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Whoosh! 呼！ A snowball zoomed past my head. 一只雪球从我的脑袋旁边飞过 I bent over a snowdrift 我弯腰探身向一个雪堆 and packed one myself 自己也用最快的速度攒了一个雪球 to throw back as quickly as I could. 准备扔出去 I stood up and took aim. 我站起身，选定了目标 Wham! 呼！ Another snowball crashed into my skull 另一个雪球砸到我的脑壳上 sending me stumbling into the snowdrift. 我脚下踉跄，一下子跌进了雪堆里 I could feel my feet slipping on the ice beneath them 我感觉自己的双脚踩在积雪下面的冰层上，脚底一滑 and suddenly found myself buried face first in the wet, heavy snow. 接着，我就脸朝下跌入了又湿又冷的厚厚积雪中 It was a mid-winter's day. 那天正好是仲冬节 My Mom had ordered me and my two brothers outside 母亲把我和两个哥哥赶到屋外 so she could get a little housework done. 这样她才能好好做点家务活儿 My brothers were seven and five years older than me 我的哥哥们，一个比我大七岁，一个比我大五岁 and much bigger as well. | 
