家里的计划是,如果河水上涨到通向前廊的第七级台阶,我们就搬到楼上去。我们将在楼下系一条划艇,以便能够从一个房间划到另一个房间。我们就是不愿意离开自己的家园。我爸爸是镇上唯一的一名大夫,他得守在病人能找到他的地方。
我每天查看几次河水上涨的情况,并惊恐地预料河水会一直漫进屋里。果然不出所料,浑浊的河水竟不断地高涨,终于淹到了至关重要的第七级台阶。
连着几天,我们忙于把东西搬到楼上,有一天一直忙到下午五六点钟,河水徐徐地漫过门槛,冲进屋里。我监视着,发现河水上涨的速度快得令人惊讶。
当屋里的积水深达一英尺时,晚上就很难睡个安稳觉了。河水在楼下撞击的声音叫人惊恐万分。随水冲进来的碎石片击碎了窗户玻璃,偶尔,飘浮在水上的撞击物——一根圆木,也有可能是一张桌子----会猛烈地撞到墙上,发出的声音像是远方传来的鼓声。
[11] Every day I sat on the landing and watched the river rise. Mother cooked simple meals in a spare bedroom she had turned into a makeshift kitchen. She was worried, I could tell, about what would happen to us. Father came and went in a small fishing boat. He was concerned about his patients and possible outbreaks of dysentery, pneumonia or typhoid.
[12] Before long, the Red Cross began to pitch tents on high ground north of town. "We are staying right here," my father said.
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