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1、THECIDERHOUSERULES1.TheBoyWhoBelongedtoSt.Cloud'sInthehospitaloftheorphanage—theboys'divisionatSt.Cloud's,Maine—twonurseswereinchargeofnamingthenewbabiesandcheckingthattheirlittlepeniseswerehealingfromtheobligatorycircumcision.Inthosedays(in192-),allboysbornatSt.Cloud'
2、swerecircumcisedbecausetheorphanagephysicianhadexperiencedsomedifficultyintreatinguncircumcisedsoldiers,forthisandforthat,inWorldWarI.Thedoctor,whowasalsothedirectoroftheboys'division,wasnotareligiousman;circumcisionwasnotaritewithhim—itwasastrictlymedicalact,performed
3、forhygienicreasons.HisnamewasWilburLarch,which,exceptforthescentofetherthatalwaysaccompaniedhim,remindedoneofthenursesofthetough,durablewoodoftheconiferoustreeofthatname.Shehated,however,theridiculousnameofWilbur,andtookoffenseatthesillinessofcombiningawordlikeWilburwi
4、thsomethingassubstantialasatree.TheothernurseimaginedherselftobeinlovewithDr.Larch,andwhenitwasherturntonameababy,shefrequentlynamedhimJohnLarch,orJohnWilbur(herfather'snamewasJohn),orWilburWalsh(hermother'smaidennamehadbeenWalsh).DespiteherloveforDr.Larch,shecouldnoti
5、magineLarchasanythingbutalastname—andwhenshethoughtofhim,shedidnotthinkoftreesatall.Foritsflexibilityasafirstorasalastname,shelovedthenameofWilbur—andwhenshetiredofheruseofJohn,orwascriticizedbyhercolleague[13]foroverusingit,shecouldrarelycomeupwithanythingmoreoriginal
6、thanaRobertLarchoraJackWilbur(sheseemednottoknowthatJackwasoftenanicknameforJohn).Ifhehadbeennamedbythisdull,love-strucknurse,heprobablywouldhavebeenaLarchoraWilburofonekindoranother;andaJohn,aJack,oraRobert—tomakemattersevenduller.Becauseitwastheothernurse'sturn,hewas
7、namedHomerWells.Theothernurse'sfatherwasinthebusinessofdrillingwells,whichwashard,harrowing,honest,precisework—toherthinkingherfatherwascomposedofthesequalities,whichlenttheword'wells'acertaindeep,downto-earthaura.'Homer'hadbeenthenameofoneofherfamily'sumpteencats.This
8、othernurse—NurseAngela,toalmosteveryone—rarelyrepeatedthenamesofherbabies,whereaspoorNurseEdnahadnamedthreeJohnWilbur
