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The first guy filled up his bucket and then poured it in the next guy's bucket, and so on. But we spilled so much water along the way that by the time we got to the cabin, there was almost nothing left to put in the metal tub we were supposed to fill. We realized if we were ever gonna finish the activity, we needed to find a better way to fill the tub. So we wrung out our sweaty clothes.

第一个人装满了自己的桶，然后把水倒进下一个人的桶里，以此类推。 但是我们一路上洒了太多的水，等我们到达小木屋的时候，几乎没有什么水可以放进我们应该装满的金属桶里了。 我们意识到，如果我们要完成这个活动，我们需要找到一个更好的方法来填满浴缸。 于是我们拧干了汗湿的衣服。

After that we did an activity where we had to tie our wrists together with scarves and go through an obstacle course made of ropes. But when it came to physical activities, our group was pretty hopeless.

在那之后，我们做了一个活动，我们必须用围巾把手腕绑在一起，通过用绳子做成的障碍赛。 但是当涉及到体育活动时，我们的小组是相当绝望的。

After the ropes course, we couldn't untie the scarves because we'd knotted them too tight. And THAT wasn't good, because Timothy Ames needed to use the bathroom in the cabin. By the end of the day everyone was totally worn out, and I was really glad when Mr. Jefferson told us it was time for dinner. The meal was chicken patties, corn on the cob, and stew. I passed on the stew, and I was really glad I did when I saw Jordan pull an entire taco shell out of his bowl. Who KNOWS what year that thing was from.

绳课结束后，我们解不开围巾，因为我们把它们打得太紧了。 这可不是件好事，因为蒂莫西·埃姆斯需要使用机舱里的浴室。 一天结束时，每个人都筋疲力尽，当杰斐逊先生告诉我们该吃晚饭的时候，我真的很高兴。 那顿饭是鸡肉馅饼、玉米棒和炖菜。 我放弃了炖肉，当我看到乔丹从碗里拿出一整个玉米饼壳时，我真的很高兴我放弃了。 谁知道那东西是哪一年的。

After dinner we went back to the cabin. Mr. Jefferson said that since we had been in the woods, we needed to check one another for ticks. Each person was responsible for his bunkmate, which meant I had Mr. Jefferson. But Mr. Jefferson's got a lot of hair, and I wasn't gonna go poking through it. For all I knew, there could be a whole COLONY of ticks living in there. Everybody's always saying how great the outdoors are, but there's all SORTS of creepy-crawlies you need to worry about.

晚饭后，我们回到小屋。 杰斐逊先生说，既然我们都在树林里，我们需要互相检查一下有没有虱子。 每个人都要对自己的室友负责，也就是说我有杰斐逊先生。 但杰佛逊先生的头发很多，我可不想捅破他的头发。 据我所知，里面可能住着一大群虱子。 每个人都在说户外有多棒，但你需要担心的是各种各样的爬虫。

I used to play in the woods all the TIME, until I swallowed a live spider. But in a place like Hardscrabble Farms, there are just as many bugs INSIDE as OUTSIDE. Some sort of beetle burrowed into a kid's ear at dinner, and he had to go to the nurse's station to have it removed.

我以前总是在树林里玩，直到我吞下了一只活蜘蛛。 但在像Hardscrabble农场这样的地方，里面和外面的虫子一样多。 吃饭时，有只甲虫钻进了一个孩子的耳朵里，他不得不去护士站把它取出来。

Jordan found a tick on the back of Julian's neck, and everybody freaked out about it. But Mr. Jefferson said Julian would be fine, and he took him down to the nurse. The second Mr. Jefferson and Julian left, the rest of the guys in my cabin went totally NUTS. I stayed out of everybody's way because I didn't wanna be the fifth person from my group to get seen by the nurse on the first day. By the time Mr. Jefferson got back, the cabin was a wreck and everyone was FILTHY.

乔丹在朱利安的后颈上发现了一只蜱虫，所有人都吓坏了。 但杰弗逊先生说朱利安会没事的，他带他去看护士。 杰佛逊先生和朱利安一走，我船舱里的其他人就都疯了。 我躲着别人，因为我不想成为第一天被护士看到的第五位组员。 杰佛逊先生回来的时候，船舱已经是一片废墟，每个人都很脏。