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1、AVeryOldManWithEnormousWings:ATaleForChildren GabrielGarciaMarquez OnthethirddayofraintheyhadkilledsomanycrabsinsidethehousethatPelayohadtocrosshisdrenchedcourtyardandthrowthemintothesea,becausethenewbornchildhadatemperatureallnightandtheythoughtitwasduetothestench.Theworldhadb
2、eensadsinceTuesday.Seaandskywereasingleash-graythingandthesandsofthebeach,whichonMarchnightsglimmeredlikepowderedlight,hadbecomeastewofmudandrottenshellfish.ThelightwassoweakatnoonthatwhenPelayowascomingbacktothehouseafterthrowingawaythecrabs,itwashardforhimtoseewhatitwasthatwasmovingan
3、dgroaningintherearofthecourtyard.Hehadtogoveryclosetoseethatitwasanoldman,averyoldman,lyingfacedowninthemud,who,inspiteofhistremendousefforts,couldn'tgetup,impededbyhisenormouswings. Frightenedbythatnightmare,PelayorantogetElisenda,hiswife,whowasputtingcompressesonthesickchild,
4、andhetookhertotherearofthecourtyard.Theybothlookedatthefallenbodywithamutestupor.Hewasdressedlikearagpicker.Therewereonlyafewfadedhairsleftonhisbaldskullandveryfewteethinhismouth,andhispitifulconditionofadrenchedgreat-grandfathertookawayandsenseofgrandeurhemighthavehad.Hishugebuzzardwin
5、gs,dirtyandhalf-pluckedwereforeverentangledinthemud.TheylookedathimsolongandsocloselythatPelayoandElisendaverysoonovercametheirsurpriseandintheendfoundhimfamiliar.Thentheydaredspeaktohim,andheansweredinanincomprehensibledialectwithastrongsailor'svoice.Thatwashowtheyskippedovertheinconve
6、nienceofthewingsandquiteintelligentlyconcludedthathewasalonelycastawayfromsomeforeignshipwreckedbythestorm.Andyet,theycalledinaneighborwomanwhokneweverythingaboutlifeanddeathtoseehim,andallsheneededwasonelooktoshowthemtheirmistake. "He'sanangel,"shetoldthem."Hemusthavebeencomin
7、gforthechild,butthepoorfellowissooldthattherainknockedhimdown." Onthefollowingdayeveryoneknewthataflesh-and-bloodangelwasheldcaptiveinPelayo'shouse.Againstthejudgmentofthewiseneighborwoman,forwhomangelsinthosetimeswerethefugitivesurvivorsofaspiritualconspiracy,theydidn
