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They weren't moving; I wasn't moving. They just stared, brown eyes looking blankly into my own.
它们不再挪动，我也丝毫不动。它们只是盯着我，棕色的眼睛茫然地望着我的眼睛。
They were obviously very perplexed to find me here.
很显然，它们对于在这儿发现我感到十分困惑。
Suddenly, I was very perplexed to find me here, too.
忽然间，我也对发现我自己在这儿感到不可思议了。
"Imagine this," one of them seemed to be saying. "A grown man sleeping out in Central Park!"
“想象一下，”其中一个好像在说，“一个成年人竟然露宿在中央公园！”
"Obviously, not from New York."
“他显然不是纽约人。”
"Hi, guys," I muttered. I said this very softly.
“喂，伙计们。”我低语道，我说话声音很轻。
My voice startled them and they scurried up the tree in front of me.
我的声音吓了它们一跳，它们急忙爬到我前面的树上。
Then they stopped and resumed staring. And then, very slowly, they inched farther up.
然后它们停了下来，继续盯着我，然后非常缓慢地一点一点往上爬。
They were now about forty feet directly above me, and the tree was swaying slightly with their weight.
它们此时就在我头上40英尺高的地方，树干在它们的压力下微微摆动起来。
It was starting to drizzle.
天开始下起了毛毛雨。
I heard a helicopter, its searchlight crisscrossing the path only ten feet away.
我听见一架直升机的轰鸣声，机上的探照灯交叉着照在距我约10英尺远的小道上。
So maybe there were bad guys.
也许有坏家伙。
I looked back at the raccoons. "Are there bad guys here?" I asked them.
我扭头看看浣熊。“这里有坏家伙吗？”我问它们。
It was stupid to speak. My voice startled them and, directly overhead, one of them started peeing.
我真蠢，不该讲话。我的声音又让它们受惊了，一个家伙竟然在我的头顶上撒起尿来。
And then, nature finding herself unable to resist, it started to pour.
紧接着，大自然也实在憋不住了，下起了大雨。
But not for long. The rain stopped. And I fell asleep.
可是没过多久，雨停了。我睡着了。
I know I fell asleep because the next thing I heard was birds. A natural, naturally beautiful sound.
我知道我睡着了，因为接下来我听见了鸟鸣。一种自然天成、美妙动听的声音。
