A Visit to the Haunted House 參觀鬼屋的奇妙經歷
Something strange and unbelievable happened to me last weekend. It was a bright, sunny day, but suddenly it started pouring. We ran across the fields, looking for a place to take shelter from the rain. I’m Jack the Thin, and my friend is Jeff the Chubby. We came across a house. It was a fancy, ancient, and remote place. We thought it might be haunted. As two brave young men, of course, we decided to visit the haunted house.
When we entered, Dennis the Old welcomed us into the living room. A big chandelier hung from the ceiling, giving the room a fancy atmosphere. There was a picture of a brave, handsome soldier on the wall. Was it Dennis the Old when he was young? Who knows? The old man was very quiet. He looked lazy and sleepy. “I’m going to sleep on the sofa. Make yourselves at home,” he said.
Jeff and I were puzzled. We had no pillows to lean on and no blankets to cover ourselves. Reluctantly, we had to sleep in the corner of an empty room. To be honest, the floor was not a comfortable bed. However, we were so tired that we fell sound asleep.
Rise and shine! The warm sunshine woke us up early. When we got up and looked for Dennis the Old, we found nothing but a skeleton. At that moment, we could no longer call ourselves brave young men. We were scared to death and ran out of the house and back into the fields. Suddenly, we turned around and saw that the fancy, ancient, and remote house had disappeared. The wind blew an old photo into our hands — it was a picture of Dennis the Old, and it said he had died in the war twenty years ago.
上週末我遇到了一件又奇怪又難以置信的事。那天原本陽光明媚,但突然間下起大雨。我和朋友 Jeff(胖胖的傑夫)在田野中奔跑,想找個地方躲雨。我叫 Jack(瘦瘦的傑克)。我們發現一間房子,它看起來華麗、古老,而且非常偏僻。我們覺得那可能是間鬼屋。身為兩位勇敢的少年,當然決定進去探險看看。
一走進去,一位老爺爺接待我們,他叫 Dennis(老丹尼斯)。他帶我們到客廳,天花板上有一盞大吊燈,讓整個房間看起來很高級。牆上掛著一位英俊勇敢士兵的照片--會不會是年輕時的丹尼斯呢?誰知道呢?這位老先生一路上都很安靜,看起來懶洋洋又想睡。
他說:「我要在沙發上睡一下,你們自己當自己家吧。」
我和 Jeff 一頭霧水,因為沒有枕頭可以靠,也沒有被子可以蓋。我們只好勉強躺在一間空房間的角落。說實話,地板一點也不舒服,但我們實在太累,很快就睡著了。
隔天一早,溫暖的陽光把我們叫醒。我們起床後去找丹尼斯,卻只看到一副骷髏。這時我們早就不是什麼勇敢少年了,嚇得拔腿就跑,回到田野裡。就在這時,我們回頭一看,那間華麗又古老的房子竟然消失了。風把一張舊照片吹到我們手中,那是丹尼斯的照片,上面寫著:他在二十年前的戰爭中就已經過世了……。