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The boys had gone perhaps a quarter of a mile down the trail when a sudden heavier gust of stinging flakes blinded them both. Paul instantly put on the brake and almost stopped. When he was able to clear his eyes. Bill was out of sight. An instant later there came a sudden crash, a startled, muffled cry, and then—silence!
两个孩子沿着小路走了大约四分之一英里，突然刮来一阵更猛烈的雪花，刺痛了他们的眼睛。保罗立刻踩下刹车，几乎停了下来。他清理了下眼睛。比尔不见了。不一会儿，突然一声巨响，一声惊叫，接着是一片寂静!
PAUL MAKES A DECISION
保罗做了一个决定
Horrified, Paul instantly jerked his staff out of the snow and sped forward. At first, he could barely see the tracks of his companion’s skis, but presently the storm lightened a trifle and suddenly he realized what had happened. Bill had misjudged a sharp curve in the trail, and instead of following it, had plunged off to one side and down a steep slope thickly grown with trees. At the foot of this little slope Paul found him lying, a twisted heap, face downward in the snow.
保罗吓了一跳，立刻把他的拐杖从雪地里拽了出来，飞快地向前跑去。起初，他几乎看不见同伴滑雪板上的痕迹，但很快暴风雨就小了一点，他突然意识到发生了什么事。比尔错误地判断出小路上有一条急转弯，他没有顺着这条急转弯走，而是从路的一边跳下，沿着长满树木的陡坡往下走。在这个小斜坡的脚下，保罗发现他躺着，身子扭曲，脸朝下倒在雪地里。
Sick with horror, the boy bent over that silent figure. A moment later his heart leaped as Bill stirred, tried to rise, and fell back with a stifled groan. Bill’s left foot was twisted under him, and the front part of his ski was broken off. As Paul freed the other’s feet from the skis, Bill made a second effort to rise, but his face turned quite white, and he sank back with a grunt of pain.
那男孩吓得要命，弯下腰去看那个沉默的身影。过了一会儿，比尔动了一下，他的心猛地跳了起来，他想站起来，但随着一声窒息的呻吟，他又往后一倒。比尔的左脚在身下扭了一下，滑雪板的前半部分断了。当保罗把另一个人的脚从滑雪板上松开时，比尔又试着站起来，但他的脸变得十分苍白，他疼得咕噜了一声，往后一倒。
“I—I believe my ankle’s sprained,” he muttered.
“我想我的脚踝扭伤了，” 他咕哝着说。
