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1、64FANTASY&SCIENCEFICTIONKenLiucontributed“TheLiteromancer”toourSep/Oct2010issue.Hereturnswithafantasythat’sabitgentlerthanhispreviousF&SFstoryThePaperMenagerieByKenLiuNEOFMYEARLIESTMEMORIESstartswithmesobbing.IrefusedtobeOOsoothednomatterwhatMomandDadtried.Dadgaveupandleftthebe
2、droom,butMomtookmeintothekitchenandsatmedownatthebreakfasttable.“Kan,kan,”shesaid,asshepulledasheetofwrappingpaperfromontopofthefridge.Foryears,MomcarefullyslicedopenthewrappingsaroundChristmasgiftsandsavedthemontopofthefridgeinathickstack.Shesetthepaperdown,plainsidefacingup,a
3、ndbegantofoldit.Istoppedcryingandwatchedher,curious.Sheturnedthepaperoverandfoldeditagain.Shepleated,packed,tucked,rolled,andtwisteduntilthepaperdisappearedbetweenhercuppedhands.Thensheliftedthefolded-uppaperpackettohermouthandblewintoit,likeaballoon.“Kan,”shesaid.“Laohu.”Shepu
4、therhandsdownonthetableandletgo.Alittlepapertigerstoodonthetable,thesizeoftwofistsplacedTHEPAPERMENAGERIE65together.Theskinofthetigerwasthepatternonthewrappingpaper,whitebackgroundwithredcandycanesandgreenChristmastrees.IreachedouttoMom’screation.Itstailtwitched,anditpouncedpla
5、yfullyatmyfinger.“Rawrr-sa,”itgrowled,thesoundsomewherebetweenacatandrustlingnewspapers.Ilaughed,startled,andstrokeditsbackwithanindexfinger.Thepapertigervibratedundermyfinger,purring.“Zhejiaozhèzhi,”Momsaid.Thisiscalledorigami.Ididn’tknowthisatthetime,butMom’skindwasspecial.Sh
6、ebreathedintothemsothattheysharedherbreath,andthusmovedwithherlife.Thiswashermagic.DadhadpickedMomoutofacatalog.Onetime,whenIwasinhighschool,IaskedDadaboutthedetails.HewastryingtogetmetospeaktoMomagain.Hehadsignedupfortheintroductionservicebackinthespringof1973.Flippingthrought
7、hepagessteadily,hehadspentnomorethanafewsecondsoneachpageuntilhesawthepictureofMom.I’veneverseenthispicture.Daddescribedit:Momwassittinginachair,hersidetothecamera,wearingatightgreensilkcheongsam.Herheadwasturnedtothecamerasothatherlongblackhairwasdrapedartfullyoverherchestands
8、houlder.Shelookedoutathimwiththeeyesofacalmchild.“That
