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春之怀古

张晓风

    ①春天必然曾经是这样的：从绿意内敛的山头，一把雪再也撑不住了，噗嗤的一声，将冷面笑成花面，一首澌澌然的歌便从云端唱到山麓，从山麓唱到低低的荒村，唱入篱落，唱入一只小鸭的黄蹼，唱入软溶溶的春泥——软如一床新翻的棉被的春泥。

    ②那样娇，那样敏感，却又那样混沌无涯。一声雷，可以无端地惹哭满天的云；一阵杜鹃啼，可以斗急了一城杜鹃花；一阵风起，每一棵柳都会吟出一则则白茫茫、虚飘飘说也说不清、听也听不清的飞絮，每一丝飞絮都是一株柳的分号。反正，春天就是这样不讲理，不逻辑，而仍可以好得让人心平气和的。

    ③春天必然曾经是这样的：满塘叶黯花残的枯梗抵死苦守一截老根，北地里千宅万户的屋粱受尽风欺雪压犹自温柔地抱着一团小小的空虚的燕巢。然后，忽然有一天，桃花把所有的山村水廓都攻陷了，柳树把皇室的御沟和民间的江头都控制住了——春天有如旌旗鲜明的王师，因长期虔诚的企盼祝祷而美丽起来。

    ④而关于春天的名字，必然曾经有这样的一段故事：在《诗经》之前，在《尚书》之前，在仓颉造字之前，一只小羊在啮草时猛然感到的多汁，一个孩子放风筝时猛然感觉到的飞腾，一双患风痛的腿在猛然间感到的舒适，千千万万双素手在溪畔在江畔浣纱时所猛然感到的水的血脉……当他们惊讶地奔走互告的时候，他们决定将嘴噘成吹口哨的形状，用一种愉快的耳语的声音来为这季节命名：“春”。

    ⑤鸟又可以开始丈量天空了。有的负责丈量天的蓝度，有的负责丈量天的透明度，有的负责用那双翼丈量天的高度和深度。而所有的乌全不是好的数学家，他们吱吱喳喳地算了又算，核了又核，终于还是不敢宣布统计数字。

    ⑥至于所有的花，已交给蝴蝶去数。所有的蕊，交给蜜蜂去编册。所有的树，交给风去纵宠。而风，交给檐前的老风铃去一一记忆一一垂询。

    ⑦春天必然曾经是这样，或者，在什么地方，它仍然是这样的吧？穿越烟囱①与烟囱的黑森林，我想走访那踯躅^②在湮远^③年代中的春天。

（选自《张晓风散文集》）

【注释】①烟囱：文中指工厂向空中排放工业废气的管道。②踯躅：停留。③湮远：久远。

    If you are walking through Newyork's Central Park on a fine summer day, you might come across a group of children listening to a story. The storyteller will be sitting beside a statue of a kindly looking man holding an open book. Although this man never actually visited New York, his fame as a writer of fairy tales and children's stories has spread far beyond his homeland.

    Hans Christian Andersen is recognized as a key figure in 19^th-century romantic fiction. He is, without question, the best-known writer Denmark has ever produeed. His stories continue to delight children and adults the world over. Classic tales such as The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and The emperor's New Clothes are loved for their humor and imagination. They are loved for the simple but meaningful messages they often contain.

    Born on April 2, 1805, in Odense, Demark, Andersen was an imaginative child. His father, a poor shoemaker, died in 1816. With a mother who was unable to read or write, the boy received little education as a child. At 14, Andersen traveled to Copenhagen. He was lucky enough to spend some time with the Royal Theater, but when his voice changed, he had to leave. Luckily, one of the directors helped him by arranging his education.

    Andersen went to the University of Copenhagen in 1828, and his literary career began soon afterwards. He hoped to achieve success with poems and plays, and made too low an estimate(估计) of the kind of stories which have made him famous. Though not particularly fond of children, he had a gift for entertaining them. This led a friend to suggest he write down the stories he invented.

    Many of Andersen' s tales are based on folklore(民间故事), and many are products of his own imagination. All of them are told in a humorous and informal style that children loved from the start.

    Before his death in 1875, Andersen regularly traveled around Europe, and was warmly welcomed everywhere he went.

    Nowadays, of course, Hans Christian Andersen is a household name. Whether he would have liked or not, millions of children and adults will always be grateful for the magie his stories have brought to their lives. The young listeners in Central Park are proof of that.