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1、TABLEOFCONTENTSIntheBeginningGoodOmensElevenYearsAgoWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySundayCAVEATBringingaboutArmageddoncanbedangerous.Donotattemptitinyourownhome.DEDICATIONTheauthorswouldliketojointhedemonCrowleyindedicatingthisbooktothememoryofG.K.ChestertonAmanwhoknewwha
2、twasgoingon.twasaniceday.Allthedayshadbeennice.Therehadbeenrathermorethansevenofthemsofar,andrainhadn'tbeeninventedyet.ButcloudsmassingeastofEdensuggestedthatthefirstthunderstormwasonitsway,anditwasgoingtobeabigone.TheangeloftheEasternGateputhiswingsoverhisheadtoshieldhim
3、selffromthefirstdrops."I'msorry,"hesaidpolitely."Whatwasityouweresaying?""Isaid,thatonewentdownlikealeadballoon,"saidtheserpent."Oh.Yes,"saidtheangel,whosenamewasAziraphale."Ithinkitwasabitofanoverreaction,tobehonest,"saidtheserpent."Imean,firstoffenseandeverything.Ican't
4、seewhat'ssobadaboutknowingthedifferencebetweengoodandevil,anyway.""Itmustbebad,"reasonedAziraphale,intheslightlyconcernedtonesofonewhocan'tseeiteither,andisworryingaboutit,"otherwiseyouwouldn'thavebeeninvolved.""Theyjustsaid,Getupthereandmakesometrouble,"saidtheserpent,wh
5、osenamewasCrawly,althoughhewasthinkingofchangingitnow.Crawly,he'ddecided,wasnothim."Yes,butyou'reademon.I'mnotsureifit'sactuallypossibleforyoutodogood,"saidAziraphale."It'sdowntoyourbasic,youknow,nature.Nothingpersonal,youunderstand.""You'vegottoadmitit'sabitofapantomime,
6、though,"saidCrawly."Imean,pointingouttheTreeandsaying'Don'tTouch'inbigletters.Notverysubtle,isit?Imean,whynotputitontopofahighmountainoralongwayoff?MakesyouwonderwhatHe'sreallyplanning.""Bestnottospeculate,really,"saidAziraphale."Youcan'tsecond-guessineffability,Ialwayssa
7、y.There'sRight,andthere'sWrong.IfyoudoWrongwhenyou'retoldtodoRight,youdeservetobepunished.Er."Theysatinembarrassedsilence,watchingtheraindropsbruisethefirstflowers.EventuallyCrawlysaid,"Didn'tyouhaveaflamingsword?""Er,"saidtheangel.Aguiltyexpressionpassedacrosshisface,and
8、thencamebackandcampedthere."Youdid,didn'tyou?"saidCrawly."Itflamedlikeanything.""Er,well—""Itloo
