房顶工人 Roofer 02

A few employees were huddled right outside of the building afraid to enter. When they saw me emerge from the building they called security and soon I was taken to the campus clinic. By the time I arrived I my left ankle was swollen and discolored and I could not put any weight on it. As I described the accident to the attending physician I could not account for the way I was injured since I was out in the open and completely removed from any objects.

Later as I drove myself home to Whittier I began to see more damage along the streets. It turned out that the epicenter of the earthquake had been in Whittier and my neighborhood looked like a war zone. Since aftershocks follow the larger earthquakes I decided to drive to Las Vegas, Nevada to visit a friend for a few days.

In the early morning darkness of my first night the doorbell rang, waking my hostess and me. As she turned on the porch light neither she nor I could see anyone from the front window. We then shrugged and went off to bed. A couple of minutes later the doorbell rang again. This time we repeated our steps much more quickly in order to see if a prankster might be lurking about. Again we returned to our rooms only to hear the ringing repeated.

　　一些员工聚在楼外不敢进去。看到我出来，他们叫了保安，接着我便被送到了学校诊所。到诊所的时候，我的左脚踝已经水肿，都变色了，完全不能支撑身体重量。我向主治医师描述事故经过的时候，没办法说清我受伤的原因，因为我是站在开阔的空地的，周围没有任何东西。

　　晚些时候，我开车回惠蒂尔，沿途看到了更多的地震造成的破坏。原来地震的震中就在惠蒂尔，我家附近看起来简直就像个战场。因为地震之后会有余震，所以我决定开车到内华达州的拉斯韦加斯，到我朋友那住几天。

　　我在朋友家住的第一晚，天还没亮的时候门铃就响了，把我和女主人都吵醒了。她把手电打开，我俩从前边窗口望出去，没看见外边有人。我们觉得莫名其妙，便耸耸肩膀又上床睡觉了。几分钟之后，门铃又响了。这次，我和朋友迅速走到窗边想看看是不是有人在恶作剧，仍旧一无所获。但当我们回到卧室后，门铃再次响起。