寻宝

华中科技大学附属中学初三262班 吴思佳

“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.

“笔直走你会看见一个森林，”

我在东方旅行时，一个陌生人告诉我。

“有一只凶猛的野兽在那个地方，

地底下你可以找到埋藏的宝藏。”

那个猛兽让我心里有点儿害怕，

但宝藏才是我真正关心的嘛。

我谢过那个人，他说：“不客气。”

随后我便开始了我的冒险经历。

我在寂静的夜晚来到森林，

拿出手电筒，那是唯一的光明。

四周是那么安静，

甚至没有一点点声音。

突然，一个怪物跳了出来，

我听到他嚎叫：“又来了一个美味的小孩！

很多人为了财富来到此地，

但一眨眼，他们就进了我的肚皮！”

那怪物有一张巨大的嘴巴，

简直跟一座房子一样大。

“但，为给你个机会，我给你出一个小问题。

我会带你去森林中央，前提是你猜出谜底。”

宝藏很可能静静地躺在那里，

于是我说：“好吧，请给我出谜。”

“那么，仔细听好，我亲爱的！”

怪物一边说一边冷笑着。

“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!”

“如果你答不上来，那就赶快跑到远方！

否则你将见不到明天的太阳。

如果你有两只羊，我再给你一头牛，

那么你总共有多少只动物？”

二加一等于……“三！”我喊出，

那一刻我是那么地满足。

怪物看上去像是震惊了：“我从未，曾经

遇到一个人类，这么聪明！

我真不敢相信我的耳朵，

但是，我会按我刚刚说的那样做。

闭上你的眼睛，数到三。”

我照做了，随即欢呼！

我发现自己站在一棵树下面，

有一把小铲子躺在我的前边。

我拿起铲子，挖啊挖。

刚开始我只能看到虫子和泥巴。

终于，有硬硬的东西触到了我的铲子，

我弯下腰，发现了一个箱子和一张卡片。

黑暗中我看不清卡片上的内容，

所以我打开手电筒，目光在纸上缓缓移动：

“恭喜你，我的朋友！你来到了我正躺着的地盘……”

下面的文字令人有几分胆寒：

“我是举世闻名的大富翁，休先生，

我乐意把我这闪亮豪华可爱漂亮的坟墓与你分享！”

（注：该诗为作者原创，中文对照亦为小作者亲笔翻译，此诗得到了华科大外教Shely及某雅思主考官的高度评价。）

名师点评：

“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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