芒果街上的小屋-39

字號(hào):

Elenita, cards, plam, water
    She makes the sign of the cross over the water three times and then begins to cut the cards.
    They're not like ordinary playing cards, these cards. They're strange, with blond men on horses and crazy baseball bats with thorns. Golden goblets, sad-looking women dressed in old-fashioned dresses, and roses that cry.
    There is a good Bugs Bunny cartoon on T.V. I know, I saw it before and recognize the music and wish I could go sit on the plastic couch with Ernie and the baby, but now my fortune begins. My whole life on that kitchen table : past, present, future. Then she takes my hand and looks into my plam. Closes it. Closes her eyes too.
    Do you feel it, feel it cold?
    Yes , I lie, but only a little.
           
    她用手在水面上畫(huà)了三次十字,開(kāi)始抽牌。
    這可不是平常玩的牌。這些牌,它們有點(diǎn)奇怪,上面有騎在馬上的金發(fā)白膚的男人,嚇人滴長(zhǎng)了刺的棒球棒、金色圣杯、穿著舊式服裝的悲傷的女人,還有哭泣玫瑰。
    我知道電視上在演一部好玩的《兔八哥》卡通片。我以前看過(guò),聽(tīng)出了它的音樂(lè),我希望可以走過(guò)去和埃尼、包包一起坐在塑料沙發(fā)上,可我的命運(yùn)開(kāi)始顯現(xiàn)了。我的一生都在這廚桌子上:過(guò)去、現(xiàn)在和將來(lái)。接著她拿起我的手看手掌。合上它。同時(shí)合上的還有她的眼睛。
    你感覺(jué)到了嗎?感覺(jué)到冷了嗎?
    是的,我撒謊說(shuō),有一點(diǎn)冷。