莫言什么时候获得诺贝尔文学 诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第5章Part 4

诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第5章Part 4  

Ella wrapped a cloth strip tight around the baby's navel as she listened for the holes — the thingsthe fugitives did not say; the questions they did not ask. Listened too for the unnamed
unmentioned people left behind. She shook gravel from the men's shoes and tried to force Sethe'sfeet into them. They would not go. Sadly
they split them down the heel
sorry indeed to ruin sovaluable an item. Sethe put on the boy's jacket
not daring to ask whether there was any word ofthe children.
"They made it
" said Ella. "Stamp ferried some of that party. Left them on Bluestone. It ain't toofar."
Sethe couldn't think of anything to do
so grateful was she
so she peeled a potato
ate it
spit it upand ate more in quiet celebration.
"They be glad to see you
" said Ella. "When was this one born?"
"Yesterday
" said Sethe
wiping sweat from under her chin. "I hope she makes it."
Ella looked at the tiny
dirty face poking out of the wool blanket and shook her head. "Hard tosay
" she said. "If anybody was to ask me I'd say
'Don't love nothing.' " Then
as if to take the edgeoff her pronouncement
she smiled at Sethe. "You had that baby by yourself?"
"No. Whitegirl helped."
"Then we better make tracks."
Baby Suggs kissed her on the mouth and refused to let her see the children. They were asleep shesaid and Sethe was too uglylooking to wake them in the night. She took the newborn and handed itto a young woman in a bon
telling her not to clean the eyes till she got the mother's urine.
"Has it cried out yet?" asked Baby.
"A little."
"Time enough. Let's get the mother well."