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1、THEVampireLestathere.Ihaveastorytotellyou,It'saboutsomethingthathappenedtome.ItbeginsinMiami,intheyear1990,andIreallywanttostartrightthere.Butit'simportantthatItellyouaboutthedreamsI'dbeenhavingbeforethattime,fortheyareverymuchpartofthetaletoo.I'mtalkingnowa
2、boutdreamsofachildvampirewithawoman'smindandanangel'sface,andadreamofmymortalfriendDavidTalbot.ButthereweredreamsalsoofmymortalboyhoodinFrance-ofwintersnows,myfather'sbleakandruinedcastleintheAuvergne,andthetimeIwentouttohuntapackofwolvesthatwerepreyingupono
3、urpoorvillage.Dreamscanbeasrealasevents.Orsoitseemedtomeafterwards.AndIwasinadarkframeofmindwhenthesedreamsbegan,avagabondvampireroamingtheearth,sometimessocoveredwithdustthatnoonetooktheslightestnoticeofme.Whatgoodwasittohavefullandbeautifulblondhair,sharpb
4、lueeyes,razzle-dazzleclothes,anirresistiblesmile,andawell-proportionedbodysixfeetinheightthatcan,inspiteofitstwohundredyears,passforthatofatwenty-year-oldmortal.Iwasstillamanofreasonhowever,achildoftheeighteenthcentury,inwhichI'dactuallylivedbeforeIwasBornto
5、Darkness.Butasthe1980sweredrawingtoacloseIwasmuchchangedfromthedashingfledglingvampireIhadoncebeen,soattachedtohisclassicblackcapeandBruxelleslace,thegentlemanwithwalkingstickandwhitegloves,dancingbeneaththegaslamp.Ihadbeentransformedintoadarkgodofsorts,than
6、kstosufferingandtriumph,andtoomuchofthebloodofourvampireelders.Ihadpowerswhichleftmebaffledandsometimesevenfrightened,IhadpowerswhichmademesorrowfulthoughIdidnotalwaysunderstandthereasonforit.Icould,forexample,movehighintotheairatwill,travelingthenightwindso
7、vergreatdistancesaseasilyasaspirit.Icouldeffectordestroymatterwiththepowerofmymind.Icouldkindleafirebythemerewishtodoso.Icouldalsocalltootherimmortalsovercountriesandcontinentswithmypreternaturalvoice,andIcouldeffortlesslyreadthemindsofvampiresandhumans.Notb
8、ad,youmightthink.Iloathedit.Withoutdoubt,Iwasgrievingformyoldselves-themortalboy,thenewbornrevenantoncedeterminedtobegoodatbeingbadifthatwashispredicament.I'mnotapragmatist,understand.Ihaveakeen
