精品阅读：蜘蛛之丝 The Spider's Thread (下)_跨考网

　　精品阅读：蜘蛛之丝 The Spider's Thread (下)

　　Kandata was floating and sinking along with the other sinners in the Lake of Blood at the bottom of Hell. It was pitch black no matter which way he looked, and the occasional glimpse of light that he would see in the darkness would turn out to be just the glint of the terrible Mountain of Needles. How lonely he must have felt! All about him was the silence of the grave, the only occasional sound being a faint sigh from one of the damned. Those who were so evil as to be sent to this place were tired by its various torments, and left without even the strength to cry out. Even the great thief Kandata could only squirm like a dying frog as he choked in the Lake of Blood.

　　这边厢犍陀多正和其他罪人，在地狱底层的血池里载沉载浮。不论朝哪儿望去，处处都是黑魆魆暗幽幽的，偶尔影影绰绰，暗中悬浮着什么，原来是阴森可怕的刀山剑树，让人看了胆战心惊。尤其是四周一片死寂，如在墓中。间或听到的，也仅是罪人恹恹的叹息声。凡落到这一步的人，都已受尽地狱的折磨，衰惫不堪，恐怕连哭出声的气力都没有了。所以，恁是大盗犍陀多，也像只濒死的青蛙，在血池里，惟有一面咽着血水，一面苦苦挣扎而已。

　　But one day, raising up his head and glancing at the sky above the lake, in the empty darkness Kandata saw a silver spider's thread being lowered from the ceiling so far, far away. The thread seemed almost afraid to be seen, emitting a frail, constant light as it came down to just above Kandata's head. Seeing this, Kandata couldn't help but clap his hands in joy. If he were to cling to this thread and climb up it, he may be able to climb out of Hell! Perhaps he could even climb all the way to Paradise! Then he would never be chased up the Mountain of Needles, nor drowned in the Lake of Blood again.

　　偶然间，犍陀多无心一抬头，向血池上空望去，在阒然无声的黑暗中，但见一缕银色的蛛丝，正从天而降。仿佛怕人看到似的，细细一线，微光闪烁，恰在自己头上笔直垂落下来。犍陀多一见，喜不自胜，拍手称快。倘抓住蜘蛛丝，攀援而上，准保能脱离苦海。不特此也，侥幸的话，兴许还能爬进极乐世界哩。如此，再不会驱之上刀山，也庶免沉沦血池之苦了。

　　Thinking so, he firmly grasped the spider's thread with both hands and began to climb the thread, higher and higher. Having once been a great thief, he was used to tasks such as this. But the distance between Hell and Paradise is tens of thousands of miles, and so it would seem that no amount of effort would make this an easy journey. After climbing for some time Kandata tired, and couldn't climb a bit higher. Having no other recourse, he hung there from the thread, resting, and while doing so looked down below.

　　这样一想，犍陀多赶紧伸出双手，死死攥住蛛丝，一把一把，拼命往上攀去。原本是大盗，手并足抵，区区小事一桩而已。可是，地狱与净土之间，何止千万里!不论犍陀多怎样心焦气躁，要想爬出地狱，真谈何容易。爬了一程，终于筋疲力尽，哪怕伸手往上再升一级，也难以为役了。一筹莫展之下，只好住手，先歇会儿喘口气，便吊在蛛丝上，悬在半空中，一面放眼向下望去。

　　He saw that he had made a good deal of progress. The Lake of Blood that he had been trapped in was now hidden in the dark below, and he had even climbed higher than the dimly glowing Mountain of Needles. If he could keep up this pace, perhaps he could escape from Hell after all. Kandata grasped the thread with both hands, and laughingly spoke in a voice that he hadn't used in the many years since he had come here, "I've done it! I've done it!"

　　方才是不顾死活往上攀，总算没白费力气，片刻前自己还沉沦在内的血池，不知何时，竟已隐没在黑暗的地底。那寒光闪闪，令人毛骨悚然的刀山剑树，也已在自己脚下。如果一直这样往上爬，要逃出地狱，也许并非难事。犍陀多将两手绕在蛛丝上，开怀大笑起来：“这下好啦!我得救啦!”那吼声，自打落进地狱以来多年不曾得闻的。

　　Looking down, however, what did he see but an endless queue of sinners, intently following him up the thread like a line of ants! Seeing this, surprise and fear kept Kandata hanging there for a time with mouth open and eyes blinking like a fool. How could this slender spider's web, which should break even under just his weight, support the weight of all these other people? If the thread were to snap, all of his effort would be wasted and he would fall back into Hell with the others! That just would not do. But even as he thought these thoughts, hundreds more, thousands more of the damned came crawling up from the Lake of Blood, forming a line and scurrying up the thread. If he didn't do something fast, surely the thread would snap in the middle and he would fall back down.