三十九级台阶 05

5 The adventure of the roadman

I sat down at the top of a hill and rested.

Behind me was a road climbing out of a river valley.

In front were two kilometres of flat open country.

To the left and the right were green hills.

A kilometre down the road behind me I could see the smoke from a small house, but otherwise there was no sign of human life.

There were only the sounds of birds singing and water flowing.

It was now about seven o'clock in the morning, and as I waited, I heard the sound of an engine in the air.

I realized that I was in a bad position, because I had nowhere to hide.

I sat, hopelessly, as the aeroplane came nearer.