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2021年1月22日发(作者:钟允若)
The Ant and the Grasshopper
When I
was a
very small boy I
was
made to
learn by
heart certain of
the
fables of
La
Fontaine, and the
moral of each
was carefully
explained to
me.
Among those I
learnt
was
The
Ant
and
The
Grasshopper
which
is
devised
to
bring
home
to
the
young
the
useful
lesson
that
in
an
imperfect
world
industry
is
rewarded
and
giddiness
punished.
In
this
admirable fable (I apologize for telling something which everyone is politely
, but inexactly,
supposed to know) the ant spends a
laborious summer
gathering
its winter store, while
the
grasshopper
sits
on
a
blade
of
grass
singing
to
the
sun.
Winter
comes
and
the
ant
is
comfortably provided
for, but
the
grasshopper
has an empty
larder:
he
goes to
the ant and
begs for a little food. Then the ant gives him her classic answer:


What were you doing in the summer time?




Saving your presence, I sang, I sang all day
, all night.




Y
ou sang. Why
, then go and dance.



I
do
not
ascribe
it
to
perversity
on
my
part,
but
rather
to
the
inconsequence
of
childhood, which is deficient in moral sense, that I could never quite reconcile myself to the
lesson.
My
sympathies
were
with
the
grasshopper
and
for
some
time
I
never
saw
an
ant
without
putting
my
foot
on
it.
In
this
summary
(and
as
I
have
discovered
since,
e
ntirely
human) fashion I sought to express my disapproval of prudence and common sense.

I
could
not
help
thinking
of
this
fable
when
the
other
day
I
saw
George
Ramsay
lunching
by
himself
in
a
restaurant.
I
never
saw
anyone
wear
an
expression
of
such
deep
gloom.
He was staring
into space.
He
looked as
though the burden of the
whole world sat
on
his shoulders. I
was
sorry
for
him: I suspected at once
that
his
unfortunate brother
had
been causing trouble again. I went up to him and held out my hand.


How are you?

I asked.

I

m not in hilarious spirits,

he answered.


Is it Tom again?


He sighed.

Y
es,
it’s
Tom again.



Why don

t
you chuck him?
Y
ou

ve done everything
in the world
for
him.
Y
ou
must
know by now that he

s quite hopeless.


I suppose every
family
has a black sheep. Tom
had been a sore trial to
his
for
twenty
years.
He
had
begun
life
decently
enough:
he
went
into
business,
married,
and
had
two
children.
The
Ramsays
were
perfectly
respectable
people
and
there
was
every
reason
to
suppose that Tom Ramsay would have a useful and honourable career. But one day
, without
warning,
he announced that
he didn

t
like work and that
he wasn

t suited
for
marriage. He
wanted
to
enjoy
himself.
He
would
listen
to
no
expostulations.
He
left
his
wife
and
his

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office. He had a little money and he spent two happy years in the various capitals of Europe.
Rumours
of
his
doings
reached
his
relations
from
time
to
time
and
they
were
profoundly
shocked.
He certainly
had a very
good time. They shook their
heads and asked what would
happen when
his
money
was spent. They soon
found out:
he borrowed.
He
was
charming
and
unscrupulous. I
have
never
met anyone to
whom
it was
more difficult to refuse a
loan.
He
made
a steady
income
from
his
friends and
he
made
friends easily.
But
he always said
that the
money
you spent on
necessities was boring; the
money that
was amusing
to spend
was the
money
you spent on
luxuries. For this
he depended on
his brother
George. He did
not
waste
his charm on him. George was a serious
man and
insensible to such enticements.
George was respectable. Once or twice
he
fell to
Tom

s promises of amendment and
gave
him
considerable
sums
in
order
that
he
might
make
a
fresh
start.
On
these
Tom
bought
a
motor

car and some
very
nice
jewellery
. But when circumstances
forced
George to
realize
that
his brother
would
never settle down and
he
washed
his
hands of
him,
Tom, without a
qualm,
began
to
blackmail
him.
It
was
not
very
nice
for
a
respectable
lawyer
to
find
his
brother shaking cocktails behind the bar of his favourite restaurant or to see him waiting on
the box

seat of a taxi outside his club. Tom said that to serve in a bar or to drive a taxi was
a
perfectly
decent
occupation,
but
if
George
could
oblige
him
with
a
couple
of
hundred
pounds he didn

t mind for the honour of the family giving it up. George paid.
Once
Tom
nearly
went
to
prison.
George
was
terribly
upset.
He
went
into
the
whole
discreditable affair. Really Tom had gone too far. He had been wild, thoughtless, and selfish,
but
he
had
never before done anything dishonest, by which George
meant
illegal; and
if
he
were prosecuted
he
would assuredly be convicted.
But
you cannot allow
your only brother
to
go to
gaol.
The
man
Tom
had
cheated, a
man called Cronshaw, was
vindictive.
He
was
determined
to
take
the
matter
into
court;
he
said
Tom
was
a
scoundrel
and
should
be
punished.
It
cost
George
an
infinite
deal
of
trouble
and
five
hundred
pounds
to
settle
the
affair.
I
have
never seen
him
in such a rage as when he heard that
Tom and Cronshaw
had
gone off
together to Monte Carlo the
moment they cashed the cheque.
They spent a
happy
month there.
For twenty
years Tom raced and gambled, philandered
with the prettiest girls, danced,
ate
in
the
most
expensive
restaurants,
and
dressed
beautifully.
He
always
looked
as
if
he
had
just
stepped
out
of
a
bandbox.
Though
he
was
forty

six
you
would
never
have
taken
him for more than thirty

five. He was a most amusing companion and though you knew he
was
perfectly
worthless
you
could
not
but
enjoy
his
society
.
He
had
high
spirits,
an
unfailing gaiety
, and incredible charm. I never grudged the contributions he regularly levied
on me for the necessities of his existence. I never lent him fifty pounds without feeling that
I was in his debt. Tom Ramsay knew everyone and everyone knew Tom Ramsay
. Y
ou could
not approve of him, but you could not help liking him.

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大鲨鱼图片-囧妈谢尔盖


大鲨鱼图片-囧妈谢尔盖


大鲨鱼图片-囧妈谢尔盖


大鲨鱼图片-囧妈谢尔盖


大鲨鱼图片-囧妈谢尔盖


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