一条铺道（双语）

一条铺道

（美国）安布鲁斯·比尔斯

       陈荣生                译

（图片欣赏——区怡摄/湛江）

一位富婆从国外返回，在水齐膝深的街脚下船，打算穿过泥泞走到旅馆去。

“夫人，”一位警察说，“我不能允许您这样做；您会弄脏您的鞋袜的。”

“哦，那没什么大不了的，真的，”富婆答，满脸灿烂的笑容。

“但是，夫人，这是不必要的；正如您所看到的，从码头到旅馆，报社记者已经俯卧在地，不间断地拍成了一行，他们都渴望能够荣幸地得到您从他们身上走过去。”

“如果是这样，”她说，然后在一家门口坐下来，打开她的背包，“那我就得穿水靴了。”

（译自《另类寓言》）

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A Causeway

A RICH Woman having returned from abroad disembarked at the foot of Knee-deep Street, and was about to walk to her hotel through the mud.

"Madam," said a Policeman, "I cannot permit you to do that; you would soil your shoes and stockings."

"Oh, that is of no importance, really," replied the Rich Woman, with a cheerful smile.

"But, madam, it is needless; from the wharf to the hotel, as you observe, extends an unbroken line of prostrate newspaper men who crave the honour of having you walk upon them."

"In that case," she said, seating herself in a doorway and unlocking her satchel, "I shall have to put on my rubber boots."