005 杰克逊岛惊魂

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I was very tired, and I soon fell asleep

我累极了，很快就睡着了。

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When I woke up, I didn't know where I was for a minute

醒来时，我有那么一会儿不知道自己身在何处。

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I sat up and looked around, feeling a little scared

我坐起身来，环顾四周，心里有点儿害怕。

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Then I remembered: I was hiding under some willows on the riverbank with the canoe

接着我想起来了：我正和独木舟一起，藏在河岸边的几棵柳树下面。

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I looked out across the Mississippi River; it was so wide. The other bank seemed far, far away

我向外眺望密西西比河；河面真宽阔啊。对岸看起来遥远极了。

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The moon was so bright I could have counted the logs that floated on the river

月光非常明亮，我甚至能数清河上漂着的浮木。

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Everything was quiet and it looked late. It even smelled late, if you know what I mean

万籁俱寂，看起来夜已很深了。甚至闻起来都有深夜的气息，你明白我的意思吧。

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I yawned and stretched and started to untie the canoe when I heard the sound of oars

我打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰，正要解开独木舟，这时听到了划桨的声音。

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Soon I saw a rowboat coming toward me

很快，我看见一条划艇正向我这边驶来。

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When it got closer, I saw that it was Pap, but he didn't see me because it was dark and I was hidden by the willow bushes

当它靠近时，我看清那是爸爸，但他没看见我，因为天色很暗，我又被柳树丛遮住了。

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As soon as he was on shore, I started paddling as fast as I could to the middle of the river

他一上岸，我就拼命朝河中央划去。

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Then I lay down in the bottom of the canoe and just let it float downstream

然后我躺在独木舟底，任它顺流往下漂。

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I listened to the sounds that carried over the water

我听见水面上远远传来各种声音。

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I could even hear men talking on the ferry dock by the shore

我甚至能听到岸边渡口有人在说话。

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As I floated farther, their voices faded slowly away

我越漂越远，他们的说话声也慢慢消失了。

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Finally, I sat up and saw by the moonlight that I had come to Jackson's Island

最后，我坐起身来，借着月光，发现已经漂到了杰克逊岛。

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I landed the canoe in a hollow on the shore of the island and covered it with willow branches so that no one could see it

我把独木舟拖到岛边一个浅凹里停好，用柳枝盖住，这样谁也发现不了。

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As morning approached, the sky turned gray, and I went into the woods and had a nap

天快亮时，天空变成了灰白色，我走进树林里睡了一觉。

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When I woke up, the sun was up high

等我醒来，太阳已经高高挂在天上了。

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I lay in the cool shade of the trees and felt rested and comfortable

我躺在树荫下凉丝丝的地方，觉得歇够了，浑身舒坦。

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A little breeze was blowing in the branches, and a couple of squirrels were chattering up there. I fell asleep again

微风吹拂着树枝，几只松鼠在上面吱吱叫着。我又睡着了。

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I was awakened by a loud boom from the river

我被河上传来的响亮炮声吵醒了。

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I peeked out from the trees and saw a ferryboat full of people out in the middle of the river

我从树丛间窥视，看到河中央有一艘满载乘客的渡轮。

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They were firing a cannon over the water, and I knew why they were doing it

他们正朝水面开炮，我知道他们为什么要这样做。

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They thought I was dead and they were trying to make my body rise up to the surface of the water

他们以为我死了，想让我尸体浮到水面上来。

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I went down to the riverbank and hid behind a log

我下到河岸边，躲在一根木头后面。

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As the ferryboat came closer to Jackson's Island, I looked through a hole in the log

渡轮驶近杰克逊岛时，我透过木头上的一个洞观望。

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I could see Pap, Judge Thatcher, Tom Sawyer, and lots of other people I knew from St. Petersburg. Everyone was talking about my murder

我能看到爸爸、撒切尔法官、汤姆·索亚，还有其他许多我认识的人来自圣彼得堡。大家正在谈论我遭谋杀的事。

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Then the captain said," Maybe his body washed ashore and got tangled in the brush at the water's edge. I hope so, anyway."

然后船长说：“也许他的尸体被冲上岸，缠在了水边的灌木丛里。但愿如此吧。”

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They all crowded up to the front of the boat and leaned over the rails, watching

他们都挤到船头，探出栏杆往外看。

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I could see them clearly, but they couldn't see me

我能清楚地看见他们，可他们看不见我。

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The boat floated on and went out of sight

船继续往前漂，一会儿就看不见了。

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I heard the cannon boom now and then, further and further off

我时不时能听到炮声轰隆隆地响，越来越远了。

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After a while, I heard the boat on the other side of the island

没过多久，我听到船声跑到了岛的另一边。

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It had turned around, and the people were going back to St. Petersburg

它掉了个头，那些人正要回圣彼得堡去。

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Now I guessed that they had stopped looking for me

我猜，他们这是不再找我了。

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I got my supplies out of the canoe and made a nice camp in the woods

我把我的东西从独木舟上搬下来，在树林里搭了个挺舒服的营地。

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I made a tent out of my blankets to keep my things out of the rain

我用毯子搭了个帐篷，好让我的东西不被雨淋湿。

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I caught a catfish, and around sunset, I lit a campfire and had supper

我抓了条鲶鱼，太阳快落山的时候，我生起篝火，吃了晚饭。

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Then I set out a fishing line to catch some fish for breakfast

然后我放下一根钓鱼线，打算钓些鱼当早饭。

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When the night became dark, I sat by my campfire, and as it got later, I felt lonely

天彻底黑了，我坐在篝火旁，夜深了，我觉得挺孤单的。

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I went down to the riverbank and listened to the river and counted the logs and rafts and stars. Finally, I went to bed

我走到河边，听听水流声，数数漂过的木桩、木筏，还有天上的星星。最后，我就去睡了。

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The next three days were exactly the same, but on the fourth day, I explored the island

接下来的三天都一模一样，不过到了第四天，我去探索全岛了。

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It belonged to me and I wanted to know all about it

这岛现在归我了，我得把它了解个透。

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I took my gun just in case I saw animals I could kill for food

我带上了我的枪，万一看到什么动物，可以打了当饭吃。

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I found lots of ripe strawberries, green summer grapes, and unripe raspberries I could eat later on

我找到了好多熟透的草莓，青青的夏葡萄，还有没熟的山莓，这些我可以留着以后吃。

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Then I almost stepped on a large snake

接着，我差点一脚踩到一条大蛇。

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It slid off through the grass and flowers, and I ran after it, trying to shoot it

它从草丛和花丛中滑走了，我撒腿就追，想开枪打它。

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Suddenly I leaped onto the ashes of a campfire that was still smoking

突然，我一脚踩到了一堆篝火的灰烬上，那灰烬居然还在冒烟。

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My heart was beating so hard it was jumping out of my chest

我的心跳得厉害极了，像是要嗖的一下从嗓子眼儿里窜出来。

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I backed away as fast as I could, and then I ran

我拼命地后退几步，然后就跑了起来。

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Every time I saw a bush, I thought it was a man

每回看到一丛灌木，我都觉得后面藏着个人。

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When I got back to camp, I hid all my supplies back in my canoe

一回到营地，我就把所有的东西又藏回了独木舟里。

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I put out my campfire and climbed a tree

我灭了篝火，然后爬到了一棵树上。

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I couldn't stay up there forever, so finally I came down, but I stayed in the thick woods

我总不能在上面待一辈子，最后还是下来了，但我就待在密林深处。

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By nighttime I was very hungry, but I was afraid to stay on the island

到了晚上，我饿极了，可我又不敢在岛上待着。

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So I paddled my canoe over to the Illinois shore

于是，我划着我的独木舟，到了伊利诺伊州那边的岸上。

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I went into the woods there and had a meal of berries and the fish left over from my breakfast

我走进那边的林子，凑合吃了点浆果和早饭剩下的鱼。

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I had just decided I would stay there all night when I heard horses coming, and then I heard men's voices

我刚打定主意要在那儿过夜，就听到有马跑过来，接着又听到了男人的说话声。

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I was afraid they would see me, so I jumped into my canoe and paddled back to Jackson's Island

我怕他们看见我，就一下子跳进独木舟，又划回了杰克逊岛。