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1、ABirdOfBagdad（O·Henry）___________________________________________WithoutadoubtmuchofthespiritandgeniusoftheCaliphHarunAlRashiddescendedtotheMargraveAugustMichaelvonPaulsenQuigg.Quigg'srestaurantisinFourthAvenue-thatstreetthatthecityseemstohaveforgotteninitsgrowth.FourthAvenue-borna
2、ndbredintheBowery-staggersnorthwardfullofgoodresolutions.WhereitcrossesFourteenthStreetitstrutsforabriefmomentproudlyintheglareofthemuseumsandcheaptheatres.Itmayyetbecomeafitmateforitshigh-bornsisterboulevardtothewest,oritsroaring,polyglot,broad-waistedcousintotheeast.ItpassesUnion
3、Square;andherethehoofsofthedrayhorsesseemtothunderinunison,recallingthetreadofmarchinghosts-Hooray!Butnowcomethesilentandterriblemountains-buildingssquareasforts,highastheclouds,shuttingoutthesky,wherethousandsofslavesbendoverdesksallday.Onthegroundfloorsareonlylittlefruitshopsandl
4、aundriesandbookshops,whereyouseecopiesof"Littell'sLivingAge"andG.W.M.Reynold'snovelsinthewindows.Andnext-poorFourthAvenue!-thestreetglidesintoamediaevalsolitude.Oneachsideareshopsdevotedto"Antiques."Letussayitisnight.Meninrustyarmorstandinthewindowsandmenacethehurryingcarswithraise
5、d,rustyirongauntlets.Hauberksandhelms,blunderbusses,Cromwellianbreastplates,matchlocks,creeses,andtheswordsanddaggersofanarmyofdead-and-gonegallantsgleamdullyintheghostlylight.Hereandtherefromacornersaloon(litwithJack-o'-lanternsorphosphorus),staggerforthshuddering,home-boundcitize
6、ns,nervedbythetankardswithintotheirfearsomejourneyadownthateldrichavenuelinedwiththebloodstainedweaponsofthefightingdead.Whatstreetcouldliveinclosedbythesemortuaryrelics,andtrodbythesespectralcitizensinwhosesunkenheartsscarceonegoodwhooportra-la-laremained?NotFourthAvenue.Notaftert
7、hetinselbutenliveninggloriesoftheLittleRialto-notaftertheechoingdrum-beatsofUnionSquare.Thereneedbenotears,ladiesandgentlemen;'tisbutthesuicideofastreet.WithashriekandacrashFourthAvenuedivesheadlongintothetunnelatThirty-fourthandisneverseenagain.Nearthesadsceneofthethoroughfare'sdi
8、ssolutionstoodthemodestres
