Chapter Thirteen https://esl-bits.eu/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Hunger/13/design.html My first impulse is to scramble from the tree, but I’m belted in. Somehow my fumbling fingers release the buckle and I fall to the ground in a heap, still snarled in my sleeping bag. There’s no time for any kind of packing. Fortunately, my backpack and water bottle are already in the bag. I shove in the belt, hoist the bag over my shoulder, and flee. The world has transformed to flame and smoke. Burning branches crack from trees and fall in showers of sparks at my feet...

Также в этой части ниже опубликую оригинальный текст англоязычной версии. Во второй части опубликую оригинальный текст русскоязычной версии с эквиритмическим переводом. Ссылку на 2 часть добавлю в конце этой статьи...