009 沉船上的凶手

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I peeked into a cabin on the wrecked steamboat to see what was going on

我偷偷往一艘触礁的蒸汽船舱里看，想知道出了什么事。

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A man was lying on the floor, tied up, and two other men were standing over him

一个人被绑着躺在地上，另外两个男人站在他身旁。

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One had a lantern and the other had a gun

一个拿着灯笼，另一个端着枪。

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They were arguing about whether or not to shoot the man on the floor

他们在争论要不要开枪打死地上那个人。

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Finally they decided that they would just leave him tied up on the wreck

最后他们决定就把他绑在船上不管了。

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When it slid off the rock and sank, he would drown

等船从岩石上滑下去沉没时，他就会被淹死。

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Meanwhile, they were going to get in their rowboat and row away

而他们则打算坐上小划艇划走。

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I ran back to Jim, very scared. I whispered," Quick, Jim, there are murderers on this boat!

我非常害怕地跑回吉姆身边，低声说：“快，吉姆，这船上有杀人犯！”

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We have to find the rowboat and cut it loose, so they can't get away. Then we'll get on our raft — "

我们得找到那条小划艇，割断绳子，不让他们逃走。然后我们上木筏——”

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But Jim interrupted me." Huck, we don't have a raft! It broke loose and floated away!"

可吉姆打断了我：“哈克，我们没木筏了！它挣开绳子漂走了！”

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We were trapped on a wreck with wicked men and no way to get off!

我们和歹徒一起被困在失事船上，无路可逃！

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I realized that we had to find that rowboat right away, for ourselves

我意识到我们必须马上找到那条划艇，为了我们自己。

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Jim and I felt along the sides of the wreck in the dark, until finally we found the boat

我和吉姆在黑暗中沿着船身摸索，终于找到了那条船。

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We were about to jump into it when a door opened and the man with the lantern stepped outside

我们正要跳上去，这时一扇门开了，提灯笼的男人走了出来。

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We kept still and he didn't see us as he threw a big bag into the boat

我们一动不动，他把一个大袋子扔进船里时没看见我们。

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Both men got into the rowboat, and one man said to the other," All ready — shove off."

两个人都上了划艇，一个对另一个说：“都好了——出发吧。”

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Then the second man said," Wait a minute — did you go through his pockets?"

接着第二个人说：“等一等——你翻过他的口袋了吗？”

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" No, I didn't," replied the first

“不，我没有。”第一个人回答。

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The two men decided to go back on the wreck and see if the tied-up man had any money they could take

那两个人决定回到失事船上去，看看那个被绑着的人身上有没有钱可拿。

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The minute they went back inside, Jim and I jumped into the rowboat

他们一回里面，我和吉姆就跳上了划艇。

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I cut the rope with my knife and the river current began to carry us away

我用刀割断绳索，河水带着我们漂走了。

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We didn't touch the oars, and we didn't speak or whisper. We hardly dared to breathe

我们没碰船桨，也不说话，连耳语都没有。几乎连气都不敢喘。

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When we were about three hundred meters downstream, Jim took the oars and began to row

漂到下游大约三百米时，吉姆拿起桨划了起来。

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I started to worry about the robbers on the wreck

我开始担心起那艘破船上的歹徒了。

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Even though they were bad men, I didn't want to just leave them to drown

虽然他们不是好人，可我也不想就这么丢下他们，让他们淹死。

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The storm blew up again, and as the lightning flashed, we searched for our raft in the water

暴风雨又变大了，趁着闪电的光，我们在水上搜寻我们的木筏。

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Finally we found it. Just then we saw a light on the shore too

我们总算找到了。就在这时，我们还看见岸上有一处灯光。

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" Jim," I said," you keep floating on the raft

“吉姆，”我说，“你继续乘着木筏漂。

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Shine a lantern for me so I can find you

给我亮着一盏灯，我好能找到你。

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I'm going to take the boat and go to that light

我要乘这只小艇，去那边有灯光的地方。”

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I want to get help for the men on the wreck."

我想为触礁船上的那些人求救。”

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As I got close to shore, I saw that the light came from a ferryboat sitting on the water

快靠岸时，我看见那亮光来自一艘停在水面上的渡轮。

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I found the captain on board, asleep. I woke him up and told him a sad story that I made up

我在船上找到了正在睡觉的船长。我叫醒他，编了个伤心的故事讲给他听。

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" Pap and Ma'am and my sister..." I began, and then I started to cry

“我爸、我妈和我妹妹……”我开了个头，然后就哭了起来。

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" Don't cry, now," he said." Everything will be all right. What's the trouble?"

“别哭啊，”他说，“一切都会好的。出什么事了？”

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I said that my family had tried to cross the river late at night, but we had lost our oars

我说，我们一家深夜里想过河，但把船桨弄丢了。

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Floating helplessly down the river, our boat had hit the wrecked steamboat

我们的船无助地顺流漂下，撞上了那艘触礁的汽船。

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We all climbed onto the wreck, but we realized it would soon sink

我们都爬到了破船上，可发现它很快就要沉了。

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I was the only one who could swim, so my dad said I must swim to shore and get help

我是唯一会游泳的，所以我爸说我得游上岸找人帮忙。

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And now here I was, begging the captain to take his boat and help them

现在我就在这儿，求船长驾船去救他们。

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The captain promised he would get his crew right away, and they would take the ferry out to the wreck

船长保证他会立刻召集船员，乘渡船前往失事船那里。

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In the meantime, he directed me to an inn nearby where I could get warm and dry

与此同时，他指引我去附近一家旅店，让我可以取暖烤干。

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But as soon as he left me, I got into the rowboat and rowed out onto the river to find Jim and the raft

但他一离开，我就跳上划艇，向河上划去寻找吉姆和木筏。

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I felt good about trying to save the gang from drowning

我为自己设法救那帮人免于淹死而感到高兴。

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I only wished there was some way the Widow Douglas could know what I had done

我只希望道格拉斯寡妇能通过什么办法知道我做的事。

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When I rowed past the wreck again, I saw that it was now mostly underwater

当我再次划过那艘失事船时，看到它大部分已沉入水下。

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I called out, but no one answered. Then I realized that it was too late to save the men

我喊了几声，但没人回应。这时我才意识到救他们已经太迟了。

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I felt sad. It seemed like a long, long time before I saw the light on the raft

我感到难过。过了很久很久，我才看见木筏上的亮光。

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It was almost morning when I finally caught up with Jim

等我终于追上吉姆时，天几乎快亮了。

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We found an island, sank the rowboat, and hid the raft on shore. Then we slept until the afternoon

我们找到一个小岛，弄沉了划艇，把木筏藏在岸边，然后一直睡到下午。

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When we woke up, we looked at all the things the gang had stolen from the wrecked boat

醒来后，我们查看了那帮人从失事船上偷来的所有东西。

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We found boots, blankets, clothes, and lots of books

我们找到了靴子、毯子、衣服和许多书。

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We spent most of the day lying under the trees, talking

那天大部分时间我们都躺在树下聊天。

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Then I read to Jim from a book about kings and dukes, and how fancy their clothes were

然后我给吉姆朗读一本关于国王和公爵的书，描述他们衣服多么华丽，

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and how they called each other " Your Majesty " and " Your Grace."

以及他们互相称呼“陛下”和“殿下”。

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Jim was very interested. He asked me how much a king earned

吉姆非常感兴趣，问我国王挣多少钱。

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" Why, they can have a thousand dollars a month, if they want it," I said

“哦，他们愿意的话，一个月能拿一千美元。”我说。

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" They can have anything they want — everything belongs to them."

“他们要什么有什么——一切都是他们的。”

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" What do they have to do to get it?" Jim asked

“那他们得干什么才能得到呢？”吉姆问。

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" They don't have to do anything," I replied

“他们什么都不用干。”我回答。

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" They just sit around — except maybe when there's a war, then they go to the war."

“他们就只是闲坐着——除非打仗的时候，那他们就去打仗。”