Amy Tan[1].The Bonesetter's Daughter

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1、TheBonesetter'sDaughterAmyTanTRUTHThesearethethingsIknowaretrue:MynameisLuLingLiuYoung.ThenamesofmyhusbandswerePanKaiJingandEdwinYoung,bothofthemdeadandoursecretsgonewiththem.MydaughterisRuthLuyiYoung.ShewasborninaWaterDragonYearandIinaFireDragonYear.Sowearethesamebutforopposite

2、reasons.Iknowallthis,yetthereisonenameIcannotremember.Itisthereintheoldestlayerofmymemory,andIcannotdigitout.AhundredtimesIhavegoneoverthatmorningwhenPreciousAuntiewroteitdown.Iwasonlysixthen,butverysmart.Icouldcount.Icouldread.Ihadamemoryforeverything,andhereismymemoryofthatwin

3、termorning.Iwassleepy,stilllyingonthebrickk'angbedIsharedwithPreciousAuntie.Thefluetoourlittleroomwasfurthestfromthestoveinthecommonroom,andthebricksbeneathmehadlongturnedcold.Ifeltmyshoulderbeingshaken.WhenIopenedmyeyes.PreciousAuntiebegantowriteonascrapofpaper,thenshowedmewhat

4、shehadwritten."Ican'tsee,"Icomplained."It'stoodark."Shehuffed,setthepaperonthelowcupboard,andmotionedthatIshouldgetup.Shelightedtheteapotbrazier,andtiedascarfoverhernoseandmouthwhenitstartedtosmoke.Shepouredface-washingwaterintotheteapot'schamber,andwhenitwascooked,shestartedour

5、day.Shescrubbedmyfaceandears.Shepartedmyhairandcombedmybangs.Shewetdownanystrandsthatstuckoutlikespiderlegs.Thenshegatheredthelongpartofmyhairintotwobundlesandbraidedthem.Shebandedthetopwithredribbon,thebottomwithgreen.Iwaggedmyheadsothatmybraidsswunglikethehappyearsofpalacedogs

6、.AndPreciousAuntiesniffedtheairasitshe,too,wereadogwondering.What'sthatgoodsmell?Thatsniffwashowshesaidmynickname,Doggie.Thatwashowshetalked.Shehadnovoice,justgaspsandwheezes,thesnortsofaraggedwind.Shetoldmethingswithgrimacesandgroans,dancingeyebrowsanddartingeyes.Shewroteaboutt

7、heworldonmycarry-aroundchalkboard.Shealsomadepictureswithherblackenedhands.Hand-talk,face-talk,andchalk-talkwerethelanguagesIgrewupwith,soundlessandstrong.Asshewoundherhairtightagainstherskull,Iplayedwithherboxoftreasures.Itookoutaprettycomb,ivorywitharoostercarvedateachend.Prec

8、iousAuntiewasbornaRooster."Youwearthis,"Idemand