20 Into the Woods

Chapter 20 Into the Woods

第二十章 进入森林

The four of them walked deeper into the woods. If they were worried that they might not be able to find the portal, they needn't have been. When they got there, its location was blindingly obvious. After walking for a couple of minutes they came across a small clearing, in the middle of which was a large tree, drawn very roughly, like all the others, in charcoal. It was made up of jagged, short strokes and, to Peanut's eye at least, resembled" an upside-down lightning bolt with arms. These arms" were pointing to a large hollow, in the dead centre of its trunk. "OK, so that's not creepy at all," said Rockwell. "I've just had an amazing idea, and it mainly involves running away really, really fast?" "Look at it!" said Little-Bit. "It's actually begging us to go through. Come on. She walked over to the trunk and started to climb the lower part. Peanut followed, and, eventually, so did a nervous

他们四人朝森林深处走去。 他们之前还担心找不到传送入口，其实根本没必要。 等他们抵达后，入口的位置显眼得一目了然。 走了几分钟后，他们来到一片小空地，空地中央立着一棵大树，和其他树一样，都是木炭粗略画成的。 这棵树由锯齿状的短线条构成，至少在皮纳特看来，它就像一只长了胳膊的倒闪电。 这些“胳膊”正指着树干正中央的一个大树洞。 “好吧，这可一点都不吓人，”洛克威尔说。 “我刚想到一个超棒的主意，说白了就是咱们赶紧玩命跑，怎么样？” “快看呀！”利特比特说。 它明明就是在招呼我们进去呢。 快来呀。 她走到树干旁，开始爬树干的下半部分。 皮纳特跟了上去，最后，紧张的

Rockwell. Doodle stayed where he was. He seemed to know what Peanut was about to say. "I'm sorry, boy, but you can't come with us. We don't want you crumbling away to dust on the other side no, do we?" Doodle's tail drooped. "Maybe you should go back to the Bunker and tell everyone how crazy Peanut is being." said Rockwell, as he slowly made his way up the trunk towards the hollow. And if you could also let them know where they can find our dead bodies, that'd be great!" "Ssshh!" said Peanut, putting an ear to the large opening in the trunk. Can you hear that? "What?" said Little-Bit, hoisting herself up to sit on the edge of the hollow. "Voices." Actually, I can," said Rockwell. "Me too," whispered Little-Bit; "And I think they're speaking French!" Then the three friends slipped into the hollow, and went through the North Draw portal.

洛克威尔。 杜德尔留在了原地。 他好像早就知道皮纳特要说什么。 “抱歉啦，伙计，你不能跟我们一起去。 我们可不想你到了另一边化成灰，对不对？” 杜德尔耷拉下了尾巴。 “说不定你该回避难所，告诉所有人皮纳特现在有多胡闹。”洛克威尔一边说，一边慢慢爬向树洞。 “要是你还能顺便告诉他们去哪找我们的尸体，那就太棒了！” “嘘！”皮纳特说着，把耳朵贴在了树干的大洞上。 你能听见吗？ “什么？”利特比特说着，爬上来坐在树洞边缘。 “说话声。” “没错，我确实听见了，”洛克威尔说。 “我也听见了，”利特比特小声说，“而且我觉得他们在说法语！” 接着三个伙伴滑进树洞，穿过了北画传送门。