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1、ORTHECHILDREN’SCRUSADEADuty-dancewithDeathCopyright1969byKurtVonnegutJr.FirstpublishedinGreatBritainbyJonathanCapeLtd1970Afourth-generationGerman-AmericannowlivingineasycircumstancesonCapeCod[andsmokingtoomuch],who,asanAmericaninfantryscouthorsdecombat,asaprisonerofwar,witnessedt
2、hefire-bombingofDresden,Germany,"TheFlorenceoftheElbe,"alongtimeago,andsurvivedtotellthetale.ThisisanovelsomewhatinthetelegraphicschizophrenicmanneroftalesoftheplanetTralfamadore,wheretheflyingsaucerscomefrom.Peace.forMaryO'HareandGerhardMüllerThecattlearelowing,TheBabyawakes,But
3、thelittleLordJesusNocryingHemakes.llthishappened,moreorless.Thewarparts,anyway,areprettymuchtrue.OneguyIknewreallywasshotinDresdenfortakingateapotthatwasn'this.AnotherguyIknewreallydidthreatentohavehispersonalenemieskilledbyhiredgunmenafterthewar.Andsoon.I'vechangedallthenames.Ir
4、eallydidgobacktoDresdenwithGuggenheimmoney(Godloveit)in1967.ItlookedalotlikeDayton,Ohio,moreopenspacesthanDaytonhas.Theremustbetonsofhumanbonemealintheground.Iwentbacktherewithanoldwarbuddy,BernardV.O'Hare,andwemadefriendswithataxidriver,whotookustotheslaughterhousewherewehadbeen
5、lockedupatnightasprisonersofwar.HisnamewasGerhardMüller.HetoldusthathewasaprisoneroftheAmericansforawhile.WeaskedhimhowitwastoliveunderCommunism,andhesaidthatitwasterribleatfirst,becauseeverybodyhadtoworksohard,andbecausetherewasn'tmuchshelterorfoodorclothing.Butthingsweremuchbet
6、ternow.Hehadapleasantlittleapartment,andhisdaughterwasgettinganexcellenteducation.HismotherwasincineratedintheDresdenfire-storm.Soitgoes.HesentO'HareapostcardatChristmastime,andhereiswhatitsaid:"IwishyouandyourfamilyalsoastoyourfriendMerryChristmasandahappyNewYearandIhopethatwe'l
7、lmeetagaininaworldofpeaceandfreedominthetaxicabiftheaccidentwill."Ilikethatverymuch:"Iftheaccidentwill."Iwouldhatetotellyouwhatthislousylittlebookcostmeinmoneyandanxietyandtime.WhenIgothomefromtheSecondWorldWartwenty-threeyearsago,Ithoughtitwouldbeeasyformetowriteaboutthedestruct
8、ionofDresden,sinceallIwouldhavetodowould
