024 持枪的人

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" There's only one thing left to do, now," said Tom

“现在只剩下一件事要做了，”汤姆说。

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" We have to send the family a mysterious warning, like they do in books."

“我们得给这家人送去一个神秘的警告，就像书里写的那样。”

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So that same night, we pushed a note under the front door to the house

于是当天晚上，我们把一张纸条从房子前门底下塞了进去。

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It read: BEWARE. Trouble is coming. Someone is going to try to steal the escaped slave. From your unknown friend

上面写着：小心。麻烦就要来了。有人要偷走那个逃跑的奴隶。来自你不认识的朋友。

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The next night, we drew a coffin on the back door. By now the Phelpses were very nervous

第二天晚上，我们在后门上画了一口棺材。到这时，菲尔普斯一家人已经非常紧张了。

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They jumped at every noise, and if anything brushed against them, they thought it was a snake

他们听见一点响声就跳起来，要是什么东西蹭到他们，就以为是条蛇。

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They asked some neighbors to help them guard their house

他们请了一些邻居来帮忙看守房子。

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That evening, there were 15 farmers, armed with guns, sitting in the parlor

那天傍晚，有十五个农夫，带着枪，坐在客厅里。

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Some of the men said they were going to go down to the shed and guard it

其中一些人说要到棚屋那边去守着。

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That's when I knew that Tom had gone too far with his crazy plan

就在这时我知道，汤姆那个疯狂的计划做得太过分了。

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We should have freed Jim days ago. In a panic, Tom and I ran to the hut

我们几天前就该放了吉姆。慌乱中，我和汤姆跑向小屋。

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We went through our tunnel to Jim's shed and told him we had to escape right away

我们穿过地道爬进吉姆的小棚，告诉他我们必须立刻逃走。

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Suddenly, we heard men outside the door, putting the key in the lock

突然，我们听到门外有人把钥匙插进锁孔。

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Just as they pushed the door open, we hurried into the tunnel

他们刚推开门，我们就匆忙钻进了地道。

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The men didn't see the hole because it was under Jim's bed

那些人没看见洞口，因为它在吉姆的床底下。

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In the dark, we crept out of the hut and ran across the yard

黑暗中，我们悄悄爬出小屋，跑过院子。

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Jim and I got over the fence, but Tom's pants caught on a splinter of wood

我和吉姆翻过了栅栏，可汤姆的裤子被一根木刺钩住了。

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The splinter broke off with a loud snap and Tom was free

木刺啪的一声折断了，汤姆挣脱出来。

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But one of the men yelled," Who's there? Stop, or I'll shoot!"

但有个人大喊道：“谁在那里？站住，不然我开枪了！”

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Bullets whizzed over our heads as we ran through the woods

我们跑过树林时，子弹从头顶呼啸而过。

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We hid behind some bushes until the men gave up looking for us

我们躲在灌木丛后，直到那些人放弃寻找我们。

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Then we scrambled down the riverbank, untied the raft, and got onboard

然后我们爬下河岸，解开木筏，跳了上去。

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We headed for the middle of the river, to a small island called Spanish Island

我们朝河中央驶去，去一个叫西班牙岛的小岛。

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" Well, Jim," I said," you are a free man

“嘿，吉姆，”我说，“你是个自由人了。

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I hope you won't ever be a slave again."

我希望你再也不用做奴隶了。”

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We were both happy for a minute, until we saw that Tom had been shot in the leg!

我们俩高兴了一小会儿，直到发现汤姆的腿中了枪！

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Jim and I helped him into the hut on the raft

我和吉姆把他扶进木筏上的小棚屋里。

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We bandaged Tom's bleeding calf with one of the duke's old shirts

我们用公爵的一件旧衬衫包扎了汤姆流血的小腿。

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Then we looked at each other with serious faces

然后我们一脸严肃地看着对方。

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Jim said," Huck, we have to get a doctor for Tom

吉姆说：“哈克，我们得给汤姆找个医生。

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Even if it means that I am captured again."

哪怕这意味着我又会被抓住。”

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I knew Jim was right. I paddled back to the shore in the canoe that we kept on the raft. Jim and Tom stayed behind

我知道吉姆说得对。我划着筏子上的独木舟回到岸边。吉姆和汤姆留在了原地。

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The town doctor was a kind man. Even though I woke him up late at night, he dressed and came with me right away

镇上的医生是个好心人。尽管我深夜把他叫醒，他还是马上穿好衣服跟我走了。

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I made up a story that my brother Sid and I had been hunting on the island

我编了个故事，说我弟弟希德和我在岛上打猎。

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There had been an accident with Sid's gun, I said

我说，希德的枪出了意外。

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When the doctor saw the old canoe, however, he didn't think it was safe for two people

可是，医生看到那艘旧独木舟后，觉得载两个人不安全。

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He said that he would paddle over to the raft by himself

他说他会自己划到筏子那里去。

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I waited for a long time, but the doctor didn't come back. I was worried about Tom's wound

我等了很久，但医生没有回来。我担心汤姆的伤口。

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Then I realized that it was morning; I had fallen asleep on the riverbank

然后我意识到天已经亮了；我在河岸上睡着了。

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I went to the doctor's house and learned that he still hadn't come back

我去医生家打听，得知他还没有回来。

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I decided that I had to find out how Tom was, even if I had to swim to the island

我决定必须去看看汤姆怎么样了，哪怕我得游到岛上去。

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But as I was hurrying down the street, I met Uncle Silas

可我在街上急匆匆走着的时候，遇到了塞拉斯姨父。

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" Why, Tom!" he exclaimed." Your aunt and I have been so worried about you and Sid. Where have you been all night?"

“哎呀，汤姆！”他喊道。“你姨妈和我一直担心你和希德。你们一整夜都去哪儿了？”

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Once again, I made up a story. I told Uncle Silas that Sid and I had run to help the men chase the runaway slave

我又编了个故事。我告诉塞拉斯姨父，希德和我跑去帮那些人追逃跑的奴隶了。

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But we lost them in the dark woods

但我们在黑漆漆的树林里跟丢了。

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We were so tired that we fell asleep there

我们累坏了，就在那儿睡着了。

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I said that Sid had gone to buy rolls for our breakfast from the bakery

我说希德去面包房买早餐吃的面包卷了。

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As soon as Sid came back, we were planning to go home to Aunt Sally

等希德一回来，我们就打算回家找莎莉姨妈。

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Uncle Silas said we must go to the bakery to get Sid. But of course he wasn't there

塞拉斯姨父说我们得去面包房找希德。可他当然不在那里。

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Finally, Uncle Silas said that we shouldn't wait any longer to get me home, where Aunt Sally was waiting anxiously

最后，塞拉斯姨父说不能再等了，得先送我回家，莎莉姨妈正着急地等着呢。

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Then he would go out to search for Sid

然后他会再出去找希德。

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Aunt Sally was so happy to see me that she cried and hugged me

莎莉姨妈见到我高兴得哭了，一把抱住了我。

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She was very upset that Sid wasn't with us, but I told the same story again. Uncle Silas went out again to search

希德没跟我们在一起，她非常难过，可我又把那套话讲了一遍。塞拉斯姨父又出去找了。

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The hours went by. Aunt Sally was worried because her nephew was lost

时间一点一点过去。莎莉姨妈很担心，因为她的外甥走丢了。

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I knew he wasn't lost, but I was afraid he was dying

我知道他没有走丢，可我担心他快要死了。

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I couldn't tell anyone, though, because if they found Tom, they would find Jim and make him a slave again

但我不能告诉任何人，因为要是他们找到了汤姆，就会找到吉姆，又会让他当奴隶。

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By dinnertime, Uncle Silas hadn't returned. By bedtime, he still wasn't back. I went up to my room and cried

到晚饭时，塞拉斯姨父还没回来。睡觉时间到了，他还是没回来。我上楼回到自己房间，哭了。

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Later Aunt Sally stopped by my room

后来莎莉姨妈到我房间来了一下。

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" I know how worried you are," she said," but I want you to promise that you won't sneak out to look for Sid."

“我知道你很着急，”她说，“但我要你保证，不会偷偷溜出去找希德。”

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She was a good, kind person, so I promised

她是个善良的好人，所以我答应了。