《阿拉巴马月亮》――世界不是只有黑白色.docVIP

《阿拉巴马月亮》――世界不是只有黑白色 　　怀特Watt Key， 1970～），美国小说家、作家。其作品《阿拉巴马的月亮》（Alabama Moon）讲述了“大森林里的英雄”、十岁的阿月Moon Blake）在爸爸去世后，逐渐认识外面的世界，深刻体会什么是人性、友情和爱的故事。该书获得了包括美国图书馆协会最佳青少年图书奖、美国儿童书商协会E.B.怀特朗读奖、美国家长首选金牌奖在内的多项大奖。 下文节选自本书第24章，讲述阿月（Moon）带领小伙伴基特（Kit）和哈尔（Hal）从孤儿院逃出来后在森林里遇到暴风雨，哈尔（Hal）最终决定放弃森林生活。 精彩片段 The rain came hard that night， and red clay1） ran down the hillside into our hair and down our backs. The three of us sat shivering with wet blankets hanging over our shoulders. I realized I’d made a mistake. Papa had always told me that shelter was the most important thing in the forest. He said you could go for days without water and even weeks without food， but being caught out in a storm would get you sick and maybe dead. The one thing I knew we had going for us was that it wouldn’t get too cold as long as we had cloud cover to keep that heat down near the ground. The temperature was still well above freezing. We might not get sick if we made a shelter and dried our clothes and blankets before nightfall the next day. “Let’s go find a magnolia tree2）！” I yelled at them through the storm. “The leaves are big enough to keep the rain off.” They looked up and nodded at me with chattering3） teeth. We walked stiffly through the darkness， trying to place our feet where they didn’t slide from under us with the mud. The dogs followed like they didn’t care and didn’t feel the rain at all. I located a magnolia and pointed for them to get under its broad leaves. The three of us crawled beneath and sat with our backs against the trunk. “Holly trees4） can keep you out of the rain， too，” I said. They didn’t respond. The dogs settled a few yards from us and watched with their chins on their paws. The rain didn’t come as hard under the tree but still dripped on us steadily. Hal was the first to put the wet blanket over his head for protection. Kit soon followed， and I was left staring at the two lumps beside me. “We’re gonna have shelter tomorrow，” I said loudly. “And weapons. W