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1、Tofindahidingplace.Closethefrontdoorandlockit,click.Attheendofthedriveway,Dan'sluggagesatamidfoliagethatwasstillgreeninDecember.Hehadlockedthebluedoor;thehousebeyondlayemptyandsilent.Nowthejourneywasbeginning,andheneededtofindahidingplace.Shelter.Butb
2、eginning,andheneededtofindahidingplace.Shelter.Butinsteadheheadedtothestreetwhereataxiwaswaiting.Thedriver,indreadlocksandyarnhat,steppedoutofthecarandloadedDan'sbagsintothetrunk.Hedippedhisheadpolitely,highhatanddreadlocksshivering.Danslidintotheback
3、seat."Andwheredoyougo?"thedriverasked,settlingbehindthesteeringwheel.Danansweredandthedrivershiftedthetaxiintogear.Thehousevanished,obscuredfirstbyinterlacedlimbsofcedar,latermagnolia,adeepgreenveil.Totheairport.Dancountedthebouncesofthedriver'shat,ba
4、llooningagainsttheroofofthecar.Dantotheairport.Withsuitcases.Thedriverhadunderstoodeverything,whatmoretodobutsing?Sohesangsoftly,inabaritone,somesnatchoftuneDansometimesheardplainlyandthatatothertimeswaslostinothersounds.Danwatchedthedarkcolumnoftheta
5、xidriver'sneck,hearingthelowsonglikeapurr,andansweringevenmoresoftlywithsingingofhisown,astheshadowsofbridgesandsweepingcurveswheeledoverhisfaceandarms.TheyrodethroughAtlantainacocoonofglassandlight,orderlytrafficsurroundingthemonallsides,thestatelypr
6、oceedingofmanylanesofhighwaysouththroughthecity.Movingawayfromthetowersandcanyonsofdowntown."Youarehomefortheholydays,"thetaxidriversaid."Oh,yes,"Dananswered.Themangrinnedandnoddedhishead."Everybodyisgoingtotheairport.Allday.Idrivebackandback."Thecars
7、weptdowntheroad,encounteringlesstrafficthanDanhadfeared.Oncethevehicleracedacommutertrainmovingunimpededalongitstrack,thetrainvanishingasthecurvehurleditoutofsight.Danhadafeeling,matchingthegradientofasphalttothegracefulneckofthetaxidriver,thatthewhol
8、eworldwasinmotionallatthesametime;thatitwasgoodtotravelalongslashinginclines;thatitmustbegood,sometimes,totravelatall.Sometimes.ButthiswasChristmas,andDanwasgoinghome.home.AttheairportFordhadalreadyarrivedandwaswaitinginthezonewhereautomobiles
