022 哈克与汤姆挖地道

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The next morning, Tom and I got up very early and went down to the kitchen

第二天一早，我和汤姆起得很早，下楼去了厨房。

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We patted the dogs by the back door, and we talked to the black servant who had used the key the night before

我们轻拍后门边的狗狗，还和昨晚用过钥匙的黑人仆役搭了话。

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We watched him fixing a tray of food, and we asked if it was for the dogs

我们看着他准备一盘食物，便问是不是给狗吃的。

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" No," he said with a smile." Would you like to see who it's for?"

“不是，”他笑着说，“想看看是给谁的吗？”

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" Yes," said Tom, and we followed the servant out to the shed

“好啊，”汤姆说，我们便跟着仆役出去，到了棚屋。

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As soon as he unlocked the door, we ran inside. Jim's leg was chained to the bed

他一打开门锁，我们就跑了进去。吉姆的腿被链子锁在床上。

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He recognized us right away, but I made a sign for him to be quiet

他立刻就认出了我们，但我示意他别出声。

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I didn't want anyone to guess that we knew him

我不想让人猜到我们认识他。

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The servant put down the tray and left

仆役放下托盘就离开了。

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We just had a moment to whisper to Jim that we were going to set him free and then we had to leave

我们只有一小会儿功夫，压低声音告诉吉姆我们要救他出去，然后就不得不离开了。

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It was still too early for breakfast, so Tom and I went into the woods

离吃早饭还早，汤姆和我便走进了树林。

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We gathered some chunks of rotting wood with glowing fungus that people call " foxfire."

我们捡了些长着发光菌的朽木块，人们管那叫“狐火”。

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We could use them to give us a little light while we dug at night

我们晚上挖洞的时候，能用它们来照点亮。

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" A lantern would be too bright," said Tom

“灯笼太亮了，”汤姆说。

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I was happy that our plan was going so well, but Tom was not

我们的计划进展得这么顺利，我很开心，可汤姆却不。

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" There ought to be more to do," he said

“应该多搞些名堂才对，”他说。

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" I wish Uncle Silas had put a guard on the shed door because then we could drug him." Then he smiled

“真希望赛拉斯姨父在棚屋门口派个看守，那样我们就能搞点药把他迷倒了。”接着他笑了。

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" I know what we can do. We can make a ladder out of torn sheets and take it to Jim hidden inside a big pie

“我知道咱们该怎么办了。咱们可以用撕开的床单做条绳梯，然后把它藏在一个大馅饼里带给吉姆。

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He can hide the ladder in his mattress until he needs it."

他可以把绳梯藏在床垫里，需要用的时候再拿出来。”

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" But he doesn't need a ladder," I said." We're going to dig him out."

“可他不需要绳梯呀，”我说，“咱们就要把他挖出来了。”

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" In a book I read once about escapes, there was a ladder hidden in a pie," retorted Tom

"在我读过的一本关于越狱的书里，有个梯子藏在了馅饼里，"汤姆反驳道。

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" We have to do things the right way."

"我们得按正确的方式来。"

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He told me to take a sheet from the clothesline when Aunt Sally wasn't looking

他让我趁萨莉姨妈不注意时，从晾衣绳上拿条床单。

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" And take a shirt too," he said," for Jim to write a journal on. Prisoners always keep journals."

"再拿件衬衫，"他说，"给吉姆写日记用。囚犯总是要记日记的。"

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After breakfast, when no one was in the yard, I borrowed the sheet and the shirt

早饭后，趁院子里没人，我借来了床单和衬衫。

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Tom and I put them in an old sack along with the foxfire and took the sack into the hut

汤姆和我把它们连同朽木一起放进一个旧袋子里，然后把袋子带进了棚屋。

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" Now all we need is something to dig with," said Tom

"现在我们需要的就是挖洞的工具了，"汤姆说。

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" Look around us," I said." There are picks and shovels here."

"看看我们周围，"我说。"这儿就有镐和铲子。"

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Tom looked at me with contempt." When heroes are trying to escape in books, they never have shovels."

汤姆轻蔑地看着我。"书里的英雄试图逃跑时，从来不用铲子。"

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" Well, if we don't use shovels, what do we use?" I asked

"好吧，那我们不用铲子，用什么？"我问。

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" Pocketknives," said Tom

“用小折刀，”汤姆说。

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" We're going to dig under that shed with pocketknives?" I asked incredulously

“我们打算用小折刀在那棚屋底下挖洞？”我难以置信地问。

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" That's crazy, Tom!" I was starting to become annoyed with him

“那太疯狂了，汤姆！”我开始对他感到恼火了。

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" I read a book once about a man who dug himself out of a castle — it took him 37 years," said Tom

“我曾经读过一本书，讲一个人从城堡里挖洞逃出去——花了三十七年，”汤姆说。

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" We can't take that long," I protested." Uncle Silas has written to New Orleans to tell the plantation he has their runaway slave

“我们不能花那么长时间，”我抗议道。“赛拉斯姨父已经写信给新奥尔良，告诉种植园他抓到了他们逃跑的奴隶。

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Soon he'll get a letter explaining that Jim isn't from there."

很快他就会收到回信，说明吉姆不是从那儿来的。”

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Tom paused to think and then smiled at me

汤姆停下来想了想，然后对我笑了笑。

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" We'll just have to dig faster," he said. It did no good to argue with Tom

“那我们只好挖快点了，”他说。跟汤姆争论一点用也没有。

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So I borrowed some pocketknives from the house, as he asked me to

于是，我照他说的，从屋里借了几把小折刀。

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That night, after everyone was asleep, we went to the hut and started digging with the knives

那天晚上，等大家都睡着了，我们去了棚屋，开始用小刀挖起来。

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The hut was right next to Jim's shed. We planned to come up under Jim's bed

那个小屋紧挨着吉姆的棚子。我们打算从吉姆的床底下挖过去。

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We dug until about midnight. Our hole wasn't very deep, and our hands were blistered

我们一直挖到半夜。洞没挖多深，手却磨出了水泡。

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At last Tom sighed and said," I hate to do it, but I think we'll have to use the shovels

最后，汤姆叹了口气说：“我也不想这样，但我想咱们还是得用铲子了。

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We can pretend that we're using the knives."

咱们可以假装是在用小刀嘛。”

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The next night, using the tools in the hut, we dug all the way through to Jim's shed

第二天晚上，我们用小屋里的工具，一路挖通了吉姆的棚屋。

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We lit a candle that we had borrowed from the house

我们点上了一根从房子里借来的蜡烛。

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Jim was so relieved to see us that he hugged us and almost cried

吉姆见到我们如释重负，一把抱住我们，差点哭出来。

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He wanted us to take him out of his prison right away

他想让我们马上带他离开这个牢笼。

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I looked at Jim's chain and saw that we could free him if we lifted his bed and slipped the chain off the leg of the bed

我看了看吉姆的锁链，发现只要抬起他的床，把链子从床腿上褪下来，就能放他走。

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I wanted to do it, but Tom told Jim that we had other things to do first

我很想这么做，可汤姆却告诉吉姆，我们还有些别的事得先做。

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Jim told us that he thought it would be all right to wait

吉姆告诉我们，他觉得等等也没关系。

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He said that Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas visited him every day to make sure that he was comfortable

他说萨莉姨妈和西拉斯姨父每天都来看他，确保他过得舒坦。

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He was getting decent food, enough water, and clean sheets from the servants

他从仆人那里能得到像样的饭菜、足够的水和干净的床单。

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Tom explained that we would be sending Jim a pie with a ladder hidden inside

汤姆解释说，我们会给吉姆送去一个馅饼，里面藏着一架绳梯。

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He also gave Jim the shirt I had borrowed from the clothesline

他还把我从晾衣绳上“借”来的衬衫给了吉姆。

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He told Jim that he should write a journal on it with his blood

他告诉吉姆，应该用自己的血在那上面写日记。

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" Tom, you're a good boy," said Jim," but these things make no sense to me."

“汤姆，你是个好孩子，”吉姆说，“可这些事我弄不明白。”

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I tried to explain." Tom wants us to have an adventure, just like the ones in books

我试着解释。“汤姆想让咱们来一场冒险，就像书里写的那样。

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But trust me, Jim, we know how to free you

但相信我，吉姆，我们知道怎么救你出去。

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If you are in any danger, we'll get you out right away."

你要是有危险，我们马上就把你弄出去。”

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Tom's thirst for adventure was making me nervous

汤姆对冒险的渴望让我心里发毛。

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But I was so grateful to him for helping that I went along with his wild schemes

但我太感激他能帮忙，所以就由着他那些疯狂的打算了。