Baltic Rescue

Baltic Rescue, written by John Roussel, illustrated by Cindy Hill.

《波罗的海救援》，作者约翰·卢梭，绘图辛迪·希尔。

One cold winter day, a dog walked to the edge of an icy river in Poland. Nobody knows for sure where the dog came from or what he was doing there. But he was about to have a big adventure.

一个寒冷的冬日，一只小狗走到波兰一条结冰河的河边。 没人清楚这只小狗从哪来，也不知道他来这儿做什么。 不过一场大冒险马上就要在他身上发生了。

Without warning, the ice that the dog was standing on broke away from the land. The dog was swept down the river on a sheet of ice half the size of a football field. The frightened dog looked for a way to get back to the shore, but he was trapped on the ice. The river was too cold for him to swim to safety.

毫无预兆，小狗脚下的冰突然和陆地裂开了。 小狗站在一块半个足球场大的浮冰上，顺着河水漂走了。 吓坏的小狗拼命找回岸边的路，可他被困在冰上动弹不得。 河水太冰冷了，他根本不可能游去安全的地方。

Some firefighters saw the dog drifting down the river as he passed through their city. They tried to help him, but they couldn't reach him. The firefighters could only watch as the ice carried the dog farther down the river.

小狗漂过这座城市时，几名消防员发现了漂流的他。 他们想帮小狗，可根本够不到他。 消防员只能看着浮冰带着小狗漂向更远的下游。

For three days, the dog drifted down the river on his raft of ice. He passed through several more towns. At least one other group of people saw him and tried to help him, but they weren't able

小狗乘着他的冰筏顺着河流漂了三天。 他一路漂过了好几个城镇。 至少还有另一群人看到了他，也试着救他，可没能成功

Each day, the hungry dog grew colder, weaker, and more scared. His ice raft was slowly melting and breaking up into hundreds of smaller pieces. By now, the piece he was standing on was not much larger than a small bedroom. If he slipped off, he might become trapped under one of the many chunks of ice around him and drown.

一天天过去，饥饿的小狗变得更冷、更虚弱，也更害怕了。 他的冰筏在慢慢融化，碎成了几百块小冰片。 这时候他站着的那块冰，还没有一间小卧室大。 要是他掉下去，可能会卡在周围的冰块里淹死。