Ice Mummy

Ice Mummy

冰木乃伊

Chapter 1 An Amazing Discovery It is September 19, 1991, a bright sunny day. German tourists Helmut and Erica Simon are hiking in snow -covered mountains. The mountains are called Alps. The Simons are near the border with Australia, mid -Italy. They have hiked here many times before. There is usually snow on the ground, even in the summer. But this year the weather has been warm. There's no much snow as usual. Suddenly, Erica sees something odd sticking up in the snow. What could it be? At first, Helmut thinks it is a doll's head. Here's round.

第一章 惊人的发现 1991年9月19日，天气晴朗。德国游客赫尔穆特·西蒙和埃丽卡·西蒙 正在积雪覆盖的山里徒步，这片山脉名叫阿尔卑斯山。 西蒙夫妇正处在意大利中部，靠近奥地利边境的区域。 他们之前已经来这里徒步过很多次，哪怕是夏天，这里的地面通常也覆盖着积雪。 但是今年天气一直偏暖，积雪比往年少很多。 突然，埃丽卡看到雪地里戳着个奇怪的东西，那会是什么呢？ 一开始赫尔穆特以为那是个娃娃的脑袋，圆溜溜的。

It's a man! cried Erica. The man lies face down, half buried in the ice. The Simons look closely. The man is dead. Was he a hiker? They wondered. Did he got lost in the storm? Did someone kill him? Quickly, they take a photograph of the body. Then they hurry to the next hiker. They find the hikers. They sent her to report their discovery.

“是个男人！” 埃丽卡大喊道。 那个男人脸朝下趴着， 半个身子都埋在冰里。 西蒙夫妇凑近仔细看。 这个人已经死了。 他是个徒步旅行者吗？ 他们心里纳闷。 他是在暴风雪里迷路了吗？ 还是被人杀害的？ 他们赶紧给这具尸体拍了张照片。 然后急忙赶去找其他徒步者。 他们找到了一群徒步者。 他们让埃丽卡去上报这次发现。

The man who runs the shelter kills the police right away. The elves can be dangerous. The trails are rocky and steep. Fast moving storms can catch hikers. Of ground, sometimes hikers die. The police are called to bring out the bodies.

经营庇护所的男子立刻报了警。 阿尔卑斯山可能暗藏危险。 这里的小路多石又陡峭。 来得又快又猛的暴风雪可能困住徒步者。 因此有时候会有徒步者不幸遇难。 人们就会报警请警察把尸体运出来。

The police are very busy, they cannot camp that day. They cannot camp the next day either. The man who ran the shelter decided to hike up the mountain to see the body for himself. How strange the man thinks. He has seen people frozen in the ice before. Their skin always look white and waxy. But the skin of this body is brown and dry. That's not all. Broken pieces of carved wood scatter around the body. Then the body is dressed in clothing made of animal skins. It gives the man from the shelter an odd feeling. This body must be very old. How old? He thinks it might be a hundred years old.

警察们事务繁忙，当天没法进山。 第二天他们也抽不出空前往。 经营庇护所的男子决定自己徒步上山去看看那具尸体。 男子觉得非常奇怪。 他之前也见过冻在冰里的遇难者。 那些人的皮肤总是白得像蜡一样。 可这具尸体的皮肤是棕褐色的，还干巴巴的。 怪事还不止这一件。 尸体周围散落着不少雕刻过的木头碎块。 而且这具尸体穿的衣服是兽皮做的。 这让庇护所的男子有种奇怪的预感。 这具尸体肯定年头很久了。 多久呢？ 他猜可能有一百年了。