Chapter 21
Marlin and Dory swam around, searching for Nemo. Finally Dory cried, “There!”
Nemo lay buried under the tangled fishing net on the floor of the ocean.
“Nemo!” Marlin gasped as they pushed the heavy net off his son.
Marlin thought back to that horrible day, years ago, when he’d come back to the grotto and discovered only one fish egg left. When he’d promised he would never let anything happen to his one child. His Nemo.
“Nemo?” he pleaded. “Nemo?”
Suddenly, Nemo coughed. “Daddy?”
“Oh, thank goodness.” Marlin sighed with relief.
Nemo was alive!
“Dad… I’m sorry. I don’t hate you,” Nemo said.
“Oh, no...no. I’m sorry, Nemo,” Marlin replied. Nemo touched Marlin with his lucky fin, and father and son smiled at what they had accomplished.
“Hey,” Marlin said. “Guess what? Sea turtles. I met one. And they live to be a hundred and fifty years old.”
“A hundred and fifty?” Nemo replied. “Cause Sandy Plankton said they only live to be a hundred.”
“Sandy Plankton? Do you think I would cross the entire ocean and not know as much as Sandy Plankton?” Marlin said.
Nemo giggled. Then they looked at each other and laughed out loud. They had both been through great adventures and faced many dangers, but it was worth it, now that they were together again.
The morning sun rose over the anemone. It was time for school again. Marlin raced Nemo to school. All the kids were there, starting to climb on Mr. Ray.
“Come aboard, explorers!” Mr. Ray exclaimed.
While Nemo boarded Mr. Ray, Marlin was telling jokes to the other parents.
They all laughed at Marlin’s jokes. Sheldon’s dad said, “But seriously, Marlin… did you really do all the things you say you did … ?”
Just then, three fierce sharks—Bruce, Anchor, and Chum—swam by.
The fish backed away, frightened.
“Don’t be alarmed,” said Bruce. “We just wanted to make sure our newest member got home safely.”
“Thanks, guys!” Dory swam out from behind the sharks.
“Well, we’ll see you next week,” Bruce called to Dory. Then he and the other sharks swam away.
“Hold on! Here we go!” Mr. Ray yelled as he started to leave.
“Bye, son! Have fun!” Marlin called to Nemo.
“Bye, Dad!” Nemo cried. “Oh, wait! I forgot something!”
Mr. Ray stopped. Nemo raced over to his dad and gave him a big hug. “Love ya, Dad,” he said.
“I love you, too, son,” Marlin replied. Nemo swam back to Mr. Ray and the class left.
“Good-bye,” all the kids yelled.
“Bye, Elmo!” called Dory, forgetful as ever.
“Nemo,” Marlin said.
“See you after school, Dory! Bye, Dad!” Nemo exclaimed.
“Bye, son.” Marlin said. He smiled. Everything was as it should be in the big blue.
第 21 章
馬林和多莉游來(lái)游去地尋找尼莫。最后,多莉大叫:“那邊!”
在海底,尼莫被纏繞的漁網(wǎng)壓在下面。
“尼莫!”他們把沉重的網(wǎng)從他兒子身上推開(kāi)時(shí),馬林倒吸一口氣。
馬林回想起多年以前那個(gè)恐怖的日子,當(dāng)他回到洞穴,發(fā)現(xiàn)只剩下一顆魚(yú)卵。當(dāng)時(shí)他就保證不會(huì)讓自己唯一的孩子再出任何事。他的尼莫。
“尼莫?”他懇求道,“尼莫?”
突然,尼莫咳嗽起來(lái)。“爸爸?”
“哦,謝天謝地。”馬林如釋重負(fù)地吁了一口氣。
尼莫還活著!
“老爸……對(duì)不起。我不恨你。”尼莫說(shuō)。
“哦,不……不。我很抱歉,尼莫。”馬林回答。尼莫用他的幸運(yùn)鰭撫摸著馬林,父子倆為他們的所得而微笑。
“嘿,”馬林說(shuō),“你猜怎么著?海龜。我碰見(jiàn)一只。他們活到150歲了。”
“150歲?”尼莫回答,“因?yàn)樯降鲜迨逭f(shuō),他們只能活到100歲。”
“山迪叔叔?你想我跑遍了整片大海,知道的還不如山迪叔叔多嗎?”馬林說(shuō)。
尼莫咯咯地笑著。然后他們對(duì)視著,爽朗地笑了。他們倆都經(jīng)歷了各種驚險(xiǎn),也面對(duì)了重重危險(xiǎn),但是只要他們團(tuán)聚就是值得的。
早晨的太陽(yáng)從??戏缴稹S衷撋蠈W(xué)了。馬林飛快地送尼莫去上學(xué)。所有的孩子都在那兒,開(kāi)始往雷老師身上爬。
“上來(lái)吧,探險(xiǎn)家們!”雷老師大喊。
尼莫爬上雷老師身上時(shí),馬林正在給其他父母?jìng)冎v笑話。
馬林的笑話讓他們都大笑起來(lái)。希頓的爸爸說(shuō),“但是說(shuō)真的,馬林……你說(shuō)的那些事都是你親身經(jīng)歷嗎……?”
就在這時(shí),三條兇猛的鯊魚(yú)游了過(guò)去——布魯斯、安安和阿沈。
魚(yú)兒們害怕地往后退。
“別怕,”布魯斯說(shuō),“我們只想確認(rèn)一下,我們的新成員已經(jīng)安全到家。”
“謝謝,伙計(jì)們!”多莉從鯊魚(yú)身后游了過(guò)來(lái)。
“嗯,我們下周見(jiàn)。”布魯斯對(duì)多莉喊道。接著,他和其他鯊魚(yú)游走了。
“抓緊了!我們出發(fā)!”雷老師準(zhǔn)備出發(fā)時(shí)大聲喊道。
“再見(jiàn),兒子!玩得開(kāi)心點(diǎn)!”馬林大聲對(duì)尼莫說(shuō)。
“再見(jiàn),老爸!”尼莫叫道。“哦,等一下!我忘了點(diǎn)事情!”
雷老師停了下來(lái)。尼莫飛快地沖到老爸身邊,給了他一個(gè)熱烈的擁抱。“我愛(ài)你,老爸。”他說(shuō)。
“我也愛(ài)你,兒子。”馬林回答。尼莫游回了雷老師身邊,學(xué)生們出發(fā)了。
“再見(jiàn)。”所有的孩子們大聲喊著。
“再見(jiàn),艾莫!”多莉大叫道,和以前一樣健忘。
“尼莫。”馬林糾正她。
“放學(xué)后見(jiàn),多莉!再見(jiàn),老爸!”尼莫大聲喊道。
“再見(jiàn),兒子。”馬林說(shuō)道。他面露微笑。在蔚藍(lán)的大海里,一切如常。