English Original
A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer's hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.
The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this is what she needed. "It's getting late," she thought, "I must go home, my parents will be wondering where I am."
She wondered how her parents would react when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself to bungalow 163, where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.
It was really getting dark now; the sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite jumper on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought dissipated when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn't understand what was going on.
She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: "Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready, I went looking." Ellen was her mother but — where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents' room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn't slept for days. She was really pale. Jenny would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired to force her. So Jenny just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up something was different... she wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas.
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice. "Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared."
中文翻译
一阵微风吹过詹妮弗的头发。金红色的太阳正在西沉。她站在海滩上，仰望着那火红的圆球。它的颜色令她惊叹：中间是深红色，柔和地渐变成黄色。她只能听到海浪声和天空中高飞的海鸥鸣叫。
这氛围让她放松下来。经历了这一切之后，这正是她所需要的。“天晚了，”她想，“我必须回家了，父母会担心我在哪里。”
她想知道，在自己失踪三天后回到家，父母会作何反应。她继续走着，径直走向163号平房，那是她每年暑假度过的地方。路上空寂无人。她缓慢而安静地走着。再有几百米，她就能安全到家了。
天色真的暗下来了；太阳几分钟前就落山了，天气也变冷了。她真希望自己穿着最喜欢的那件套头衫：它曾让她非常暖和。她想象着自己正穿着它。当她终于看到自家前门时，这个念头消散了。门看起来有些不同。外面的花园好几天没人照料了。她震惊了：父亲平时对保持一切干净整洁非常严格，而现在……一切似乎都荒芜了。她不明白发生了什么。
她进了屋。首先，她走进厨房，看到父亲留的一张字条。上面写着：“亲爱的埃伦，咖啡煮好了，我出去找找。”埃伦是她的母亲，但是——她在哪儿？走廊右边是她父母的卧室。她走了进去。然后她看到了她。她的母亲，躺在床上，睡着了。她的脸看起来非常疲惫，仿佛多日未眠。她面色苍白。詹妮本想叫醒她，但她看起来太累了，不忍心打扰。于是詹妮就在她身边睡着了。当詹妮弗醒来时，情况有些不同了……她不在母亲的房间里了，穿的也不是离家出走时的旧衣服了。她穿着睡衣躺在自己舒适的床上。
回家的感觉真好。突然，她听到一个声音。“亲爱的，你现在感觉好些了吗？你知道你让我们非常、非常害怕。”