Lost in the Fog on the Mountain

Last summer, I went hiking alone in the Swiss Alps.

去年夏天，我一個人去瑞士阿爾卑斯山健行。

The morning was perfect. Blue sky, no wind at all.

那天早上完美極了。藍天，一點風都沒有。

I thought, this is going to be the best day ever!

我心想，今天一定是有史以來最棒的一天！

Well... I was very, very wrong.

可是……我大錯特錯了。

Around lunchtime, I noticed a few clouds below me.

快到中午的時候，我注意到腳下有幾朵雲。

Twenty minutes later, they were all around me!

二十分鐘後，雲就把我團團圍住了！

I couldn't see more than five metres ahead.

我連前面五公尺都看不清楚。

And then, the path just... disappeared.

然後，路就這樣……不見了。

My heart was racing. My phone had no signal at all.

我的心怦怦直跳。手機一點訊號都沒有。

I wanted to run, but, um, I remembered my dad's advice.

我很想跑，但是，嗯，我想起了爸爸的忠告。

Okay, stop. Sit down. Eat something. Think.

好，停下來。坐下。吃點東西。想一想。

So I sat on a rock and ate a chocolate bar.

於是我坐在一塊石頭上，吃了一條巧克力。

Ha, honestly, it was the best chocolate of my life.

哈，說真的，那是我這輩子吃過最好吃的巧克力。

Then, in the silence, I heard water.

這時，在一片寂靜中，我聽到了水聲。

There was a small stream somewhere to my left.

我左邊不遠處有一條小溪。

Streams always go downhill, so I decided to follow it.

溪水總是往山下流，所以我決定順著它走。

Step by step, slowly, with my hands on the rocks.

一步一步，慢慢地，手扶著岩石。

After an hour, I heard something else. Bells!

過了一個小時，我聽到了別的聲音。鈴鐺聲！

Wait, were those... cow bells? Or sheep bells?

等等，那是……牛鈴？還是羊鈴？

I didn't care! Animals meant farmers, and farmers meant people!

我才不管呢！有動物就有農夫，有農夫就有人！

Suddenly, a small wooden hut appeared out of the fog!

突然，一間小木屋從霧裡冒了出來！

There was smoke coming out of the chimney.

煙囪裡正冒著煙。

An old woman opened the door and just laughed.

一位老太太打開門，一下子就笑了。

She said, you look like a lost sheep yourself!

她說：你自己倒像隻迷路的羊！

She gave me hot soup and a bed for the night.

她給了我一碗熱湯，還讓我在那裡住了一晚。

The next morning, the fog was completely gone.

隔天早上，霧全都散了。

And guess what? The path was right behind her hut!

你猜怎麼著？那條路就在她的小屋後面！

Now I always carry a map, a whistle... and chocolate.

現在我總是隨身帶著地圖、哨子……還有巧克力。