Havingsaidgoodbyetohisparents,Alvin,withhiswifeandone-year-oldson,setoffbackhome．Stillexcited,AlvinandClaretalkedandlaughedhappily.AndevenlittleAlaxsmiledfromtimetotime．Thefamilywereenjoyingmuchfun． 　　Butaboutthreehourslaterthingsbegantochange．Itwasstartingtosnow．Alvinspedupthecar,hopingtoarrivehomebeforedark．Butitwastoodangeroustodrivefastnow．Becauseitwassnowingmoreandmoreheavily．SoAlvinhadtoslowdown．Thesnowonthehighwaywasgettingdeeperanddeeperuntilitwashardtostayonit．Theircarslipped(滑落)offthewayandgotstuckinthedeepsnowandtheenginerefusedtostartagain． 　　“Thesnowdoesn’tseemtoend．Shallwestayinthecarwaitingtobefrozentodeathorwalkaheadthroughthesnow?”Alvinasked．Claresaidshepreferredtowalk．Sotheygotoutofthecarwiththeirsonandbeganwalking．Butworsewastocome．Soontheylosttheirwayandhadtowalkaimlesslyonandon． 　　Nightcame．Theywerenotafraidofthedark．ButtheywereafraidthatpoorAlaxwoulddieofcold．However,theirfaithtokeepAlaxalivemadethemfilledwithcourage,warmthandstrength．Inthefollowingdays,theytookslepttorestandsleepandthencontinuedtheirwalk．Theyhadcountlessfallsbuteachtimetrueloveencouragedthemtorisetotheirfeetagain． 　　One,two,three,…sevendayspassed．Ontheeighthday,helpatlastcamefromAlvin’sparents,thepoliceandlocalpeople．Buttheyoungcouplehadtohavetheirfeetcutoffbecauseofthebadfrost-bites(冻伤)．Fortunately,therewasnothingseriouslywrongwithlittleAlax． 　　他父母说再见后,艾文,与他的妻子和一岁的儿子,动身回家了.还是兴奋,艾文和克莱尔高兴地说笑着.甚至小阿拉善盟笑了笑,不时的家庭享受乐趣. 　　但三小时后,事情开始发生了变化.开始下雪了.艾文加快汽车,希望在天黑前到家.但是它太危险开车快.因为雪下得越来越大.所以艾文已经放缓.雪公路上越来越直到很难保持它.他们的车滑（滑落）的方式和被困在厚厚的积雪和引擎拒绝再次开始. 　　“雪似乎没有结束.我们呆在车里等着被冻死或向前走在雪?“艾文问道.克莱尔说她宁愿步行.所以他们下了车和他们的儿子并开始步行.但更糟的还在后头.他们很快迷路了,只好漫无目的的走. 　　夜幕降临了.他们不害怕黑暗.但他们害怕贫穷阿拉善盟会死于感冒.然而,他们的信仰保持阿拉善盟活着让他们充满勇气,温暖和力量.在接下来的日子里,他们睡的休息和睡眠,然后继续走.他们有无数的瀑布,但每一次的真爱,鼓励他们站起来了. 　　一,三,2,……七天过去了.在第八天,帮助最后来自艾文的父母,警察和当地人.但这对年轻的夫妇有他们的脚砍掉因为坏frost-bites（冻伤）.幸运的是,他没有什么严重的问题很少阿拉善盟.