17 Cat, Rat, and Dog

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Cat, Rat and Dog Harry's mind had gone blank with shock. The three of them stood transfixed with horror under the Invisibility Cloak. The very last rays of the setting sun were casting a bloody light over the long-shadowed grounds. Then, behind them, they heard a wild howling. 'Hagrid,' Harry muttered. Without thinking about what he was doing, he made to turn back, but both Ron and Hermione seized his arms. 'We can't,' said Ron, who was paper white. 'He'll be in worse trouble if they know we've been to see him…' Hermione's breathing was shallow and uneven.

第十七章猫、鼠和狗哈利吓得脑子一片空白。 他们三个站在隐形衣下吓呆了。 夕阳的最后一缕余晖在长时间被阴影笼罩的场地上投下血色的光芒。 接着，他们听到身后传来一阵狂乱的嚎叫。 “海格。”哈利低声说。他想都没想就转身往回走，但罗恩和赫敏都抓住了他的胳膊。 “我们不能。”罗恩说，脸色苍白得像纸一样。 “如果他们知道我们去看过他，他会有更大的麻烦……”赫敏的呼吸又浅又不均匀。

'How–could–they?' she choked. 'How could they?' 'Come on,' said Ron, whose teeth seemed to be chattering. They set off back towards the castle, walking slowly to keep themselves hidden under the Cloak. Light was fading fast now. By the time they reached open ground, darkness was settling like a spell around them. 'Scabbers, keep still,' Ron hissed, clamping his hand over his chest. The rat was wriggling madly. Ron came to a sudden halt, trying to force Scabbers deeper into his pocket. 'What's the matter with you, you stupid rat? Stay still–OUCH! He bit me!' 'Ron, be quiet!' Hermione whispered urgently. 'Fudge'll be out here in a minute–' 'He won't–stay–put–' Scabbers was plainly terrified. He was writhing with all his might, trying to break free of Ron's grip. 'What's the matter with him?'

“他们怎么能?她哽咽着说。 “他们怎么能这样呢？”“来吧。”罗恩说，他的牙齿似乎在打战。 他们朝城堡走去，慢慢地走着，把自己藏在隐形衣下面。 现在光线正在迅速暗淡下去。 当他们到达空地时，黑暗像咒语一样笼罩着他们。 “斑斑，别动。”罗恩用手捂着胸口，嘶嘶地说。 老鼠疯狂地扭动着。 罗恩突然停了下来，想把斑斑往口袋里塞得更深一些。 “你怎么啦，你这只笨老鼠？” 保持still-OUCH !他咬了我！“罗恩，安静点！”赫敏急切地小声说。 “福吉马上就要出来了——”“他不会——呆在这儿——”斑斑显然吓坏了。 他拼命地扭动着，想挣脱罗恩的手。 “他怎么啦？”

But Harry had just seen–slinking towards them, his body low to the ground, wide yellow eyes glinting eerily in the darkness–Crookshanks. Whether he could see them, or was following the sound of Scabbers's squeaks, Harry couldn't tell. 'Crookshanks!' Hermione moaned. 'No, go away, Crookshanks! Go away!' But the cat was getting nearer– 'Scabbers–NO!' Too late–the rat had slipped between Ron's clutching fingers, hit the ground and scampered away. In one bound, Crookshanks sprang after him, and before Harry or Hermione could stop him, Ron had thrown the Invisibility Cloak off himself and pelted away into the darkness. 'Ron!' Hermione moaned. She and Harry looked at each other, then followed at a sprint; it was impossible to run full out under the Cloak; they pulled it off and it streamed behind them like a banner as they hurtled after Ron; they could hear his feet

但是哈利刚才看见克鲁克山悄悄地向他们走来，身子低低地贴着地面，大大的黄眼睛在黑暗中怪异地闪着光。 哈利不知道他是能看见他们，还是在跟着斑斑的尖叫声走。 “克鲁克!”赫敏呻吟。 “不，走开，克鲁克山！”走开!”但是那只猫越来越近了——“斑斑——不！”太晚了——那只老鼠从罗恩紧紧抓住的手指间溜走了，摔在地上，飞快地跑开了。 克鲁克山一跳就追上了他，哈利和赫敏还没来得及阻止他，罗恩已经脱下隐形衣，飞奔进了黑暗中。 “罗恩!”赫敏呻吟。她和哈利对视了一下，然后也跟着狂奔起来。披着隐形衣跑不出去；他们把它扯下来，在他们追赶罗恩的时候，它像一面旗帜一样在他们身后飘扬。他们能听到他的脚步声

thundering along ahead, and his shouts at Crookshanks. 'Get away from him–get away–Scabbers, come here–' There was a loud thud. 'Gotcha! Get off, you stinking cat–' Harry and Hermione almost fell over Ron; they skidded to a stop right in front of him. He was sprawled on the ground, but Scabbers was back in his pocket; he had both hands held tight over the quivering lump. 'Ron–come on–back under the Cloak–' Hermione panted. 'Dumbledore–the Minister–they'll be coming back out in a minute–' But before they could cover themselves again, before they could even catch their breath, they heard the soft pounding of gigantic paws. Something was bounding towards them out of the dark–an enormous, pale-eyed, jet-black dog. Harry reached for his wand, but too late–the dog had made an enormous leap and its front paws hit him on the chest. He keeled over backwards in

他对克鲁克山大喊大叫。 “离他远点——离他远点——斑斑，过来——”砰的一声巨响。 “明白了!”走开，你这只臭猫——”哈利和赫敏差点儿从罗恩身上摔下来。他们就在他面前打滑停了下来。 他四肢伸开躺在地上，但是斑斑又回到了他的口袋里；他双手紧紧抓住那块颤抖的东西。 “罗恩——快——回到隐形衣下面来——”赫敏喘着气说。 “邓布利多——部长——他们一会儿就出来——”可是他们还没来得及把自己盖好，甚至还没来得及喘口气，就听到了巨大的爪子轻轻地拍打着的声音。 有什么东西从黑暗中向他们跳了过来——一条巨大的、浅眼睛的、乌黑的狗。 哈利伸手去拿魔杖，可是太晚了——那只狗猛地一跳，前爪打在他胸口上。 他向后摔倒了

a whirl of hair; he felt its hot breath, saw inch-long teeth–But the force of its leap had carried it too far; it rolled off him; dazed, feeling as though his ribs were broken, Harry tried to stand up; he could hear it growling as it skidded around for a new attack. Ron was on his feet. As the dog sprang back towards them, he pushed Harry aside; the dog's jaws fastened instead around Ron's outstretched arm. Harry lunged at it and seized a handful of the brute's hair, but it was dragging Ron away as easily as if he were a rag-doll– Then, out of nowhere, something hit Harry so hard across the face he was knocked off his feet again. He heard Hermione shriek with pain and fall, too. Harry groped for his wand, blinking blood out of his eyes– 'Lumos!' he whispered. The wand-light showed him the trunk of a thick tree; they had chased Scabbers into the shadow of the Whomping Willow and its branches were creaking as though in a high wind, whipping

一团头发；他感觉到了它热气腾腾的呼吸，看到了一英寸长的牙齿，但是它跳跃的力量太大了；它从他身上滚了下来；哈利头昏眼花，觉得肋骨好像断了，他想站起来。他能听到它的咆哮，因为它四处打滑，准备发动新的攻击。 罗恩站了起来。狗朝他们跳了过来，他把哈利推到一边。狗的嘴反而咬住了罗恩伸出来的胳膊。 哈利扑过去，抓了一把那畜生的头发，但它轻而易举地把罗恩拖走了，就好像他是一个破布娃娃一样——然后，不知从哪里冒出来，什么东西重重地打在哈利的脸上，把他撞倒了。 他听见赫敏痛苦地尖叫，也摔倒了。 哈利摸索着他的魔杖，眨了眨眼睛里的血——“荧光闪烁！”他低声说。 魔杖的光芒照亮了他一棵粗壮的树干；他们追着斑斑一直追到打人柳的阴影里，打人柳的树枝吱吱作响，好像被大风鞭打着

backwards and forwards to stop them going nearer. And there, at the base of the trunk, was the dog, dragging Ron backwards into a large gap in the roots–Ron was fighting furiously, but his head and torso were slipping out of sight– 'Ron!' Harry shouted, trying to follow, but a heavy branch whipped lethally through the air and he was forced backwards again. All they could see now was one of Ron's legs, which he had hooked around a root in an effort to stop the dog pulling him further underground. Then a horrible crack cut the air like a gunshot; Ron's leg had broken, and next second, his foot had vanished from sight. 'Harry–we've got to go for help–' Hermione cried; she was bleeding, too; the Willow had cut her across the shoulder. 'No! That thing's big enough to eat him, we haven't got time–' 'We're never going to get through without help–'

前前后后，阻止他们靠近。 就在那儿，那只狗站在树干的底部，把罗恩向后拖进树根的一个大洞里——罗恩拼命挣扎，但他的头和身子都滑得看不见了——“罗恩！”哈利喊道，想跟上去，但一根沉重的树枝在空中致命地抽打着，他被迫再次后退。 他们现在只能看见罗恩的一条腿，他把这条腿勾在一根树根上，想阻止那条狗把他往地下拉。 接着，空中传来一声可怕的爆裂声，像是枪声；罗恩的腿断了，下一秒钟，他的脚就不见了。 “哈利——我们得去找人帮忙——”赫敏叫道。她也在流血；柳树砍断了她的肩膀。 “不!那东西大得足以吃掉他，我们没有时间了——”“没有帮助，我们是绝对过不去的——”