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1、ABirdOfBagdad（O·Henry）___________________________________________WithoutadoubtmuchofthespiritandgeniusoftheCaliphHarunAlRashiddescendedtotheMargraveAugustMichaelvonPaulsenQuigg.Quigg'srestaurantisinFourthAvenue-thatstreetthatthecityseemstohaveforgotteninitsgr
2、owth.FourthAvenue-bornandbredintheBowery-staggersnorthwardfullofgoodresolutions.WhereitcrossesFourteenthStreetitstrutsforabriefmomentproudlyintheglareofthemuseumsandcheaptheatres.Itmayyetbecomeafitmateforitshigh-bornsisterboulevardtothewest,oritsroaring,polyg
3、lot,broad-waistedcousintotheeast.ItpassesUnionSquare;andherethehoofsofthedrayhorsesseemtothunderinunison,recallingthetreadofmarchinghosts-Hooray!Butnowcomethesilentandterriblemountains-buildingssquareasforts,highastheclouds,shuttingoutthesky,wherethousandsofs
4、lavesbendoverdesksallday.Onthegroundfloorsareonlylittlefruitshopsandlaundriesandbookshops,whereyouseecopiesof"Littell'sLivingAge"andG.W.M.Reynold'snovelsinthewindows.Andnext-poorFourthAvenue!-thestreetglidesintoamediaevalsolitude.Oneachsideareshopsdevotedto"A
5、ntiques."Letussayitisnight.Meninrustyarmorstandinthewindowsandmenacethehurryingcarswithraised,rustyirongauntlets.Hauberksandhelms,blunderbusses,Cromwellianbreastplates,matchlocks,creeses,andtheswordsanddaggersofanarmyofdead-and-gonegallantsgleamdullyintheghos
6、tlylight.Hereandtherefromacornersaloon(litwithJack-o'-lanternsorphosphorus),staggerforthshuddering,home-boundcitizens,nervedbythetankardswithintotheirfearsomejourneyadownthateldrichavenuelinedwiththebloodstainedweaponsofthefightingdead.Whatstreetcouldliveincl
7、osedbythesemortuaryrelics,andtrodbythesespectralcitizensinwhosesunkenheartsscarceonegoodwhooportra-la-laremained?NotFourthAvenue.NotafterthetinselbutenliveninggloriesoftheLittleRialto-notaftertheechoingdrum-beatsofUnionSquare.Thereneedbenotears,ladiesandgentl
8、emen;'tisbutthesuicideofastreet.WithashriekandacrashFourthAvenuedivesheadlongintothetunnelatThirty-fourthandisneverseenagain.Nearthesadsceneofthethoroughfare'sdissolutionstoodthemodestres
