Last May I went to a lake with my family. I thought it would be a normal fun day of swimming, but I was1.
My brothers and my uncle were with me in a shallow swimming area with a net and a2. The rest of my family ate lunch on a nearby bench. I felt very 3.
I was sitting in the shallow water with my feet facing the deeper end, when something hit my4. I knew it was an alligator (短吻鳄) as soon as it bit me. Its teeth were so5! I started crying out loud for6, but my family didn't hear me. I started to 7the nine-foot-long alligator and then I8something I learned at an alligator education park: The 9is the weakest part of an alligator! I stuck my fingers up its nose, and it 10of me.
I tried to get out of the water, but I couldn't get up because my leg was11. My uncle held me and12me out of the water. It was the lifeguard's first day of13, and he was shaking while he looked at my leg. We were also14! I was sent to15and got fourteen stitches (缝针) in my left leg.
I have a big scar (伤疤) that makes me think about how16I was that day. But I also remember how brave I was in that moment. I17so fast – I had to! It's not like the alligator was going to give me two minutes to18like in a chess match. I had to be a(n)19thinker. Sometimes you're in a situation where20else can help you and you have to think fast and help yourself. That's what I did.
