English to Italian Other Poetry & Literature adventures

Their cheers suddenly turned to shouts of warning. Sophie was still going full pelt and she didn’t slow down. Charlie shot her a look of alarm and started to speed up, but she had already overtaken him.
But there wasn’t a finishing line. Just one of the leaders standing next to a table with two plastic tubs. IN IT TO WIN IT was painted on the side of each in large red letters.
There was something in the tub that Sophie needed to win the race. One last obstacle. She took a look inside her tub and paused just long enough for Charlie to catch up.
“Oh, gross!” he exclaimed.
It was full to the brim with maggots. Live, lwrithing maggots, like zombie rice trying to escape.
Charlie's hand hovered over his tub for just a second. a second too long.