2014-03-20

【Aiden in English】

        I looked in my backpack to see what I had. My family and I went on a cruise to Bermuda. On the first day, a huge storm hit the ship. There were thunder and lightning, and apparently, a lot of lightning struck our ship's hull. I was on the last lifeboat, and the only passenger, since I'd been exploring the ship. I ended up on the island with no food or water, a flashlight, and a knife I got from the camp. It will have to do.

        Just as I got up, it started to rain. The storm must've followed me. I raced toward the forest to find shelter and saw a suitable outcrop of rock. The storm stopped after a while, and I decided that I rather die with a full stomach than an empty one. So I went to see what the forest had to offer.

        There was a perfect name for the forest, a Thanksgiving feast. Every tree was dotted with fruit. I ate my fill and then stored some in my pack. But as I reached up for my final one, a drop of the fruit juice landed on the tree bark next to me. Immediately, the bark began to sizzle, and the air got the smell of smoke. I scrambled down the tree and was just about to leave when I heard a growl, and in the shadow, emerged a lion.

        The lion's eyes showed everything. It was hungry, and I was his lunch. I backed away, and my foot stepped on something squishy. Instantly, the air filled with burning rubber. It appeared to be one of the fruit I tried to get earlier. I suddenly got an idea and climbed the tree. I found fruit and chucked it at the lion. It was bulls-eye. The juice began to burn the lion’s mane with a yelp of pain, and it ran away.

        A week later, I sat on the beach and heard the sound of a helicopter. I knew that it was time to leave this stinking island.

【红霞译文】

        我打开背包查找里面所带的东西，我和家人正乘坐游轮游览百慕大。登船第一天，我们便遇到强风，电闪雷鸣，客轮不巧被闪电击中，当时因我正在别处逛荡而成为唯一幸免的乘客。我赶上最后一班救生艇，来到一个没有食物、水源、手电筒甚至野营常用的小刀，情况严峻。

        我正要起身，天开始下雨，看得出暴风雨有意冲我而来。这时，我拼命朝森林方向奔去，只见一块岩石悬垂半空正好可以避雨。过了一会儿，雨停了下来，我发誓要先填饱肚子，宁死也不当饿死鬼。于是，我环绕森林并四处寻找可供下咽的食物。

        这真是一个绝妙的森林，犹如“感恩节盛宴”。每棵枝头挂满水果，我饱餐一通，随手再带上些许。等我吃下最后一口，一滴果汁落在身旁的树皮上，说时迟那时快，树皮开始嘶嘶作响，烟味弥漫。我折断树枝，正要抽身离去，忽然听见咆哮声，不料一只狮子阴森森出现在我的面前。

        狮子的眼神毫无掩饰地流露出全部欲望，它饥肠辘辘，而我恰好成为千载难逢的午餐贡品。我见势不妙急忙倒退，就在此刻，我脚下鞋底踩到什么湿软的东西，周围顿时充满橡胶燃烧释放出来的刺鼻气味，这好像是由我刚才想吃而没有够到的那个果子引起的。我急中生智，赶紧爬上树去，找到一个果子，对准狮子投去，正中要害。果汁开始点燃狮子鬃毛，随着痛苦惨叫，狮子仓惶逃去。

        一周后，我坐在沙滩上，听到直升机轰鸣声由远而近。我心里明白，终于到了该离开这个令人厌恶的小岛。

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