这个是我自己的【捂脸】
原文 by 维恩 译文 by 寒奎、未未 配图 by kz
<Thank You>
[We share the same language. We share the same spirit.]
——When you are young...
–The owner graced him-
When he was young, he loved him.
He took care of him. He taught him his language.
"Alfred, it is time to learn. Come and let us read."He waved at the child who was wearing a white pajama.
The child nodded and jumped onto his chair. His cheeky face andhis innocent smile always cheered him up.
"Iggy, what am I going to learn today?"
"We are going to read a story today."
"What is the story about?"
"It is a story about a thankful little boy paying a dept of attitudeto her owner," he said with a soft voice.
"What does it mean by t-a-n-k-f-u-l?" The child openedhis eyes widely.
"It is t-h-a-n-k-f-u-l, means someone saying 'thank you' tothose who helped him." He explained patiently.
"T-a-n-k y-o-u?" But he seemed not to understand.
"T-h-a-n-k y-o-u," He repeated once more with hispatience.
"T-h-a-n-k y-o-u, Iggy."
He was shocked. The child would not really understand the word.But he was quite happy when he heard this.
"You too, Alfred." He gave back a grin to the child.The child looked at him happily.
-He owned it-
——When they broke up...
-He betrayed the owner-
"Arthur, thank you for your recognition. Your recognitionof me being a country." The young adult said without any emotion.
"You are welcome," he had never thought that the child he loved would grow up that soon, andthen became independent from him.
Silence occurred.
They both left the conversation room.
He had never thought that the word "thank you" couldbe as sharp as a knife.
-But the owner forgave-
——When they meet again...
-The owner hoped him to be good-
"Hey Arthur!" The adult yelled with a big smile on hisface. Still being that innocent. "Can you gimme something to drink? I amsooooo thirsty!"
He looked at him disgustedly. From the time on, the adult was being so impolite. Hereluctantly passed him a cup of tea.
"Thanks Arthur! Oh wait, is that tea? Gosh I hate tea. Iwant coke. Coke is much better than tea..."
The adult was extremely annoying. Talking by himself all daylong, his voice was so buzzing. And also impolite.
He could not stand for it.
"Would you be a bit quiet and be more courtesy? You arebeing so impolite now! What have I taught you when you were young? Did youremember it? Do you know that you should say 'thank you' but not'thanks'?"
However, a silence occurred after the sentence. There was a kindof embarrassment between two of them. He realised that he made the wrongspeech.
"...Sorry, Alfred. I should not be in your business."
He left without saying anything.
-But he ignored-
——Till the end of the world...
-The little boy thanked-
"Arthur, are we going to disappear soon?" The adultsaid with a forced smile. He was trying to be happy in front of him. He did notwant him to see his anxious expression.
He saw tears in his eyes, although the reflection on his glassestried to cover them up.
"Yes maybe, but we will all come to this ending. We are notalone." He looked at the sky. The sky was as blue as the one that the day he found him on thegrassland.
"Thank you, Arthur." The adult said with a shortpausing.
"What?" He could not hear clearly because of the windwhistling.
"Thank you for giving me a beautiful language. I love thelanguage. I love English. I saw the meaning of the word." He said withanother smile. Tears ran down. "I love the language that you taught me.Since it was taught by you."
He smiled too. He did not change the word “taught” into “teached”.He knew what it means.
They disappeared. Both of them.
-Fin.-
——Thank you for the word "thank you".
<Thank You> - 一直以来,谢谢你
【我们有着相同的语言,我们有着相同的信念】
——当你正值青春年华…
-主给了他一份恩赐-
当他还是个少年时,他宠爱着他。
他无微不至地照顾他。
他用自己的语言来教育他。
“阿尔,该上课啦。”
“快过来我们一起学习。”
他走到了那个穿着白色睡衣的男孩身边。
那个孩子点了点头,在椅子上高兴的蹦来蹦去。
他稚嫩的脸庞以及他纯真的微笑总能令他振奋。
“英|吉|利啾,我们今天学点什么?”
“今天,我们来讲个故事吧。”
“故事?讲什么的?”
“这是一个关于小男孩对他的主报恩的故事。”他缓缓说道。
“这个t-a-n-k-f-u-l?是什么意思?”
男孩睁大了眼睛。
“这是t-h-a-n-k-f-u-l,是指一些人对那些曾经帮助过他的人说谢谢的意思。”
他耐心的解释道。
"T-a-n-k y-o-u?"
"T-h-a-n-k y-o-u"
他更加耐心的重复道。
"T-h-a-n-k y-o-u,英|吉|利啾。"
他楞了一愣。
男孩显然地并不完全理解这个词语的意思。但他对此乐此不疲。
【你也是,阿尔。】他给以男孩一个微笑。
男孩开心的望着他。
-他把恩赐变成了自己的所有物-
——当他们的关系破裂时…
-他背叛了他的主-
【亚瑟,谢谢你的认可。】
【你认可我是一个国家。】
少年几乎不带任何情绪的说着。
【不用谢,】
他从未想过,他喜爱的那个孩子竟会成长的如此之快。
随后,就从他那里独立了。
周围的空气变得沉寂。
他们离开了会议室。
他也从未想过,“谢谢你”可以变得如同刀一般的锋利。
-主原谅了他-
——他们再次相遇时……
-主希望他有所成就-
【你好亚瑟!】
那个男人高声叫着,脸上浮现的依旧是纯真的微笑。
【喂,能给我点喝的东西吗?】
【我酷爱。。渴死啦!】
他嫌弃的看着他。
【从那时起,那个年轻人的行为开始变得粗鲁了起来】
他无奈的给了他一杯茶。
【榭了亚瑟!喔等等!这怎么是茶!!!噢上帝,我讨厌茶。我想要可乐!!它比茶好太多!!】
青年表现的极其懊恼。
每一天耳边都是萦绕在他耳边的都是嘈杂的声音。以及粗鲁。这一切他无法忍受。
“你能不能安静一点,更礼貌一点?”
【现在的你十分吵闹无礼。】
【你小时候我都有教过你把?你还记得吧?】
【你知道要说谢谢你而不是榭榭你吧?】
然而,之后又是一阵沉寂。
在他们之间有一种尴尬的氛围包围着。
他突然意识到自己说错话。
抱歉,阿尔弗雷德。】
我忘了我不应该管你的事。】
他不再有所言说,离开了。
-但他却毫不在意-
——直到世界的终结……
-那个男孩道谢了-
“亚瑟,我们……就要消失了吗?”
青年勉强的微笑说着……
在他面前,他试着开心起来】
他并不希望他看到他的不安和沮丧。
他,看到了他眼中的泪,
尽管他眼镜上的反光几乎覆盖了它们。
“或许…没错,我们都会迎来死亡……但我们并不孤单”
他望着天空。蔚蓝而澄澈。就像初遇他的那天一样
谢谢你,亚瑟。】
那个青年人短暂的停顿了一下。
【什么?】由于风暴的关系,他似乎不能听的很清楚。
【谢谢你给予我如此美好的语言。
我爱这语言。
我爱英语。
我明白每个字所包含的意义。】
他用一个微笑回答道
我爱你教授我的这种语言。】
因为是你教会我的。】
他也微笑了,他没有把'taught变成'teached'。
他知道这意味着什么。
随后,他们一起消失了。
然后
-然而一切都结束了-
最后
——谢谢你。给了我“谢谢”这个词。
