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Nicolas was sitting in the waiting room Monday morning. He had brought four
magazines with him, in case the mechanics had to spend all day fixing his car.
His portable Sony radio was on, and one earbud was stuck in his right ear. A
customer came into the waiting room. Nicolas overheard the customer talking to
Harold, the service representative. The customer was from Milford, the same
little town that Nicolas was from. After the customer and Harold had finished
talking, Harold went back outside.
Nicolas thought he would introduce himself. He said, "I heard that you are
from Milford." The young man nodded. "Are you going to the parade on Wednesday?"
Nicolas asked.
"What parade?" the man asked. Wednesday was the fourth of July. Nicolas
wondered if he was talking to someone who just happened to be visiting Earth on
his way to Pluto.
"Didn't you say you live in Milford?" Nicolas asked. The man nodded. "How
long have you lived there?" Nicolas asked. Five years, the man replied.
"And you've never been to the Fourth of July parade?" Nicolas asked. The
man shook his head. He seemed totally uninterested in continuing the
conversation, although all he was doing was watching cars drive by on the nearby
street.
Oh well, I tried to be neighborly, Nicolas thought, as he put the earbud
back in his ear and opened one of his magazines. |
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发表于 2016-7-10 09:22:27