Thus you can imagine my amazement(惊讶), at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd(奇怪的) little voice.

It said: “If you please—draw me a sheep!”

“What!”

“Draw me a sheep!”

I jumped to my feet, completely thunderstruck(大吃一惊的).

I blinked(眨眼) my eyes hard. I looked carefully all around me.

And I saw a most extraordinary(特别的) small person, who stood there examining（检查）me with great seriousness.

Here you may see the best portrait(肖像画) that, later, I was able to make of him.

But my drawing is certainly very much less charming(迷人的) than its model.

That, however, is not my fault.

The grown-ups discouraged me in my painter’s career  when I was six years old,and I never learned to draw anything, except boas from the outside and boas from the inside.

Now I stared at this sudden apparition(幽灵) with my eyes fairly starting out of my head in astonishment(惊讶).

Remember, I had crashed in the desert a thousand miles from any inhabited region（地区）.

And yet my little man seemed neither to be straying(走散) uncertainly among the sands, nor to be fainting(晕倒) from fatigue(疲劳), or hunger, or thirst, or fear.

Nothing about him gave any suggestion of a child lost in the middle of the desert, a thousand miles from any human habitation.

【amazement】əˈmeɪzmənt

Amazement is the feeling you have when something surprises you very much. 吃惊

【odd】ɔd

If you describe someone or something as odd, you think that they are strange or unusual. 古怪的; 不寻常的

【thunderstruck】ˈθʌndəˌstrʌk

If you say that someone is thunderstruck, you mean that they are extremely surprised or shocked. 极其惊讶的; 震惊的

【blink】blɪŋk

When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again. 眨 (眼睛)

【extraordinary】ɪkˈstrɔːdənrɪ

If you describe something or someone as extraordinary, you mean that they have some extremely good or special quality. 非凡的表赞许

【examine】ɪɡˈzæmɪn

If you examine something, you look at it carefully. 仔细检查

【portrait】ˈpɔːtrɪt

A portrait is a painting, drawing, or photograph of a particular person. 画像; 像片

【charm】tʃɑːm

Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive. 魅力

【apparition】ˌæpəˈrɪʃən

An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. 幽灵; 幻影

【astonishment】əˈstɒnɪʃmənt

Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise. 惊讶

【region】ˈriːdʒən

A region is a large area of land that is different from other areas of land, for example because it is one of the different parts of a country with its own customs and characteristics, or because it has a particular geographical feature. 地区

【stray】streɪ

If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. 走失

【faint】

昏过去，昏倒，晕厥(常与away连用)：

She fainted away with the shock of the news.

她听到这个消息后震惊得晕过去了。

He fainted from hunger.

他饿晕了过去。

A faint sound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity. 微弱的

【fatigue】fəˈtiːɡ

Fatigue is a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness. 疲惫