德州一场大雪过后，本来小朋友们还很欢乐，觉得可以玩儿雪了。谁知道乐极生悲，刚到晚上就停电了。零下十几度没有暖气的日子不好过啊！客厅的壁炉装饰作用大于实际作用，除非紧紧靠着壁炉，其实感受不到什么热量。
停电第一个晚上，小朋友们还兴致勃勃，拉着大人一起编了下面这个故事：
Once upon a midnight dreary
There arose a traveler weary.
He had with him a dragon’s tooth
Which he took to his favorite booth.
The merchant there would give him naught but a pence
So he threw his wares over the fence.
A passerby saw the tooth shining
And picked it up, smiling.
Upon the tooth there was a fairy
Who was picking a strawberry.
The traveler took the tooth to the greatest magician,
For finding the meaning was his mission.
The magician could find no meaning,
So he threw it into the rubbish heap, gleaming.
The tooth fell and fell into a dark hole,
and when it returned, it had become a mole.
The mole went to find some cheese,
Feeling this task could be accomplished with ease.
The mole trekked across the land,
Eventually getting buried in sand.
All of a sudden, the mole heard a spell
Telling him how to ring a bell
The mole rung the bell, and saw the light
For the first time, he had gained his sight.
第二天还是那么冷，没有温暖的家等着，连玩儿雪都没意思了，就憋在家里玩儿牌吧。第三天早上终于来电了，除了水不能直接喝，生活已经基本恢复正常。????
