Sulley jumped down into a gulley, evading¹ the camp rangers²' f lashlights. He fought his way through some thick brush. Finally, he looked around and saw that he was by a lake. And there, sitting alone on the bank, was Mike.

"Mike!" Sulley gasped³. Mike didn't look up. "Come on, buddy," Sulley said. "Let's get you out of here."

But Mike just silently stared at the water. Sulley could see he was hurting. "Mike?" Sulley said with a sigh. "This is all my fault. I'm sorry."

Mike shook his head in despair. "You were right. They weren't scared of me. I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought if I wanted it enough, I could show everybody that Mike Wazowski is something special. But I'm just not." Mike regarded his reflection in the lake.

"Look, Mike, I know how you feel," Sulley said.

Mike suddenly stood up. "Don't do that. Please don't do that. You do NOT know how I feel!" His voice began to rise. "You'll never know what it's like to fail, because you were born a Sullivan!"

"Yeah, I'm a Sullivan," Sulley answered. "I'm the Sullivan who flunked⁴ every test and got kicked out of the program. I was so afraid to let everyone down that I cheated and lied." He sighed. "Yeah, I'll never know how you feel, but you're not the only failure here." He sighed. "I'm scary, Mike, but most of the time ... I'm terrified."

"How come you never told me that before?" Mike asked, seeing Sulley in a whole dif ferent way.

"Because," Sulley said, shuffling⁵ his feet, "we weren't friends before."

Just then, flashlights f lickered through the trees. Mike and Sulley heard dogs barking. Mike hid behind a bush as a f lashlight grazed over Sulley. "This way!" one of the rangers shouted as Sulley took of f. The rangers were close behind.

Fleeing, Sulley tried to climb up a slippery hill. The f lashlights were getting closer. Mike appeared at the top of the steep hill. He lowered a tree limb over the side and helped Sulley climb to the top.

Together, Mike and Sulley raced through the dark woods and back into the cabin. But when they opened the closet door, all they saw were brooms and buckets.

"No!" Mike cried. They had lost access to the monster world.

 

为了躲避营地警察的手电灯光，毛怪跳进一个狭窄的溪谷，拨开浓密的灌木丛向前摸索着。最后他四处张望，发现自己来到了一个小湖边，而麦克正孤零零地坐在湖畔。

“麦克！”毛怪喘着粗气喊道。麦克并没有抬起头。“快跟我走，兄弟。”毛怪说道，“我们得离开这儿。”

但麦克只是静静地望着湖面。毛怪知道他一定非常伤心。“麦克？”毛怪叹了口气说道，“都是我不好，对不起。”

麦克摇了摇头，绝望地说道：“你说得对，孩子们根本不怕我。为了成为惊吓专员，我做了所有应该做的事。我比任何人都想成为惊吓专员。我以为，只要我付出足够的努力，所有人都会看到麦克·华斯基是多么与众不同。可是我真的很平庸。”麦克凝视着湖上自己的倒影。

“麦克，我了解你的心情。”毛怪说。

麦克突然站了起来。“别这么说，请你别这么说。你根本就不了解！”麦克提高声音继续说道，“你永远都不会知道失败的滋味，因为你生来就姓‘苏利文’！”

“是，我是姓苏利文，”毛怪回答，“但我这个苏利文考试不及格，被惊吓学院开除，还因为害怕大家失望而作弊撒谎。”毛怪叹了口气继续说道：“麦克，我是不懂你的感受，可你并不是这里唯一的失败者。我看起来很吓人，但内心深处常常充满了恐惧。”

“为什么你以前从来不对我说这些？”麦克问道，此时他对毛怪的看法完全改变了。

“因为，”毛怪摩挲着双脚，说道，“以前我们还不是朋友。”

这时，树林里透出手电的亮光，麦克和毛怪听到一阵狗叫声。一道光闪过毛怪身边，麦克赶紧躲到树丛后面。“这边！”一个营地警察大叫起来，毛怪撒腿就跑，警察们紧紧追了上来。

跑着跑着，毛怪来到一座山坡前，他试着往上爬，可是路面太滑。手电的光越来越近了。危急时刻，麦克突然出现在坡顶，他从边上伸下一根树枝递给毛怪，帮助他爬上了山顶。

两人一起在黑暗的树丛中奔逃，最终又回到了那间小屋。可是当他们打开壁橱门想要回到怪兽世界时，眼前却只有扫帚和水桶。

“不会吧！”麦克大叫起来。他们找不到通往怪兽世界的门了。

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