小島短行

魏惠

今年夏天，我和朋友到一小島作了幾天暫短的旅行。這小島在英國南邊海岸對開不遠處，雖說名氣不大，但其峰光之奇特，實在令人難忘。

正如不列巔群島的其他島嶼一樣，該小島在我的心目中占有一個相當特別的地位。為什麽？因為我一向熱愛大自然，喜歡風光美麗而神秘的地方。我總覺得群山或島嶼有能激發人豐富想象力的魅力。雄偉的高山，清澈的溪流和潺潺而過的小溪融為一幅綺麗的山水畫，是何等的迷人。還有，我還聽過有關該島的一些曆史，所以當朋友建議到小島去旅行時，就不加思索地答應下來。

大凡每個地方都有其迷人之處。就拿倫敦來說吧，在人們眼中它是一座文化名城。而作為一個國家，瑞士以其湖光雪景聞名於世；地中海沿岸諸國，則以它們的明媚陽光、碧水綠洲等奇觀而吸引無數遠方遊客。而我，則在尚未抵達小島前已為它那小家碧玉的氣息而著迷。所以一踏上小島，我馬上就被眼前所看見的一切迷住：四處一片青綠，一條小路崎嶇而行，間或兩、三輛小汽車不匆不忙而駛過，多麽安閑自如，跟大都市裏的景象完全不一樣。

我們住進了靠海的一間家辦小旅館，旅館外邊微浪拍岸的聲音清晰入耳。後邊，是翠綠的山巒，各種各樣美麗的山花開遍山崗。那天我剛好穿了一件色彩較為鮮豔的裙子，裙子在綠色山景的忖托下，顯得更加豔麗奪目，使我好像踏進一幅國畫之中。在伸延幾乎看不見盡頭的沙灘旁，一個野營場地停了不少旅遊住宿車。距那兒不遠有幾間小商店，顯然是為旅客而開設的。

小島除了旅遊者外，長年居民並不太多，而看來旅遊的人群大多是夏季才出現。盡管如此，我們所碰到的每個人都十分友善，臉上總是掛著微笑或隨時給你來個笑臉，給人一種曾似相識的感覺。我想，正如大自然一樣，這裏的人際關係顯露當今大都市所缺乏的東西：真誠，友善和可信。而整個小島也很寧靜，安閑；空氣清新，感覺不到環境汙染的痕跡。我想，小島距大陸隻有一水之隔，然而卻保持了很多特有的自然色彩和魅力，實在不簡單。

我們租了一部小汽車環島走了一圈，間或停下來觀賞海浪拍打岸邊的雄壯景象。浪濤擊打岩壁時所發出的聲音有著一種激勵人心的磅礴氣勢，這是我以前不常領會到的情景。隨後我們在一高處坐下休息，放眼浩瀚大海盡頭處那遙遠的海平線。在這神奇的景象前，大夥兒都不願多說話，各自陷入了沈思。大海深處到底是什麽樣的世界？古代島上的人是怎麽樣生活的？大洋的對麵是什麽樣的國度？

àà 我的腦海頓時好像回到那遠古的年代，那遠洋探險的年代，那茶葉西送、鍾表東輸的時代。 我仿佛看見一艘艘滿載貨物的木帆，在風浪中顛簸地前進，看見站在港口碼頭上等候商船歸來的茶商們臉上的喜悅，看見擺滿東方絲綢商品的大小店鋪，看見一部動人的史書à à 太奇妙、迷人了。

我們在小島上呆了好幾天，盡情享受大自然給我們留下的一切。那段日子是我一生中最難忘的時光。我好象鳥兒一樣自由自在，像小孩子那樣充滿朝氣。我好像回到了大自然，成為大自然中的一部分。我甚至迷戀得不願離開。這小小的海島，及這個夏天，實在令我難忘。

 

A Brief Trip to A Small Island

(Wei Wei)

I holidayed on a small island last summer. This is a small and little known island, off the south coast of England. It is truly a beautiful and magical place.

I like outings to islands, forests and places of interest. This small island has a special place in my heart. Why is it so special? Well. I always like nature, like beautiful and romantic places. Islands, I believe, hold the appealing and magical power for the imagination. The lofty mountains, small streams with clear water, and fast running rivers, are the real home of mankind. In the case of this small Island, it is blessed with wonders of nature. So when my friends suggested the idea of making a trip to there, I needn

Every place has something special to offer the tourist. London for example, is often said to be a city with a wealth of cultural assets. Switzerland, as a country, on the other hand, prides itself for the beautiful scenery for which it is famous. And the countries on the rims of the Mediterranean, it is the sun and the greenery sceneries that attract the visitor. This small island had attracted me long before we began the journey. I had longed to see the spectacular views that I had not seen before. And I was truly amused as soon as we landed there: Green plants everywhere; a small road winding seemingly endlessly towards the foot of the hills; every now and then a car would come into view, quietly, in no hurry at all. What a peaceful place this was!

We booked in a small family-run guest house by the sea, where every now and then the sound of gentle waves was heard outside. Behind the guest-house stood the hills, whose plants were dotted with beautiful flowers. As I was wearing a bright dress that morning, it looked as if I had arrived in a flowery world, or that I had stepped into an old Chinese landscape painting. Beside the road leading to the beach, there was a campsite with a few parked caravans. Not far from there stood some small shops, apparently catering for the holiday-makers.

The whole place seemed to be thinly populated, except for the holiday-makers, whom I guess would come mostly in the summer reason. However, everyone I met appeared to be very friendly and even helpful. Like nature itself, I thought, these folks showed what big cities lack these days: sincerity, kindness and trust. Everyone seemed to wear a smile or ready to give you a smile. And the island itself is so quiet, peaceful. The air was so fresh, with hardly any trace of environmental pollution. This is really fascinating, given the fact that it is just a short distance from the mainland.

We hired a car and drove round the island. Here and there we stopped to watch the sea waves off shore. The impacts between the waves and the cliffs produced the most spectacular sound that I had hardly heard before. I kept wondering what a world it might be under the deep, as I eyed in stillness the horizon beyond the blue sea, which itself was fascinating and expansive. The island

We stayed on the island for several days, enjoying everything the place had to offer. These were some of the most unforgettable days of my life. I felt free as a bird, energetic as a young child. I felt as if I had returned to nature, and be part of it. I liked it there so much that I did not even want to leave. This wonderful summer, this small yet beautiful place, will forever stay in my mind.

’t a second thought to make a decision. ’s association with the past event was truly magical to me. We sat and rested on top of a hill, hardly spoke and lost in thought, wondering what this place might have been like centuries ago, and what life was like for the locals and what would be like on the other side of the vast ocean. Suddenly I felt as if I had gone back to the past, to the years when the world’s greatest maritime explorers were trying to map out our planet, to the years when tea traders and clock makers were busy with their businesses. I felt as if I was witnessing all these: tea traders anxiously waiting at the port for the arrival of the loads; shop windows full of silk products imported from the Fareast... I felt as if I reading a history book, so exciting and fascinating.