Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia. I saw a water puddle ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water and mud. As I reached the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack was so unpredictable and from a source so totally unexpected. I was startled as well as unhurt, despite having been stmck tour or five times already.I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Instead of attacking more, he hovered in the air on graceful butterfly wings in front of me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing but I was unhurt, it was funny and I was laughing. After all, I wras being attacked by a butterfly!

　　沿着乔治亚州一处树林内的小路走着，看到前面有一水坑。我决定绕过水坑，走没有水和泥浆的那一边。当我走近水坑时，突然被什么东西攻击了!但攻击来得太突然，也不知道从何而来，我并没有作任何回击。可随后我又被攻击了大概四五次，我很震惊，但并没有受伤。我后退几步后，对我的攻击也随之停止。那是一只长着漂亮的翅膀的蝴蝶，停止对我的攻击后，它就在我前方的空中盘旋舞动着如果我受伤了，就不会觉得其中的可笑之处，可我没有受伤，想到这有趣的经历，我忍不住笑了我居然被一只蝴蝶攻击!

　　Having stopped laughing. I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again.He rammed me in the chest with his head and body, striking me over and over again with all his might,still to no avail .For a second time. I retreated a step while my attacker relented in his attack. Yet again, 1 tried moving forward. My attacker charged me again. I was rammed in the chest over and over again I wasn't sure what to do, other than ' to retreat a third tune. Atter all. it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. This time, though.I stepped back several paces look the situation over. My attacker moved back as well to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying. She was beside the puddle where he landed.

　　随后，当我往前迈了一步，蝴蝶再次向我冲来，他用头部和身体冲撞着我的胸脯，用尽全身力气发起一次又一次的冲击，只是自费力气我再次往后退步，他随之也减缓了对我的攻击我再进步，他的攻击又重新开始，次又一次地冲撞着我的胸脯)除了第二次往后退，我实在想不出其他的办法毕竞，被蝴蝶攻击可不是一件常发生的事情不过这次我后退了好几步，决定要弄清楚具体情况攻击我的蝴蝶也后退厂，并停在了地面上，那时我才发现他之所以攻击我的原因:他的同伴躺在水坑旁边，已经奄奄一息了.

　　Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to tan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly，in his concern for his mate. He had taken it upon himself to attack me for his mate's sake,eventhough she wasclearly dying and I was so large.He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life,should I have b; en careless enough to step on her. Now I knew why and what he was fighting for.There was really only one option left ibr me. I carefully trade my way around the puddle to the other side of the path, though it was only inches.wide and extrerncly muddy. His courage in attacking something thousands of tin yes larger and heavier than himself just fbr his mate's safety justified it.I couldn't do anything other than reward him by evalking un the more difficult side of the puddle. He had truly earned those moments to be with her. undisturbed.

　　他紧挨在她的旁边，拍打着翅膀，就像是在为她扇风。他担心他的同伴，并表现出令我十分钦佩的爱和勇气。为了她，他竭尽全力地攻击我，而顾不上她肯定会死去，而我又是那么庞大的事实!他这么做，全是为了阻止我可能会因不小心踩到她身上，全是为了让她在这个世界上多活一会儿一现在我明自了他所努力的目标和原因。而我也只有一个选择，那就是走那虽然只有几英寸宽却很泥泞的水坑，我这么做，只是因为他为了同伴的安全能够鼓起勇气向我这个比他庞大很多的人类发起攻击而我也只能选择从水坑更难走的那边走过去.他用他的勇气赢得了与她在没有任何干扰的情况下，一起度过她生命的最后一刻.

　　I left them in peace for those last few moments, cleaning the mud from my boots when I later reached my car.

　　我让它们在平静中度过了生命的最后一刻清理掉靴子上的泥土后，我上了车.

　　Since then, I've always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge obstacles facing me. I use that butterfly's courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.

　　从那以后，每当我遭遇巨大的障碍时，我就会想起那只蝴蝶的勇气它的勇气激励着我，提醒着我:美好的东西值得我们为之奋斗!

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（实习编辑：高奕飞）