The Hollow
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
I’m just as terrified as Sarah.
我和莎拉一样害怕。
It’s all I can do not to curl up and cover my face till morning, but I have to take care of Jake.
但我必须照顾杰克。
“There’s nothing to be scared of,” I say.
「没什么好害怕的,
“It’s just the Hollow.
“这只是洞穴。
We walk by it every day.”
我们每天都走过它。 “
“Every day, yes, but this is Halloween night,” Sarah whines.
“每天,是的,但这是万圣节之夜。”
“You know the Hollow is haunted.
“你知道,这个洞是闹鬼的。
They say if you play in these woods, some kids will come play with you— and they never let you leave.
他们说,如果你在树林里玩, 一些孩子会来和你玩—— 他们永远不会让你离开。
You become a ghost like them.
你变成他们一样的鬼魂
That’s why you don’t go in the Hollow.”
这就是为什么你不去谷地。 “
“Stop it—you’re scaring Jake,” I say.
我说,“住手,你吓到杰克了。”
“I’m scared,” Sarah says, looking around at the trees.
Sarah说:「我很害怕,
Empty branches reach out of the darkness like skeletal hands.
空出树枝从黑暗中伸出 如出骨手.
Those hands scratched and tore at our costumes as we ran here.
我们跑来这的时候 手被划伤并撕了
I lost my warrior’s shield, Sarah lost her cat ears, we lost our flashlights and most of our candy, and Jake’s ghost costume is in tatters.
我失去了战士的盾牌,莎拉失去了她的猫耳朵,我们失去了手电筒和大部分糖果,而杰克的鬼装被打碎了.
“Are the ghosts going to get Odie?”
“鬼魂会得到奥迪吗? “
Jake asks, looking up at me.
杰克问起,看着我。
He’d insisted on bringing his wiener dog trick-or-treating with us.
他坚持要带着他的小狗耍花招,
As we walked by the Hollow, Odie heard something move in the forest and bolted into the darkness.
当我们走过谷地时,奥迪听到森林里有东西移动,并跑入了黑暗.
Jake chased Odie, I chased Jake, and my friend Sarah chased me.
杰克追来了 奥迪 我追杰克 我的朋友莎拉追我
“Are the ghosts going to get us?”
“鬼魂会来救我们吗? “
“No way, little bro.
“不可能,小兄弟。
There’s no such thing as ghosts.”
没有鬼。 “
Jake doesn’t look as if he believes me.
Jake似乎不相信我,
“Let’s just find Odie and go home.”
让我们找到Odie回家。 “
We start walking, stopping every few minutes to untangle Jake’s costume from the branches.
我们开始行走,每隔几分钟就停下来把Jake的服装从树枝上解开。
Strange sounds follow us.
奇怪的声音跟着我们。
The whispering of movement in the dead leaves on the ground.
地上枯叶所出行之声.
The creak of branches.
树枝裂.
A snapping twig.
一枝一枝发作.
My nerves are just about to snap when we hear it: a faint barking.
听到这个声音,我的神经就快崩溃了: 微弱地叫叫.
“It’s Odie!”
“这是奥迪!”
Jake starts to run.
Jake开始逃跑了
Sarah and I run after him, our hands up to protect our faces from the trees’ claws.
Sarah和我追上他,
Suddenly, we burst into a clearing where nothing grows except for a gnarled thornbush.
突然间,我们冲入一片空地 在那里,除了一头被咬的荆棘 什么都没有生长。
The moon gives the place a cold glow.
月出地出寒发.
It’s strangely quiet.
令人惊讶的是,
Sarah’s eyes are wide, and she’s shaking.
Sarah的眼睛很宽,
We wait in silence.
我们静静地等待。
Then, we hear the laughing, distant at first, but growing louder.
然后,我们听到笑声, 一开始很遥远, 但越来越大声。
Suddenly, a boy of about Jake’s age appears from behind the bush, laughing and running.
突然间,一个约Jake年龄的男孩从灌木丛后出现,大笑出跑.
He wears pants bunched up just below his knees, long socks, and a large, stained white shirt.
他穿着膝盖下方的裤子 长袜子 和一身被污渍的白色衬衫
Sarah screams.
莎拉尖叫着
“Thank you for finding our dog,” I say to the boy.
“谢谢你找到我们的狗,”我对男孩说。
The boy nods.
男孩点头。
Up close, I see that his skin is very pale, he has black circles around his eyes, and he looks very hungry.
靠近一点,我看见他的皮肤非常苍白,他的眼睛有黑色的圆圈,他看起来非常饥饿.
“Odie!”
欧迪!
Jake takes off toward the bush.
杰克向灌木丛跑去
Odie jumps from behind it, sees Jake, and starts running toward him.
Odie从后面跳出,看到Jake,开始朝他跑去.
The two meet in the middle of the clearing, and Jake hugs Odie so tightly that I think the dog might burst.
两人在空地中间相会 Jake紧紧地拥抱了Odie 我想狗可能会爆裂
“Wow, great costume,” Sarah says.
Sarah说,
“Who are you supposed to be?”
“你应该是谁? “
“A ghost,” he replies.
他回答说,“一个幽灵”。
“Should you be out here by yourself?”
“你应该一个人在这里吗? “
I ask.
我问.
“Where do you live?”
“你住在哪里? “
“I’m not alone,” he says with a laugh and begins to dance around the thornbush.
「我不孤单」,
The wind picks up, and I think I can hear children laughing, but I can’t be sure.
我听到孩子们笑了,
“Would you stay and play with me for a while?”
"你会留下来和我玩一会儿吗? “
Odie barks and wags his tail.
欧地叫了又叫了
“Kid, you are totally creeping me out,” Sarah says.
Sarah说:「孩子,
“Can we?”
“我们可以吗? “
Jake looks excited.
杰克看起来很兴奋。
“Odie really likes him.”
“奥迪真的很喜欢他。 “
“No!”
“没有!”
Sarah yells before hissing in my ear, “That’s how the ghosts get you.
Sarah在我耳边大叫道:“鬼魂就是这样得到你的。
You play with them, and you never leave.”
你和他们玩,你永远不会离开。 “
“It’s just a kid trying to freak us out,” I say.
”我说,
“Look, it’s late, we’ve had a long night, and we just want to go home.
我们只希望回家。
Do you know the way back to the road?”
你知道回路的路吗? “
The wind picks up again, and this time I’m almost sure I can hear something like children laughing.
这一次我几乎肯定能听到像小孩一样的笑声。
The boy tilts his head as if he’s thinking really hard.
这个男孩头部倾斜,
Then he shrugs, sighs, and with a sad smile says, “Okay.
然后他大叫出声,叹气,用一笑的悲哀语道:"好吧.
You let me play with your dog, so I can show you the way out.”
你让我玩你的狗, 所以我可以告诉你出路。 “
He quickly walks into the forest, moving between the trees as though he knows the position of every branch.
他迅速走入森林,在树间移动,好像他知道每个树枝的位置一样.
We scramble to keep up.
我们拼命赶时间
I keep hearing what sounds like laughter behind us, but I can’t be sure.
但我不能肯定。
I start to move a little faster.
我开始移动得更快一点。
The laughter on the wind follows us.
风上取笑相随.
Sometimes it seems so close, and other times it’s far behind.
有时看起来如此相近,
I stop a few times and look around for what might be making the sounds.
我停了几次 四处看看 可能有什么声音
I don’t see anything, but the expression on Sarah’s face says she hears the laughter, too.
但Sarah脸上的表情说她也听到笑声。
Jake and Odie keep happily trudging along, so we don’t say anything.
Jake和Odie一直欢快地混在一起,
“Why are you in the Hollow by yourself?”
“为什么你一个人在洞里? “
I ask, mainly just to listen to something besides the scary noises.
我问,主要只是听一些东西 除了可怕的噪音。
“I just go there—I don’t know why,” he says.
「我只是去那里-我不知道为什么,
“It’s not a bad place.
“这不是一个坏地方。
I can hear other kids there sometimes.
我有时能听到其他孩子的声音
They’re always playing, but I can’t find them.
但我找不到。
I like listening to them because it makes me feel like I’m not alone.”
我喜欢听他们说话, “
I feel sad for the kid, being all by himself on Halloween.
万圣节的时候,我为孩子感到难过
No wonder he was trying to scare us.
难怪他想吓唬我们
He probably just wants some attention.
他也许只是想得到一些关注。
I decide that once we’re on the road, we’ll take him to a few houses to trick-or-treat before taking him home.
我决定一旦我们上路,
Then the boy stops and points ahead.
然后男孩停下来,指向前面。
I can see the yellow glow of the streetlight.
我能看到街道灯光的黄色光芒
It might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
这也许是我见过的最美的东西。
“Awesome!”
赞!
Sarah says as she pushes ahead.
莎拉说,当她推向前。
“Thank you,” I say as we pass the boy.
“谢谢”,当我们通过这个男孩时,我要说。
Jake waves goodbye, and Odie barks.
Jake挥手告别,Odie叫了
When I step onto the sidewalk, I turn around.
当我踏入人行道时,我转身
The boy is still there, his face just visible.
那个男孩还在那里,他的脸很清晰
I motion for him to join us.
我请求他加入我们
He gives me that sad smile again and steps back into the darkness.
他再次给我悲伤的微笑 回到了黑暗中
“Hey, kid!”
"嘿,孩子!" "Hey, kid!"
I call out, realizing that I don’t know his name.
我呼唤,意识到我不知道他的名字。
I go to the edge of the woods where the boy just stood, but he is gone.
我走到那个男孩刚站立的树林边缘 但他已经走了
I hear children’s laughter all around me, but no one is there.
我听到周围的孩子们大笑,