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His rescuers were woodsmen, perfectly familiar with the Hogan Hill trail and the old log cabin. Paul’s skis were taken off, and he was helped into the sledge and driven to the near-by school. Stiff and sore, but otherwise unhurt, he wanted to go with them, but his request was firmly refused; and pausing only long enough to get some rugs and a heavy coat, the party set off. Little more than two hours later they returned with the injured Bill, who was carried at once to the infirmary to be treated for a severe cold and a badly sprained ankle.
他的救援人員都是伐木工人，對霍根山小徑和老木屋非常熟悉。保羅的滑雪板被取下，他被扶上雪橇，被送到附近的學校。他渾身僵硬酸痛，但沒有受傷，他想和他們一起去，但他的請求被堅決拒絕了。他們只停了一會兒，拿了幾塊地毯和一件厚外套，就出發(fā)了。兩個多小時后，他們帶著受傷的比爾回來了。比爾因患重感冒和嚴重扭傷腳踝，立即被送往醫(yī)務(wù)室接受治療。
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Bill’s strong body and good health soon conquered the cold, but the ankle proved more stubborn; so Christmas dinner had to be eaten in bed. But somehow Bill did not mind that very much, for Paul Seabury shared it, sitting on the other side of a folding table drawn up beside the couch. When they had eaten everything in sight and reached that state of fullness without which no Christmas dinner is really perfect, the two boys relapsed for a space into a friendly sort of silence.
比爾強壯的身體和健康的身體很快就克服了寒冷，但事實證明他的腳踝還沒好。所以圣誕晚餐只能在床上吃。但不知怎的，比爾并不怎么介意，因為保羅·西布里坐在沙發(fā)旁一張折疊桌的另一邊，和比爾分享了這份禮物。當他們把眼前的東西都吃完，吃到吃飽的時候，沒有一頓真正完美的圣誕晚餐，這兩個孩子又回到了友好的沉默中。
