I was ten years old那时我十岁riding my bicycle骑着自己的自行车at break-neck speed速度足以让我摔断脖子down a hill near my home.从家附近的山坡上向下俯冲This was long before bike helmets were used自行车头盔是很久之后才发明的Only a month before就在一个月之前I had hit a rock in the road,我撞到马路上的一块石头flown over my handlebars从车把手前面飞了出去and smashed open my skull .脑瓜开了瓢I had walked home bleeding,我浑身是血,走回了家terrified my Mom,吓坏了我的母亲and gotten a trip to the hospital去了一趟医院to have my skull stitched shut again.才把我的脑壳缝合好了The memory of a boy is brief, however,可是,小男孩都是好了伤疤忘了疼so here I was back on my bike,所以此刻我又在自己的自行车上了flying fearlessly down a hill again.义无反顾
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