第三只眼睛/王前恩(赵金基译）

程思良

第三只眼睛/王前恩
　　
　　我跟丈夫正换厦房上的瓦。
　　丈夫从房顶上给我要瓦，我双眼定定地望着他，就是不递瓦给他，因为我看到了刘大伯的羊在暖暖的阳光下恬静地卧着。羊还转过头望我一下。
　　晚上丈夫搂着我笑说，当官确实好呀！怪不得都争哩。我一下坐起来，因为我又看到了刘大伯的羊了。此时刘大伯正给羊喂玉米粒儿。我说羊是不能喂玉米的！丈夫也坐起来。丈夫说怎么不能喂？我说我爷那年喂了一点点玉米，它尝到了甜头，后来挣断了缰绳胀死了。
　　翌日我就对刘大伯说了。刘大伯却说喂一点点催催肥。一点点也不能喂！我仍坚持……
　　我又一次看到刘大伯的羊了。羊挣断了缰绳，跑到晾晒的玉米跟前，舌头香甜地舔食着。这时刘大伯跑过去把羊拉走了。我对丈夫说，大伯就喂了一点点儿玉米，它就尝到甜头了，想尽法子……丈夫打断我的话，你这是咋么了？老说这个！我眼泪就下来了。我说咱不当这个官了，行么？日子穷点我不嫌，你有个三长两短，我和娃咋办呀？丈夫狠瞅我一眼，甩门去了。
　　当我再次看到刘大伯的羊的时候，我是在自家的别墅里，刘大伯的羊肚子鼓得高高的。刘大伯蹲在羊的尸体边唉声叹气。我也哭得死去活来，没良心的，你到底还是撇下我娘儿俩去了呀！
　　丈夫因为经济案被带走了！
　　
　　The Third Eye
　　
　　By Wang Qian’en
　　
　　My husband and I were replacing the tiles of our side-house.
　　My husband was on the roof asking me for more tiles when I fixed my eyes on him instead of handing him the tiles. At that moment I saw Uncle Liu’s sheep lying peacefully in the warm sunshine and the sheep turned to cast a glance at me.
　　In the evening, my husband held me in his arms and said smilingly, “It’s really good to be a government official; no wonder everyone runs for the title.” I sat up at once, as I saw Uncle Liu’s sheep again. At the moment Uncle Liu was feeding niblets to his sheep. “Don’t feed niblets to a sheep!” I cried. “Why not?” My husband sat up, too. “Years ago, my grandpa fed a few niblets to his sheep, so that the sheep became greedy, struggled free its reins and finally died from a bloated stomach.” I said.
　　The following day I approached Uncle Liu. “I fed only a few niblets to make the sheep fatter.” said Uncle Liu. “You mustn’t have fed even one niblet!” I insisted.
　　Once again I saw Uncle Liu’s sheep. Having struggled free its reins, the sheep ran over to the drying niblets, licking sweetly. Then Uncle Liu hurried to pull his sheep away. I said to my husband, “It was those few niblets Uncle Liu fed to the sheep that had made it so greedy as to try everything---” He interrupted me, “What has come over you? Stop your nonsense!” My eyes streamed with tears. “Listen to me, will you? I don’t care whether we are poor or not. But what if anything untoward should happen to you? Think of me and our kid!” My husband cast a hard look at me before he slammed the door behind him.
　　It was out of our villa that I looked, seeing Uncle Liu’s sheep with a bloated stomach. Uncle Liu crouched down, groaning beside the dead sheep. “Heartless bastard! You do leave me and our kid behind!” I was crying my heart out.
　　My husband was charged with embezzlement of public funds.
　　

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