默游拉河从斯波瑞恩山上的一个源头向东南方流去,途径德里县,然后汇入内伊湖。几英里外就是我长大的地方。数十年来,这条河被加深了,也被治理过,但是,四十年代时,下布罗格地带曾有一处浅滩。滩中有一条由大块的踏脚石铺就的小路,从这一岸通到那一岸,连接着布罗格的镇区和贝尔斯希尔的镇区。我们过去常在布罗格这边布满卵石的河床中涉水嬉戏,而我总是喜欢到更远处冒险,从一块踏脚石走到另一块,直进入到河水的中央——尽管这条河很窄也很浅,可是,一旦你置身于河水的主流当中,你还是会有一种勇悍之感。突然间,你只能靠你自己了。你既感到摇摇晃晃,同时又扎根在 Moera River flows from a source on the Sporrling Mountain to the southeast, passing through Delhi County, and then into Lake Nei. A few miles away is where I grew up. The river has been deepened and managed for decades, but there was a shallow bank in the Lower Brosog in the 1940s. The beach has a large stepping stone covered path, from this one side to that shore, connecting the town of Brogh and Bear Hill town. We used to wade and wade around the pebbly river bed on Bragg, and I always liked to venture further and further from one stepping stone to the other, straight into the middle of the river - though The river is narrow and shallow, but once you are in the mainstream of the river, you still have a sense of courage. Suddenly, you can only rely on yourself. You feel both rickety and rooted at the same time