Hazel is on a school ski trip, her first time attempting a run longer than the beginner slopes. She and her friend Orla start down together, laughing about how blue the sky looks above the mountain.
黑泽尔正在参加学校组织的滑雪旅行，这是她第一次尝试比初学者雪道更长的滑道。她和朋友奥拉一起往下滑，两人笑着说山上的天空多么蓝。
Halfway down, thick cloud rolls in suddenly, swallowing the trail markers ahead of them. Orla, always the faster skier, disappears into the white ahead before Hazel can call out to her. Within seconds, Hazel can barely see more than a few meters in any direction.
滑到一半，浓厚的云雾突然涌过来，吞没了前方的路标。总是滑得更快的奥拉，在黑泽尔来得及喊她之前，就消失在前面的一片白茫茫里。转眼之间，黑泽尔向任何方向都只能看到几米远。
She stops completely, breathing hard. She remembers what the trip leader said during yesterday's safety talk. If visibility drops suddenly, he said, stay where you are. Look for the orange trail poles instead of guessing at the slope's edge.
她完全停了下来，大口喘着气。她想起了昨天安全讲解时领队说过的话。他说，如果能见度突然下降，就待在原地。要去找橙色的雪道标杆，而不是凭猜测去摸雪道的边缘。
Hazel spots a pole a short distance to her left, half-hidden in the mist. She skis carefully toward it. From there, she can just make out another pole further down, and then another. She moves slowly from marker to marker, checking each one before continuing. Every part of her wants to hurry.
黑泽尔看到左边不远处有一根标杆，半隐在雾气里。她小心地朝它滑过去。从那里，她刚好能看见更远处的另一根标杆，然后又是一根。她一根接一根地慢慢移动，每到一根都先确认一下再继续。她浑身上下都想快点滑下去。
After what feels like a very long ten minutes, a figure appears through the fog. He wears a red jacket. He is a ski patroller named Anton, sweeping the run during the sudden weather change. "You're doing exactly the right thing," he tells her, clearly relieved to find her calm.
在感觉像十分钟那么漫长的时间之后，一个身影从雾中出现。他穿着一件红色的夹克。他是一位名叫安东的滑雪巡逻员，正趁着天气突变，沿雪道巡查。“你做得完全正确。”他对她说，看到她这么镇定，明显松了一口气。
He skis alongside her the rest of the way down, chatting easily to keep her calm. They reach the lodge at the bottom, where the fog is thinner. The world reappears in full color again.
他陪着她一路滑到山下，轻松地聊着天，让她保持镇定。他们到达了山脚的滑雪小屋，那里的雾已经淡了一些。世界又重新恢复了全部的色彩。
Orla is waiting anxiously by the entrance. She had reached the bottom minutes earlier and realized only then that Hazel wasn't behind her. The two friends hug, both talking at once, before Hazel finally gets a full sentence out. "I followed the poles," she says. "Just like they told us to."
奥拉正焦急地等在门口。她几分钟前就到了山下，直到那时才发现黑泽尔没有跟在后面。两个朋友拥抱在一起，同时说着话，过了好一会儿黑泽尔才完整地说出一句话。“我跟着标杆走了，”她说，“就像他们告诉我们的那样。”
