短篇小说两篇

• 作 者: 格·佩莉 冯亦代
• 出 处: 世界文学
• 发表日期: 1982年04期
• 关键词: 枕头 短篇小说 肌肉萎缩 八十 我的母亲 唐纳 对我说 我家 什么时候 我自己

和我父亲的一次谈话我父亲今年八十六岁,病在床上。他的心脏,那个喷血的马达,也同样衰老了,再不能担当起某些功能了。它还能使血液溢满他的头脑,让它发出智慧的光芒,但是却供不到两腿支持他的体重在屋里进进出出。姑不论我的比喻,他腿上的肌肉萎缩实在说不上是他这具衰老心脏的毛病,照他说,则是由于身体缺少钾的缘故。他在一个枕头上坐着,又把身子偎依在另外三个枕头上,他向我作了临终前最后的赠言,同时提出了一个要求。

Talk to my father My father is 86 years old and sick in bed. His heart, the spurting motor, is also aging, and can no longer afford some of the functions. It also allows blood to fill his mind, giving it a glorious light, but less than two legs to support his weight in and out of the house. Regardless of my metaphor, the muscular atrophy on his lap is hardly the fault of his aging heart, according to him, because of the body’s lack of potassium. Sitting on a pillow and snuggling himself on three other pillows, he made the final pre-death statement to me and made a request.