7 Unhappy Campers

7 Unhappy Campers After we chased the skunk out of the bunk, it was hard to fall asleep again. My heart was racing. I think I got about twenty minutes of sleep all night. The first thing I heard on Monday morning was... "RISE AND SHINE!"

我们把臭鼬赶出床铺后，就很难再入睡了。 我的心狂跳。我想我整晚只睡了二十分钟。 星期一早上我听到的第一件事是…… “起床了！”

It was Uncle Ahdoanwanna, the camp director. "Everybody up!" he shouted as he threw open the door to our bunk. "The rain stopped! The sun is out! It's a perfect day for hiking!" Oh no. Not hiking. "Do we have to?" I groaned. "Yes!" he replied, all excited. "We're going on a ten-mile hike." What?! We have to walk ten miles? Didn't they invent cars so people wouldn't have to walk ten miles? We got dressed. Uncle Ahdoanwanna told us to put on bug spray and sunscreen, and to fill our water bottles. "Hydrate or die-drate!" he shouted. "What about breakfast?" Neil asked. Uncle Ahdoanwanna tossed each of us a granola bar and said, "Here's your breakfast. Let's go!" We followed him on a path that led to the woods behind the camp. "If we're lucky," Uncle Ahdoanwanna said, "maybe we'll see some wildlife." Wildlife? We didn't have to go on a hike to see wildlife. It was in our bunk last night.

是营地主管阿多旺纳叔叔打来的。 “所有人都起来！”他一边打开我们铺位的门一边喊道。 “雨停了！”太阳出来了！真是徒步旅行的好天气！”哦,不。 徒步旅行。“我们必须这么做吗？”我呻吟着。 “是的！”他兴奋地回答。 “我们要徒步十英里。” 什么? !我们得走十英里？ 他们发明汽车不是为了让人们不用走十英里路吗？ 我们穿好衣服。阿多旺纳叔叔让我们喷上杀虫剂和防晒霜，把水瓶装满。 “水合水还是死水！”他喊道。 “那早餐呢？”尼尔问。 Ahdoanwanna叔叔扔给我们每人一个格兰诺拉麦片棒，说：“这是你们的早餐。 我们走吧!”我们跟着他走在一条通往营地后面树林的小路上。 “如果幸运的话，”阿多旺纳叔叔说，“也许我们会看到一些野生动物。” 野生动物吗?我们不必徒步去看野生动物。 昨晚在我们的铺位上。

We started walking. And walking. And walking. My feet were hurting. My back was sore. My legs were itchy all over. "Are we there yet?" asked Ryan. "Isn't there a bus we can take?" asked Neil. Uncle Ahdoanwanna laughed. "Look at that tree!" he said, pointing at some dumb tree. "It's a pignut hickory."

我们开始散步。和行走。 和行走。我的脚很疼。 我的背很痛。我的腿浑身发痒。 “我们到了吗？”瑞恩问。 “我们没有公共汽车可以坐吗？”尼尔问。 阿多旺纳叔叔笑了。 “看那棵树！”他指着一棵哑树说。 “这是一颗胡桃山胡桃。”

I say if you've seen one tree, you've seen 'em all. But Uncle Ahdoanwanna had to point out every tree, fern, and bush we passed along the way. What a snoozefest. My feet hurt. I had mosquito bites all over my body.* I thought I was gonna die. "Look!" Uncle Ahdoanwanna shouted suddenly and pointed at the ground in front of us. "It's a banana slug!" If you don't know what a banana slug is, you're not missing much. It's a slug that looks like a banana. So it has the perfect name. It's even yellow. I'm surprised they didn't serve it for lunch in the mess hall. "They say it brings good luck if you kiss a banana slug," said Uncle Ahdoanwanna. "A.J.," said Ryan, "you should kiss the banana slug." "Forget it," I replied. "KISS THE SLUG! KISS THE SLUG!" everybody started chanting. I don't care how much they chant. I'm not kissing a slug. We walked a million hundred miles through the woods. At some point, Candyman sidled up to

我说如果你见过一棵树，你就见过所有的树。 但是阿多旺纳叔叔不得不指出我们一路上经过的每一棵树、蕨类植物和灌木丛。 真是个懒虫。我的脚疼。 我全身都被蚊子咬了。我以为我要死了。 “看!”阿多万万叔叔突然喊道，指着我们前面的地面。 “这是香蕉鼻涕虫！”如果你不知道香蕉鼻涕虫是什么，你也不会错过什么。 它是一种长得像香蕉的鼻涕虫。 所以它有一个完美的名字。 它甚至是黄色的。我很惊讶食堂的午餐里没有这个。 “他们说，如果你亲吻香蕉鼻涕虫，就会带来好运，”阿多旺旺叔叔说。 “aj，”瑞恩说，“你应该亲一下香蕉鼻涕虫。” “算了吧，”我回答。“亲亲鼻涕虫！”亲吻鼻涕虫！”每个人都开始高呼。 我不管他们唱多少。 我才不要亲鼻涕虫。我们在树林里走了上百万英里。 在某个时刻，糖果男悄悄靠近

me. "Y'know," he whispered, "if we had tunneled out of camp last night, we wouldn't be doing this right now." "Yeah?" I replied. "Well, soon my parents will get the letter I wrote them, and they'll take me home. I'll be out of here." Finally, there was a clearing in the woods, and I could see Camp Ahdoanwanna. We must have walked ten miles in a big circle. In other words, we didn't go anywhere. What a waste of time. "Wasn't that fun?" asked Uncle Ahdoanwanna. "No!" we all shouted. Before he left us, I saw him looking at my leg. "Hmmmm," he said, "you might have poison ivy, A.J. I need to take you to the infirmary." I've never had poison ivy before, but it sounds horrible because it has the word "poison" in it. Uncle Ahdoanwanna led us to a cabin that said INFIRMARY on the door. There was a lady inside. "Hi, everybody!" she said. "I'm Aunt Debbie, the camp nurse. What's the problem?" "A.J. has poison ivy," said Michael.

我。“你知道，”他低声说，“如果我们昨晚挖地道离开营地，我们现在就不会这么做了。” “是吗?”我回答说。“嗯，很快我父母就会收到我写给他们的信，他们就会带我回家。 我要离开这里。”终于，树林里出现了一块空地，我看到了阿多旺纳营。 我们一定绕了一个大圈走了十英里。 换句话说，我们哪儿也没去。 真是浪费时间。“那不是很有趣吗？”阿多旺纳叔叔问。 “不！”我们都喊道。在他离开我们之前，我看见他在看我的腿。 “嗯，”他说，“你可能有毒葛，A.J. 我得带你去医务室。” 我以前从没吃过毒葛，但听起来很可怕，因为它里面有“毒”这个词。 阿多旺叔叔带我们去了一间门上写着医务室的小屋。 里面有一位女士。“大家好！”她说。 “我是黛比阿姨，营地的护士。 有什么问题吗？”“A.J. 有毒葛，”迈克尔说。