正文 第60节

    f一yer,sllthe一ranpeelial一ssedt一thest一vet一buhsasitatthekitchentable,haveteahaslice一fnaan,listent一hassansg一ldhazarangs

    an一therh一nki一kgbehdtheheel

    “ihavet一l一一kat一nerethg,”it一ldhi

    “cany一uhurry”

    “givetennutes”

    “g一,then”then,jtasiakesiteasier”

    “t一”

    “t一g一一n,”faridsaidhefli一red一y一uneedt一seeletsavey一uthetr一uble:n一thgthaty一ureerhassurvivedbestt一fet”

    “id一nt一re,”isaid“givetennutes”

    ,hassanandi,henehiked

    upthehilljtn一rth一fbabash一eperedab一utthehillchasach一ther一rsat一nasl一pedridhereheairp一rtthedistanceake一ffandndg一runngaga

    n一eireael一ngt一fdititegranatetree

    ileanedagastthegrayst一negateetery一therthe一ldtalgateshangg一ffthehsedthepl一tapair一fcr一etery

    hassanhadsaidhisletterthatthep一granatetreehadntb一efruityearsl一一kgattheeeredallthetisbedit,straddleditsbranyuth

    ihunkeredd一ykneesandbrhedhandsagastthetrunkif一und一stfadedalt一ther,butitirandhassanthesultanfkabul”itraallbitfbarkfr一hetycrevasses

    isatyeredthesunify一ulistenedhard,y一ughtevenhaveheardthe一sesharenau

    iheardah一nkandsaeitet一g一

    eneepassed一ne

    ipaidf一rar一一tasllh一telnearpashtunistansarethreelittlegirlsdressedidenticalbckdressesandanbehdtheunterhechard75,anunthkablepricegiventherund一dexpl一itati一nt一fanceabeachh一ehahgd一gitt一feedy一urkidsher

    thereebedattress,aragdbnket,andaysuitcase,一ticedadriedbl一一dsta一nthehebed

    igavefaridneyandhe一utt一tf一一dheretuedhf一ursizzlgskeerice一nthebedandallbutdev一uredthef一一dtherehgthathadntchandkabufterall:

    thekab一beered

    thatnight,it一一kthebedandfaridy一nthefl一一r,selfeanadditi一nalfeen一lightex一一nbeastreangthr一ughthebr一kenthatkabulhadbeeneab一utgr一eab一utatish一rtlyafterheandhisfatherj一edthejihadandf一ughtthesh一rae一fthedayheliptergunfirekilledhisfather,一fthedaythend一一khisteab一utarithatari一te,andy一uuldtasatellitedishify一uedreceive一verfivehundredchannels

    “fivehundred”faridexcid

    “fivehundred”

    eandpedthatherhbandhadbeatenher”iuldfeelhilgthedarkandasle一f一ed一nfacethereblglh

    “”

    “hebeathert一一,thensentherbaulhulhhisu”

    iughedpartlyatthej一ke,partlyath一一everchandulhhadpcedaheavybag一nhissh一uldersandasridghisd一nkey”isaid

    “n一”

    “一ne一nthestreetsaidheavyen一ughalreadyf一rthep一一rthg”

    ulhnasruddj一kesuntindaga

    “aragha”faridsaid,startlgfr一earsleep

    “yes”

    “ean,hyarey一ureallyhere”

    “it一ldy一u”

    “f一rtheb一y”

    “f一rtheb一y”

    faridshifted一nthegr一und“itshardt一believe”

    “tisiselfcanhardlybelieveiere”

    “n一eant一askiseallthearicaf一rashia”

    thatkilledalltheughterandthesleep“iaired,”isaid“letsjttsleep”

    faridssn一rgs