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1、MynameisRuth.Igrewupwithmyyoungersister,Lucille,underthecareofmygrandmother,Mrs.SylviaFoster,andwhenshedied,ofhersisters-in-law,MissesLilyandNonaFoster,andwhentheyfled,ofherdaughter,Mrs.SylviaFisher.Throughallthesegenerationsofelderswelivedinonehouse,mygrandmother'shouse,builtforh
2、erbyherhusband,EdmundFoster,anemployeeoftherailroad,whoescapedthisworldyearsbeforeIenteredit.Itwashewhoputusdowninthisunlikelyplace.HehadgrownupintheMiddleWest,inahousedugoutoftheground,withwindowsjustatearthlevelandjustateyelevel,sothatfromwithout,thehousewasameremound,nomoreahum
3、anstrongholdthanagrave,andfromwithin,theperfecthorizontalityoftheworldinthatplaceforeshortenedtheviewsoseverelythatthehorizonseemedtocircumscribethesodhouseandnothingmore.Somygrandfatherbegantoreadwhathecouldfindoftravelliterature,journalsofexpeditionstothemountainsofAfrica,totheA
4、lps,theAndes,theHimalayas,theRockies.HeboughtaboxofcolorsandcopiedamagazinelithographofaJapanesepaintingofFujiyama.Hepaintedmanymoremountains,noneofthemidentifiable,ifanyofthemwerereal.Theywereallsuaveconesormounds,singleorinheapsorclusters,green,brown,orwhite,dependingontheseason
5、,butalwayssnowcapped,thesecapsbeingpink,white,orgold,dependingonthetimeofday.Inonelargepaintinghehadputabell-shapedmountainintheveryforegroundandcovereditwithmeticulouslypaintedtrees,eachofwhichstoodoutatrightanglestotheground,whereitgrewexactlyasthenapstandsoutonfoldedplush.Every
6、treeborebrightfruit,andshowybirdsnestedintheboughs,andeveryfruitandbirdwasplumbwiththewarpintheearth.Oversizedbeasts,spottedandstriped,couldbeseenrunningunimpededuptherightsideandunhasteneddowntheleft.WhetherthegeniusofthispaintingwasignoranceorfancyInevercoulddecide.Onespringmygr
7、andfatherquithissubterraneoushouse,walkedtotherailroad,andtookatrainwest.Hetoldtheticketagentthathewantedtogotothemountains,andthemanarrangedtohavehimputoffhere,whichmaynothavebeenamalignjoke,orajokeatall,sincetherearemountains,uncountablemountains,andwheretherearenotmountainsther
8、earehills.Theterrainonwhichthetow
