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Tom and Becky had lost track of time

汤姆和贝基忘记了时间。

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Their candles had gone out, and they both had fallen asleep

他们的蜡烛灭了，两个人都睡着了。

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Had they slept long? Tom wondered. There was no way of knowing

他们睡了很久吗？汤姆想。无从得知。

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" I'm so hungry," said Becky

“我太饿了，”贝基说。

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" Here." Tom passed her some cake." I saved this for you."

“给。”汤姆递给她一些蛋糕。“这是我留给你的。”

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" Are people looking for us?" asked Becky

“有人在找我们吗？”贝基问。

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" Sure," said Tom

“当然，”汤姆说。

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But he knew the cave was big, and if he and Becky waited to be found, they might wait forever

但他知道洞穴很大，如果他和贝基等着被找到，可能永远等不到。

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" I think I should explore," he said

“我觉得我应该去探探路，”他说。

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" Here, hold one end of this kite string

“来，拿着风筝线的一端。

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I will go down these side passages as far as I can, and then I'll come back."

我会沿着这些侧洞尽量走远，然后再回来。

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Becky was scared, but she agreed to Tom's plan

贝基很害怕，但她同意了汤姆的计划。

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Tom crawled slowly into the dark, feeling in front of him like a blind man

汤姆慢慢爬进黑暗中，像盲人一样在前面摸索。

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He had only gone a short distance when he heard something

他才走了一小段距离，就听到了什么声音。

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He gave a shout, and his voice echoed eerily throughout the cave

他喊了一声，声音在洞里阴森地回荡。

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Then a light appeared

接着，一道亮光出现了。

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When Tom saw who was holding the light, he almost shouted again

当汤姆看到举着灯的是谁时，差点又叫出声来。

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The face in the light was Injun Joe's!

灯光映出的那张脸是印第安·乔的！

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Injun Joe looked just as scared to see Tom. He bolted away from him

印第安·乔看到汤姆也同样害怕，他飞快地逃开了。

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When Tom crawled back to Becky, she asked him why he had shouted

汤姆爬回贝基身边时，她问他为什么喊叫。

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" Just for luck," said Tom

“讨个吉利。”汤姆说。

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He didn't want to make Becky more afraid than she already was

他不想让贝基比现在更害怕。

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Then he said," I think I can find a way out, but I need some more luck."

然后他说：“我想我能找到出口，但我需要再多一点运气。”

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He leaned forward and kissed Becky

他俯过身去，亲了贝基一下。

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Then he crawled down a different passage

接着，他爬进了另一条通道。

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Kissing Becky had indeed brought Tom some luck

亲了贝基确实给汤姆带来了好运。

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Soon Tom saw light again, but this was a different kind of light — sunlight shining through a small hole

很快，汤姆又看见了亮光，但这次的光不一样——是太阳光从一个小洞里照进来。

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Tom took out his knife and gradually made the hole big enough to squeeze through

汤姆掏出他的刀，渐渐把洞挖得足够大，好挤过去。

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After Tom and Becky climbed out of the cave, Tom covered the hole with some leaves

汤姆和贝基爬出山洞后，汤姆用一些树叶把洞口盖住了。

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He didn't want Injun Joe to find it and escape the same way

他不想让印第安·乔发现这个洞口，然后也从这儿逃走。

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When Tom realized where they were, he exclaimed," Gosh, we're five miles downriver from town!

当汤姆意识到他们在哪里时，他大喊道：“天哪，我们在镇子下游五英里处！

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We walked almost two miles underground."

我们在地下走了差不多两英里。”

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Tom and Becky walked to the river and got a barge that was headed upriver to stop for them

汤姆和贝基走到河边，让一艘往上游开的驳船为他们停下来。

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The crew on the barge had heard about the missing children, so they agreed to take them home

驳船上的船员听说了失踪的孩子，便同意带他们回家。

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The town rejoiced, and then the two children were put to bed

全镇欢庆，然后这两个孩子被安顿上床休息。

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Becky stayed in bed for almost four days, but Tom felt better after two

贝基在床上躺了差不多四天，但汤姆两天后就感觉好多了。

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Tom learned that Huck had been sick as well, so Tom went to visit his friend at the Welshman's house

汤姆得知哈克也病了，于是去威尔士曼家看望他的朋友。

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When Tom and Huck were alone, Tom told Huck that he thought he knew where the treasure was

当汤姆和哈克单独在一起时，汤姆告诉哈克，他觉得自己知道宝藏在哪儿了。

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Huck shook his head and said," It isn't in the tavern, Tom."

哈克摇摇头说：“不在酒馆里，汤姆。”

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Tom wanted to interrupt his friend, but Huck was talking too fast

汤姆想打断他的朋友，但哈克说得太快了。

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" When I was sick," said Huck," I dreamed a lot, and I guess I did a lot of talking

“我生病的时候，”哈克说，“做了很多梦，我猜我说了不少梦话。

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I talked about the tavern, I talked about Injun Joe and the murder, and I talked about the Widow Douglas

我说到了酒馆，说到了印第安·乔和那起凶杀，还说到了道格拉斯寡妇。

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The Welshman and others figured things out and searched the tavern

威尔士人他们把事情想明白了，就去搜查了酒馆。

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But all they found was whiskey."

可他们找到的只有威士忌。”

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Tom smiled." Of course!

汤姆笑了。“当然了！

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That's all they found because the gold is in the cave

他们只能找到那个，因为金子在山洞里呢。

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I saw Injun Joe in the cave."

我在山洞里看见印第安·乔了。”

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" The night you were found, Judge Thatcher blocked the cave entrance with an iron door," said Huck

“你被找到的那天晚上，撒切尔法官就让人用铁门把洞口给封死了，”哈克说。

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" He didn't want what happened to you and Becky to happen again."

“他不希望你和贝基遭遇的事再发生在别人身上。”

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Tom wanted to go to the judge

汤姆想去找法官。

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But the Widow Douglas, who had been taking care of Huck at the Welshman's house, wouldn't let Huck go

但是一直在威尔士人家里照顾哈克的道格拉斯寡妇，不让哈克去。

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So Tom went by himself, and then headed back to the cave with the judge and the sheriff

于是汤姆自己去了，然后和法官、警长一起回到了那个山洞。

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The judge opened the great iron door with his key

法官用钥匙打开了那扇巨大的铁门。

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Inside they found Injun Joe lying dead on the ground

在里面，他们发现印第安·乔倒在地上，已经死了。

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His knife was broken at his side where he had tried to chip his way out

他的刀子断在身边，看得出来他曾想用它凿开一条出路。

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The next day Tom got Huck. They borrowed a rowboat, and Tom rowed downriver

第二天，汤姆找到哈克。他们借了条划艇，汤姆划着船顺流而下。

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Tom found his secret entrance to the cave easily

汤姆很轻松地就找到了他进洞的那个秘密入口。

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They each lit a candle and entered

他俩各点了一支蜡烛，钻了进去。

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Tom showed Huck where he and Becky had slept, and then he led Huck to where he had seen Injun Joe

汤姆带哈克看了他和贝基睡觉的地方，然后又领他去了自己看到印第安·乔的地方。

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They climbed down into the chamber

他们爬下到那个洞穴里。

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Tom and Huck both noticed the large cross on the wall, and they immediately started digging

汤姆和哈克都注意到了墙上那个大大的十字，他们立刻动手挖了起来。

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They didn't have to dig long before they came to a board

没挖多久，他们就碰到了一块木板。

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They lifted the board, and under it was a small compartment

他们揭开木板，下面是一个小暗格。

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Inside the compartment were some candles, some matches, and a box full of silver and gold

暗格里面有几支蜡烛、一些火柴，还有一个装满了金银的盒子。

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" Finally!" exclaimed Huck." We found the treasure!"

“终于！”哈克喊道，“我们找到宝藏了！”

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" Even when money's free," said Tom," you still have to work for it."

“即使钱是白捡的，”汤姆说，“你还是得费点力气去弄到手啊。”