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.Hills Like White ElephantsErnest Hemmingway白象似的群山欧内斯特 海明威The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings of bamboo beads, hung across the open door into the bar, to keep out flies. The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the building. It was very hot and the express from Barcelona would come in forty minutes. It stopped at this junction for two minutes and went on to Madrid.What should we drink? the girl asked. She had taken off her hat and put it on the table. Its pretty hot, the man said. Lets drink beer. Dos cervezas, the man said into the curtain.Big ones? a woman asked from the doorway. Yes. Two big ones. The woman brought two glasses of beer and two felt pads. She put the felt pads and the beer glasses on the table and looked at the man and the girl. The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry.They look like white elephants, she said. Ive never seen one, the man drank his beer. No, you wouldnt have.I might have, the man said. just because you say I wouldnt have doesnt prove anything. The girl looked at the bead curtain. Theyve painted something on it, she said.What does it say?Anis del Toro. Its a drink.Could we try it?The man called Listen through the curtain. The woman came out from the bar. Four reales. We want two Anis del Toro.With water?Do you want it with water?I dont know, the girl said. Is it good with water?Its all right.You want them with water? asked the woman. Yes, with water. It tastes like licorice, the girl said and put the glass down. Thats the way with everything.Yes, said the girl. Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things youve waited so long for, like absinthe.Oh, cut it out. You started it, the girl said. I was being amused. I was having a fine time. Well, lets try and have a fine time.All right. I was trying. I said the mountains looked like white elephants. Wasnt that bright?That was bright. I wanted to try this new drink. Thats all we do, isnt it-look at things and try new drinks?I guess so. The girl looked across at the hills. Theyre lovely hills, she said. They dont really look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees.Should we have another drink?All right. The warm wind blew the bead curtain against the table. The beers nice and cool, the man said. Its lovely, the girl said. Its really an awfully simple operation, Jig, the man said. Its not really an operation at all. The girl looked at the ground the table legs rested on. I know you wouldnt mind it, Jig. Its really not anything. Its just to let the air in.The girl did not say anything. Ill go with you and Ill stay with you all the time. They just let the air in and then its all perfectly natural.Then what will we do afterward? Well be fine afterward. Just like we were before.What makes you think so? Thats the only thing that bothers us. Its the only thing thats made us unhappy.The girl looked at the bead curtain, put her hand out and took hold of two of the strings of beads. And you think then well be all right and happy.I know we will. You dont have to be afraid.Ive known lots of people that have done it.So have I, said the girl. And afterwards they were all so happy.Well, the man said, if you dont want to, you dont have to. I wouldnt have you do it if you didnt want to.But I know its perfectly simple.And you really want to?I think its the best thing to do. But I dont want you to do it if you dont really want to.And if I do it youll be happy and things will be like they were and youll love me?I love you now.You know I love you.I know. But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and youll like it?Ill love it. I love it now but I just cant think about it. You know how I get when I worry.If I do it you wont ever worry?I wont worry about that because its perfectly simple.Then Ill do it.Because I dont care about me.What do you mean?I dont care about me.Well, I care about you.Oh, yes. But I dont care about me. And Ill do it and then everything will be fine.I dont want you to do it if you feel that way.The girl stood up and walked to the end of the station. Across, on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro. Far away, beyond the river, were mountains.The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees.And we could have all this, she said. And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.What did you say?I said we could have everything.We can have everything.No, we cant.We can have the whole world.No, we cant.We can go everywhere.No, we cant.It isnt ours any more.Its ours.No, it isnt.And once theyve taken it away, you never get it back.But they havent taken it away.Well wait and see.Come on back in the shade, he said. You mustnt feel that way.I dont feel any way, the girl said. I just know things.I dont want you to do anything that you dont want to do -Nor that isnt good for me, she said. I know. Could we have another beer?All right. But youve got to realize -I realize, the girl said. Cant we maybe stop talking?They sat down at the table and the girl looked across at the hills on the dry side of the valley and the man looked at her and at the table.Youve got to realize, he said, that I dont want you to do it if you dont want to. Im perfectly willing to go through withit if it means anything to you. Doesnt it mean anything to you? We could get along.Of course it does. But I dont want anybody but you. I dont want anyone else. And I know its perfectly simple.Yes, you know its perfectly simple.Its all right for you to say that, but I do know it.Would you do something for me now?Id do anything for you.Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. There were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights.But I dont want you to, he said, I dont care anything about it.Ill scream, the girl said.The woman came out through the curtains with two glasses of beer and put them down on the damp felt pads. The train comes in five minutes, she said. What did she say? asked the girl. That the train is coming in five minutes. The girl smiled brightly at the woman, to thank her. Id better take the bags over to the other side of the station, the man said. She smiled at him. All right. Then come back and well finish the beer.He picked up the two heavy bags and carried them around the station to the other tracks. He looked up the tracks but could not see the train. Coming back, he walked through the barroom, where people waiting for the train were drinking. He drank an Anis at the bar and looked at the people. They were all waiting reasonably for the train. He went out through the bead curtain. She was sitting at the table and smiled at him. Do you feel better? he asked. I feel fine, she said. Theres nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.埃布罗河河谷的那一边，白色的山冈起伏连绵。这一边，白地一片，没有树木，车站建在两条铁路线中间，晒在阳光下。紧靠着车站的一边，是一幢笼罩在闷热的阴影中的房屋，一串串竹珠子编成的门帘挂在酒吧间敞开着的门口挡着苍蝇。那个美国人和那个跟他一道的姑娘坐在那幢房屋外面阴凉处的一张桌子旁边。天气非常热，巴塞罗那来的快车还有四十分钟才能到站。列车在这个中转站停靠两分钟，然后继续行驶，开往马德里。“咱们喝点什么呢？”姑娘问。她已经脱掉帽子，把它放在桌子上。“天热得很，”男人说。“咱们喝啤酒吧。”“来两杯啤酒，”男人对着门帘里面说。“大杯的？”一个女人在门口问。“对。两大杯。”那女人端来两大杯啤酒和两只毡杯垫。她把杯垫和啤酒杯一一放在桌子上。看看那男的，又看看那姑娘。姑娘正在眺望远处群山的轮廓。山在阳光下是白色的，而乡野则是灰褐色的干巴巴的一片。“它们看上去像一群白象，”她说。“我从来没有见过象，”男人把啤酒一饮而尽。“你是不会见过。”“我也许见到过的，”男人说。“光凭你说我不会见过，并不说明什么问题。”姑娘看看珠帘子。“他们在上面画了东西的，”她说。“那上面写的什么？”“茴香酒。是一种饮料。”“咱们能尝尝吗？”男人朝着珠帘子喊了一声“喂”。那女人从酒吧间走了出来。“一共是四雷阿尔。”“给我们再来两杯茴香酒。”“掺水吗？”“你要掺水吗？”“我不知道，”姑娘说。“掺了水好喝吗？”“好喝。”“你们要掺水是吗？”女人问。“好，掺水。”“这酒甜丝丝的就像甘草，”姑娘说，一边放下酒杯。“样样东西都是如此。”“是的，”姑娘说。“样样东西都甜丝丝的像甘草。特别是一个人盼望了好久的那些东西，简直就像艾酒一样。”“喔，别说了。”“是你先说起来的，”姑娘说。“我刚才倒觉得挺有趣。我刚才挺开心。”“好吧，咱们就想法开心开心吧。”“行啊。我刚才就在想法。我说这些山看上去像一群白象。这比喻难道不妙？”“妙。”“我还提出尝尝这种没喝过的饮料。咱们不就做了这么点儿事吗-看看风景，尝尝没喝过的饮料？”“我想是的。”姑娘又眺望远处的群山。“这些山美极了，”她说。“看上去并不真像一群白象。我刚才只是说，透过树木看去，山表面的颜色是白的。”“咱们要不要再喝一杯？”“行。”热风把珠帘吹得拂到了桌子。“这啤酒凉丝丝的，味儿挺不错，”男人说。“味道好极了，”姑娘说。“那实在是一种非常简便的手术，吉格，”男人说。“甚至算不上一个手术。”姑娘注视着桌腿下的地面。“我知道你不会在乎的，吉格。真的没有什么大不了。只要用空气一吸就行了。”姑娘没有作声。“我陪你去，而且一直呆在你身边。他们只要注入空气，然后就一切都正常了。”“那以后咱们怎么办？”“以后咱们就好了，就像从前那样。”“你怎么会这么想呢？”“因为使我们烦心的就只有眼下这一件事儿，使我们一直不开心的就只有这一件事儿。”姑娘看着珠帘子，伸手抓起两串珠子。“那你以为咱们今后就可以开开心心地再没有什么烦恼事了。”“我知道咱们会幸福的。你不必害怕。我认识许多人，都做过这种手术。”“我也认识许多人做过这种手术，”姑娘说。“手术以后他们都照样过得很开心。”“好吧，”男人说，“如果你不想做，你不必勉强。如果你不想做的话，我不会勉强你。不过我知道这种手术是很便当的。”“你真的希望我做吗？”“我以为这是最妥善的办法。但如果你本人不是真心想做，我也绝不勉强。”“如果我去做了，你会高兴、事情又会像从前那样、你会爱我-是吗？”“我现在就爱着你。你也知道我爱你。”“我知道。但是如果我去做了，那么倘使我说某某东西像一群白象，就又会和和顺顺的，你又会喜欢了？”“我会非常喜欢的。其实我现在就喜欢听你这么说，只是心思集中不到那上面去。心烦的时候，我会变成什么样子，你是知道的。”“如果我去做手术，你就再不会心烦了？”“我不会为这事儿烦心的，因为手术非常便当。”“那我就决定去做。因为我对自己毫不在乎。”“你这话什么意思？”“我对自己毫不在乎。”“不过，我可在乎。”“啊，是的。但我对自己却毫不在乎。我要去做手术，完了以后就会万事如意了。”“如果你是这么想的，我可不愿让你去做手术。”姑娘站起身来，走到车站的尽头。铁路对面，在那一边，埃布罗河两岸是农田和树木。远处，在河的那一边，便是起伏的山峦。一片云影掠过粮田；透过树木，她看到了大河。“我们本来可以尽情欣赏这一切，”她说。“我们本来可以舒舒服服享受生活中的