<The magic of the white snake>(25/34)
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席慕蓉诗中说，前世500年的回眸，换得今生的一次擦肩而过。
郭德纲相声说，前世500年的回眸，换得今生的无痛人流。
你说，前世500年的回眸，能换得今生的什么呢？
很喜欢德国人Helmut Matt &美国人Linda Marie Matt合著的<The Magic Of The White Snake>(白蛇传奇)，现摘抄其中的片段,仅供爱好者欣赏，如喜欢，希请购买正版。
西湖美景，白蛇传奇
The true magic of the West Lake and its people can only be fully experienced by knowing about the secret of the white snake.
(唯有知晓了白蛇的秘密，方能真正读懂西湖美景和生活在那里的人们。)
＂We have to protect him from the demon’s harm.＂he peached(揭发) over and over again to his brethren, ＂Under no circumstances can our poor brother be allowed to return to the world of the humans,because then,the demon will destroy him.＂ |
Not all of the monks believed the fake monk. |
He had lied to them too often. |
How could it be possible that an evil demon was hiding behind Xi’an friendly charcater? |
One morning-the abbot was once again away-one of the older monks sat down next to Xian on the steps. |
＂I don’t believe Fa Hai.You are not obsessed(沉迷) by an evil demon.I don’t know why he keeps you imprisoned here,but I am convinced that he does you a great wrong(冤枉你了).＂ |
Xian at once put his trust in the friendly man and began to tell him his whole story. |
He spoke about Suzhen and her friend Xiao Qing,about the West Lake,his pharmacy,and about all the work that his poor wife now had to do without his help. |
He recounted(重新回顾) the evening of the Dragon Boat Festivl,the monk who had ambushed him,the snake in the matrimonial(夫妇的)bed,and his loss of consciousness. |
He vaguely(模糊地) remembered how he,completely dazed(茫然的) and driven as from an external(外面的) power,had set forth to the monastry and that he hadn’t regained(恢复) complete control of his faculties(能力) until the monastery door had fallen in its lock behind him. |
Touched by Xian’s fate,the old monk repeatedly shook his head, ＂You were horribly mistreated,my friend,but don’t be afraid.Your suffering will be put to an end(结束).＂ |
Fa Hai would punished them all-there was absolutely no doubt about it. |
And yet,there must be a way to help this poor prisoner. |
Nothing else would suffice(唯有，没有什么足以让) for the old monk to keep his clear conscience. |
At the beginning of the coming week,Fa Hai would once again leave the monastry for a few hours-this would be the right moment. |
The monks would work in the garden in front of the monastry. |
While thing so,they would accdidentally forget to lock the door. |
＂You must be careful.After you pass through the door into the garden,you have to keep to the left.Between the osmanthus bushes,you will find the way out.I will keep the other monks busy so that none of them will notice you.＂ |
＂Heaven will reward you,pious monk.＂Deeply grateful,Xu Xian looked into the old man’s eyes. |