尋寶

華中科技大學附屬中學初三262班 吳思佳

“Go straight and you will see a forest,”

A stranger told me when I went to the east.

“In it there was a fierce creature,

Underground you could find some buried treasure.”

The creature made me feel a little scared,

But treasure was the only thing for which I really cared.I thanked the man and he said,“My pleasure.”

And then I started my adventure.

I reached the forest in the dead of night,

And took out my torch which was the only light.

It was so quiet all around,

Not even a single sound.

Suddenly,a monster jumped out,

“Another tasty child!”I heard him shout.

“A large number of people came here for money,

But in a minute they were in my tummy!”

The monster had a gigantic mouth,

Which was as big as a house.

“But,to give you a chance,here’s a riddle,

Solve it then I’ll guide you to the forest’s middle.”

The treasure was probably lying there in peace,

So I said:“OK,give me your riddle please.”

“Then,listen carefully,my dear!”

Said the monster with a sneer.

“筆直走你會看見一個森林，”

我在東方旅行時，一個陌生人告訴我。

“有一只兇猛的野獸在那個地方，

地底下你可以找到埋藏的寶藏。”

那個猛獸讓我心里有點兒害怕，

但寶藏才是我真正關心的嘛。

我謝過那個人，他說：“不客氣。”

隨后我便開始了我的冒險經歷。

我在寂靜的夜晚來到森林，

拿出手電筒，那是唯一的光明。

四周是那么安靜，

甚至沒有一點點聲音。

突然，一個怪物跳了出來，

我聽到他嚎叫：“又來了一個美味的小孩！

很多人為了財富來到此地，

但一眨眼，他們就進了我的肚皮！”

那怪物有一張巨大的嘴巴，

簡直跟一座房子一樣大。

“但，為給你個機會，我給你出一個小問題。

我會帶你去森林中央，前提是你猜出謎底。”

寶藏很可能靜靜地躺在那里，

于是我說：“好吧，請給我出謎。”

“那么，仔細聽好，我親愛的！”

怪物一邊說一邊冷笑著。

“If you can’t answer it,you’d better run!

Or you may not see tomorrow’s sun.

If you have two sheep and I give you a cow,

How many animals do you have now?”

Two plus one is...“Three! ”I cried,

At that moment I was so satisfied.

The monster looked shocked,“I’ve never,ever

Met a human who’s so clever! ”

“...I just can’t believe what I heard,

But,I’ll live up to my word.

Close your eyes.Count to three.”

I did it,and then shouted with glee:

I found myself standing under a tree,

And there was a little spade right in front of me.

I took the spade,dug and dug,

For a few minutes I could see only bugs and mud.

Finally,I touched something hard,

I bowed and found a box and a card.

In the dark I couldn’t see what it said,

So I turned on the torch and slowly read:

“Congratulations,my friend!You’ve found where I’m lying...”

The words below were kind of chilling:

“I’m the famous millionaire,Mr.Hugh,

And I’d love to share my shiny plushy lovely pretty GRAVE with you!”

“如果你答不上來，那就趕快跑到遠方！

否則你將見不到明天的太陽。

如果你有兩只羊，我再給你一頭牛，

那么你總共有多少只動物？”

二加一等于……“三！”我喊出，

那一刻我是那么地滿足。

怪物看上去像是震驚了：“我從未，曾經

遇到一個人類，這么聰明！

我真不敢相信我的耳朵，

但是，我會按我剛剛說的那樣做。

閉上你的眼睛，數到三。”

我照做了，隨即歡呼！

我發現自己站在一棵樹下面，

有一把小鏟子躺在我的前邊。

我拿起鏟子，挖啊挖。

剛開始我只能看到蟲子和泥巴。

終于，有硬硬的東西觸到了我的鏟子，

我彎下腰，發現了一個箱子和一張卡片。

黑暗中我看不清卡片上的內容，

所以我打開手電筒，目光在紙上緩緩移動：

“恭喜你，我的朋友！你來到了我正躺著的地盤……”

下面的文字令人有幾分膽寒：

“我是舉世聞名的大富翁，休先生，

我樂意把我這閃亮豪華可愛漂亮的墳墓與你分享！”

（注：該詩為作者原創，中文對照亦為小作者親筆翻譯，此詩得到了華科大外教Shely及某雅思主考官的高度評價。）

名師點評：

“Finding Treasure”is a poetry written by Wu Sijia,a hard-working student of Grade 3,junior.Is she telling a fairy tale?Is something meaningful at the back of her mind supposed to offer to the readers?Both are or neither is.She shows great interest in English,especially in writing poetry.It’s her interest that makes her do much reading and writing.She’s learned a lot and has got her own success.She got the first prize in the last English competition.Now let’s go back to the poetry.Don’t you think the words are very beautiful?Don’t you think the sentences are very fluent to read through?Don’t you think she’s a clever girl with much thought?Don’t you enjoy reading the poetry written by the girl who is the same age as you?If your answer is “Yes”,keep doing so like her.You will one day find the treasure in learning English.

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