solidifies with terrifying suddenness into a shrieking, flapping, rising something...

I feel the physical force of the expression "walking on air"; I float over the lakes and potholes of the drive as easily as a hovercraft. Then, as I turn into the lane at the end, this soft and balmy cushion of air under my feet solidifies with terrifying suddenness into a shrieking, flapping, rising something, and for some minutes after the pheasant has cleared the barbed wire and vanished, I'm too shocked to breathe.

请问：划线部分指的是“pheasant”还是“I”。如果是“I”，“rising”是否是“吓得跳起来”的意思？此外，为什么要用斜体来强调“something”？译时如何表达？

拙译：我强烈地感觉到“飘飘然”这词儿在作动；我在坑坑哇哇的车道上一路飘呀飘，身轻似一部水翼船。到了车道的尽头，正要转入小路之际，脚下这一软绵绵的、暖洋洋的气垫，却冷不防凝住了，一动不动*D*D化作惊呼大喊，化作两手飞舞，化作跳跃腾飞。野鸡飞过铁篱笆便不见了，几分钟后，我却依然吓得喘不过气来。

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• 这个人大概是在做白日梦吧。 - laoliu 20000405232844
  • 谢谢，老刘！“人老了，眼也望沙了”。迟复为歉！ - Last Hermit 20000405233315
• What are you on? It must be good whatever drug it is :) - tian xin 20000405232955
  • 谢谢姐姐！对不起，之前您回来时没给您接风洗尘，今又让您久等。 - Last Hermit 20000405233157
• 对不起，没看清指示，掉队了。不敢求饶，苟延残喘，此心足矣！ - Last Hermit 20000405233545
  • 哈！很早就在外面看到你的贴子，以为你是老马识途。:-) - laoliu 20000405233647

这个人大概是在做白日梦吧。

谢谢，老刘！“人老了，眼也望沙了”。迟复为歉！

What are you on? It must be good whatever drug it is :)

谢谢姐姐！对不起，之前您回来时没给您接风洗尘，今又让您久等。

对不起，没看清指示，掉队了。不敢求饶，苟延残喘，此心足矣！

哈！很早就在外面看到你的贴子，以为你是老马识途。:-)