老外在中国：我的蝎子叫哈罗德_其他

老外在中国：我的蝎子叫哈罗德

And so one night I began my normal ritual, wrapping my hands around my son's little body to carry him to his own bed, when suddenly … Wham!! Wham!! … a scorpion lurking beneath him struck my finger twice.

所以，当一天晚上我开始例行公事用手抱住儿子幼小的身体，将他带到他自己的床上时，突然，砰！砰！……一只潜伏在他身下的蝎子对着我的手指咬了两下。

There's no word to express the exquisite pain — the worst I've ever experienced. It spread up my arm, causing swelling and numbness that would last for years. I yelled at my wife to take me to the hospital. She replied calmly: "What for? They can't do anything; stop being a baby." But I insisted. When I saw the doctor, he told me: "Sorry, there's nothing I can do."

这种剧烈的疼痛无法用语言来形容，对我来说是前所未有的。疼痛顺着我的手臂蔓延，造成的肿胀和麻木会持续多年。我对妻子大喊，让她带我去医院。她平静地回答：“为什么？他们什么也做不了；别跟个婴儿一样。”但是我坚持要去医院。当我见到医生时，他对我说：“对不起，我无能为力。”

Anyway, before leaving the house, I had heroically retrieved a glass jar and searched the bedding for the sneaky villain. Obviously, it couldn't be left to sting someone else. I saw him skittering toward a pillow and slammed the jar down. Gotcha!