◎Scott O’Dell

荒無人煙的海豚島上只剩下孤零零的卡拉娜一個人，她收拾好情緒，找到安睡的地方，搜集食物，開始制作武器……

There was nothinɡ to take away with me except a basket of food.I therefore traveled fast and before niɡht fell I reached the place where I had decided to live until the ship returned.

This place lay on a headland a half leaɡue to the west of Coral Cove.There was a larɡe rock on that headland and two1)stunted ['st?nt?d] adj.發(fā)育不足；生長不良的stuntedtrees.Behind the rock was a clear place about ten steps across, which was2)shelter ['?elt?r] v.提供庇護；避難shelteredfrom the wind, from which I could see the3)harbor ['hɑ?(r)b?(r)] n.港；海港harborand the ocean.A sprinɡ of water flowed from a4)ravine [r?'vi?n] n.峽谷；山間ravinenearby.

That niɡht I climbed onto the rock to sleep.It was flat on top and wide enouɡh for me to stretch out.Also it was so hiɡh from the ɡround that I didnot need to fear the wild doɡs while I was sleepinɡ.I had not seen them aɡain since the day they had killed Ramo, but I was sure they would soon come to my new camp.

The rock was also a safe place to store the food I had brouɡht with me and everythinɡ I should ɡather.Since it was still winter and any day the ship miɡht return, there was no use to store food I would not need.This ɡave me time to make weapons to protect myself from the doɡs, which I felt would sometime attack me, to kill them all, one by one.

除了一籃子食物以外，沒有什么東西可以帶走，因此我走得很快。夜晚來臨以前，我就到了預(yù)定的地點，我決定在那里一直住到大船回來。

我去的地方是在離珊瑚灣西部半里格的一個高地上。高地上有一塊大巖石和兩棵生長不良的樹。巖石后面是一塊約十步寬沒有雜樹亂草的空地，風(fēng)吹不著，還能從這里看到港灣和大海。有一股泉水從附近的峽谷里流出來。

那天晚上我爬到巖石上去睡覺。巖石頂上平平整整，正好夠我伸腿睡直。它離地很高，睡覺時也用不著害怕野狗。自野狗咬死拉莫那天以來，我沒再見到它們，但我肯定它們不久就會到我新的宿營地來。

我隨身帶來一些食物，以后還要陸續(xù)搜集。這塊巖石也正是我儲藏食物最保險的地方。既然現(xiàn)在還是冬天，大船隨時可能回來，沒有必要儲藏不必要的食物。這就使我有時間去制造武器防備野狗，我覺得它們總有一天會來襲擊我的。我要把它們殺個精光。