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Mom said everyone was OVERREACTING, and that by morning someone would repair the briage and everything would go back to normal. But when night fell things at the campsite got a whole lot WORSE. And when one of the deluxe camper vans got tipped over by people who thought they were hoarding canned food and toilet paper inside, Mom finally admitted things were SERIOUS. Now we AlL wanted to get out of this place, but nobody could figure out HOW. And that's when I thought of the STREAM.

妈妈说大家都反应过度了，天亮前就会有人修好桥，一切都会恢复正常。 可夜幕降临后，营地里的情况变得糟糕多了。 后来有一辆豪华露营车被人掀翻，那些人以为车里囤积了罐头和卫生纸，妈妈这才承认事态真的很严重。 现在我们所有人都想离开这里，可没人想得出办法。 就在这个时候，我想到了那条小溪。

I remembered there was one part that was really SHALLOW, and I said we might be able to drive the camper van over the rocks and get to the other side. I thought everyone would say my idea was stupid, but when a camper van two doors down got tipped over we were ready to try just about ANYTHING.

我记得小溪有一处水特别浅，我说我们或许可以开着露营车从岩石上开到对岸去。 我本来以为大家都会说我的主意很蠢，可当隔着两辆车的另一辆露营车也被掀翻后，我们什么办法都愿意试一试。

We didn't wanna call a lot of attention to ourselves by turning on the engine, so we pushed the camper van off the pad and down the hill. And, once we got it going, the camper van really started MOVING. The only problem was we forgot to detach the sewer pipe before we got rolling, and it made a giant MESS on our site.

我们不想发动引擎引来注意，所以就推着露营车离开营地，往山下走。 车一推动起来，露营车就真的开始往下滑行了。 唯一的问题是，我们出发前忘了拆开污水管，在营地里弄出了一大摊烂摊子。

But there was no going back now, and when the camper van started picking up speed we all climbed on board. We coasted to the bottom of the hill, where the lake emptied into the stream. And when we were far enough away from everyone else, it seemed safe to start the engine. We kept the headlights off because we didn't want anyone to SEE us. But that made it tricky to find the shallow spot in the stream.

但现在已经没有回头路了，露营车开始加速后，我们全都爬了上去。 我们滑到了山脚下，也就是湖泊汇入小溪的地方。 等我们离其他人足够远了，这时发动引擎就安全了。 我们没开车头灯，因为不想被别人看见。 可这样一来，要找到小溪里的浅滩就格外困难。

By now it had started to RAIN, and it was coming down pretty hard. But when we turned the headlights back on, I finally found the place where the stream was shallow Dad put his foot on the accelerator. We edged out slowly, and for a minute it looked like we were gonna be able to make it all the way across.

这时候已经下起雨来了，而且雨下得特别大。 我们重新打开车头灯后，我终于找到了浅滩，爸爸踩下了油门。 我们慢慢往前挪，有那么一会儿，我们眼看就要成功开到对岸了。

But once we got to the middle of the stream there was an awful sound, and the camper van ground to a halt. We were stuck on a giant ROCK, and something got knocked loose from the bottom of the camper van. I'm not an expert on cars or anything, but, whatever that thing was, it looked like it was pretty IMPORTANT.

可我们刚开到小溪中央，就听到一声可怕的巨响，露营车猛地停住了。 我们卡在了一块大石头上，有东西从露营车底部松脱掉了下来。 我不是汽车专家什么的，但不管那是什么东西，它看起来都相当重要。