Suddenly Xury called to me, ‘Look, a ship!’
突然,苏里对我说:“看,一艘船。”
He was right! We called and shouted and sailed our little boat as fast as we could.
他是对的!我们叫喊着并且尽快划我们的小船。
But the ship did not see us.
但是那船并没有看到我们。
Then I remembered the guns which made a lot of smoke.
之后我想起枪可以产生很多烟雾。
A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned.
几分钟后这条船看到了我们并且掉头了。
When we were on the ship, the Portuguese captain listened to my story.
当我们上船后,葡萄牙船长听了我的故事。
He was going to Brazil and agreed to help me, but he wanted nothing for his help.
他正要去巴西并且答应可以帮助我,但是他对我的帮助不需要任何报偿。
‘No,’ he said, when I tried to pay him. ‘Perhaps, one day, someone will help me when I need it.’
“不,”他说,当我给他钱的时候。“也许,某天,当我需要帮忙的话有人会帮助我的。”
But he gave me money for my boat, and for Xury, too.
但他付钱买下我的船与苏里。
At first, I did not want to sell Xury as a slave, after all our dangerous adventures together.
起初,我不想把苏里卖做奴隶,毕竟我们一起面对过危险。
But Xury was happy to go to the captain, and the captain was a good man. ‘In ten years’ time ’he said,‘ Xury can go free.’
但是苏里很乐意跟随船长,船长也是个好人。“十年后”他说“苏里就自由了。”
When we arrived in Brazil three weeks later, I said goodbye to the captain and Xury, left the ship, and went to begin a new life.
三个星期之后我们得到了巴西,我告别了船长与苏里,离开了船,继续开始了一个新的生活。
未完待续~