Thursday came : all work had been completed the previous evening ; carpets were laid down , bed - hangings festooned , radiant white counterpanes spread , toilet tables arranged , furniture rubbed , flowers piled in vases : both chambers and saloons looked as fresh and bright as hands could make them 星期四到了，一切准备工作都已在前一个晚上完成。地毯铺开了，床幅挂上了彩条，白得眩目的床罩铺好了，梳妆台已经安排停当，家具都擦拭得干干净净，花瓶里插满了鲜花。
While the villagers were repairing the damage , a python entered the village and ate their livestock . according to some villagers , the python was the son of the dragon king . the only way to stop the havoc which had beset their village was to dance a fire dance for three days and nights during the upcoming mid - autumn festival 当时居民饱受疫症台风及其他灾祸之苦，为了驱赶这些灾害，中秋节期间，村民以珍珠草织成长，在身插满线香，一边烧鞭炮，一边舞动火，三天三夜后，灾祸真的绝迹从此以后，这项一年一度的活动奉行至今，成为了本地的一项风俗，名声更流传海外。
Adjoyning to this i had my enclosures for my cattle , that is to say , my goats : and as i had taken an inconceivable deal of pains to fence and enclose this ground , so i was so uneasy to see it kept entire , lest the goats should break thro , that i never left off till with infinite labour i had stuck the out - side of the hedge so full of small stakes , and so near to one another , that it was rather a pale than a hedge , and there was scarce room to put a hand thro between them , which afterwards when those stakes grew , as they all did in the next rainy season , made the enclosure strong like a wall , indeed stronger than any wall 我竭尽全力，把篱笆做得十分严密，免得圈在里面的山羊逃出去。我不遗余力，辛勤劳作，在篱笆外插满了小木桩，而且插得又密又多，样子不像篱墙，倒像是一个栅栏在木桩与木桩之间，连手都插不进去。后来，在第三个雨季中，这些小木桩都长大了，成了一堵坚固的围墙，甚至比围墙还坚固。
