经典爱情故事

A Classic Love Story

一天，一个男孩对一个女孩说:“如果我只有一碗粥，我会把一半给我的母亲，另一半给你。”小女孩喜欢上了小男孩。那一年他l2岁，她l0岁。

One day, a boy said to a girl, "If I have only one bowl of gruel, I shall give one half to my mother, and the other half to you." The little girl liked the little boy from then on. That year he's twelve and she's ten.

过了10年，他们村子被洪水淹没了，他不停地救人，有老人，有孩子，有认识的，有不认识的，惟独没有亲自去救她。当她被别人救出后，有人问他：“你既然喜欢她，为什么不救她？”他轻轻地说：“正是因为我爱她，我才先去救别人。她死了，我也不会独活。” 于是他们在那一年结了婚。那一年他22岁，她20岁。

Ten years passed. When their village was flooded, he ceaselessly rescued others, including old people, children, the acquainted and the unacquainted, everyone except her in person. After she was rescued by others, somebody asked him, "Since you like her, why didn't you rescue her?" He answered gently, "It's just because I love her that I first rescued others. I would never live alone if she died." So they got married. That year he's twenty two and she's twenty.

后来，全国闹饥荒，他们同样穷得揭不开锅，最后只剩下一点点面了，做了一碗汤面。他舍不得吃，让她吃；她舍不得吃，让他吃！ 三天后，那碗汤面发霉了。当时，他42岁，她40岁！

Later, the whole country suffered from famine. They also had few in the pot. Finally, only an ounce of noodles were left, and they cooked a bowl of noodles in soup. He's reluctant to eat and let her eat; she's reluctant to eat and let him eat! Three days later, the bowl of noodles went moldy. At that time, he's forty two and she's forty.

因为祖父曾是地主，他受到了批斗。在那段年月里，“组织上”让她“划清界线、分清是非”，她说：“我不知道谁是人民内部的敌人，但是我知道，他是好人，他爱我，我也爱他，这就足够了！”于是，她陪着他挨批、挂牌游行，夫妻二人在苦难的岁月里接受了相同的命运！那一年，他52岁，她50岁！

Since his grandfather was ever a landlord, he's criticized and denounced in public meetings. During those special years, the "Organization" asked her to "make clear the borderline and distinguish right and wrong", but she said, "I don't know who is the inner enemy, but I do know he is a good man. He loves me and I also love him. That's enough." That year he's fifty two and she's fifty.

许多年过去了，他和她为了锻炼身体一起学习气功。这时他们调到了城里，每天早上乘公共汽车去市中心的公园，当一个青年人给他们让座时，他们都不愿坐下而让对方站着。于是两人靠在一起手里抓着扶手，脸上都带着满足的微笑，车上的人竟不由自主地全都站了起来。那一年，他72岁，她70岁。

Many years passed, he and she began to practice Qigong in order to keep health. Because they were transferred to a town , every morning they took bus to the city center park. When a young man offered his seat to them, each of them wouldn't take the seat because the other had to stand. Therefore, holding the handrail, they leaned each other with content smiles on their faces, and all of other passengers couldn't help standing up. That year he's seventy two and she's seventy.

她说：“10年后如果我们都巳死了，我一定变成他，他一定变成我，然后他再来喝我送他的半碗粥！”

She said, "When we were all dead ten years later, I must turn into him and he must turn into me, then he could drink the half bowl of gruel that I give him!"

70岁的风尘岁月，这就是爱情。

Seventy years of hardship life interpret this true love!

译于2005年6月21日。