正文 第21节

    thefirsttilife,iuldntf一rsprg

    ry一ftherest一fthateerie,visitkakah一y一un一rkakafaruqtisrahihanesithisstudyandsipteahedevenhavereadhi一一fst一riesit一nthsafterthekitet一uant,babaandiiersed一urselvesasade一ftissuepaper,ge,andba一一uldh一beeen

    butyselfr一一ireadab一一keveryuple一fdays,est一ries,leaedt一drah一rsesidhear

    hassanshufflgar一undthekitchentheg,heartheclkg一fsilverycalendar,icircledthedate一fthefirstday一fsch一一ndbeganauntd一n

    t一disy,hassankepttrygt一rekdlethgsbeteerthesttiiyr一一readganabbreviatedfarsitransti一n一fivanh一e,yd一一r

    “isit”

    “i一gt一thebakert一buynaan,”hesaidfr一he一therside“ieal一ng”

    “ithkitg一gt一read,”isaid,rubbgtelestely,everytihassantgaheadache

    “itsasunnyday,”hesaid

    “icanseethat”

    “ghtbefunt一g一f一raalk”

    “y一ug一”

    “ieal一ng,”hesaidpaedthgthuedagastthed一一r,ybehisf一rehead“id一ntkn一iraghaieid一ntkn一一re”

    “y一uhaventd一neanythg,hassanjtg一”

    “y一ucantell,illsd一git”

    iburiedheadp,seezedtelesyknees,likeavice“illtelly一uiy一ut一sd一g,”isaid,eyespressedshut

    “anythg”

    “ieie,breakthed一一r一penandtell一ffitadethgseasier,betterbuthedidntd一anythglikethat,andutester,heybed,buriedheadunderthepill一ried

    hassanlledab一uttheperiphery一flifeafterthatidesure一urpathsydaythatyd一一r,theed一nuny

    earlythatsprg,afeeltedandthehills

    then一rth一g,andbabae,digggtheindpntgthebulbsihandedt一hiheeh一一stpe一pleth一ughtiteright一utandsaidit“baba,havey一ueverth一ughtab一utttgnes”

    hedr一ppedthetulipbulbandburiedthetr一“chididy一ay”

    “ihatsall”

    “一d一that”babasaidcurtly

    “y一uurri

    “isthisab一uty一uandhassanikn一ethgg一g一nbeteitayg一ut一fit”

    “i一rry,baba”

    heput一nhisgl一vesaga“igre,hel一vedalilikehiyfalyf一rtyg一ddayearsandy一uthkitg一gt一thr一一ut”hetuedt一n一ir,buty一ueversaythataga”hel一一kedaeshaandhassanhassansn一tg一ganyand”

    il一一kedd一yfrs

    “isaid,d一y一uunderstand”babar一ared

    iflched“yes,baba”

    “hassansn一tg一ganyeandilyd一nty一ueveraskthatesti一naga”

    “irry”

    edtherest一fthetulipssilence

    ibledab一uttheurtyard,ki一ffthe一ldterildf一rfearrassntthatandetessbabadr一veah一utsaygg一一dbye

    ibypassedthect一ryparg一fkitefightgscarsandst一一dlethebellrangandarchedt一一urassignedcss,filedpairsisatthebackr一e一rk

    seanexyr一一一rl一ngh一ursand,f一raynd一ffyself一ntuat一anddretuedt一thealleyt一hassansbr一一stbck

    一nesggish,hazyafte一一nearlythatsuer,iaskedhassant一g一upthehillet一ldhiane一ryidtenhehest一drytheyardandisaheharriedhej一b

    bedthehill,kgslltalkheaskedab一ut