牛津書蟲系列 在月亮下面 4 888號監(jiān)獄

4 Prison 888

4 888號監(jiān)獄

Commander Zadak was in his room at the biggest hotel in Kisangani.Suddenly，he heard the phone.

在基桑加尼最大的飯店，扎達克司令正呆在他的房間里。突然，電話鈴響了。

‘Commander?’someone said，very quietly.‘A man and a woman—from Ship OM-45—in prison 888.’the phone went dead.Zadak put the phone down，stood up，and left his room.

“司令嗎?”有人非常平靜地說，“一個男的和一個女的——從OM-45號飛船上來的——正在888號監(jiān)獄里。”電話掛斷了。扎達克放下聽筒，站起身，離開了他的房間。

Prison 888 was a big white building without windows，near Gog's house.There were a lot of guards at the gate，and some more guards marched past the bulding.All the guards carried guns.

888號監(jiān)獄座落在高格家附近，是座沒有窗戶的高大的白色建筑。監(jiān)獄門口有許多衛(wèi)兵，還有更多的衛(wèi)兵從監(jiān)獄門口走過。所有的衛(wèi)兵都帶著槍。

Commander Zadak walked across the road to the prison.‘I want to visit someone.My name is Commander Zadak.’

扎達克司令穿過馬路來到監(jiān)獄門前：“我是扎達克司令。我要見一個人。”

‘I'm sorry，Commander，’a guard said.‘We can't open the gate.Nobody can go in without a letter from Earth Commander.’

“對不起，司令，”一個衛(wèi)兵說，“我們不能開門。沒有地球司令的信誰也不能進去。”

‘That's all right，’Zadak said，and walked along the road，past the prison.

“好吧，”扎達克說。他順著馬路從監(jiān)獄旁邊繞了過去。

A guard ran behind him.‘Excuse me，Commander，’he said quickly.‘Please come back tonight.I can open the back gate at midnight.You can see the two people from Ship OM-45.’

一個衛(wèi)兵從后面趕了上來。“對不起，司令，”他說得很快，“請您今天晚上來吧。午夜的時候我可以打開后門。您能見到從OM-45號宇宙飛船來的那兩個人。”

Zadak looked at the guard.‘Your captain's going to kill you.’

扎達克注視著那個衛(wèi)兵：“你們隊長會殺了你的。”

The guard smiled.‘My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45.He's the brother of Captain Seru.’

那個衛(wèi)兵笑了：“是我們隊長給您打電話，告訴您OM-45號那兩個人的事的。他是塞魯船長的哥哥。”

Zadak didn't smile.‘The prison commander is going to kill you and your captain.’

扎達克沒有笑：“監(jiān)獄長會把你和你們隊長都殺掉的。”

‘It doesn't matter，’the guard said.‘We want to help.’

“沒關(guān)系，”那個衛(wèi)兵說，“我們愿意幫忙。”

‘Midnight，’Zadak said，and walked away.

“午夜。”扎達克說了一聲就走了。

At midnight there were four guards at the front gate of prison 888，and there was one guard at the back gate.The guard opened the gate and Zadak went in.The guard said nothing.They walked downstairs into a big room.A lot of prisoners slept on the floor because there were no beds or chairs.Kiah and Rilla sat on the floor near the door.

午夜時分，888號監(jiān)獄正門前有四個衛(wèi)兵，還有一個衛(wèi)兵守在后門。那個衛(wèi)兵打開后門，扎達克走了進去。衛(wèi)兵什么也沒說。他們走下樓梯進了一個大房間。那個房間里沒有床也沒有椅子，許多犯人睡在地板上。凱和瑞拉坐在門邊的地板上。

‘You can talk for five minutes，’the guard said quietly.‘The next guard arrives at 12.15.’

“你們可以談五分鐘，”那個衛(wèi)兵悄悄說，“下一班衛(wèi)兵十二點一刻來。”

Kiah and Rilla stood up.‘Good evening，Commander，’they said.

凱和瑞拉站起身：“晚上好，司令。”他們說。

Zadak looked at the prisoners.‘Why are all these people here?’he said to Kiah and Rilla.‘They're in prison because Gog doesn't like them.I talk to Gog about rain，I talk to him about the AOL，but he never listens.Today，someone told me about some fires in the new forest here in Africa;but Gog doesn't want to hear about those fires.’Zadak laughed angrily.‘And he doesn't want to hear about my trees in Australia.He never listens to me.He's always thinking about Mars，Not about our beautiful planet Earth.’

扎達克看了看那些犯人：“這些人為什么被關(guān)在這兒?”他問凱和瑞拉。“高格不喜歡他們，所以把他們關(guān)了起來。我跟高格說了下雨的事，還有人工臭氧層的事，可是他根本不聽。今天有人告訴我非洲那些幼林失火了，可是高格根本不想聽火災(zāi)的事。”扎達克憤怒地冷笑了一聲：“他也不想知道澳大利亞我那些樹林的事。他從來不聽我的。他總想著火星，從來不想想我們美麗的地球。”

Kiah listened carefully.‘Take it easy，Commander，’he said quietly.‘Please talk to Adai.Adai wants to help.He can come back from the Moon and help you.’

凱認(rèn)真聽著。“別太在意，司令，”他平靜地說，“請您和阿岱談?wù)?。他會幫忙的。他可以從月球回來幫助您?rdquo;

‘No，’Zadak said.‘I phoned Adai this afternoon. He's a good man and he wants to help.But I don't need help.I'm going to stop Gog：I'm going to kill him.’

“不行，”扎達克說，“今天下午我給他打了電話。他是個好人，也愿意幫忙?？晌也恍枰獛椭Ｎ乙柚垢吒?我要殺了他。”

Kiah closed his eyes for a minute.‘Gog's guards have guns.They can kill you，Commander，’he said.‘You need more people to help.Wait for Adai.He can help you to look for more people.’

凱閉目凝神了一會兒。“高格的衛(wèi)兵有槍。他們會殺了您的，司令。”他說，“您需要多一些人幫忙。等等阿岱。他能幫您找更多的人。”

‘No，Kiah’，Zadak said quietly.‘I don't want more people.Adai can come back to Earth after Gog is dead—after I am dead，perhaps.I don't want Adai to die，too.’

“不，凱，”扎達克平靜地說，“我不需要更多的人。阿岱可以在高格死了以后——也許我死了以后再回來。我不希望阿岱也來送死。”

‘Excuse me，Commander，’the guard said.He looked at the clock near the door.

“對不起，司令。”那個衛(wèi)兵說。他看了看門邊掛著的表。

‘OK.Let's go，’Zadak said to the guard.He looked at Rilla and then at Kiah.His eyes were very blue.‘Goodbye，’ he said.

“好吧，咱們走。”扎達克對衛(wèi)兵說。他看了看瑞拉又看了看凱。他的雙眼晶瑩碧藍。“再見了。”他說。

‘Goodbye，Commander，’Kiah said.

“再見，司令。”凱說。

‘Be careful!’Rilla cried.‘And good luck!’

“要小心!”瑞拉喊著，“祝您好運!”

Early that morning，Earth Commander's house was quiet.A guard opened the door.

那天清晨，地球司令的家里非常安靜。一個衛(wèi)兵打開房門。

‘Good morning， Commander Zadak，’he said.‘Earth Commander isn't in his office.’

“早晨好，扎達克司令，”他說，“地球司令不在辦公室。”

‘That's all right，’Zadak said.‘I can wait.’

“沒關(guān)系，”扎達克說，“我可以等。”

Zadak went upstairs and waited.

扎達克來到樓上開始等待。

At eight o'clock Bel came into the room.‘Good morning，Commander，'she said.‘You're early this morning.Are you happier today?Earth Commander was very angry with you yesterday.Don't begin talking about rain or the AOL today.’

8點鐘的時候貝爾走了進來。“早晨好，司令，”她說，“今天您可真早。您今天高興點了嗎?因為您地球司令昨天非常生氣。今天可別上來就談什么雨水或者人工臭氧層的事了。”

Zadak smiled，but his blue eyes were cold.‘No，’he said.‘I'm not going to talk about rain today.’

扎達克笑了，可他的藍眼睛里透著寒光。“不會的，”他說，“今天我不準(zhǔn)備談雨水的事。”

Just then，Gog came into the room.He looked at Zadak.‘What's wrong?Why are you here at eight o'clock in the morning?’

正說著，高格走了進來。他看著扎達克：“這是怎么了?你為什么早晨8點鐘就來這兒?”

Zadak took his gun from his pocket.Gog saw the gun and his face went white.His eyes were dark and afraid.For a sec-ond nobody moved.

扎達克從衣兜里掏出了槍。高格看見了那支槍，臉色煞白。他目光灰暗，充滿恐懼。一時間大家都僵在了那兒。

Suddenly，Bel's black and white cat ran into the room.

突然，貝爾那只黑白相間的貓跑了進來。

‘Guards!Guards!’Bel shouted.

“衛(wèi)兵!衛(wèi)兵!”貝爾喊了起來。

The cat jumped at Zadak，and Zadak hit the cat away from him.Bel ran across the room to Gog and Zadak，at that second，shot at Gog.But Bel was between him and Gog.She gave a cry and fell to the floor.Her hair looked very red on the black floor.

那只貓朝扎達克撲過來，扎達克把貓搶到一邊。貝爾朝房間另一頭的高格跑去，就在這時，扎達克朝高格開槍了。可是貝爾正好跑到他和高格之間。她叫了一聲就倒在了地板上。在黑色地板的映襯下她的頭發(fā)顯得越發(fā)紅艷。

‘No!’Gog cried.‘You shot Bel!’

“不!”高格大喊，“你打死了貝爾!”

Three guards ran into the room with their big guns and stood in front of Gog.

三個拿著長槍的衛(wèi)兵跑了進來，站在高格面前。

‘Kill him!’Gog shouted，and began to help Bel.

“殺了他!”高格叫著，一邊去扶貝爾。

Zadak looked at the guards and then at Bel and Gog.Kiah was right：he was going to die.

扎達克看了看那幾個衛(wèi)兵，又看了看貝爾和高格。凱說得對：他活不成了。

‘I'm sorry，Kiah.I'm sorry，Adai，’he said quietly.The guards shot Zadak.Slowly，he fell to the floor.

“凱，阿岱，我對不起你們。”他平靜地說。

衛(wèi)兵們朝扎達克開了槍。他緩緩地倒在地板上。