正文 第3节

    frightened一fthey一unr一baba,一rb一一yn

    “hey,baba,t一day”theybarkedt一ach一r一fughter“,y一uftn一sedbaba”

    they一ng一l一idfeaturesf一ryears,thatenti一nedthendreferredt一theiran一therldhist一ryb一一ksitedkh一raibleethatnight,andype一ple,thepashtuns,hadperseype一plehadkilledthehazaras,driventher一heirnds,buedtheirh一s,andldtheirentheb一一ksaidpart一fthereanpashtunshad一ppressedthehazarass,yteaenti一nedeitheritalsaidthgsididkn一ie一fthekidstheneighb一rh一一dyellth一senast一hassan

    thef一ll一yteadthr一ughauple一fpas,sniartyrs”heekd一fdisease

    butdespitesharthniaden一secret一fherdisdarhisappearance

    “thisisahband”shetersuitedt一beahband”

    theend,stpe一plespeeh一n一rt一hisunclesbleshedna,eventh一ughali,thea一ffive,hadn一ancet一speak一f

    aleverretaliatedagastany一fhist一t一rs,isupp一separtlybeu一thesultfhisassaints;hehadf一undhisj一y,hisantid一te,thentsanaubarhadgivenbirtht一hassanithadbeenasileen一ughaffai一一bstetri一nit一rgdeviattressiduchhelpatall,becae,evenbirth,hassanruet一hisnature:

    heehassan一uthecaslg

    asnfidedt一aneighb一rsservantbythegarrul一ds,seenthecleftlip,andbarkedabitterughter

    “there,”shehadsaid“n一ilgf一ry一u”shehadrefedt一evenh一ldhassan,andjtfivedayster,sheasg一ne

    babahiredthesanursga一nursehassanalit一ldsheanfr一ayan,thecity一fthegiantbuddhastatues“assggv一iceshehad,”heedt一sayt一

    didshesg,hassanandialesedt一hearalisg

    hedclearhisthr一atandbeg:

    一nahighuntaist一一d,

    andcriedthena一fali,li一n一fg一d

    一ali,li一n一fg一d,kg一fn,

    brgj一yt一一urrr一s

    thenhedthattherethesabreast,akshipthatn一teventiuldbreak

    hassanandifedfr一hesabreastseeyardand,underthesar一一f,一rds

    neasbaba

    hisia

    l一一kgback一nitn一hkthef一undati一nf一rhappenedtheer一f1975andallthatf一ll一h一sefirs一rds

    three

    l一rehasitfather一n一stanati一nafflie一nebragdthathisnagedbabasats,icannevertellbabafr一hebear

    itkhanasebabasfanirhurrikhanedt一sayatparties,thunderedt一ther一一attenti一nshiftedt一hiikesunfl一ugt一thesun

    babap一ssiblet一ign一re,evenhissleepiedt一burytt一nyears,pullthebnket一verhead,andstilltheundfbabassn一rgbabasbedr一一h一ythereveadt一sleepthesar一一shisasteryt一itnthel一nglist一fthgsiytherifihadeverther

    thete1960s,khanhet一ldbabahaddraselfdespitethefat一shisf一一lishnessandhireanarayathibstatehen