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1、SticksandStonesbyTrezzaAzzopardiHeracestothetopoftheduneandlooksdownontothestrand.Thereiswaterandwetsandanddrysandandsmallpokesofsharpgrassdottedalongthebeach.Hestandsonthelipoftheconcretedefence;lookseast,tothelineofgroynes,thenwest,tothelighthouseinthedist
2、ance.There'snoonehecansee,noonehecancalltoforhelp.Belowhim,thedropontothebeachisfifteen,maybetwenty,feet.Hejumpsbecausehehasto,jumpsoutintotheair,andseesashefallsonemorething;acloudofwhitebirdshangingontheskyline.Thereisahottastefillinghismouth,likemolteniro
3、n,andablackpain,andtheknowledgethathisteetharethroughhislip.It'salwaysthissamedreamthatLewishas,andhedoesthesamethingwhenhewakes;hereachesuptofeeltheplacewherehisbottomlipwasopened,runningafingeroverhischin.Hehasascartherestill,almostimperceptibletothecasual
4、eye,likeaghostmouththatneveropens,likeahorizon.Ithasbeenfifteenyearssincehejumpedandfell,andhehasneverbeenbacktothebeach.HehasspenthisadultlifeintheheartofEngland,attheverycoreofthecity,asifputtinghimselfinthedensecentreofaworldwouldprotecthimfromanotherfall
5、offtheedgeofit.Butnowhehasreturnedtohismother'shouse,andthedreamismorevividhere,incolour,withsoundeffectsandrisingpanic,asifittoohasfinallycomehome.“There'saletterforyou”,hismothershouts,hearinghisfootstepsonthestairs,“I'veputitonthetable.”8Shesaysnomore,but
6、Lewiscanhearexcitementinhervoice,asiflettersaretherarestofthings.He'sbeenhereamonthnow,andhasspokentonoone,apartfromhismother,hashadnophonecalls,certainlynoletters,nothingatallfromAnna.Hepicturesher,lyingintheirbed,herfaceshockedandtearful,justasthemorninghe
7、lefther.Hetakeshismothertea,andfindshersittingatthebackofthehouse,facingthewindowandtheviewoverthestrand.Shehasawoollenshawlwrappedaroundhernightie,andpinkslippersonherfeet.Shelooksunbearablyfrail.“Thedaysaregettinglonger”,shesays,noddingatthelightcreepingin
8、overthesea.Shehassaidthiseverymorningsincethefirstone.TheideaoccurstoLewisthathemightstillbeherecomewinter,whenshe'llsay,Thenightsaredrawingin.Thethoughtfillshimwithdread.Shedoesn'taskwhothelett
