Hours passed. Marlin and Dory swam and swam. The water was still dim and cloudy.

Nothing seemed to have changed. They felt like they'd been swimming forever.

"Wait! I've definitely seen this floating speck¹ before," Marlin said suddenly, pointing to something in the water. "That means we're going in circles, and that means we're not going straight! We gotta get to the surface. Follow me!"

"Whooaa!" said Dory. "Relax. Let's ask somebody for directions."

Marlin snorted. "Fine. Who do you want to ask? The speck? There's nobody here!"

"Well, there has to be someone. It's the ocean, silly! We're not the only two in here," Dory said.

She gazed into the darkness. The water was so foggy, she couldn't see much farther than her nose.

Just then, a small shadow passed ahead of them.

"We don't know that fish!" Marlin said. "If we ask it for directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones!"

"Come on," Dory said. "Trust me on this."

Marlin gazed at her jellyfish stings—the wounds she'd gotten because he didn't trust her before.

"All right," he said.

Dory smiled. "Excuse me! Little fellah?" she called out. "His son, Bingo—"

"Nemo," Marlin interrupted a little shakily. As the small shape moved closer, it didn't seem so small anymore.

"Nemo was taken to Sydney," Dory continued, "and it's really, really important we get there as fast as we can. So, can you help us out? Come on, little fellah."

"Dory, I'm a little fellah," Marlin said. "I don't think that's a little fellah."

Suddenly, the creature broke through a thick layer of murk. It was a giant blue whale!

The whale steamed toward them silently. "Oh, big fellah! Maybe he only speaks whale." Dory tried again to explain their situation to the creature, this time talking whale. "Neeeeeeemmmooouu- uuuuewassszzzzzztii-iiiaaaakkkkeeennnnn . . ." "What are you doing?" Marlin asked nervously². "Are you sure you speak whale?" He peered³ at the humongous creature. "He's swimming away. It's just as well. He might be hungry."

"Don't worry. Whales don't eat clownfish," Dory said calmly. "They eat krill."

Just then a hundred tiny shrimp⁴ rushed past, trying to escape the whale.

"Oh, look! Krill!" said Dory.

The whale opened its enormous mouth. Water flowed in, taking everything with it.

Marlin grabbed⁵ Dory. They turned tail and swam. But it was no use. The current was too strong. Marlin and Dory were swallowed up into the whale's vast mouth. It was big — very big. And very dark. And it looked like there was no way out.

 

几个小时过去了。马林和多莉游啊游。海水仍旧昏暗、浑浊。

好像什么都没变。他们感觉他们会一直游下去。

“等等！我肯定见过这个漂浮的小点，”马林指着水里的某个东西，突然说道，“这就是说我们在兜圈子，也就是说，我们没有走直线！我们必须浮到水面上。跟我来!”

“喔喔!”多莉说，“放松点。我们找个人问问路吧。”

马林哼了一声。“好的。你想问谁呢？小点吗？这儿没人!”

“嗯，肯定还有其他人。这儿是大海，傻瓜！这儿不只有我们俩。”多莉说。

她往黑暗处凝视着。海水雾蒙蒙的，她能看到最远的地方是自己的鼻子。

就在那时，一个很小的影子从他们前面经过。

“我们不认识那条鱼!”马林说，“如果我们找它问路，它可能会把我们吞了，再把骨头吐出来!”

“来吧，”多莉说，“这种事就相信我吧。”

马林注视着她被水母蜇伤的地方——就是因为以前他不信任她才使她受了伤。

“好吧。”他说。

多莉微微一笑。“打扰一下！小家伙?”她大喊，“他的儿子，宾戈——”

“尼莫。”马林有点颤抖地打断了她。随着那个小小的身影靠近过来，它不再显得那么小了。

“尼莫被带到悉尼了，”多莉继续说，“我们要尽快赶到悉尼，这真的，真的很重要。所以，你能帮帮忙吗？快点，小家伙。”

“多莉，我才是个小家伙，”马林说，“我觉得它可不是个小家伙。”

突然，这个庞然大物从一片浓重的黑暗中破水而出。它是一头巨大的蓝鲸！

鲸鱼无声地朝他们快速冲来。“哦，大家伙！可能他只会说鲸语。”多莉又试着向这个庞然大物解释他们的情形，这次说的是鲸语。“尼尼尼尼尼莫莫莫莫莫——被被被——带带带带到到到到……”“你在干什么?”马林紧张地问，“你确定你说的是鲸语吗?”他凝视着这头巨大的动物。“他游走了。倒也没关系。他可能饿了。”

“别担心。鲸鱼不吃小丑鱼，”多莉镇定地说，“他们吃鳞虾。”

就在这时，一百只小虾飞奔而过，想要躲开鲸鱼。

“哦，看！鳞虾!”多莉说。

鲸鱼张开了巨大的嘴巴。海水流进它的嘴巴里，把所有的东西都卷了进去。

马林紧紧抓着多莉。他们转过身往前游。但是，这没有用。水流太湍急了。马林和多莉被鲸鱼庞大的嘴巴吞了进去。鲸鱼的嘴巴很大——非常大，里面还很黑。似乎无路可逃了。

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