白色巨石 The White Stones（10）

29　You phone the police. They arrive ten minutes later. The police look at the stone. 'After all these years, why does the stone fall now?' says a policeman.

It's a mystery,' you say.

The police move the stone and take the woman to hospital. The police arrest the man with the long hair and the woman from the ferry¹.

Thanks to you the treasures of the island are now safe and the archaeologists² can study the old tombs³.

30　You go to the old house. There is some writing on the door of the house. It says, 'Go back to London, Ellison! We don't want you on our island.'

The next day you drive to Clayonag in the north of the island. There are a lot of megalithic stones in Clayonag. You drive up a small road. The road is bad. You look behind you and you see a red car. You drive fast. The red car goes fast. You go down a hill.

You drive slower. Go to 7.

You drive very fast. Go to 12.

You stop your car. Go to 25.

31　You run through some trees. You come to a small road. You run down the road and you see your house and the megalithic stone. There are some boxes in a car near the stone. You go to a box and look into it. There are cups and knives in the box. They are very old. You think they are about 4,000 years old. Now you see a hole in the hill. The hill is a megalithic tomb⁴. Somebody is taking things from the tomb.

You hear a noise and you see Sarah, the American woman. She is coming out of the tomb with a knife in her hand.

You do not move. Go to 14.

You run away. Go to 35.

29 你打电话报警。警察10分钟后到了。警察看着石头。“都这么多年了，石头怎么现在倒了?”一名警察说道。

“这是个谜，”你说。

警察移开石头，把那个女人送进医院。警察逮捕了长发男人和摆渡船上的女人。

多亏了你，现在岛上的财宝安全了，考古学家们可以研究古墓了。

30 你回到老房子前。门上写着字：“回伦敦去，埃利森!我们不希望你在我们的岛上。”

第二天，你开车去岛北部的克劳纳格。克劳纳格有很多巨石。你开上一条小路。路况很糟。你向后看，看到一辆红色的车。你加快车速，红车也加快了车速。你开下小山。

你减慢车速。看第7节。

你开得很快。看第12节。

你停下车。看第25节。

31 你跑着穿过树林。你来到一条小路旁。你沿着路跑，看到了你的房子和巨石。巨石附近有一辆车，车上有几个箱子。你走到一个箱子旁，向里看。箱子里有一些杯子和刀。它们都很古老。你估计它们有大约4,000年的历史了。这时你看到小山上有个洞。这座小山是一座巨石墓。有人正在从坟墓里往外拿东西。

你听到有动静，然后看到了那个美国女人萨拉。她正从坟墓里出来，手里拿着一把刀。

你没有动。看第14节。

你跑开了。看第35节。

1 ferry   

n.渡船，渡口；v.渡运；(越海)空运

参考例句：

• You can cross the river by ferry.你可以搭渡船过河。
• We waited at the ferry for two hours.我们在渡口等了两个小时。

2 archaeologists   

n.考古学家( archaeologist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The site has been excavated by archaeologists. 这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
• Archaeologists have worked for years to piece together the huge mosaic. 考古学家经年累月拼组这幅巨大的马赛克。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tombs   

墓穴( tomb的名词复数 )； 墓葬； 墓群

参考例句：

• Many things left by the ancient Egyptians in tombs have been brought to light. 在古埃及的古陵墓中发掘出很多东西。
• They began to walk between rows of uniquely constructed tombs. 他们开始在一排排构造特殊的坟墓中间行走。

4 tomb   

n.坟墓，死亡；vt.埋葬

参考例句：

• They had dug out an ancient tomb.他们已发掘到一座古墓。
• They dug many ancient coins out of the tomb.他们从墓中掘出了许多古钱。