A: How are your legs? Not too tired? This is the final stretch. We’re almost at the top.
B: So do we need to walk up that path? I think I’ll be fine: it looks like a gentle ascent, and there are steps all the way.
A: Appearances can be deceptive. The path gets quite steep further on, and the steps become broken and irregular. We’re not out of the woods yet.
Photo: Paul Cooper, Taipei Times
照片:台北時報古德謙
B: What does that signpost say? If we take the right fork we will get to a temple in 25 minutes.
A: Nice try. We’re going straight on, to the peak.
A: 你的腿還好嗎?不會太累嗎?這是最後一段路了,我們快到山頂了。
B: 所以我們要往上走那條路嗎?我應該是沒問題的,那看起來是緩緩的上坡路,而且一路上都有階梯。
A: 外表會騙人。再遠一點坡度就變蠻陡,而且台階會變得破碎不規則。我們還沒脫離險境。
B: 那個路標寫什麼?如果我們走右邊的岔路,二十五分鐘以後就會到一座寺廟。
A: 你想得美!我們要繼續往前走,走到山頂。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei TimeS/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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