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Mom still wanted that photo for the Christmas card, and I could tell she wasn't gonna take "no" for an answer. I told Mom I'd stay in just long enough for ONE picture, and if someone BLINKED, that was just tough luck. She agreed, and then we got in the water one by one. I was the last person in.

妈妈还想把那张照片放在圣诞卡上，我看得出来她不会接受拒绝的。 我告诉妈妈，我只会在房间里看一张照片，如果有人眨眼，那就说明我运气不好。 她同意了，然后我们一个接一个地下水了。 我是最后一个进来的。

The captain couldn't figure out how to work Mom's camera, and he was taking FOREVER. I really didn't like the feeling of not knowing what was swimming underneath me, so I took a peek underwater. I'm glad I did, because it was actually kind of AMAZING. I could see why people liked snorkeling and scuba diving so much.

队长不知道怎么用妈妈的相机，他拍了很久。 我真的不喜欢那种不知道下面游着什么东西的感觉，所以我在水下瞥了一眼。 我很高兴我做了，因为它实际上是一种神奇的。 我明白为什么人们那么喜欢浮潜和水肺潜水了。

A big school of blue and green fish surrounded me, and the fish were darting all over the place, changing directions two times a second. At first I thought it was COOL, but then I realized that this is how animals behave when they're trying to avoid a PREDATOR. I didn't see any sharks underwater, so I started scanning the surface for FINS. The captain finally figured out Mom's camera and was ready to take our picture, but I was already swimming for the boat.

一大群蓝绿相间的鱼围住了我，这些鱼到处乱窜，一秒钟改变两次方向。 一开始我觉得这很酷，但后来我意识到这就是动物试图避开捕食者时的行为。 我在水下没有看到任何鲨鱼，所以我开始扫描水面寻找鳍。 船长终于找到了妈妈的相机，准备给我们拍照，但我已经向船游去了。

Just then, a sea horse swam right in front of my mask, and it surprised me. My snorkel dipped beneath the surface, and I accidentally took a HUGE gulp of water. And I'm 95% sure that I swallowed the sea horse along WITH it. Now I was in a full-blown panic. I think I might've actually DROWNED if the captain hadn't pulled me up into the boat.

就在这时，一只海马游到我的面具前面，让我大吃一惊。 我的通气管浸入水面下，我不小心喝了一大口水。 我有95%的把握，我把海马和它一起吞了下去。 现在我完全陷入了恐慌。 如果船长没有把我拉上船，我想我可能已经淹死了。

Once I was on board, I coughed up a lot of water but no sea horses. Mom climbed aboard to find out what was wrong. She could see I wasn't looking so good, and she told the captain we should go back to the resort so I could get checked out by a doctor. After everybody else climbed in, we headed back. The ride was really choppy, and if I hadn't ALREADY been sick, that would've done it. We made good time, and the captain dropped us off at the dock.

我一上船，就咳出了很多水，但没有海马。 妈妈爬上飞机想看看出了什么问题。 她看得出我脸色不太好，她告诉船长我们应该回度假村去，让医生给我检查一下。 其他人都爬进去后，我们往回走。 这趟旅程真的很颠簸，如果我没有生病的话，我就能做到了。 我们开得很快，船长让我们在码头下车。

He had already called ahead to the resort's doctor, who was waiting for us. When I told him what had happened, I thought for SURE he was gonna send me to the nearest hospital to get my stomach X-rayed. But he checked me out and said I seeme OK. Then he told me it wasn't very likely I swallowed a sea horse and I'd be perfectly fine. I really didn't like how casual this guy was being about the whole thing. In fact, he seemed a lot more concerned with Mom and Dad than he did with ME.

他已经提前给度假村的医生打了电话，医生正在等着我们。 当我告诉他发生了什么事时，我以为他肯定会把我送到最近的医院做胃部x光检查。 但他检查了我，说我看起来还好。 然后他告诉我，我不太可能吞下一匹海马，我会完全没事的。 我真的不喜欢这家伙对整件事的漫不经心。 事实上，他似乎更关心爸爸妈妈，而不是我。