心的語言

湖北武漢林芬供稿

心的語言

湖北武漢林芬供稿

Language of the Heart

Soapy ismy rabbit.When people first touch him,they are surprised at how soft his fur is.I have noticed that he seems tomake everyone whomeets him a little softer,too.

索比是我養的兔子。當人們觸摸它時，都很驚訝它的毛發竟然如此柔軟。我發現它似乎能讓每個遇到它的人也變得溫柔起來。

One day,Soapy and Ivisited a shelter for women who had been abused1by their husbands. None of the women or their children smiled atme,and they appeared uninterested in Soapy’s cage.One little girl didn’t even raise her eyes.Workers at the shelter told me that she had been there for over amonth and had not spoken for the entire time.Nothing they had tried took effect.

一天，索比和我前往一個避難所去看望那些被丈夫虐待的婦女。那里的婦女和孩子沒有一個人對我們笑臉相迎，他們似乎對索比的籠子也毫無興致。一個小女孩甚至都沒有抬眼看一下。避難所的工作人員告訴我這個女孩已經在這里住了一個多月了，這段時間一句話都沒有說過。他們嘗試了很多辦法，都沒有用。

Spreading a blanket2on the floor,I opened Soapy’s cage and told the group that Soapy would come to talk to them if they sat on the blanket.Several of the children did this,including the silent girl.In a short time,Soapy appeared and slowly hopped3from one child to another.After touching Soapy,the children sighed softly or smiled.Soapy continued hopping,and the children and theirmothers gradually4began to talk about Soapy.

我在地板上鋪了一條毯子，然后打開索比的籠子，告訴他們如果他們可以坐在地毯上的話，索比會過來跟他說說話。有幾個孩子坐過來了，也包括那個一聲不吭的小女孩。不一會兒，索比出來了，慢慢地從一個孩子跳到另外一個孩子。摸了摸索比之后，孩子們輕輕地嘆了口氣，或相視而笑。索比繼續跳來跳去，而孩子們和他們的媽媽漸漸地開始談論索比。

Finally,Soapy hopped towards the silent girl.She sat tensely5,just staring.Soapy stopped before her and quietly laid his chin6on her knee.Iwas surprised,because Soapy hardly ever did that.The girl slowly leaned7towards him.When her face waswithin inches8of his,she carefully reached out,circled him with her arms,and whispered to him softly.When she released9her hug,Isaw a smile on her face.

最后索比跳向了那個沉默的小女孩。她緊張兮兮地坐在那里，眼睛直勾勾地盯著索比。索比停在她的面前，悄悄地把下巴放在她的膝蓋上。我很是驚訝，要知道索比幾乎不會有這樣的舉動。小女孩慢慢地把身子靠向它。當小女孩的臉離它的臉近在咫尺時，她小心翼翼地伸出雙臂，用手臂環繞著它，在它耳邊輕聲細語。當她再次放松環抱，我看到她舒展笑顏。

Soapy,in his cloud of soft,warm fur had touched something deep in the child,something that had died from toomuch hard experience.His innocence10and trust appeared tomake those same qualities start to grow in her.Many times,Ihave seen how a lovely animal can heal where words have no effect.It seems that the language of the heart is simple after all.

索比那如白云般柔軟溫暖的毛已觸動到這個孩子心里深處的某個東西，而這個東西因為過去種種的痛苦經歷而死去。它的天真和信任似乎能讓這些品質在她心里重新生根發芽。很多次，我都親眼看到一只可愛的動物如何治愈言語治愈不了的傷口。看來，心的語言才是簡單純粹的。