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1、"TheTriumphoftheEgg" SherwoodAnderson 1920Myfatherwas,Iamsure,intendedbynaturetobeacheerful,kindlyman. Untilhewasthirty-fouryearsoldheworkedasafarmhandforamannamedThomasButterworthwhoseplacelaynearthetownofBidwell,Ohio. Hehadthenahorseofhisown,andonSaturdayeveningsdroveintotow
2、ntospendafewhoursinsocialintercoursewithotherfarmhands. IntownhedrankseveralglassesofbeerandstoodaboutinBenHead'ssaloon-crowdedonSaturdayeveningswithvisitingfarmhands. Songsweresungandglassesthumpedonthebar. Atteno'clockfatherdrovehomealongalonelycountryroad,madehishorsecomfort
3、ableforthenight,andhimselfwenttobed,quitehappyinhispositioninlife. Hehadatthattimenonotionoftryingtoriseintheworld.Itwasinthespringofhisthirty-fifthyearthatfathermarriedmymother,thenacountryschoolteacher,andinthefollowingspringIcamewrigglingandcryingintotheworld. Somethinghappe
4、nedtothetwopeople. Theybecameambitious. TheAmericanpassionforgettingupintheworldtookpossessionofthem.Itmayhavebeenthatmotherwasresponsible. Beingaschoolteachershehadnodoubtreadbooksandmagazines. Shehad,Ipresume,readofhowGarfield,Fincoin,andotherAmericansrosefrompovertytofameand
5、greatness,andasIlaybesideher-inthedaysofherlying-in-shemayhavedreamedthatIwouldSomedayrulemenandcities. Atanyratesheinducedfathertogiveuphisplaceasafarmhand,sellhishorse,andembarkonanindependententerpriseofhisown. Shewasatallsilentwomanwithalongnoseandtroubledgrayeyes. Forherse
6、lfshewantednothing. Forfatherandmyselfshewasincurablyambitious.Thefirstventureintowhichthetwopeoplewentturnedoutbadly. TheyrentedtenacresofpoorstonylandonGrigg'sRoad,eightmilesfromBidwell,andlaunchedintochicken-raising. Igrewintoboyhoodontheplaceandgotmyfirstimpressionsoflifeth
7、ere. Fromthebeginningtheywereimpressionsofdisaster,andif,inmyturn,Iamagloomymaninclinedtoseethedarkersideoflife,Iattributeittothefactthatwhatshouldhavebeenformethehappyjoyousdaysofchildhoodwerespentonachickenfarm.Oneunversedinsuchmatterscanhavenonotionofthemanyandtragicthingsth
8、atcanhappentoachicken. Itisbornoutofanegg,livesforafew
