双语读电影 《恐龙当家》第19章 :正面对战翼手龙

The storm raged as Arlo ran up the mountain as fast as he could. He began to howl, calling for Spot. A bolt of lightning struck the ground and hit a nearby tree. Arlo dodged out of the way as the giant tree crashed to the wilderness floor with a deafening boom.

Arlo continued to howl until, finally, he heard Spot howl back. Arlo followed the sounds of Spot’s howling until he found the Pterodactyls at the river—huddling around a dead, hollow tree. Spot was ducked down, inside the tree. He was hurt and trying to protect himself.

The Pterodactyls growled and hissed at Spot, smashing into the tree over and over again. They knocked it back and forth, tossing Spot around inside. Arlo could hear them arguing over who would get to him first.

Arlo couldn’t take it. He raced down the steep slope, charging at the Pterodactyls. Surprising everyone—even himself—Arlo head butted one of them right into the river!

Arlo charged at them again. This time at full speed. Thunderclap flew toward Arlo and dodged just as he was about to hit him, causing Arlo to slip in the mud. Thunderclap laughed wickedly.

The Pterodactyls flew at Arlo, snapping at him and beating him with their wings. They worked together to lift him into the air. Trapped, Spot cried from the tree, pained at not being able to help his friend. Then Thunderclap left Arlo and headed straight for Spot.

“Spot!” Arlo called.

Thunderclap growled with intensity as he closed in on Spot.

Arlo felt the ground tremble and looked up river. He gasped. Something was coming toward them. Arlo tried to fight off the Pterodactyls, but couldn’t manage to get away. They still had him off the ground.

Thunderclap growled as he clawed at Spot, forcing him to go deeper into the tree.

The Pterodactyls cackled, teasing and pulling Arlo in mid-air. Then Arlo noticed a nearby tree. Using all his strength, he whacked his tail into it (just like he had when herding the longhorns), and snapped the tree in half. The falling tree startled the Pterodactyls and they lost their grip. They dropped Arlo and the tree smashed right into them!

One of the other Pterodactyls growled angrily as it flew toward Arlo, ready to kill. Without missing a beat, Arlo uprooted another tree and launched it at him. The tree smacked right into the Pterodactyl and knocked it into the water.

Arlo looked over at Thunderclap, who was still attacking Spot. He ran toward him, ready to fight. Arlo roared so loudly that Thunderclap took one look at him—screamed—and flew off.

But there was no time to celebrate. All of a sudden, the ground beneath them shook. Arlo looked up river again, and could see the water crashing down the pass. A flash flood raged toward them.

The rapids began to push the tree where Spot was hiding further into the water. Spot reached for Arlo, but couldn’t get to him. Arlo ran upriver to Spot, toward the rushing flood! The storm blew hard against him, but he continued, fighting his way toward his friend.

As debris rushed by and the river raged, it knocked down trees in its path. “Spot!” called Arlo, trying to outpace the flood.

Spot was scared. He hunkered down into the tree for protection. Arlo leapt between Spot and the wall of debris to protect him.

BAM!

The debris smashed into Arlo mid-air and he got knocked into the rapids.

Screaming, Arlo struggled to swim against the current. When he finally resurfaced, he searched frantically for Spot.

“Spot!” Arlo called, gasping for air. Finally he saw him: Spot was unconscious, inside the dead tree. And the tree was sinking.

Arlo swam as fast as he could toward Spot, fighting the current and dodging flying debris along the way. The rushing sounds of the giant waterfall became louder and louder. Trees crashed and branches flew. Eventually Spot opened his eyes and saw Arlo swimming toward him.

A massive tree headed straight for Arlo with its spikes sticking out every which way. Arlo dove down, swimming beneath it. The sharp branches jutted out and scratching his skin, but he continued on. He needed to reach Spot. When Arlo came up for air, he was almost there. But the waterfall was approaching!

All of a sudden, Spot jumped out of the hollow tree. Arlo and Spot swam toward each other, trying to beat the rapids. Just as they reached each other, Arlo curled around Spot, and they fell over the cliff and into the falls.

When they came up at the bottom, Arlo was holding Spot. He quickly got them both out of the water and checked to see if Spot was okay. Spot opened his eyes and they looked at each other gratefully. Bruised and battered, they had made it. Exhausted, Arlo put his head down and breathed a deep sigh of relief.