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1、OFMICEANDMENJohnSteinbeckAfewmilessouthofSoledad,theSalinasRiverdropsinclosetothehillsidebankandrunsdeepandgreen.Thewateriswarmtoo,forithasslippedtwinklingovertheyellowsandsinthesunlightbeforereachingthenarrowpool.Ononesideoftheriverthegoldenfoothillsl
2、opescurveuptothestrongandrockyGabilanMountains,butonthevalleysidethewaterislinedwithtrees—willowsfreshandgreenwitheveryspring,carryingintheirlowerleafjuncturesthedebrisofthewinter’sflooding;andsycamoreswithmottled,white,recumbentlimbsandbranchesthatarc
3、hoverthepool.Onthesandybankunderthetreestheleavesliedeepandsocrispthatalizardmakesagreatskitteringifherunsamongthem.Rabbitscomeoutofthebrushtositonthesandintheevening,andthedampflatsarecoveredwiththenighttracksof‘coons,andwiththespreadpadsofdogsfromthe
4、ranches,andwiththesplit-wedgetracksofdeerthatcometodrinkinthedark.Thereisapaththroughthewillowsandamongthesycamores,apathbeatenhardbyboyscomingdownfromtheranchestoswiminthedeeppool,andbeatenhardbytrampswhocomewearilydownfromthehighwayintheeveningtojung
5、le-upnearwater.In1frontofthelowhorizontallimbofagiantsycamorethereisanashpilemadebymanyfires;thelimbiswornsmoothbymenwhohavesatonit.Eveningofahotdaystartedthelittlewindtomovingamongtheleaves.Theshadeclimbedupthehillstowardthetop.Onthesandbankstherabbit
6、ssatasquietlyaslittlegraysculpturedstones.Andthenfromthedirectionofthestatehighwaycamethesoundoffootstepsoncrispsycamoreleaves.Therabbitshurriednoiselesslyforcover.Astiltedheronlaboredupintotheairandpoundeddownriver.Foramomenttheplacewaslifeless,andthe
7、ntwomenemergedfromthepathandcameintotheopeningbythegreenpool.Theyhadwalkedinsinglefiledownthepath,andevenintheopenonestayedbehindtheother.Bothweredressedindenimtrousersandindenimcoatswithbrassbuttons.Bothworeblack,shapelesshatsandbothcarriedtightblanke
8、trollsslungovertheirshoulders.Thefirstmanwassmallandquick,darkofface,withrestlesseyesandsharp,strongfeatures.Everypartofhimwasdefined:small,stronghands,slenderarms,athinandbonynose.Behindhimwalkedhisopposite,ahugeman,shapelessofface,wit
