aboarrrrd! Avast and belay! OI' Twirly wants a key today!" The Jolley-Rogers watched as, across the water, figures tumbled into boats, waving cutlasses and flintlocks, their briny grumblings drifting on the mist. A voice boomed, "Heave ho!" and Captain Twirlybeard and his crew lurched toward the Blackhole.

船体和它的木材发出的轻微嘎吱声。 几分钟后，纳格特喊道：“嘎嘎！”并指着黑鼠号的船尾，在那里可以看到一只鹦鹉的剪影朝他们飞来。 嘎嘎落在爷爷的手上。 “呱呱！”他尖叫道。“未来aboarrrrd !停下，保护好！我今天要一把钥匙！”乔利-罗杰斯家族的人看着对岸的人纷纷上了船，挥舞着弯刀和燧发枪，他们的抱怨声在雾中飘荡。 一个声音轰隆作响：“拉啊！”旋涡胡子船长和他的船员蹒跚地向黑洞走去。