雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第23章:伯明翰 頭部中槍的女孩(15)
It ended up being ten days before my parents came. Those ten days I spent in hospital without them felt like a hundred days.
It was boring and I wasn't sleeping well.
那些日子很無聊，我睡得也不好。I stared at the clock in my room.
我常緊盯着房裏的時鐘。
The changing time reassured me I was alive and I saw for the first time in my life that I was waking early.
時間的變化讓我覺得心安，知道自己還活着，而那也是我人生當中第一次認識到自己也能夠早起。Every morning I longed for 7 a.m. when the nurses would come.
每天早上，我都期待七點鐘的來臨。The nurses and Dr Fiona played games with me.
那時，護士們就會來到我的病房。QEH is not a children's hospital so they brought over a play coordinator with games. One of my favourites was Connect 4.
護士們和菲奧娜醫生都會來陪我玩遊戲。我最喜愛的遊戲之一是“四子棋”。I usually drew with Dr Fiona but I could beat everyone else.
我總是與菲奧娜醫生打成平手，但除了她之外沒有人能贏得了我。The nurses and hospital staff felt sorry for me in a far-off land away from my family and were very kind, particularly Yma Choudhury, the jolly director of operations, and Julie Tracy, the head nurse, who would sit and hold my hand.
護士及醫院內的員工都可憐我人在遙遠的異地，又缺乏家人陪伴，因此都對我很好，特別是總是滿面笑容的營運總監伊瑪·喬杜裏，以及護士長茱莉·崔西，她會坐在我的身旁，同時握住我的手。The only thing I had with me from Pakistan was a beige shawl which Colonel Junaid had given to Dr Fiona as a present for me so they went clothes shopping to buy me things.
我從巴基斯坦帶來的唯一一件物品，是一件米色的披肩，那是朱奈德上校託菲奧娜醫生轉交給我的禮物。所以，護士和醫生們上街爲我採購衣物。They had no idea how conservative I was or what a teenage girl from the Swat Valley would wear.
他們完全不知道我的個性有多保守，也不知道斯瓦特河谷的少女通常穿些什麼。They went to Next and British Home Stores and came back with bags of T-shirts, pyjamas, socks and even bras.
他們去了服飾店與英國居家用品商店，爲我帶回了好幾大包的T恤、睡衣、襪子，甚至胸罩。Yma asked me if I would like shalwar kamiz and I nodded.
伊瑪問我想不想要傳統服飾紗麗克米茲，我點點頭。'What's your favourite colour?' she asked.
“你最喜歡什麼顏色？”她問。Pink was, of course, my reply.
我回答：“當然是粉紅色的。”
