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【短篇】OLE AND TRUFA ( A Story of Two Leaves ) ZT

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OLE AND TRUFA ( A Story of Two Leaves ): H: r& L' @! s- k# J: g
by Issac Bashevis Singer! k. K& }/ Z$ Z
The forest was large and thickly overgrown with all kinds of leaf-bearing
7 f* B1 Z( F1 [3 otrees. It was in the month of November. Usually, it's cold this time of year
. Y% S$ Y& `: K5 F" ~5 M0 E* ~# }and it even happens that it snows, but this November was relatively warm.
7 o! l' u$ ~, q  N; \2 Q2 v$ G2 v* C+ MThe nights were cool and windy but as soon as the sun came out in the
  s2 y4 j" O6 k0 I' h1 }mornings it turned warm. You might have thought it was summer except that6 G9 @5 U$ Y: t
the whole forest was strewn with fallen leaves - some yellow as saffron,+ C4 S1 Z: M' d% T
some red as wine, some the color of gold, and some of mixed color. The& f! `5 q$ g; N; ^: n. x
leaves had been torn down by the rain, by the wind, some by day, some at
* i$ M' o& ]) C0 V# Ynight, and they now formed a deep carpet over the forest floor. Although
  C. J0 q  j3 i' y8 W$ `their juices had run dry, the leaves still exuded a pleasant aroma. The sun  c6 Q+ ~2 {$ l
shone down on them through the living branches, and the worms and flies
, V9 ]* a4 E* D1 \9 z) }which had somehow survived the autumn storms crawled over them. The space
* i3 X  h) p' H8 ]! a+ N3 Hbeneath the leaves provided hiding places for crickets, field mice, and many
& t, J* \2 E* }other creatures who sough protection in the earth. The birds that don't& P" i; _5 h; D1 P4 n) k6 i+ G. F+ r
migrate to warmer climates in the winter but stay behind perched on the bare
5 t& r8 E  R+ g4 j) [6 `) t5 Ytree limbs. Among them were sparrows - tiny birds, but endowed with much# ~' _3 m) |3 i/ N, s3 ]
courage and the experience accumulated through thousands of generations.
4 o3 |  |7 g% t. U! CThey hopped, twittered, and searched for the food the forest offered this) e/ `5 S4 S. I
time of year. Many, many insects and worms had perished in recent weeks, but. `; H+ C1 }! F7 C& J! l- h
no one mourned their loss. God's creatures know that death is merely a phase
- T+ _& z9 ?4 D% p% `0 P" X9 @0 ?of life. With the coming of spring, the forest would again fill with5 |) L8 X( L  s$ s
grasses, green leaves, blossoms and flowers. The migrating birds would
: q* _! R+ E' |) k' `) h" o; f8 zreturn from far-off lands and locate their abandoned nests. Even if the wind* X8 o, t, L! f& v
or the rain had disturbed a nest, it could be easily repaired.
( C+ e- [% ^7 C8 G% e8 P/ LOn the tip of a tree which had lost all its other leaves, two still( g. D0 F# F' O. }) Z; L' D7 M
remained. One leaf was named Ole and the other, Trufa. Ole and Trufa both6 @2 `8 Z/ n+ e6 n4 j5 {( T& s  L) z
hung from one twig. Since they were at the very tip of the tree they: e; g. C. p1 H
received lots of sunlight. For some reason unknown to Ole or Trufa, they had
% [. [- G- O9 D) U3 Tsurvived all the rains, all the cold nights and winds, and still clung to
2 I: A1 H3 h* G( Ythe tip of the twig. Who knows the reason one leaf falls and another" l7 ?( ~$ \) L) l4 m7 w
remains? But Ole and Trufa believed the answer lay in the great love they
6 q9 E# P$ y, L; _" _' ybore one another. Ole was slightly bigger than Trufa and a few days older,
( c0 U% @  U0 c4 i% q" M5 Ibut Trufa was prettier and more delicate. One leaf can do little for another
0 U0 k+ \- A7 w) ]1 |0 Twhen the wind blows, the rain pours, or hail begins to fall. It even happens/ J* S1 v( ?9 ~
in summer that a leaf is torn loose - come autumn and winter nothing can be% A* y! R$ c9 m
done. Still, Ole encouraged Trufa at every opportunity. During the worst
( l2 ~- W; Y: {0 k4 B- ?/ Y. Ystorms, when the thunder clapped, the lightning flashed, and the wind tore
6 ^; [  k& q' i6 c& Xoff not only leaves but even whole branches, Ole pleaded with Trufa: "Hang7 M5 y4 `! a4 [, ]: K- _& h
on, Trufa! Hang on with all your might!"3 M! c9 R5 `7 `& D( C7 f# g
At times during the cold and stormy nights, Trufa would complain: "My time
$ H. p5 Z2 ]" ?* K$ mhas come, Ole, but you hang on!"2 l4 p3 l" b! S
"What for?" Ole asked. "Without you, my life is senseless. If you fall, I'll1 f+ ?' S% t# s
fall with you."; I- R! p. T' W4 j
"No, Ole, don't do it! So long as a leaf can stay up it mustn't let go..."- ~! R% d- D( _# i1 Q. _3 x* J
"It all depends if you stay with me," Ole replied. "By day I look at you and( [) d+ S' H' I6 Z
admire your beauty. At night I sense your fragrance. Be the only leaf on a
3 f1 K- D6 t2 L' `# C! H/ `tree? No, never!"8 q8 X6 O2 W- ~& P5 C0 w( W
"Ole, your words are so sweet but they're not true," Trufa said. "You know! W1 X4 ?! ^+ R, z/ w- _0 h
very well that I'm no longer pretty. Look how wrinkled I am! All my juices3 j2 u& r8 k/ @) j9 J
have dried out and I'm ashamed before the birds. They look at me with such
/ ~: \) r+ i0 S4 Tpity. At times it seems to me they're laughing at how shriveled I've become.
3 b- q2 T) h6 d2 w* k  H: f2 x7 rI've lost everything, but one things is still left me - my love for you."
& Y' U3 Y! J2 W; X2 @3 M- [+ h"Isn't that enough? Of all our powers love is the highest, the finest," Ole* N- d* |3 q9 @  G" C+ k# w9 h
said. "So long as we love each other we remain here, and no wind rain or; q* W7 U! }' v% f( }5 [
storm can destroy us. I'll tell you something, Trufa - I never loved you as
8 I# q: y3 c: R" ~0 O. gmuch as I love you now."
7 h( I9 A' a' p"Why, Ole? Why? I'm all yellow" "Who says green is pretty and yellow is not?
: |, H6 M# q6 L. }5 TAll colors are equally handsome."
. W9 c- ~  j1 q3 hAnd just as Ole spoke these words, that which Trufa had feared all these
  x; ?7 ~+ T& D. f- z' f# Lmonths happened - a wind came up and tore Ole loose from the twig. Trufa
; w) O, C; A1 lbegan to tremble and flutter until it seemed that she too would soon be torn
3 G; `% w) ]4 G/ E2 C+ K$ o5 haway, but she held fast. She saw Ole fall and sway in the air and she called" n/ }8 t, ]; r
to him in leafy language: "Ole! Come back! Ole! Ole!"
6 o0 K" @4 j" ~9 B! SBut before she could even finish Ole vanished from sight. He blended in with
$ E/ G3 M. o+ @; p/ O8 u1 Mthe other leaves on the ground and Trufa was left all alone on the tree.0 e3 q* u  J4 p+ P3 @- N
So long as it was still day, Trufa managed somehow to endure her grief. But3 E8 Y* w. y: ]' U- X: X
when it grew dark and cold and a piercing rain began to fall, she sank into
; k/ u- N, ^% _3 qdespair. Somehow she felt that the blame for all the leafy misfortunes lay
: r8 u3 J4 k6 j/ Twith the tree, the trunk with all its mighty limbs. Leaves fell but the" b, N: F6 @$ `
trunk stood tall, thick and firmly rooted in the ground. No wind, rain, or
+ P: m2 x5 M7 \* s- V, b2 o+ }0 x6 g- mhail could upset it. What did it matter to a tree which probably loved
0 K0 T- d7 y# a1 zforever what became of a leaf? To Trufa, the trunk was a kind of God. It
' v, G/ o7 \/ g4 O& h6 Q: q/ T& Jcovered itself with leaves for a few months, then it shook them off. It9 g$ @! U& t1 j- e, i
nourished them with its sap as long as it pleased, then it let them die of
* z- v% A2 e: b4 q1 G3 mthirst. Trufa pleaded with the tree to give her back her Ole and make it
: N! A4 `! V) `$ l: q! v! M' E4 g5 ^summer again, but the tree didn't heed, or refused to heed, her prayers...
$ T: Y- x& @# p( D2 cTrufa didn't think a night could be so long as this one - so dark, so% Q, g) q9 e: b) }
frosty. She spoke to Ole and hoped for an answer, but Ole was silent and
) ^) O; G" F; R  ?* Agave no sign of his presence.: u9 r) i# B: D& a6 ]: i
Trufa said to the tree: "Since you've taken Ole from me, take me too."
7 p7 j1 N" `6 d0 ~% A# cBut even this prayer the tree didn't acknowledge.
" N) Y+ n( p: ~4 @& NAfter a while, Trufa dozed off. This wasn't sleep but a strange languor.
4 t! J; T7 Z7 e# xTrufa awoke and to her amazement found that she was no longer hanging on the
7 @0 L' V0 B+ r$ x- ytree. The wind had blown her down while she was asleep. This was different
, T& i3 H+ G  T2 l  o* Ofrom the way she used to feel when she awoke on the tree with the sunrise.$ e' p) S7 T2 F2 i( X9 m
All her fears and anxieties had now vanished. The awakening also brought3 s4 y# q  a0 z* |8 e0 R. m+ \
with it an awareness that she had never felt before. She knew now that she
- q5 g9 V% T2 X/ O+ k# Kwasn't just a leaf that depended on every whim of the wind, but that she was
! u+ u- ]8 V' o. q8 C- Q* Ba part of the universe. She no longer was small not weak not transient, but0 X! P  {( [1 G- Z  m5 b
part of an eternity. Through some mysterious force, Trufa understood the, r3 T. \8 @) c  I8 c
miracle of her molecules, atoms, protons, and electrons - the enormous
+ J5 s# D, l5 wenergy she represented and the divine plan of which she was a part. Next to; m& `# f# e* N. q0 w
her lay OLe and they greeted each other with a love they hadn't been aware* V& d1 B. u* E8 c
of before. This wasn't a love that depended on chance or caprice, but a love
& I. z5 c2 e) `( u5 j& \* p6 w1 Ras mighty and eternal as the universe itself. That which they had feared all# d4 t3 N+ P2 t  I0 p2 n
the days and nights between April and November turned out to be not death
3 S% N1 b5 ]4 u2 G5 `8 V( i; qbut redemption. A breeze came and lifted Ole and Trufa in the air and the
3 x# Q; \5 j" Osoared with the bliss known only by those who have freed themselves and have; D" `3 X0 x# B" `
joined with eternity.
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