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Easter came early that year and during the holidays I went to visit my cousins.
那一年復(fù)活節(jié)來得早，在假期里我去表哥家做客。
My uncle was to bring me home in his truck. But he was detained by some urgent business. So I decided to come back home on my own.
我的舅舅原計(jì)劃用他的卡車送我回家，但是由于他被一些緊急的事情絆住了，所以，我決定自己單獨(dú)回家。
A mile down the road I slipped into my snowshoes and turned into the bush. The strong sunshine had dimmed. I had not gone far before big flakes of snow began drifting down.
沿著路走了一英里后，我蹬上雪鞋，拐進(jìn)灌木叢中。強(qiáng)烈的太陽光已經(jīng)暗淡下來。我沒走多遠(yuǎn)，大片大片的雪花就開始飄落。
The snow thickened fast. I could not locate the tall pine that stood on the north slope of Little Mountain. I circled to my right and stumbled into a snow-filled creek bed. By then the snow had made a blanket of white darkness, but I knew only too well there should have been no creek there.
雪很快就下了厚厚的一層。我找不到小山北坡上的那棵高高的松樹的準(zhǔn)確位置。我往右拐繞了一個(gè)圈子，跌跌撞撞地走進(jìn)了一個(gè)冰雪覆蓋的河床。那時(shí)雪已下得四處一片白茫茫，使得我辨不清方向，但是我清楚地記得在自己要去的地方應(yīng)該沒有小溪。
I tried to travel west but only to hit the creek again. I knew I had gone in a great circle and I was lost.
我努力向西走，結(jié)果又一次遇到了那條小溪。我知道我是繞了個(gè)大圈子，我迷路了。
There was only one thing to do. Camp for the night and hope that by morning the storm would have blown itself out. I quickly made a bed of boughs and started a fire with the bark of an old dead birch. The first night I was comfortable enough. But when the first gray light came I realized that I was in deep trouble. The storm was even worse. Everything had been smothered by the fierce whiteness.
我只能做一件事，那就是宿營過夜，希望第二天早晨醒來時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)暴雪已經(jīng)平息。我很快用樹枝搭了個(gè)床，用枯死的樺樹的樹皮生火。第一個(gè)晚上，我感覺非常舒服。但是當(dāng)次日第一 縷晨光來臨時(shí)，我意識到我麻煩大了。暴雪下得更大了。一切都被可怕的白雪厚厚地覆蓋了。
