露营计划和多雨的现实

We looked at the maps and we discussed讨论 plans. We decided决定 to start from Kingston the following跟随 Saturday. "Harris, you and I will go to get the boat小船 at Kingston," I said. "Then we'll take it up the river to Churtsie, where we'll meet George." George works in the city until the afternoon. George goes to sleep at a bank from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock, Monday to Friday, except on Saturdays. On Saturdays they wake醒来 him up at 2 o'clock and put him outside the door.

The next problem was where to sleep at night. "George and I didn't want to sleep in inns小旅店. We wanted to camp扎营 out in the middle of nature大自然." "How beautiful," we said, "sleeping in the country, under the stars, by the river." "I can imagine想象 it all," I said. "There is a golden金色的 sunset日落. The river is moving along向前 quietly安静地. The forest森林 is full of trees and birds. The grass around us is green and little flowers grow here and there."

Soon it is dark. We row our boat小船 into a quiet corner on the river. We put up our tent帐篷 and cook a simple, healthy meal. We all sit around a warm fire and eat our meal. We look up and see the moon and the stars. Then we sit in silence沉默. How wonderful this is! We go to bed and then we dream做梦 under the stars. We dream做梦 that the world is young again. As we all sat there dreaming做梦, Harris said, "What happens if it rains?" There is nothing poetic诗的 about Harris.

He is not romantic浪漫的 at all. If Harris ever在任何时候 has tears眼泪 in his eyes, he is eating raw未煮过的 onions. If you stand by the sea with Harris and say, "Listen to the sounds of the sea. Can you hear spirits精神 singing sad songs, the songs of those who died in these waters?" He will take you by the arm and say, "I understand(understood) 理解, my friend. You are not feeling well. Now, come with me. I know a place around the corner here where you can get some good whiskey威士忌酒.

You'll feel better soon." Harris always knows where you can find a good whiskey威士忌酒. Harris was right about camping扎营 out when it rains. It's not nice at all. Just imagine想象. It is evening. You are all wet. There is water in the boat小船 and all your things are wet. You find a place on the river bank. You get out of the boat小船 and pull out the tent帐篷. Now, two of you try尝试 to put it up. The tent帐篷 is wet and very heavy.

It is raining hard. The wind is blowing. The wet tent帐篷 flies about. It falls on your head and makes you angry. It is difficult困难的 to put up a tent帐篷 in good weather. It is impossible不可能的 to do so in wet weather. The other man is of no help帮手 at all. He is a complete完整的 fool蠢人. The wind continues继续 to blow and the rain continues继续 to fall. You look at the other man and say, "What are you doing with your side of the tent帐篷?" "What are you doing?" he answers.

"Don't pull on your side!" You shout呼喊. "I didn't pull. You pulled!" He shouts呼喊. "You're doing everything wrong!" You shout呼喊. "What?" he shouts呼喊. "I can't hear you." "You don't know how to put up a tent帐篷. We'll never put up this tent帐篷," you say. At this point要点, the third man has pulled the boat小船 out of the water. He is completely十分 wet. He wants to know why the tent帐篷 isn't up yet到目前为止. Everyone is wet and angry. Harris was right.

Camping扎营 out in rainy下雨的 weather is not a good idea想法. We decided决定 to camp扎营 out in good weather and to sleep in an inn小旅店 or hotel in bad weather. Montmorency agreed with this decision决定. He likes inns小旅店 and hotels. Montmorency doesn't like the quiet life. He prefers更喜欢 noise and confusion混乱. He looks like a good, well-behaved表现 dog, but he's not. When you look at Montmorency, you see an angel天使 from paradise in the form形式 of a small fox狐狸 terrier. You think he is a sweet, gentle和蔼的 little dog.