06 Ta-da!

Chapter 6. Tadah! In the torchlight, Jack saw three huge men standing over him. One with very squinty eyes held the torch, one with a very red face held Jack, and one with a very long mustache held onto Annie. Annie was kicking and yelling, Stop! said the one with the very long mustache. Who are thou? said the one with the very red face. Spies, foreigners, Egyptians, Romans, Persians? said the squinty -eyed one.

第六章 当当！ 手电筒的光亮里，杰克看见三个高大的男人站在他面前。 一个眼睛特别细的眯缝眼举着手电，一个脸特别红的大红脸抓着杰克， 还有一个留着特别长胡子的男人抓着安妮。 安妮一边蹬腿一边大喊大叫， "住手！"长胡子男人说道。 "你们是谁？"大红脸男人问道。 "间谍？外地人？埃及人？罗马人？波斯人？"眯缝眼问道。

No, you dummies, said Annie. Oh, brother, Jack muttered. Arrest them, said Red Face. That's Hanson, said Squinty Eyes. The guards marched Jack and Annie out of the armory. Jack looked back frantically. Where was his backpack? Go, said a guard, giving him a push. Jack went. Down they marched, down the long, dark hallway. Squinty, Annie, Mustache, Jack, and Red. Down a narrow, winding staircase, Jack heard Annie shouting at the guards. Dummies, meanies, we didn't do anything. The guards laughed. They didn't take her seriously at all. At the bottom of the stairs was a big iron door with a bar across it.

"才不是，你们这些笨蛋！"安妮说。 "哎哟我的天。"杰克小声嘀咕。 "逮捕他们。"大红脸说。 "那是汉森。"眯缝眼说道。 卫兵们押着杰克和安妮走出了军械库。 杰克慌慌张张地回头看。 他的背包去哪了？ "走。"一个卫兵说着推了他一把。 杰克往前走了。 他们一路往下走，穿过长长的昏暗走廊。 走在队伍里的有眯缝眼、安妮、长胡子、杰克还有大红脸。 走下狭窄蜿蜒的楼梯时，杰克听见安妮对着卫兵大喊。 "笨蛋，坏蛋，我们什么都没干！" 卫兵们都笑了。 他们根本没把安妮的话当回事。 楼梯底部有一扇大铁门，门上横着一根门闩。

Squinty pushed the bar off the door, then he shoved at the door. It creaked open. Jack and Annie were pushed into a cold, clammy room. The fiery torch lit the dungeon. There were chains hanging from the filthy walls. Water dripped from the ceiling, making puddles on the stone floor. It was the creepiest place Jack had ever seen. We'll keep them here till the feast is done, then turn them over to the Duke, said Squinty. He knows how to take care of thieves. There'll be a hanging tomorrow, said Mustache. If the rats don't get them first, said Red. They all laughed. Jack saw that Annie had his backpack. She was quietly unzipping it.

眯缝眼把门上的门闩拔下来，然后用力推开门。 门吱呀一声打开了。 杰克和安妮被推进了一间又冷又湿的房间里。 燃得很旺的火把照亮了这间地牢。 脏兮兮的墙上挂着好多铁链。 水从天花板滴下来，在石头地板上积出了一个个小水洼。 这是杰克见过的最恐怖的地方。 "我们把他们关在这里，等宴会结束了就交给公爵。"眯缝眼说。 "他最知道怎么对付小偷了。" "明天还有绞刑呢。"长胡子说。 "要是老鼠没先把他们吃掉的话。"大红脸说。 他们都大笑起来。 杰克看见安妮拿着他的背包。 她正悄悄拉开背包的拉链。

Come on, let's shine the two of them, said Squinty. The guards started toward them. Annie whipped her flashlight out of the pack. Ta -da! She yelled. The guards froze. They stared at the shiny flashlight in her hand. Annie switched the light on. The guards gasped in fear. They jumped back against the wall. Squinty dropped the torch. It fell into a dirty puddle on the floor, sputtered, and went out. My magic wand! Annie said, waving the flashlight, Get down or I'll wipe you out! Jack's mouth dropped open. Annie fiercely pointed her light at one than the other. Each howled and covered his face.

"来啊，咱们拿灯照照这两个小家伙。"眯缝眼说。 卫兵们朝着他们走了过来。 安妮唰地一下从背包里掏出了她的手电筒。 当当！ 她大喊道。 卫兵们都僵住了。 他们盯着她手里亮闪闪的手电筒看。 安妮打开了手电筒的开关。 卫兵们吓得倒吸一口凉气。 他们往后跳去，贴在了墙上。 眯缝眼手里的火把掉了。 火把掉在地上的脏水洼里，噼啪响了几下就熄灭了。 "我的魔法棒！" 安妮挥着手电筒说："蹲下，不然我就把你们都消灭掉！" 杰克惊讶得嘴都合不上了。 安妮恶狠狠地把光线一会儿照向这个，一会儿照向那个。 每个卫兵都嗷嗷叫着捂住了自己的脸。

Down, all of you, get down, shouted Annie. One by one, the guards lay down on the wet floor. Jack couldn't believe it. Come on, Annie said to him, let's go. Jack looked at the open doorway. He looked at the guards, creaking on the ground. Hurry, said Annie. In one quick leap, Jack followed her out of the terrible dungeon.

"蹲下，所有人都蹲下！"安妮大喊道。 卫兵们一个接一个躺在了湿乎乎的地板上。 杰克简直不敢相信眼前的一幕。 "快走呀，"安妮对他说，"我们走吧。" 杰克看了看敞开的门口。 他看了看在地上缩成一团的卫兵们。 "快点！"安妮说。 杰克猛地一跃，跟着她逃出了这间可怕的地牢。