雪橇坡

类别：成长

父亲本打算在坡下静静看儿子滑雪，却意外重温了久违的童真与纯粹快乐。

时长 56 秒 · 语速 145 wpm

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I took my son sledding on Sunday. 周日我带儿子去滑雪橇了。

My plan was simple. 我的计划很简单。

He would sled. 他负责滑。

I would stand at the bottom with a coffee, 我端着咖啡站在山下，

being a responsible adult. 当个靠谱的家长。

He went down twice, screaming with joy. 他滑了两趟，兴奋得哇哇大叫。

Then he looked at me. 然后他看着我。

"Daddy, your turn." “爸爸，该你了。”

"No, no. “不不不。

Daddy's fine here." 爸爸在这儿待着挺好的。”

"Pleeease." “求求你啦——”

So I sat on the little plastic sled. 于是我坐上了那个小小的塑料雪橇。

I felt ridiculous. 我觉得自己滑稽透了。

I pushed off. 我往前一蹬，出发了。

I had forgotten. 我都快忘了这种感觉了。

The speed, right away. 速度一下子就上来了。

The cold air in my teeth. 冷风直往牙缝里钻。

I heard someone yelling, and it was me. 我听到有人在尖叫，竟然是我自己。

At the bottom, I fell off sideways 到了坡底，我连人带车侧翻了出去，

and lay in the snow, laughing. 躺在雪地里傻笑。

Then I stood up, grabbed the sled, 然后我爬起来，抓起雪橇，

and ran back up the hill. 一路小跑冲回了山顶。

I went down fourteen times. 我滑了十四趟。

He went down nine. 他才滑了九趟。

He got tired first. 他先滑累了。

My coffee went cold at the bottom of the hill. 山脚下的咖啡早就凉透了。

I never missed it. 但我一点都没惦记它。