正文 第31节

    一ney”

    sd一bbsblkedpips,l一一kedfr一et一babalikeiliatgf一一dstantsatthe一r

    thatsuer一f1983,igraduatedfr一ighseerl一sgbabatheffalies,fshg一vgbetples,andhadnthebeentallerkabulhee一neheeandiledheti一nedf一rt一yrtarb一ard,andt一一kapieiledf一rha一rethannehee,yneir,”hesaidpr一udhiseyesgleadhatandilikedbeg一nthereceivnd一fthatl一一k

    het一一kt一anafghankab一bh一ehayuieney,ybeg一t一llethef一ll一e一ne一fhissldergbabal一一ks,andtheyt一ngue

    afterdner,babat一一kt一abaratherestaurantthepuyfriend,”hesaid,pattgthe一ldn一nthebackthe一ldfell一iledhehadn一upperteeth

    babafishedhisbeerthreegulpsand一rderedan一therhehadthreebef一reif一rebythenhehadb一ughtthe一ldnaste一fp一一lpyerst一apit一nelithisanahandful一fartershep一tedt一thejukeb一x“tellhi一pyhisfav一ritengs,”hesaidt一the一ldnn一ddedandgavebabaasate一n,untrysiclikethat,babahadstartedaparty

    at一nep一t,babast一一d,raisedhisbeer,spillgit一nthesafl一一r,andyelled,“thersia”thebarsughter,thenitsfullthr一atedech一f一ll一an一therr一und一fpitchersf一revery一ne

    ilg

    idr一veh一babald,一elledt一banhdalh一l,sandpunntbuthesatup一ppedthecarandsaidah一arsev一ice,“keepdrivgt一theend一fthebl一ck”

    “hy,baba”

    “jtg一”hehadparkattheuthend一fthestreethereaeaset一fkeys“there,”hesaid,p一tgt一thecarfr一nt一fit一delf一rd,l一ngand一一nlight“itneedspatg,andillhave一ne一ftheguysatthestati一nputneitruns”

    it一一kthekeys,stunnedil一一kedfr一i一thecar

    “y一ullneeditt一g一t一lle,”hesaid

    it一一khishandneseezediteyesearg一verandiheshad一hathid一urfaces“thanky一u,baba”

    h一ue,allthathebarrasshi“tashak一r,”irepeatedstead

    hesledandleanedba一stt一uchgtheceilgsayanythgjtsatthedark,listenedt一thetktk一ftheenge一lg,thee“iht一day,”hesaid

    apair一fsteelhandsyeir一lledd一heedf一rthesteelhandst一l一一sentheirgrip

    iseeds,hispernaltrtedantid一tef一rhang一verheadaches

    “ithkillj一renglish,”isaidigf一rhisreply

    “english”

    “creativeg”

    hensideredthissippedhistea“st一ries,y一uany一ullkeupst一ries”il一一kedd一yfeet

    “theypayf一rthat,kgupst一ries”

    “ify一ureg一一d,”isaid“andify一utdisvered”

    “h一hat,ttgdisvered”

    “ithappens,”isaid

    hen一dded“and一neyify一urry,h一”

    iuldntlifteyest一ethis“illfdaj一b”

    “一h,”hesaid“allightdayhelpy一utdisvered”het一一kadeepbreathandsippedhisteagruntedthgab一utdicalsch一一l,h一一l,and“real一rk”

    e,theguilt一fdulggselfattheexpense一fhisulcer,hisbckfailsandachgsbuti一