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they started up the bus； an away i went。
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阿甘正传（英文版）3
小！说
when we git up to the university； coach bryant he e out to the gym
where we all settin in our shorts and sweatshirts an begin makin a speech。 it bout the same kind of
speech coach fellers would make； cept even a simpleton like mysef could tell this man mean
bidness！ his speech short an sweet； an conclude with the statement that the last man on the bus to
the practice field will get a ride there not on the bus； but on coach bryant'；s shoe instead。
yessiree。 we do not doubt his word； an stack ourselfs into the bus like flapjacks。
all this was durin the month of august； which in the state of alabama is somewhat hotter
than it is elsewhere。 that is to say； that if you put a egg on top of your football helmet it would be
fried sunnyside up in about ten seconds。 of course nobody ever try that on account of it might get
coach bryant angry。 that was the one thing nobody wish to do； because life was almost
intolerable as it was。
coach bryant have his own goons to show me around。 they take me to where i is gonna
stay； which is a nice brick building on the campus that somebody says is called the 〃ape dorm。〃
them goons escort me over there in a car an lead me upstairs to my room。 unfortunately； what
might of looked nice from the outside was not true for the inside。 at first； it appear that nobody
had lived in this building for a long time； they was so much dirt an shit aroun； an most of the
doors had been torn off they hinges an bashed in； an most of the winders are busted out too。
a few of the fellers is lyin on they cots inside； wearin very little cause it about 110 degrees
hot in there； an flies an things be hummin an buzzin。 in the hall they is a big stack of newspapers；
which at first i afraid they gonna make us read； it being college an all； but soon i learn they are
for puttin down on the floor so'；s you don'；t have to step on all the dirt an shit when you walk
aroun。
the goons take me to my room an say they be hopin to find my roomate there； whose name
is curtis somebody； but he nowhere to be foun。 so they get my stuff unpacked an show me where
the bathroom is； which look worse than what you might expect to find at a one…pump gasoline
station； an they be on they way。 but before they go； one of the goons say curtis an me should get
on fine cause both of us have about as much brains as a eggplant。 i look real hard at the goon
what said that； cause i be tired of hearin all that shit； but he tell me to drop down and give him
fifty pushups。 after that； i just be doin what i'；m tole。
i went to sleep on my cot after spreadin a sheet over it to cover up the dirt； an was havin a
dream bout settin down in the parlor with my mama like we use to do when it was hot； an she'；d
fix me a limeade an talk to me hour after hour— an then suddenly the door of the room done
crashed in flat an scare me haf to death！ a feller be standin there in the doorway with a wild look
on his face； eyes all bugged out； no teeth in front； nose look like a yeller squash an his hair
standin straight up like he done stuck his thing in a light…socket。 i figger this be curtis。
he e inside the room like he expectin somebody to pounce on him； lookin from side to
side； an walk right over the door that he just caved in。 curtis ain'；t very tall； but he look like an
icebox otherwise。 first thing he axe me is where i'；m from。 when i say mobile； he say that is a
〃candyass〃 town； an informs me he'；s from opp； where they make peanut butter； an if i don'；t like
it； he gonna open up a jar hissef an butter my butt with it！ that were the extent of our
conversation for a day or so。
that afternoon at football practice it be about ten thousan degrees hot on the field； an all
coach bryant'；s goons runnin roun scowlin an yellin at us an makin us exercise。 my tongue
hangin down like it was a necktie or somethin； but i tryin to do the right thing。 finally they
divides up everbody an puts me with backs an we start to run pass patterns。
now before i e up to the university； they done sent me a package which contain about a
million different football plays； an i done axed coach fellers what i'；m spose to do with it an
he jus shake his head sadly an say not to try to do nothin— jus to wait till i get to the university
an let them figger somethin out。
i wish i had not taken coach fellers'； advice now； cause when i run out for my first pass i
done turned the wrong way an the head goon e rushin up hollerin an shoutin at me an when
he stop shoutin he axed me don'；t i study the plays they send me？ when i says； 〃uh； uh；〃 he
mence to jump up an down an flail his arms like hornets is upon him； an when he calm down
he tell me to go run five laps aroun the field wile he consult with coach bryant bout me。
coach bryant be settin up in a great big tower lookin down on us like the great gawd bud；
i'；m runnin the laps and watchin the goon clime up there； an when he get to the top an say his
piece； coach bryant crane his neck forward an i feel his eyes burnin hot on my big stupid ass。
suddenly a voice e over a megaphone for everbody to hear； say； 〃forrest gump； report to the
coachin tower；〃 an i seen coach bryant an the goon climin down。 all the time i be runnin over
there i am wishin i were runnin backwards instead。
but imagine my surprise when i see coach bryant smilin。 he motion me over to some
bleachers an we set down an he axed me again if i'；d not learnt them plays they send me。 i begin to
splain what coach fellers had tole me； but coach bryant he stop me an say for me to git back in
the line an start catchin passes； an then i tole him somethin else i guess he didn'；t want to hear；
which was that i had never even caught a pass at highschool； cause they figgered it hard enough
to get me to remember where our own goaline is； let alone runnin aroun tryin to grap the ball
outta the air too。
at this news； coach bryant ge