11. Monkeying Around

MONKEYING AROUND 11 Sam was out to the third bar when he looked down. The swamp below bubbled and burped. Muddy water splashed Sam's sneakers. Tree limbs reached out for him. Sam's hands were sweaty. There's no way I'll make it across without falling! he thought. But I have to!

瞎胡闹山姆往下看时，已经走到第三个酒吧了。 下面的沼泽咕嘟咕嘟地冒着泡泡。 泥水溅在山姆的运动鞋上。 树枝伸向他。 萨姆的手满头大汗。我不可能不摔倒就过河的！他想。 但我必须这么做！

Sam was halfway when Lucy began to climb. Antonio was the last to cross. "I've always hated the monkey bars!" he groaned. As Sam got close to the end, the monkey bars began to shake. The metal creaked and moaned. "Hold on tight!" Sam shouted. "It's trying to shake us off!" Lucy yelled. The structure swayed from side to side. Sam swung for the next bar— there was only one to go until the end. Just then, Lucy shrieked.

萨姆爬到一半的时候，露西开始往上爬。 安东尼奥是最后一个过河的。 “我一直讨厌猴架！”他呻吟道。 萨姆快到终点时，猴架开始摇晃起来。 金属嘎吱作响，发出呻吟声。 “抓紧了！”萨姆喊道。 “它想甩掉我们！”露西喊道。 那建筑物左右摇晃。 山姆挥杆向下一个酒吧冲去——到最后只剩一个了。 就在这时，露茜尖叫起来。

The monkey bars shot up into the air! The three friends held on tight. Sam gasped. We're twenty feet up in the air! he thought. Slippery vines had crawled up the monkey bars. One long vine wrapped itself around Sam's hand. His fingers were being lifted from the bar! "I can't hold on much longer!" he yelled. The vine plucked Sam's pinkie finger and he lost his grip. He was plummeting down, toward the monstrous swamp. At the last second, Sam grabbed on to Lucy's jeans. He clutched the fabric as tight as he could.

猴子架飞到了空中！三个朋友紧紧抓住对方。 山姆气喘吁吁地说。我们在20英尺高的空中！他想。 滑溜溜的藤蔓爬上了攀爬架。 一根长长的藤蔓缠绕在山姆的手上。 他的手指被从吧台上抬了起来！“我坚持不了多久了！”他喊道。 藤蔓扯断了山姆的小指，他失去了控制。 他往下坠落，朝着那片巨大的沼泽。 在最后一秒，萨姆抓住了露西的牛仔裤。 他紧紧地抓住那块布料。

SCHLURP! The swamp water bubbled up. The monkey bar set began sinking back down. Sam's stomach did a flip as everything dropped. The swamp was about to swallow the monkey bars!

SCHLURP !沼泽里的水冒了出来。 猴子酒吧开始下沉。 所有的东西都掉了下来，山姆的胃猛地翻腾起来。 沼泽差点把猴杠吞下去！

Lucy gritted her teeth. Only one bar left. Using all her might, she reached out and grabbed it. Sam was able to scramble onto the bottom rung. Together, he and Lucy narrowly escaped. But Antonio was still making his way across.

露西咬紧牙关。只剩下一根了。 她用尽全身力气，伸手抓住了它。 萨姆爬上了最下面的横档。 他和露西一起侥幸逃脱。 但安东尼奥仍在过河。

The metal bars dipped in the middle. Antonio's feet hung closer to the swamp. Mud splashed his legs. "Faster, Antonio!" Sam called. "I'm trying!" Antonio cried out. "I don't want to be swamp food!" He quickly swung from bar to bar. The metal howled as he dove off the monkey bars. He crashed to the ground beside his friends.

金属杆在中间下沉。 安东尼奥的脚离沼泽更近了。 泥溅到他的腿上。“快,安东尼奥!”山姆。 “我在!”安东尼奥叫道。 “我不想成为沼泽食物！”他很快地从一家酒吧转到另一家酒吧。 当他从单杠上跳下来时，金属发出了嚎叫。 他倒在朋友们旁边的地上。