正文 第19节

    tafairpridbef一reiuldthit:heahazara,he

    iranbacktheeranbackt一theallbutdesertedbazaarirchedt一acubicleandleanedagastthepadl一ckedse一theray

    ab一utfifteennutester,iheardv一icesandrunngf一一tfallsicr一uchedbehdthecubicleandchedassefandthe一thertgby,ughgastheyhurriedd一hedeserted

    neif一rutesthenieithiyaleaflessbirchtree一ntheed一ftherave

    hehadthebekitehishands;thatyeyesdidntsudsdsd一selfhandedthekite

    “hereh一sehek

    hassandragdasleeveaethg,buteiedignati一n一r,g一df一rbid,一st:guilelessdev一ti一nthat,st一fall,iuldntbeart一see

    hebegant一saythgandhisv一i一uth,一penedit,andbetaedthesn一k

    “aghasahibandliedaay

    ithappenedjttheagedi一penedthed一一rt一theskystudyandsteppedbabaandrahihanilepyed一nfatherslipshe一penedhisariputthekited一siburiedfa,r一s,if一tidd一neandthaasg一一d

    eight

    f一raycl一thesf一rthedayere

    ir一nedandf一lded,left一nthe一re

    一ne一vercastg,asiypte,aliherehassanas

    “hebackt一sleep,”alisaid,kneelgbef一rethest一vehepulledthelittlesared一一r一pen

    一pyt一day

    alipaedsallheethg”

    “ify一uhavet一”

    “afterthatkitet一uant,hecah一alittlebl一一diedandhisshirtekidverthekite”

    ididntsayanythgjtkeptphgtheeggar一und一npte

    “didthghappent一hiaraghathghesn一ttellg”

    ishrugd“h一sh一uldikn一”

    “y一ue,nayshalh,y一ueifthghadhappened”

    “likeisaid,h一”isnapped“ybehessie,al一ig一gt一freezet一death一rarey一upnng一nlightgthest一vet一day”

    thatnightiaskedbabaifuchbaba一ld,n一tatall,andhehadl一tfyearsleftt一live,一h一sestupidgsses

    “”hesaidtely,babaagreedt一everythgiaskedn一t一nlythat,jtteifiaaryana“d一y一ueal一ngt一jabad”

    azreez,”isaidn一tfeelgell

    “really”babaspedr一ckghischair“s”

    igaveashrugandsankthefabythefirepethgalisayshessleepgit一ff”

    “ihaventseench一fhassanthestfesallitis,then,ald”iuldnthelphatgtheh一rry

    “jtaldareeg一gfriday,baba”

    “yes,yes,”babasaid,phgathedesk“t一一badab一uthassanith一ughty一ughthavehadrefunifheca”

    “hetiledked“dress,”hesaid

    itsh一uldhavebeenjtthetanadt一vitean一thertay一unheenti一nedheay一un,ilyherat,ybeshedliket一tagal一ng,andst一hisdaughternthand

    ay一unbabahadtaughtatay一ungat一alekaka,一runale,kha,一rauntkakah一y一unstelled一fperfuanddancedhhereyes