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雪夜出诊

(美)比利•罗斯

      夜,大雪飘飞。将近晚上九点的时候,医生正在家里看书,电话铃响了。

      “请找凡艾克医生。”

      “我就是。”医生回答。过了一会儿,凡艾克听到话筒里传来另一个人的声音:“我是兰福斯医院的黑顿医生。我们刚接到一个男孩,他的脑袋被子弹打中了,现在非常衰弱,也许活不长了。我们得马上给他动手术,可是你知道,我不是外科医生。”

      “我这儿离格兰福斯90多公里,恐怕﹣﹣”凡艾克犹豫了一下,“对了,你请过马萨医生没有?他就在你们镇上。”

      “我们去过电话,他今天碰巧外出了。”黑顿答道,“那孩子伤情危重,他是自个儿玩弄火枪时不小心出事的。”

      “哦!可怜的孩子。无论如何,我会尽快赶到你们医院。现在正下着雪,大概十二点我就可以赶到。”

      “请慢,凡艾克医生。还有一点我得告诉你,孩子家很穷,我想他们不会给你多少报酬。”

      “这没有什么。”凡艾克说完,挂上电话,几分钟后便驾着他分期付款买来的小汽车出发了。

      崭新的小汽车在雪地里艰难地行驶。刚到郊外,车前突然窜出一个身穿黑大衣的男人,凡艾克急忙刹车。车未停稳,那男人已经敏捷地打开车门钻了进来。

      “请你马上下车!”男人低声命令道,“我有枪。”

      “我是医生,”凡艾克很镇静,“我现在要赶去抢救一个情况危急的﹣﹣”

      “别废话!”裹着破旧黑大衣的人粗鲁地打断他的话,“你赶快下去,别惹我生气。”

      凡艾克被迫下了车,眼看着车子飞驶而去。他在雪地里站了好一会儿,愣愣地看到大雪把车轮印重新覆盖后,才猛地清醒过来,急忙到附近寻找人家。用了将近半个小时,他才在一户人家找到电话,联系了一辆出租车。

      也不知过了多久,一辆出租车终于来到了。凡艾克立即钻进汽车,催促司机全速前进。

      凌晨一点多,凡艾克到了格兰福斯医院。黑顿医生早在医院门口等着了,不过他的神情已经不是那么着急了。

      “我已经想尽了办法,”凡艾克气喘吁吁,直搓着冰冷的双手,“可是有人在半路上截住了我,抢走了我的车。黑顿医生,孩子现在怎么样了?”

      “谢谢你!凡艾克医生。我知道你已经竭尽全力了。”黑顿拍拍对方身上的雪花,“孩子一小时前死了。”

      两位医生走到候诊室门口。凡艾克倏地惊呆了:门边的长凳上,坐着一个裹着破旧黑大衣的男人,头深深地埋在两只手掌中。听见有人来,他抬起头,目光呆滞。突然,他像发现了什么,死死盯着凡艾克。

      “亨尼汉先生,”黑顿指着凡艾克,对那男人说,“他就是我请来的凡艾克医生。他本想赶来抢救孩子,可惜中途被歹徒抢走了汽车,所以迟到了。他已经尽了全力,可惜还是晚了。”

                                                                                                                                                          (选自《外国微型小说三百篇》)

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    While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone 8my name. It was MacArthur.“What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?”Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) an imaginary game.9 with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.

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