01-03-在月亮下面 [1]
卫星没问题，”凯平静地回答，“是人工臭氧层。”他伏在桌上，开始往一个本子上记录那些数字。
突然，那些数字停止了变换。凯转向瑞拉。“在欧洲上空，”他说，“已经开始了。人工臭氧层正在破裂。那上面本来就有大洞了，现在那些洞还在增大。”
“说得对，咱们现在去见塞鲁船长吧，待会儿再吃饭好吗？”
凯站起身。他身高几乎有两米，眼睛和头发都是黑色的。“好，走吧。”他说。
他们迅速朝塞鲁船长的房间走去。他们等在船长的门外。
“进来！”塞鲁船长喊道。她是个胖脸的小个子女人。“进来！喝点什么吗？”
“不用，谢谢，”凯说，“我想请您看看这些数字。”凯把自己的笔记本递给塞鲁船长。
塞鲁船长看了看那些数字。突然，她的脸色变了。“不，不，”她说，“我不想谈。时候不早了，我也累了。坐下喝点什么吧。”
凯和瑞拉坐了下来。塞鲁船长的房间里有一扇大窗子。凯透过玻璃凝望黑色的天空。他看见了月亮。在黑色的天幕下月亮显得冰冷皎洁。
“塞鲁船长，”他开口了，“这事很重要。仔细看看那些数字。人工臭氧层已经开始……”
“别说了。”塞鲁船长站起身把双手插进衣兜。她走到窗前注视着天空。
“300年前，地球几乎毁灭，”瑞拉说，“因为有人工臭氧层地球才免于灾难。但是现在，在欧洲上空，人工臭氧层正在破裂。我们希望您能和地球司令高格谈一谈。”
塞鲁船长没有动。“你还记得阿岱吗？”她问。不等回答，她接着说：“两年前我在他的船上。一天晚上卫星发回了关于人工臭氧层的一些不寻常的数据。我们回到地球去见地球司令。”塞鲁船长停了下来。
瑞拉看了一眼凯。“然后呢？”她问船长。
“高格生气了，特别生气，”塞鲁船长说，“最后，他把阿岱分配到了月球。阿岱现在还在那儿，在月亮下面作月亮部族的司令。”
凯等了一两秒钟：“我知道阿岱的事。但是我们需要再和地球司令谈谈。这些数据比上次的还要糟。”
塞鲁船长的脸涨红了：“你不明白。我不会去跟高格说的。上次他把我发配到了南极的一艘气象飞船上。我第一次在飞船上呆了两年。”塞鲁船长喝了一口水。
凯站起身：“谢谢您，塞鲁船长。”
塞鲁船长没说话。
凯和瑞拉出了门，脚步迟缓地下楼去了。飞船里寂静漆黑。8点钟了，大家都在吃饭。
“下一步咱们怎们办？”瑞拉问。
“我得跟阿岱谈谈。”凯说。
“好，跟阿岱谈谈。可是他现在在遥远的月亮部族，”瑞拉说，“咱们还是去见扎达克司令吧。”
“扎达克？澳大利亚司令？他很有名气呢！”
“是的，他是我父亲的朋友。10年前他和我父亲一起在巴西工作。也许他能帮忙。”
凯笑了，“好，咱们下周回地球后。我可以在基桑加尼给阿岱打个电话，然后咱们就去澳大利亚。现在嘛，我可饿了。咱们吃饭去吧。”
■ 2 Visit to Australia
On Friday，after three weeks in space，Kiah and Rilla finished work and left Ship OM-45 on a space plane to Kisangani．Kiah phoned Adai and Rilla phoned Commander Zadak in Australia．The next morning they took an aeroplane to Sydney．A taxi took them from the airport to Commander Zadak's office，some kilometres north of Sydney．
‘Wait for us here，’Kiah said to the taxi driver．
Kiah and Rilla walked to the gate．About ten guards stood in front of the gate．Across the road，a train waited．
‘Rilla，OM-45，’Rilla said．‘To see Commander Zadak at four-thirty．’
‘Let me call the Commander's office，’the guard said．
Kiah and Rilla waited．It was hot and Kiah began to feel thirsty．
The guard came back．‘I'm sorry，’he said．‘The Com-mander can't see you．’
‘But I talked to the Commander yesterday，’Rilla said．
‘He wanted to see us at four-thirty．’
‘The Commander is leaving on the train in three minutes，’the guard said．
‘Can we wait and see him here？’Kiah asked．
‘No！'the guard shouted．‘Get out of here！’
Kiah and Rilla walked back to the taxi．
‘Where's the driver？’Kiah asked．
‘Look！He's sitting under that tree，’Rilla said．
Just then，Commander Zadak came out of the gate．He was a very tall，big man with blue eyes and a lot of white hair．Two guards marched in front of him，and two guards marched be-hind him．They all carried guns．
‘There he is！’Rilla cried．‘Commander！’And she began to run along the road to him．
‘Commander Zadak did not stop．A guard opened the door of the train and the Commander got in．Slowly，the train began to move．’
Kiah ran to the taxi and jumped in．Then he drove the taxi fast down the road．The taxi driver saw him and ran after him．The train began to move faster．Suddenly，Kiah drove the taxi off the road．He drove in front of the train and stopped．
The train came nearer．And then the train stopped， very near the taxi，and some guards jumped off．Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi．
‘Put up your hands！'the guards shouted．
Two of the guards began to hit Kiah．
‘Stop that！’someone shouted．‘Bring him over here！’It was Commander Zadak．
Kiah stood in front of the Commander．Just then，Rilla ar-rived．
‘Oh，it's you！’commander Zadak said．He did not smile．‘Rilla，your father's going to be angry．’
‘We want to talk to you，Commander，’Rilla said．‘It's very important．’
‘Very well．I'm listening．’
Kiah began to talk．‘Two years ago，Adai told you about the holes in the AOL．Now they're worse．The AOL is break-ing up over Europe．Please look at these numbers and this satellite picture．’
He gave his book to Commander Zadak and the Commander looked at the numbers．
‘It's important，Commander，’Kiah said．‘In ten years Earth is going to die．’
‘You stopped my train because of this？’commander Zadak asked．‘Two years ago Adai talked to me about the AOL．Then he talked to Earth Commander，and what happened
突然，那些数字停止了变换。凯转向瑞拉。“在欧洲上空，”他说，“已经开始了。人工臭氧层正在破裂。那上面本来就有大洞了，现在那些洞还在增大。”
“说得对，咱们现在去见塞鲁船长吧，待会儿再吃饭好吗？”
凯站起身。他身高几乎有两米，眼睛和头发都是黑色的。“好，走吧。”他说。
他们迅速朝塞鲁船长的房间走去。他们等在船长的门外。
“进来！”塞鲁船长喊道。她是个胖脸的小个子女人。“进来！喝点什么吗？”
“不用，谢谢，”凯说，“我想请您看看这些数字。”凯把自己的笔记本递给塞鲁船长。
塞鲁船长看了看那些数字。突然，她的脸色变了。“不，不，”她说，“我不想谈。时候不早了，我也累了。坐下喝点什么吧。”
凯和瑞拉坐了下来。塞鲁船长的房间里有一扇大窗子。凯透过玻璃凝望黑色的天空。他看见了月亮。在黑色的天幕下月亮显得冰冷皎洁。
“塞鲁船长，”他开口了，“这事很重要。仔细看看那些数字。人工臭氧层已经开始……”
“别说了。”塞鲁船长站起身把双手插进衣兜。她走到窗前注视着天空。
“300年前，地球几乎毁灭，”瑞拉说，“因为有人工臭氧层地球才免于灾难。但是现在，在欧洲上空，人工臭氧层正在破裂。我们希望您能和地球司令高格谈一谈。”
塞鲁船长没有动。“你还记得阿岱吗？”她问。不等回答，她接着说：“两年前我在他的船上。一天晚上卫星发回了关于人工臭氧层的一些不寻常的数据。我们回到地球去见地球司令。”塞鲁船长停了下来。
瑞拉看了一眼凯。“然后呢？”她问船长。
“高格生气了，特别生气，”塞鲁船长说，“最后，他把阿岱分配到了月球。阿岱现在还在那儿，在月亮下面作月亮部族的司令。”
凯等了一两秒钟：“我知道阿岱的事。但是我们需要再和地球司令谈谈。这些数据比上次的还要糟。”
塞鲁船长的脸涨红了：“你不明白。我不会去跟高格说的。上次他把我发配到了南极的一艘气象飞船上。我第一次在飞船上呆了两年。”塞鲁船长喝了一口水。
凯站起身：“谢谢您，塞鲁船长。”
塞鲁船长没说话。
凯和瑞拉出了门，脚步迟缓地下楼去了。飞船里寂静漆黑。8点钟了，大家都在吃饭。
“下一步咱们怎们办？”瑞拉问。
“我得跟阿岱谈谈。”凯说。
“好，跟阿岱谈谈。可是他现在在遥远的月亮部族，”瑞拉说，“咱们还是去见扎达克司令吧。”
“扎达克？澳大利亚司令？他很有名气呢！”
“是的，他是我父亲的朋友。10年前他和我父亲一起在巴西工作。也许他能帮忙。”
凯笑了，“好，咱们下周回地球后。我可以在基桑加尼给阿岱打个电话，然后咱们就去澳大利亚。现在嘛，我可饿了。咱们吃饭去吧。”
■ 2 Visit to Australia
On Friday，after three weeks in space，Kiah and Rilla finished work and left Ship OM-45 on a space plane to Kisangani．Kiah phoned Adai and Rilla phoned Commander Zadak in Australia．The next morning they took an aeroplane to Sydney．A taxi took them from the airport to Commander Zadak's office，some kilometres north of Sydney．
‘Wait for us here，’Kiah said to the taxi driver．
Kiah and Rilla walked to the gate．About ten guards stood in front of the gate．Across the road，a train waited．
‘Rilla，OM-45，’Rilla said．‘To see Commander Zadak at four-thirty．’
‘Let me call the Commander's office，’the guard said．
Kiah and Rilla waited．It was hot and Kiah began to feel thirsty．
The guard came back．‘I'm sorry，’he said．‘The Com-mander can't see you．’
‘But I talked to the Commander yesterday，’Rilla said．
‘He wanted to see us at four-thirty．’
‘The Commander is leaving on the train in three minutes，’the guard said．
‘Can we wait and see him here？’Kiah asked．
‘No！'the guard shouted．‘Get out of here！’
Kiah and Rilla walked back to the taxi．
‘Where's the driver？’Kiah asked．
‘Look！He's sitting under that tree，’Rilla said．
Just then，Commander Zadak came out of the gate．He was a very tall，big man with blue eyes and a lot of white hair．Two guards marched in front of him，and two guards marched be-hind him．They all carried guns．
‘There he is！’Rilla cried．‘Commander！’And she began to run along the road to him．
‘Commander Zadak did not stop．A guard opened the door of the train and the Commander got in．Slowly，the train began to move．’
Kiah ran to the taxi and jumped in．Then he drove the taxi fast down the road．The taxi driver saw him and ran after him．The train began to move faster．Suddenly，Kiah drove the taxi off the road．He drove in front of the train and stopped．
The train came nearer．And then the train stopped， very near the taxi，and some guards jumped off．Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi．
‘Put up your hands！'the guards shouted．
Two of the guards began to hit Kiah．
‘Stop that！’someone shouted．‘Bring him over here！’It was Commander Zadak．
Kiah stood in front of the Commander．Just then，Rilla ar-rived．
‘Oh，it's you！’commander Zadak said．He did not smile．‘Rilla，your father's going to be angry．’
‘We want to talk to you，Commander，’Rilla said．‘It's very important．’
‘Very well．I'm listening．’
Kiah began to talk．‘Two years ago，Adai told you about the holes in the AOL．Now they're worse．The AOL is break-ing up over Europe．Please look at these numbers and this satellite picture．’
He gave his book to Commander Zadak and the Commander looked at the numbers．
‘It's important，Commander，’Kiah said．‘In ten years Earth is going to die．’
‘You stopped my train because of this？’commander Zadak asked．‘Two years ago Adai talked to me about the AOL．Then he talked to Earth Commander，and what happened