Because of Winn-Dixie (VI) 傻狗溫迪克（六）

Kate Dicamillo

你吃過一種叫“里德莫斯·洛丹”的糖果嗎？它吃起來有點像草汁還有點像草莓，還有一種主人公歐寶說不出來的味道，一種令人覺得傷心的味道，它是世界上少見的會把甜蜜和悲傷融在一起的糖果。

“Well， Littmus came home from the war，”said Miss Franny as she went on with her story， “and found himself alone. And he sat down on what used to be the front step of his house， and he cried and cried. He cried just like a baby. He missed his mama and he missed his daddy and he missed his sisters and he missed the boy he used to be. When he finally finished crying， he had the strangest 1）sensation. He felt like he wanted something sweet. He wanted a piece of 2）candy. He hadn't had a piece of candy in years. And it was right then that he made a decision. Yes ma'am. Littmus W. Block figured the world was a sorry affair and that it had enough 3）ugly things in it and what he was going to do was concentrate on putting something sweet in it. He got up and started walking. He walked all the way to Florida. And the whole time he was walking， he was planning.”

1） sensation [sen?se??n] n.感覺;感覺能力

2） candy [?k?ndi] n.糖果

3） ugly [??ɡli] adj.丑陋的;難看的

“Planning what？”I asked.

“Why， planning the candy factory.”

“Did he build it？”I asked.

“Of course he did. It's still standing out on Fairville Road.”

“That old building？”said Amanda. “That big 4）spooky one？”

“It is not spooky，”said Miss Franny. “It was the birthplace of the family fortune. It was there that my great-grandfather 5）manufactured the Littmus Lozenge， a candy that was famous the world over.”

4） spooky [?spu?ki] adj.幽靈般的;令人毛骨悚然的

5） manufacture [?m?nju?f?kt??（r）] v.生產(chǎn);制造

“里德莫斯從戰(zhàn)場回來，”芬妮小姐繼續(xù)講故事，“發(fā)現(xiàn)只剩下他一個人時，他坐在以前是家門口臺階的地方，像個嬰兒一樣一直哭一直哭。他思念他的媽媽，思念他的爸爸，思念他的姐妹，思念從前的一切。等他哭完了，他有一種很奇特的感覺，那就是他想要吃一點甜的東西，他想吃一塊糖。他有好幾年沒吃糖了。是那種感覺，沒錯！于是，他做了個決定。里德莫斯·布萊克這時終于了解到整個世界是一個大悲劇，世界已經(jīng)充滿了丑陋，現(xiàn)在他想要做的事是替世界加一點甜美的事物。他站起來，重新出發(fā)，一直走到佛羅里達州。他一邊走一邊計劃著?！?/p>

“計劃什么？”我問。

“哦，計劃蓋一家糖果工廠。”

“他真的蓋了嗎？”我又問。

“當然蓋了，現(xiàn)在還坐落在費爾路上?！?/p>

“就是那棟老建筑物？”阿曼達說，“那間陰森森的大房子？”

“那棟房子才不陰森呢?！狈夷菪〗阏f，“那是我家事業(yè)的發(fā)源地。我曾祖父就是在那兒發(fā)明了‘里德莫斯·洛丹’——世界有名的糖果?！?/p>