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From the jungle beyond us came the sound of splashing water. Tigers play in water.
我們前方的森林傳來了嘩啦嘩啦的水聲，老虎在水中嬉戲。
Was it the tiger or was it the herd of wild cattle we had seen the day before?
這是老虎嗎？還是我們前天看到的一群野牛？
I looked questioningly down at the tracker; he grinned back at me as if he, too, thought it were a tiger.
我用疑問的眼光看著跟蹤者，他轉(zhuǎn)過頭朝我笑了笑，好像他覺得這是老虎。
A little later it seemed to me that I could see the gleam of a striped face for an instant between the green jungle growths.
不久后，我好像看到帶著條紋的臉在森林從中閃了一下。
It was gone even as I thought I saw it, and I told myself that it was all a trick of my straining eyes.
正當(dāng)我覺得我看清時它不見了，我告訴自己這是因為眼睛累了。
I was getting so that I could see tigers all over the place.
我覺得我可以在任何地方看到老虎。
At two o'clock came a rush of clouds, which gave warning of the storm that was sweeping up toward us.
兩點鐘天空出現(xiàn)了烏云，警告我們風(fēng)暴就要來了。
The darkness shut swiftly in about us, the heavens opened overhead,
天空馬上黑了下來，頭頂開始下雨了，
and all the waters in them came crashing down on us.
大雨傾盆而下。
The tracker shivered and slipped softly away up the ravine.
跟蹤者顫抖了，慢慢悠悠，輕聲慢步地走上山澗。
We put our guns under our coats to keep them dry, and for the next two hours we stood there in the soaking downpour,
我們將獵槍放在衣服里面，以免槍支著水，我們在大雨下站了兩個小時，
wondering if we had really been nice and dry and hot a short time before.
在想我們不久前是否經(jīng)歷了干燥和炎熱。
Then the rain ceased and the sun came out more faintly; the tall grass about us, bending with rain,
之后雨停了，太陽的光芒很弱，在我們旁邊滿是被雨水折彎的高聳野草，
began to straighten, while the glistening, beaded drops on it dried.
他們開始伸直了，亮晶晶的露珠也開始融化了。
We now took turns sitting down close by the blind, cautiously stretching a cramped arm or leg.
我們輪流坐在隱蔽的地方，小心翼翼地伸伸酸疼的胳臂或腿。
There was little hope, just determination left.
沒有任何希望，只剩下堅定決心了。
The tiger comes
老虎來了
The day was fading fast. Five-thirty...Five-forty....
天馬上黑了，五點半，五點四十。
In a few minutes it would be too dark to see to shoot if anything did come.
再過幾分鐘，但凡有任何行動都無法開槍了，天太黑什么也看不見。
As soon as it was dusk, the tiger might begin to prowl, and do his prowling anywhere about us.
一到黃昏，老虎或許要在任何地方開始潛行了。
