摘自三毛的《撒哈拉的故事》
译文
Last winter, He Xi and I sat in a park in Madrid one morning. It was very cold, so I covered myself with a big coat, and left only one hand out to throw breadcrumbs to the sparrows. , while He Xi was wearing an old thick jacket and reading a nautical book.
“San Mao, what is your plan for next year?” He Xi asked me.
“No special plan, I want to go to Africa after Easter next year.”
“Morocco? You have been there, right?” he asked me again.
“No, but I have been to Algeria. Next year I want to go to the Sahara Desert.”
No matter what I do, it may sound crazy to others, but not to He Xi and that is why I am very happy to be with him.
“What about you?” I asked him.
“I will go sailing next summer, since I have finished my service in the army as well as school. I need a break.” He said as he put his hands at the back of his neck.
“Where is your boat?” knowing he has wanted one for a long time.
“Heisu’s father has a sailboat that we can borrow, so we can go diving in Greek Aegean Sea next year.” I believe in He Xi, because he never just talks the talk.
“How long will you stay in the Sahara, and what will you do there?” He asked
“At least half a year or a year, I want to get to know the Sahara.” I learned geography in my childhood, so I have that desire.
“Six of us, including you (I count you in) will go sailing, do you think you can come back next year in August?”
“I don’t know anything about sailing, what work will you assign to me?” I asked in excitement as I pulled my coat down from my nose.
“You can be a cook and a photographer. Besides, I will let you manage my money, what do you think?”
“Of course I want to join in, but I am afraid that I can’t make it in August, I will still be in the Sahara at that time. What should I do? I want to do both.” You can’t have the best of both worlds.
“You are always on the go since I have known you. Now I finally finished serving in the army, but you are going to leave me soon, when can we be together again?” He Xi exclaimed a little unhappily.
I looked at him strangely, because he seldom complains about me. I threw breadcrumbs in the distance; as the sparrows were scared away by his exclamation.
"Do you really insist on going to the Sahara?" he asked me again.
