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『故事』塞安的溜冰鞋

由 myvonne@gmail.com 于 2008-11-20 23:19

by Joad de Du Prats, illustrated by Francesc Rovira .retold by Myvonne

塞安是个害羞的小孩，一个很害羞的小孩。不怎么说话，心里有很多话想说，也不说。

塞安总是默默的来，默默的去。有时候，在电梯里，他窜到邻居们眼前，大家会大吃一惊，然后有邻居会对塞安说：“奥，塞安，你长高啦！”
但是，害羞的塞安，立马脸红起来，低头看着脚尖。心里想说的话，挤成一团：
“我还要长得更高点。能轻松够到电梯的按钮，包括最上面的！”但是最后，他什么话也没有说出来。

塞安去理发。理发的老伯一边在他脖子上系围布，一边和他说话：“今天在学校里怎么样？”
塞安又是低头红脸看脚尖，细声细气说：“还好啊。”
其实，塞安心里也很想和老伯说说学校里的事情。比如：他很喜欢地理课。世界上好些大洋、小岛、沙漠的名字，他都知道。
头发剪完了。老伯看看镜子里的塞安，拍拍他的头，问他喜不喜欢。
尽管塞安心里好想说：“拜托老伯，要是下次不再弄这样的刺猬头就好了。”但是，塞安还是像蚊子哼哼一样，小小声说：“还好啊。”然后说完就后悔。

电梯里、理发店里，塞安都不好意思说话。在学校也是。
老师在课堂上提问：“冰岛的首都是什么？蒙古的首都是什么？布隆迪的首都在哪里？”
每个提问，塞安都知道答案。但是他只是望着自己的课桌，什么也不打算说。

他们班上有个叫艾斯苔的小姑娘：头发卷卷的，眼睛和小猫差不多。塞安坐在最后排，艾斯苔刚好就坐在他前面。
塞安喜欢她。不过他可从来不和艾斯苔说话。

放学后，塞安回家的时候，经常从公园里穿过。

有天下午，他发现公园的长椅上放着一双溜冰鞋。
塞安还没有溜过冰呢。但是他看到溜冰鞋就想试一下。塞安站在那里等了一会，发现没有人过来。他打算穿上试试看，因为他好像觉得那溜冰鞋也在看着他，在邀请他穿上试一下。
穿好鞋子，慢慢站起来，小心翼翼抬脚……
“哎吆！”塞安抬脚就摔了底朝天！
没关系，再试一次。结果：再摔一跤。
塞安有点沮丧：“看来，我不适合溜冰。”
脱下鞋子，塞安把它们放回长椅。自己慢慢走回家。

第二天，塞安又路过公园。他看见那双溜冰鞋还在。好像还是他放回去的样子。那鞋子还是好像在看着塞安对他说：来试下吧？
塞安摸摸鼻子，左右都偷偷瞧瞧。没人！
这次，塞安穿上鞋子，能站稳了。但是，他想抬脚走路，还是摔跤。回家的时候，塞安想，我把鞋子拿回家吧。今天有进步呢，起码能站稳了！

那以后，塞安每天放学后，都跑去公园练习溜冰。

塞安练习的时候，总是小心翼翼。很小心走每一步。而且总要抓住个什么东西，才敢继续走。他抱过电线杆、扶过树、抓过栏杆。有一次，有个老人家坐在长椅上，塞安还差点扯了人家的长胡子。

塞安每天练习，每天进步一点点。但是一个星期过去了，他还是不敢走很远，也不敢走快一点。
有时候，他坐在长椅上，看别的小孩从他身边轻快滑过，看他们那么轻松，好像溜冰是世界上最简单不过的事情了。回家的时候，一路上心里会很难过。不过，第二天下午，塞安还是会去公园。

有一天，塞安和往常一样。来到公园，穿上鞋子，慢慢走。小心翼翼，聚精会神看着脚下。
根本就没有听到周围有人在大呼小叫：“天啊！帮下忙！帮我抓住我的狗啊！
突然，那狗窜过来，舔了下塞安的脸。吓得塞安差点摔跤，正好一把抓住它。
然后，狗开始乱跑。塞安抓住狗的皮带，也不敢松手。

接下来的时间，真象电影。
狗带着塞安。两个人好像在公园玩滑水。
塞安穿着溜冰鞋被狗拉着，一起穿过公园池塘上的桥廊，又沿着小路差点撞进小树林，两个人摇摇摆摆在广场飞奔。他们还从公园维修管道，在坑里挖土的师傅们头顶飞过。
塞安一直牢牢抓住皮带保持着平衡。最后，狗停下来不跑了。
狗主人跑来牵走了狗。塞安呆呆站在那里。
他简直不敢相信，他穿着溜冰鞋把公园跑了个遍！

那天晚上，塞安回家。在电梯门口遇到邻居。邻居和他打招呼：“今天怎么样？塞安。”
一开始，塞安没有说话。他像往常一样，准备缩起肩膀，但是，他突然放松。兴高采烈，脱口而出：“太好了！我学会溜冰了！”

第二天星期六。塞安又去公园，一个早上都在练习，这次，他一点也不担心会摔跤了。
他将整个公园溜了个遍。虽然还是摔了两跤，不过每次他都马上爬起来继续向前溜。
塞安也慢慢开始不再紧张其他事情了。

他又去理发店，理发的老伯问他：“在学校都学了些啥？”塞安不再低头，不再像蚊子一样哼哼。相反，他开始大声说话：“世界上那些大沙漠的名字，我全部都知道。并且，它们分布在哪里，我也知道。撒哈拉在非洲，戈壁滩在亚洲，阿塔卡马沙漠在南美洲。”
听到这样的说话，理发的老伯真是惊讶。当他问塞安这次来个什么发型的时候，塞安终于大大方方的说：“这次，我不想让脑袋像个刺猬一样了！”
“哈！哈！哈！”理发的老伯和塞安都笑了起来。
塞安离开理发店的时候，简直不敢相信刚才的情景。他有很多话想讲，他终于想说就说出来了！

现在呢，老师在课堂上提问：“谁知道世界上最高的山峰叫什么名字？”
塞安会很自觉的举手回答：“最高是喜马拉雅，第二是乔戈里峰，第三是干城章嘉峰。”

还有一些以前想做的事情，现在也敢去做了。塞安在溜冰的时候，已经不怎么会摔跤了，好像做起别的事情来，也自信很多。心里有什么话想说，那就说了。

一天下午，看见卷卷头发的艾斯苔。他走过去，笑了一下说：“我们一起去溜冰，好吗？”你猜，怎么样？艾斯苔有点害羞，但她还是很小声说：“好。”

塞安回到家里，太高兴了。他把自己的小猪储钱罐打破，拿出积蓄跑去商店给自己买了一双新的溜冰鞋。
然后，把从公园带回家的那双又还回去了。还是放在他最开始看到它们的地方。
塞安想：或许也有其他人像他以前那样，心里有话不怎么说。那，他们或许也会喜欢上溜冰。然后一切都好起来。

原文：
"Sebastian's Roller Skates" by Joad de Du Prats, illustrated by Francesc Rovira.
Sebastain didn't talk very much, even though he had a lot to say. Sebastian was shy. He was very shy.

The neighbors would say,"My goodness Sebastian, you're getting tall!"

And Sebastian would look at the floor, nod his head, and blush.

What he wanted to say though, was that someday he'd like to be tall enough to reach every single button in the elevator, even the ones at the very top.

But Sebastian didn't talk very much.

"How's school?" the barber would ask, wrapping Sebastian in a cape.

And Sebastian would look down at his feet, blush, and whisper,"Fine."

What he wanted to say though, was that he loved geography, and that he knew the names of faraway seas, tropical islands, and desert lands.

When the barber was finished he'd ask Sebastian how he liked his haircut.

And in a very small voice, Sebastian would whisper, "Fine," again.

What he wanted to say though, was that if the barber made his head look like a billiard ball next time, he'd regret it.

Sebastian didn't talk very much. Not in the elevator. Not in the barbershop. Not in school.

When the teacher would ask him to name the capital of iceland, the captial of Mongolia, or the capital of Burundi,

Sebastian would just look down at his desk, because even though he knew the answers, he couldn't seem to say anything.

Sebastian sat in the last row, right behind Ester. Ester had curly hair and eyes the color of honey.

Sebastian liked her, but he'd never spoken to her.

After school, Sebastian always walked home through the park. One afternoon, he noticed a pair of old roller skates.

Sebastian had never skated before, but he'd always wanted to try. He waited a few minutes, and when no one appeared, he decided to try them on.

He stood up very slowly, took a careful step and...

Whammmmm! Right on his rear end!

He tried again. And again, the same thing happened.

"Skating is not for me," Sebastian thought.

He took off the skates, put them back on the bench, and walked home.

The next day, when Sebastain walked though the park, he saw that the skates were still there, right where he had left them.

Sebastian scratched his nose. He looked right. He looked left. Nobody was around.

This time he was able to stand up, and stay up. But when he tried to take a step, he fell.

At least he'd stood up!

Maybe he should take the skates home...

After that, Sebastian went to the park every day after school to practice.

He always went slowly and carefully, taking tiny steps until he could grab on to something a lamp post, a tree, a railing.

Once, he even tried to grab on to someone's moustache!

Sebastian skated every day, and every day he got a little bit better, but after a week he still couldn't go very far or very fast.

Then he saw some oter skaters gliding by, as if it were the easiest thing in the world.

He sat down on the bench, sad and a tiny bit heartbroken.

Then he went home.

He was back the next afternoon though.

He put the skates on, and then, just like always, he started to skate very slowly, first one foot, then the other.

He was concentrating so hard, he didn't hear the shouting.

"My dog! Somebody, please! Help me catch my dog!"

Suddenly, a big dog was licking his face. Sebastian had to grab him to keep from falling down.

Just then, the dog started to run, and somehow, Sebastian managed to hold on to the leash.

What happened next is something Sebastian could never have imagined.

He skated as if he were a water skier, gliding gracefully behind the big dog.

They crossed the bridge over the pond, they crossed the path that led to the grove, they crossed the playground with the swings.

they even jumped over a ditch where workers were repairing a pipe.

Sebastian kept his balance the whole time, until finally, the dog stopped running.

The dog's owner came for her dog, but Sebastian just stood there.

He'd skated through practically the whole park! He could hardly believe it!

When he got back to his apartment building, a neighbor was waiting for the elevator.

"How are things, Sebastian?" the neighbor asked.

At first Sebastian didn't say anything. He started to shrug like he usually did, but then he stopped.

His face brightened, and he answered without thinking,"Great! I'm learing how to roller skate."

The next day was Saturday, and Sebastian spent the whole morning skating without ever worring about falling down.

He skated through the whole park, and even though he did fall down twice, both times he got up right away and kept on skating.

Sebastian began to worry less about other things, too.

When he had to go to the barbershop again, and the barber asked, "How's school?" Sebastian did not lower his eyes or answer in a whisper.

Instead, he just opened his mouth...

"I know the names of all the most important deserts in the world and where they are: the Sahara in Africa, the Gobi in Asia, and the Atacama in South America."

"How about that?" smiled the barber in surprise.

"And this time I don't want my head to look like a billiard ball!"

When Sebastian left the barbershop, he could hardly believe what he had done. He had a lot to say, and he'd said it!

So now, when the teacher asked,"Let's see, who knows the names of the tallest mountains in the world?"

Sebastian would put up his hand and answer, "Mount Everest, Qogir, and Kangchenjunga."

He still had something else he wanted to do though. So one afternoon, when he saw Ester, te little girl with curly hair, he made up his mind.

He didn't fall very much anymore when he skated, and sometimes when he had a lot to say, he said it, so he walked over to Ester and asked with a smile,"Would you like to go skating with me?" And guess what? Ester was a little bit shy. But she did whisper, "Yes."

Sebastian went home feeling very happy. He broke his piggy bank and ran to the store to buy himself a new pair of skates.

Then he went to the park and returned the old roller skates to the same bench where he had found them.

He thought maybe somebody else who didn't talk very much even when they had a lot to say might also like to learn how to skate

 转自 矮番薯 爱翻书