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Ryan picked up a snowball and began to polish it so that soon it was hard as a cricket ball. He smiled to himself. Now, all that he needed was a target. He walked down the High Street.
Paul was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was a skinny boy whose legs were so thin that they looked as if you could break them. He was so skinny that the other kids used to joke about him getting blown away when it was windy. He was helping old Mrs McTell by sweeping the snow off the path and putting salt down to melt the ice. He liked Mrs McTell.
Paul had his head down and was sweeping a piece of ice when the snowball struck him full in the face. He staggered(踉跄) back, put his hand to his lip and wiped off the dirt. He heard Ryan laughing and shouting names. But Paul ignored it. He had had problems with Ryan at school and did not want to stir up more trouble. He ducked down and made his way round to the back of Mrs McTell’s to see if she wanted any shopping.
Bored by the silence, Ryan soon gave up and walked down to the park. It was a short-cut to home and by now his fingers were aching with the cold. The park pond was frozen over and Ryan laughed at a couple of ducks, waddling(摇摆着走) on the ice. They were finding it hard to keep balance. Quickly, Ryan picked up a stick and without thinking made his way onto the ice. In his mind’s eye, he could see the feathers flying as he hit one of the ducks.
Ryan was a few yards out when the ice cracked. It sounded like gun shot across the frozen park. The ice broke into pieces before his eyes. Screaming, he fell straight down into the icy water. The ducks flew off.
瑞安捡起一个雪球,开始把它磨得像板球一样硬。他对自己微笑。现在,他所需要的只是一个目标。他沿着大街走去。
保罗在错误的时间出现在错误的地点。他是一个瘦骨嶙峋的男孩,腿很细,看起来好像你能把它们弄断。他瘦得皮包骨头,以至于其他孩子都开玩笑说他在刮风的时候被风吹走了。他正在帮助老麦克泰尔夫人,把路上的雪扫掉,放盐融化冰。他喜欢麦克泰尔夫人。
保罗低着头正在扫一块冰,这时雪球打在了他的脸上。他踉踉跄跄地走着(踉跄) 回来,把手放在嘴唇上,擦去污垢。他听到瑞恩大笑,大声喊着名字。但保罗没有理会。他在学校里和瑞恩有过问题,不想挑起更多的麻烦。他蹲下来,绕过麦克泰尔夫人的后面,看看她是否想买点东西。
Ryan对这种沉默感到厌烦,很快就放弃了,走到公园去了。这是回家的捷径,现在他的手指冻得很疼。公园