DOC《教学案例（1）》

he was like the fool who saw a rabbit run into a tree stump and break its neck , then spend his days after that waiting for a second rabbit to do the same. A layer of mist hung over the man-made lake as an orange glow appeared in the east. An old man doing voice exercises seemed to rock the woods. Waves of melancholy washed over him, like the ripples on a breezy lake. But only for a monent. A new stage in his life was about to begin, and the new life, like the woman who bought the little pigs, filled his mind with too many lustful thoughts for him to get sentimental. In the hour or so before sunup, the woods were filled with the songs and chirps of birds;

the air had a minty quality that cleansed his lungs and lifted his spirits. It didn`t take long for him to see how wrong he`d been to come out so early. At this time of day, only old folks were out, and they preferred the area around the lake to the cemetery;

even if they came to the cemetery, they weren`t the clientele he was waiting for. But that`s all right, he consoled himself. I`ll count this as my morning exercise. (translated by Howard Goldblatt)