假面舞会/白子捷(赵金基译）

程思良

假面舞会/白子捷
　　
　　他去参加假面舞会。
　　他戴上鬼面具走入舞池，吐舌头做吊死鬼状，很多人躲开他。
　　他又戴上妖面具走入舞池，看美女做张牙舞爪状，美女尖叫。
　　他再戴上牛面具走入舞池，对老者做抽牛角风状，老者对他皱眉。
　　他最后戴上鸭面具，对年轻人做唐老鸭状，年轻人哈哈大笑。
　　舞会散后他往家走，一个男人突然对他说：
　　“哥们你真搞笑，你是小品演员吗？”
　　他愣一下。
　　一个女人也对他说：
　　“你干吗总做牛魔鬼怪状？你为啥不戴神和美一点儿的面具呢？”
　　“啥面具？我不懂你们在说啥！”他说，“我们认识吗？”
　　“不认识，”那个男人和那个女人说，“可面具只盖住你上半张脸，刚才搞笑的那个人绝对是你没错儿！”
　　他不想也不好意思再说啥，快步消失在人群中……
　　
　　A Masquerade
　　
　　By Bai Zijie
　　
　　He went to a masquerade.
　　He put on a mask of Ghost, with the thrusting tongue of someone hanged, so that others escaped.
　　He put on a mask of Demon, with bared fangs and claws, so that ladies screamed.
　　He put on a mask of Bull, whooping aggressively, so that seniors frowned.
　　He finally put on a mask of Duck, assuming the air of Donald Duck, so that juniors laughed.
　　After the masquerade, he was going home when suddenly a man approached him.
　　“Hey, buddy, you were really funny. Are you a comedian or something?”
　　He looked blank.
　　A woman came over to him.
　　“Why were you wearing those masks with strange shapes? Wouldn’t those masks of Gods or Goddesses be better-looking?”
　　“What masks? I don’t understand what you are talking about.” He said, “Do we know each other?”
　　“No.” said the man and the woman in unison. “But those masks covered only upper half of your face. We know for sure it was you who had made those funny performances.”
　　Embarrassed, he said nothing and disappeared into the crowd.
　　

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