土匪窩

“橫渡日月潭” 對於我，終跨越不了心中的那份恐懼，無法將橫渡的感覺好好的紀錄下來。因此文章延宕了許久。

但對於大衛先生，已經是輕而易舉就可以完成的事情了。

過去，他連續三年獨自完成了這項挑戰，“3300公尺”對他而言,只不過是個數字。

今年，建國百年，他除了繼續參加挑戰外，還號召了四位游泳好手一同體驗，兩位是郭小駿的體能老師，另外兩位是郭小駿的表哥們，這項挑戰真太震撼了!!

這次的挑戰，對兩個孩子來說，真的是很令他們難忘的回憶。今天看到了國二的姪子寫的這篇文章，真是太讓我佩服了。決定將這篇文章紀錄下來。

 大衛先生下一項挑戰---讓郭小駿在明年上小學前，完成這項挑戰! 敬請期待。

Crossing Sun Moon Lake  (by Ian Chen)

    Now I still can’t believe that I swam across Sun Moon Lake. This plan began three months ago. One day, my uncle made a phone call to my mom. He invited my younger brother and me to the International Massive Swimming across Sun Moon Lake activity. My brother and I like swimming so we were very glad to face the challenge. But Mom said it was too dangerous. She disagreed. At hearing this, how disappointed we were! But we really didn’t want to give up. We kept training ourselves to be better at swimming. Finally we have convinced Mom to say yes.

    After practicing for two months, I was able to swim two thousand meters a day. So tiring! During the process, I threw up many times. It was so excruciating and made me feel like giving up the training. I even didn’t want to swim across the Sun Moon Lake. I don’t know how to explain it. But at the same time, a strange force inside urged me to keep swimming. Gradually, I could swim three thousand meters without resting. I was ready for the challenge.

    The day finally came. I was too nervous to sleep the night before. Early in the morning, there were already a lot of people waiting by the lake when we arrived there.  Waiting under the strong summer sunshine for such a long time, we felt terrible. At the moment when they announced it was time to swim, my uncle, my brother and I jumped into the water immediately and then started swimming.

    After an hour, we already swam for one thousand two hundred meters. I felt a little bit tired. So I laid on my board and floated on the lake. While resting, I looked around in the middle of the lake and it was a new special experience for me. The surrounding mountains were green and beautiful. The water was blue and clear. I enjoyed the scenery a lot. But…suddenly I realized there was still a long way for me to swim across. I started to swim again.

    I finally swam three thousand meters. There were only three hundred meters left. I swam more quickly to beat my brother and to be the first. Suddenly I sucked some water and sank down into the lake. I opened my eyes and what I saw was darkness. “I can’t breathe” I thought. Even though there were only two hundred meters away from the lakeshore, the water was very deep. I was very very afraid that I’d die. I struggled and crazily grabbed anything I touched. Thank God. I grabbed hold of my board and floated up. I survived!!! After breathing a sigh of relief, I kept swimming. Finally I reached the destination. I did it! I couldn’t believe it. I did it! A sense of achievement rose up from my heart. I broke through my limitation! I am so glad and so proud of myself! I will be back next year, to surmount my record !