Cover the Shadow With Sand
The soldiers had just moved to the desert, and as they had never been in such a place befor, they had
a lot to learn.
As there were no trees or buildings in the desert, it was, of course, very hard to hide their trucks
from enemy. plance. The soldiers were therefore given training in camouflage, which means ways of
covering something so that the enemy cannot see where it is. They were shown how to paint their trucks
in irregular paterns with pale green, yellow, and brown paints, and then to cover them with nets to
which they had tied small pieces of cloth.
The driver who had the biggest truck went to lot of trouble to camouflage it. He spent several hours
painting it, preparing a net and searching for some heavy rocks with which to hold the net down.
When it was all finished, he looked proudly at his work and then went off to have his lunch.
But when he came back to the truck after he had had his meal, he was surprised and worried to see
that his cannot flage work was completely spoilt by the truck's shadow, which was growing longer and
longer as the afternoon advanced. He stood looking at it, not knowing what to do about it.
Soon an officer arrived, and he too saw the shadow, of course.
"Well," he shouted to the poor driver, "what are you going to do about it? If an enemy plane comes
over, the pilot will at once know that there is a truck there."
"I know, sir," answered the soldier.
"Well, don't just stand there doing nothing!" said the officer.
"What shall I do, sir?" asked the poor driver.
"Get your spake and throw some sand over the shadow, of couse!" answered the officer.
士兵們剛剛移駐到沙漠里， 因為他們以前從來沒有到過這樣的地方，他們要學習的東西很多。
因為沙漠里沒有樹木和建筑物，要使他們的卡車躲過敵機當然是很辦到的，因此士兵們受訓進行偽裝，也就是
說，要把一些東西隱蔽起來，不讓敵人看到它在哪里。教給了他們如何用淺綠、黃色和棕色在卡車上涂上不規則的圖
形，然后用網罩住它們，士兵們在網上還系了許多小布片。
一個司機，他的卡車最大，為發偽裝車費了很大的力氣。他花了幾個小時涂畫這輛，準備了一張網并且找到了一
些大石塊來把網固定。這一切都 干完以后，他自豪地打量了自己干的活，就吃中飯去了。
但當他吃完飯回到卡車旁時，發現自己的偽裝效果全給卡車的影子給破壞了，他感到又吃驚又發愁，而且影子還
隨著下午時間的推移而越來越長。他站在那里望著影子，不知怎么辦幫好。
不一會，一位軍官走來，他當然也看見了影子。
“喂，”他對那位可憐的司機叫道，“你準備怎么辦？如果敵機飛過，飛行員馬上就會知道這里有一輛卡車的。”
“我明白，長官，”士兵答道。
“嘿！不要光站在那里發呆了！”
“我該怎么辦呢？長官？”可憐的司機問。
“當然是拿起你的鏟子，有沙把影子蓋住呀！”軍官答道。
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