Auggie’s Story
Auggie的故事
Sleep
睡覺
I’d been reading for over an hour and sleep still didn’t come. It was almost two a. m. Everyone else was asleep. I had my flashlight on under the sleeping bag. Maybe the light was why I couldn’t sleep, but I was too afraid to turn it off. What had happened kept coming back to my mind.
我已經看出一個多小時了,還是睡不著。已經快凌晨兩點了,其他人都睡著了。我在睡袋里開著手電筒。也許是燈讓我睡不著,但我太害怕了,不敢把它關掉。發生的事情一直縈繞在我的腦海里。
When we got back to the camp, no one noticed we’d been gone. The teachers and all the other kids were still watching the movie. They didn’t know how something bad had just happened to me and Jack. It’s so strange how that can be, how you could have a night that’s the worst in your life, but to everybody else it’s just a usual night.
當我們回到營地時,沒有人注意到我們已經走了。老師和其他孩子還在看電影。他們不知道我和杰克是怎么出事的。這太奇怪了,你有一個生命中最糟糕的夜晚,但對其他人來說,這只是一個普通的夜晚。
Amos, Miles and Henry brought us back to our seats. Then they returned to their own seats. In a way, everything was exactly as we had left it. The sky was the same. The movie was the same. Everyone’s faces were the same. Mine was the same.
阿莫斯、邁爾斯和亨利把我們帶回座位。然后他們回到自己的座位上。在某種程度上,一切都和我們離開時一樣。天空也是一樣的,電影是一樣的,每個人的臉都是一樣的,我的也是一樣。
But something was different. Something had changed.
但情況有所不同。有些事情發生了變化。
Home
家
“So, do you want to hear about the bad part or the good part first?” I asked Mum.
“那么,你想先聽聽壞的部分還是好的部分?”我問媽媽。
“Whatever you want to talk about,” she answered.
“不管你想談什么,”她回答。
“Well, except for last night, I had a fantastic time,” I said. “I feel like they ruined the whole trip for me.”
“嗯,我度過了一段美好的時光,除了昨晚,”我說,“我覺得他們毀了我的整個旅程?!?/p>
“No, sweetie. Don’t let them do that to you. You were there for more than forty-eight hours, and that awful part lasted one hour. Don’t let them take that away from you, okay?”
“不,親愛的。別讓他們這樣對你。你在那里呆了四十八個多小時,那可怕的部分持續了一個小時。別讓它們奪走你的,好嗎?”
“I know.” I nodded. “But do I always have to worry about bad guys like that? Like when I grow up, is it always going to be like this?”
“我知道?!蔽尹c了點頭?!暗铱偸且獡倪@樣的壞人嗎?就像我長大后,會一直這樣嗎?”
“There are always going to be bad guys in the world, Auggie,” she said, looking at me. “But I really believe there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other. Just like Jack was there for you. And Amos. And those other kids.”
“世界上總會有壞人,Auggie,”她看著我說,“但我真的相信,這個世界上好人比壞人多,好人互相照顧。就像杰克在你身邊一樣。還有阿莫斯,以及其他孩子?!?/p>
“Oh yeah Miles and Henry,” I answered. “They were amazing, too. It’s very strange because Miles and Henry haven’t even really been very nice to me at all during the year.”
“哦,是的,邁爾斯和亨利,”我回答?!八麄円埠馨簟_@很奇怪,因為邁爾斯和亨利在這一年里甚至對我都不太好?!?/p>
“Sometimes people surprise us,” she said, rubbing the top of my head.
“有時候人們會讓我們大吃一驚,”她說,揉了揉我的頭頂。