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1、ABirdOfBagdad（O·Henry）___________________________________________WithoutadoubtmuchofthespiritandgeniusoftheCaliphHarunAlRashiddescendedtotheMargraveAugustMichaelvonPaulsenQuigg.Quigg'srestaurantisinFourthAvenue-thatstreetthatthecityseemstohaveforgotteninitsgrowth.FourthAvenue-bornandbredintheBow
2、ery-staggersnorthwardfullofgoodresolutions.WhereitcrossesFourteenthStreetitstrutsforabriefmomentproudlyintheglareofthemuseumsandcheaptheatres.Itmayyetbecomeafitmateforitshigh-bornsisterboulevardtothewest,oritsroaring,polyglot,broad-waistedcousintotheeast.ItpassesUnionSquare;andherethehoofsofthed
3、rayhorsesseemtothunderinunison,recallingthetreadofmarchinghosts-Hooray!Butnowcomethesilentandterriblemountains-buildingssquareasforts,highastheclouds,shuttingoutthesky,wherethousandsofslavesbendoverdesksallday.Onthegroundfloorsareonlylittlefruitshopsandlaundriesandbookshops,whereyouseecopiesof"L
4、ittell'sLivingAge"andG.W.M.Reynold'snovelsinthewindows.Andnext-poorFourthAvenue!-thestreetglidesintoamediaevalsolitude.Oneachsideareshopsdevotedto"Antiques."Letussayitisnight.Meninrustyarmorstandinthewindowsandmenacethehurryingcarswithraised,rustyirongauntlets.Hauberksandhelms,blunderbusses,Crom
5、wellianbreastplates,matchlocks,creeses,andtheswordsanddaggersofanarmyofdead-and-gonegallantsgleamdullyintheghostlylight.Hereandtherefromacornersaloon(litwithJack-o'-lanternsorphosphorus),staggerforthshuddering,home-boundcitizens,nervedbythetankardswithintotheirfearsomejourneyadownthateldrichaven
6、uelinedwiththebloodstainedweaponsofthefightingdead.Whatstreetcouldliveinclosedbythesemortuaryrelics,andtrodbythesespectralcitizensinwhosesunkenheartsscarceonegoodwhooportra-la-laremained?NotFourthAvenue.NotafterthetinselbutenliveninggloriesoftheLittleRialto-notaftertheechoingdrum-beatsofUnionSqu
7、are.Thereneedbenotears,ladiesandgentlemen;'tisbutthesuicideofastreet.WithashriekandacrashFourthAvenuedivesheadlongintothetunnelatThirty-fourthandisneverseenagain.Nearthesadsceneofthethoroughfare'sdissolutionstoodthemodestres
