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诺贝尔和平奖得主的话（上） ● 姚普光 今天容许我放下美国现任总统乔治布什(George W Bush)不谈，改谈另一位很值得敬重的美国前总统占美卡特。 诺贝尔各奖都在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩(Stockholm)颁发，唯独
五孙舍哥
Elder Brother 5th Sun-she ● 陈晴山 Chen Qing-shan
陈敏良 陈敏华（译）Trans. by Peter Chen, Michael Tan
这是二十年前的印象了。那时，我不过十二三岁的年纪，是在一
家私塾里，天天走读的。我最怕的是：白天在学塾里板起面孔，恶狠
狠的迫我背诵的先生，和晚上放学回来碰着站在巷口拦住我要考问的
五孙舍哥。她那苍白的颜色，突露的颧骨，两目炯炯的瞪视，至今忆
起，还有些可怕。
These are my recollections of twenty years ago. I am
only twelve or thirteen, studying in a local private school
and I walk to school every day . There are two things I
dread most: during the day in school, I have to face the
fearsome schoolmaster who bullies me into reciting whole
passages; and in the evening after school, I am accosted at
the entrance to our lane by Elder Brother 5th Sun-she who
insists on interrogating me. Her ashen complexion,
prominent bony forehead, with two glaring eyes, still give
me the shudders whenever I think of her, even today.
当我走来给她看见的时候，她一定会说：“哥儿，你放学回来了
吗？”接着就要考问了。她的问题是：
Whenever she spots me, she will always say: "Hey kid,
back from school?" followed immediately by her
interrogation. Her question is:
“公主要不要嫁人，尼姑生了儿子没有？”
"Does the princess want to get married? Has the nun
given birth?"
她见着人，总是这样的问，许多人不睬她，也就罢了；偏其于我
，是不行的。她会抢你的书包，不给你走，假如我不答应，或是说声
不知道。
Whenever she sees anyone, she always asks the same
question. Many people just ignore her. But with me, that's
not acceptable. If I do not answer her or say I don't know,
she will grab my school satchel and refuse to let me pass.
“公主嫁给太子，尼姑生了一个和尚。”我当时不知怎样会想出
奇妙的答案，她也就算我完卷了。后来她老是这样的问我，我老是这
样的答，并不为难，不过，那苍白的颜色，突露的颧骨，两目炯炯的
总使人怕。
"The princess is married to the prince. The nun has
given birth to a monk." I have no idea how I could come up
with this ingenious answer which seems to satisfy her.
After that she always put the question to me in the same way
and I always give the same answer. That is not difficult,
but her pallid complexion, her bony forehead and her two
glaring eyes are really frightening.
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