The Fire 一场火灾

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A couple, John and Mary, had two lovely children.

约翰和玛丽这对夫妇，有两个可爱的孩子。

John had just been asked to go on a business trip and would be gone for several days. Mary would go along too.

约翰被派去出差几天，玛丽也会跟着一起去。

They hired a reliable woman to care for the children and made the trip, returning home a little earlier than they had planned.

所以，他们特意找了一个值得信赖的保姆照顾孩子们，然后就出发了，不过回来却比预期的早了一些。

As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed smoke, and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a home in flames.

当他们开心的开着车行驶在回家的途中时，突然注意到一股烟。于是约翰把车开离了原来的连线，想去看看发生了什么。他们发现一栋房子正在熊熊燃烧。

Mary said, "Oh well it isn’t our fire, let’s go home."

玛丽说：“这又不是我们的房子，我们赶紧回家吧。”

But John drove closer and exclaimed, "That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant.

但约翰却把车开得更近了些，他说：这是在工厂工作的弗莱特·琼斯的房子。

He wouldn’t be off work yet, maybe there is something we could do."

他现在还没有下班，或许我们可以做点什么。

"It has nothing to do with us," protested Mary.

然而玛丽抗议道：这与我们无关。

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror stricken to see the whole house in flames.

可是，约翰还是把车开了过去，停下，看到整栋房子都烧了起来，他们吓坏了。

A woman on the lawn was in hysterics screaming, "The children! Get the children!"

就在此刻，草坪上的一个女人，歇斯底里地尖叫着：“孩子！快救孩子！”

John grabbed her by the shoulder saying, "Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!"

约翰抓住她的肩膀，说到：“冷静点，告诉我们孩子在哪？”

 "In the basement," sobbed the woman, "down the hall and to the left."

女人抽泣着说：“在地下室，从客厅楼梯下去……左转……”

In spite of Mary’s protests John bolted for the basement which was full of smoke and scorching hot.

尽管玛丽反对，约翰还是冲进了浓烟滚滚、炽热烤人的地下室。

He found the door and two children.

打开门，他找到了两个孩子，

As he left he could hear some more whimpering.

正要离开时，他又听见了其他孩子的呜咽声。

He delivered the two badly frightened and nearly suffocated children into waiting arms and started back asking how many more children were down there.

他把这两个惊恐万分、几乎窒息的孩子抱到等候的玛丽怀里后，问：下面还有多少孩子？

They told him two more and Mary grabbed his arm and screamed, "John! Don’t go It’s suicide! That house will cave in any second!"

他们答，还有两个。玛丽抓住他的胳膊，嘶吼到：“别去，约翰，你是在自杀，房子随时会坍塌的。”

But he ran into the smoke filled hallway and into the room.

可是，约翰还是跑进了烟雾弥漫的走廊，进到了房间了。

At last he found both children.

最终，他找到了那两个孩子。

As he stumbled up the endless steps the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely familiar about the little bodies clinging to him, and at last when they came out into the sunlight and fresh air, he found that he had just rescued his own children. The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping…

当他跌跌撞撞地走上无穷无尽的台阶时，脑海里闪过一个念头，那就是那些依偎在他身上的小身体有一种奇怪的熟悉感，最后当它们沐浴在阳光和新鲜空气中时，他发现自己刚刚救了自己的孩子。保姆买东西的时候把他们寄留在了这户人家……