Mark sees a fortuneteller 馬克算命記
Mark was walking through a night market one day when he passed by a fortuneteller . Before Mark realized what was happening, the fortuneteller began looking closely at his trunk.
"What do you see?" Mark asked.
"Shhh!" the fortuneteller replied. She asked to see Mark's hoof.
"First fire will fall from the sky," the fortuneteller said. "Then a plague will enter your home. If you survive these calamities , you are no match for the third, which will involve a darkness like no other."
Mark was terrified and ran toward his house.
On his way, Mark noticed that his shoe was untied. As he bent over to tie it, a bus rolled by and one of the passengers tossed a cigarette out the window. It hit Mark, burning his left ear.
"Oh no, the fortuneteller was right!" Mark cried.
He rushed home and opened his door. Mark sat in the living room, anxiously waiting for Kathleen.
She came home about twenty minutes later. Before she even had a chance to say hi, she sneezed.
"I went to see the doctor. He said I have a terrible case of the flu."
Mark turned very pale .
"What's wrong, Mark?" Kathleen said.
Mark was too scared to speak ... (Michael Kearney, staff writer)
「某天馬克經過一個夜市時，走過一個算命師前，在馬克搞清楚狀況前，算命師已經開始仔細端倪他的鼻子了。
「你看到什麼？」馬克問。
「噓！」算命師回應，接著她要求要看馬克的腳。
「首先會天降怪火，」算命師說：「接著瘟疫會降臨你家，如果你躲過這些大災難，你也避不開第三件事，那將會是一片前所未見的黑暗。」
馬克嚇壞了，一路狂奔回家。
在回家途中，馬克發現他的鞋帶沒有繫好，他彎腰要繫鞋帶時，剛好一輛巴士經過，其中一名乘客把香煙丟出車窗外，香煙擊中馬克，燙傷了他的左耳。
「天哪，那個算命師說對了！」馬克叫喊。
他趕回家，打開家門，心急如焚地坐在客廳等著凱薩琳。
約二十分鐘後，她回到家，但在她開口打招呼前，她打了個噴嚏。
「我去看了醫生，他說我得了嚴重的流行性感冒。」
馬克的臉色變得非常蒼白。
「馬克，怎麼啦？」凱薩琳問。
馬克害怕到說不出話來… （翻譯：袁星塵）
Write your own ending to the story! 寫下你的故事結局:
Idea 1: It begins raining outside. Lightning strikes and then the power goes out! What does Mark do? Is Kathleen able to make him feel better? How long are the lights out for? What else happens?
想法一: 外頭開始下雨，雷擊後就停電了！馬克會怎麼做？凱薩琳能讓馬克寬心嗎？停電持續多久？還發生其他事嗎？
Idea 2: Kathleen goes to her room to rest. Mark stays in the living room. Does the third prediction come true? Does anything bad happen to Mark? Is Mark willing to have his fortune told again?
想法二: 凱薩琳回房裡休息，馬克則留在客廳，第三個預言會成真嗎？馬克會遇到什麼壞事嗎？馬克還願意再算命嗎？
Idea 3: Mark begins to tell Kathleen what happened. Is Kathleen able to make Mark feel better? Do Mark and Kathleen do anything to try to ward off the third prediction? Does the third prediction come true?
想法三: 馬克告訴凱薩琳事發經過，凱薩琳能讓馬克放心嗎？馬克和凱薩琳會想辦法避開第三個預言嗎？第三個預言會成真嗎？
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