A HERO FOR A FRIEND
為朋友而勇敢
Joseph B. Ames
作者:約瑟夫·B.艾姆斯
Can a person be afraid and still be brave? Perhaps you will be able to answer this question after you have read this story of an adventure that Paul Seabury and Bill Hedges had while they were skiing one afternoon.
一個人能既害怕又勇敢嗎?也許當(dāng)你讀了保羅·西布里和比爾·赫奇斯一天下午滑雪時的冒險故事后,你就能回答這個問題了。
PAUL MEETS HIS HERO
保羅遇見了他的英雄
Opening the door of the long, low-ceiled library, Bill Hedges paused in surprise. He had expected to find the library as deserted as were all the other rooms of the boarding-school since the Christmas vacation had begun four days before. Instead, on the hearth a log fire burned cheerfully. Curled up in an easy chair close by was the slight figure of Paul Seabury, who, like himself, lived at too great a distance from school to go home for the holidays.
比爾·赫奇斯打開長長的、低矮的圖書室的門,驚訝地停了下來。他原以為,自從四天前圣誕節(jié)假期開始以來,這所寄宿學(xué)校的圖書館和其他所有的房間一樣空無一人。相反,壁爐里的一堆木柴歡快地燃燒著。保羅·西布里瘦小的身影蜷縮在近旁的一把安樂椅上,和他一樣,他住的地方離學(xué)校太遠(yuǎn),無法回家過節(jié)。
“Hello !” said Bill in surprise. “You have surely made yourself comfortable here. I thought you were upstairs.”
“你好!”比爾驚訝地說。“你在這里一定過得很舒服。我以為你在樓上。”
He dragged a chair up to the hearth and plumped; down into it. “What are you reading?” he asked.
他把一把椅子拖到爐邊,撲通一聲坐了下來?!澳阍谧x什么?”他問道。