追风筝的人是真实的吗 残忍而美丽的情谊:The Kite Runner 追风筝的人(41)

残忍而美丽的情谊:The Kite Runner 追风筝的人(41)  

The next morning
as he brewed black tea for breakfast
Hassan told me he'd had a dream. "We were at Ghargha Lake
you
me
Father
Agha sahib
Rahim Khan
and thousands of other people
" he said. "It was warm and sunny
and the lake was clear like a mirror. But no one was swimming because they said a monster had e to the lake. It was swimming at the bottom
waiting."
He poured me a cup and added sugar
blew on it a few times. Put it before me. "So everyone is scared to get in the water
and suddenly you kick off your shoes
Amir agha
and take off your shirt. 'There's no monster
' you say. 'I'll show you all.' And before anyone can stop you
you dive into the water
start swimming away. I follow you in and we're both swimming."
"But you can't swim."
"可是你不会游泳。"
Hassan laughed. "It's a dream
Amir agha
you can do anything. Anyway
everyone is screaming
'Get out! Get out!' but we just swim in the cold water. We make it way out to the middle of the lake and we stop swimming. We turn toward the shore and wave to the people. They look small like ants
but we can hear them clapping. They see now. There is no monster
just water. They change the name of the lake after that
and call it the 'Lake of Amir and Hassan
Sultans of Kabul
' and we get to charge people money for swimming in it."
"So what does it mean?" I said.
He coated my "naan" with marmalade
placed it on a plate. "I don't know. I was hoping you could tell me."
"Well
it's a dumb dream. Nothing happens in it."
"Father says dreams always mean something."
I sipped some tea. "Why don't you ask him
then? He's so smart
" I said
more curtly than I had intended. I hadn't slept all night. My neck and back were like coiled springs
and my eyes stung. Still
I had been mean to Hassan. I almost apologized
then didn't. Hassan understood I was just nervous. Hassan always understood about me.
Upstairs
I could hear the water running in Baba's bathroom.