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1、OneWhenwasitthatfirstIheardofthegrassharp?LongbeforetheautumnwelivedintheChinatree;anearlierautumnthen;andofcourseitwasDollywhotoldme,nooneelsewouldhaveknowntocallitthat,agrassharp.Ifonleavingtownyoutakethechurchroadyousoonwillpassaglaringhillofbonewhiteslabsandbrownburntflower
2、s:thisistheBaptistcemetery.Ourpeople,Talbos,Fenwicks,areburiedthere;mymotherliesnexttomyfather,andthegravesofkinfolk,twentyormore,arearoundthemlikethepronerootsofastonytree.BelowthehillgrowsafieldofhighIndiangrassthatchangescolorwiththeseasons:gotoseeitinthefall,lateSeptember,w
3、henithasgoneredassunset,whenscarletshadowslikefirelightbreezeoveritandtheautumnwindsstrumonitsdryleavessighinghumanmusic,aharpofvoices.BeyondthefieldbeginsthedarknessofRiverWoods.ItmusthavebeenononeofthoseSeptemberdayswhenwewerethereinthewoodsgatheringrootsthatDollysaid:Doyouhe
4、ar?thatisthegrassharp,alwaystellingastory-itknowsthestoriesofallthepeopleonthehill,ofallthepeoplewhoeverlived,andwhenwearedeaditwilltellours,too.Aftermymotherdied,myfather,atravelingman,sentmetolivewithhiscousins,VerenaandDollyTalbo,twounmarriedladieswhoweresisters.Beforethat,I
5、'dnoteverbeenallowedintotheirhouse.Forreasonsnooneevergotquiteclear,Verenaandmyfatherdidnotspeak.ProbablyPapaaskedVerenatolendhimsomemoney,andsherefused;orperhapsshedidmaketheloan,andheneverreturneditYoucanbesurethatthetroublewasovermoney,becausenothingelsewouldhavematteredtoth
6、emsomuch,especiallyVerena,whowastherichestpersonintown.Thedrugstore,thedrygoodsstore,afillingstation,agrocery,anofficebuilding,allthiswashers,andtheearningofithadnotmadeheraneasywoman.Anyway,Papasaidhewouldneversetfootinsideherhouse.HetoldsuchterriblethingsabouttheTalboladies.O
7、neofthestorieshespread,thatVerenawasamorphodyte,hasneverstoppedgoingaround,andtheridiculeheheapedonMissDollyTalbowastoomuchevenformymother:shetoldhimheoughttobeashamed,mockinganyonesogentleandharmless.Ithinktheywereverymuchinlove,mymotherandfather.Sheusedtocryeverytimehewentawa
8、ytosellhisfrigidaires.Hemarriedherwhenshewassixteen;sh
