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A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery（炽烈的） ball.

一阵微风抚过詹妮弗的头发。橙红色的太阳马上就要下山了。她站在海滩上看着那火红的太阳，觉得美极了。

She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.

太阳的中心是深红色的，而边缘慢慢地变成了黄色。她的耳边只有海浪拍打沙滩和海鸥在空中飞翔的声音。

The atmosphere（气氛）relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought. “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”

宁静的氛围使她放松下来。经历了这么多事情之后，她需要好好放松一下。“时间不早了，”她想，“我得回家了。爸爸妈妈会担心我去了哪里。

She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself to bungalow 163, where she spent every summer holiday.

她想知道当她失踪三天回到家后，她的父母会有何反应。她继续往前走，一直走到163号平房。她每年暑假都在那里度过。

The road was deserted（无人居住的）. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.

这条路上空无一人。她慢慢地、静静地走着。只要再走几百米，她就可以安全到家了。

It was really getting dark now, the sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite jumper（外衣） on：it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought dissipated when she finally saw her front door.

太阳几分钟前就下山了，现在又黑又冷。她真希望自己穿着最喜欢的那件外衣，穿着它真暖和呀！现在，她只好想象自己穿着那件暖和的毛衣了。当她终于看到家门时，这个念头就消失了。

It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked：her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now ... It all seemed deserted. She couldn’t understand what was going on.

这里似乎和以前不太一样。房外的花园看样子有几天没打理了。她感到很奇怪，因为她的爸爸总是严格要求每样东西都保持干净整洁，可是现在……这花园像是被废弃了一样。她不知道在她不在的这几天里，家里出了什么事。

She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said, “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but—where was she?

进了家门后，她先去了厨房，看到了爸爸留给妈妈的一张纸条，上面写着：“亲爱的艾伦，咖啡已经煮好了，我去找詹妮弗。”艾伦是她妈妈的名字，可是——她在哪儿呢？

On the right side of the hallway was her parents’room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale.

走廊的右边是她父母的房间。她走了进去，看到妈妈躺在床上睡着了。她脸色苍白，看上去非常劳累，好像几天没睡觉了。

Jenny would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired to force her. So Jenny just fell asleep beside her.

詹妮弗本想叫醒她的，但看着妈妈这么疲倦的样子，就没忍心叫她，只是躺在妈妈身边睡下了。

When Jennifer woke up something was different ... she wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas.”

当詹妮弗醒来时，一切都不一样了……她不在妈妈的房间里，也没有穿着她原先离家出走时穿的衣服。她穿着睡衣舒舒服服地躺在了自己的床上。

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.”

回家的感觉真好。这时，她听到一个声音说：“亲爱的，你现在感觉好点了吗？你知道吗，我们真的很害怕失去你。”

家永远都是温暖的港湾。父母永远都是对我们最宽容的人。

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