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"That's strange," said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial scene that began the book. "I've been trying for two years to read this book, and I never get past these first few pages."
真有意思，當圣地亞哥正要重新閱讀書上開頭部分的葬禮場面時，忽然想，差不多兩年前我就開始讀它了，還沒讀完這幾頁呢。
Even without a king to provide an interruption, he was unable to concentrate.
盡管不再有什么撒冷王來打斷他的閱讀，可他還是無法集中精力。
He still had some doubts about the decision he had made.
他對自己作出的決定仍抱有懷疑。
But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.
但是，他意識到了很重要的一點，那就是，一旦作出決定，實際上便墜入了一股巨大的洪流之中，這洪流會把人帶到一個你作決定時從來沒想到的地方去。
When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that I'd wind up working in a crystal shop, he thought.
當我決定去尋找寶藏的時候，絕沒想到會在一家水晶店打工。
And joining this caravan may have been my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me.
為了證實自己的論斷，男孩想，同樣，加入商隊可以說是我作出的一個決定，但商隊奔向何方則永遠是個謎。
Nearby was the Englishman, reading a book.
在他面前有一個英國人，也在讀一本書。
He seemed unfriendly, and had looked irritated when the boy had entered.
那英國人很令人討厭，男孩進來的時候，英國人曾輕蔑地瞥了他一眼。
They might even have become friends, but the Englishman closed off the conversation.
他們原本可以成為好朋友，但英國人的態度讓交談無法繼續。
The boy closed his book. He felt that he didn't want to do anything that might make him look like the Englishman.
男孩合上了書。他不想做任何使別人覺得他與那英國人相似的事。
He took Urim and Thummim from his pocket, and began playing with them.
他從兜里掏出烏凌和圖明，獨自把玩起兩塊寶石來。
The stranger shouted, "Urim and Thummim!" In a flash the boy put them back in his pocket.
那英國人驚叫起來：“一塊烏凌和一塊圖明！”男孩飛快地將兩塊寶石裝進口袋里。
"They're not for sale," he said.
“這是非賣品。”他說。
"They're not worth much," the Englishman answered.
“它們沒那么值錢。”英國人說，
"They're only made of rock crystal, and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth.
“只不過是大塊石英晶體而已。世界上有無數大塊石英晶體，
But those who know about such things would know that those are Urim and Thummim.
不過，懂行的人都知道這是烏凌和圖明。
I didn't know that they had them in this part of the world."
我沒想到這種地方還有烏凌和圖明。”
"They were given to me as a present by a king," the boy said.
“這是一位王贈送的禮物。”男孩說。
The stranger didn't answer; instead, he put his hand in his pocket, and took out two stones that were the same as the boy's.
英國人沒說話。隨后，他把手伸進口袋里，令人驚訝的是，他掏出了兩塊一模一樣的寶石。
