10月31日,万圣节之夜(Halloween),
西方一年一度的“闹鬼”之夜。
魑魅魍魉,,齐齐出动。
为了营造祥和的节日气氛,
双语君决定来讲鬼故事。
屏住呼吸。往下读。
I just saw my reflection blink.
我看见,自己镜中的影子眨了眨眼。
There was a picture in my phone of me sleeping. I live alone.
我的手机中有一张我熟睡的照片。我独居。
Don't be scared of the monsters, just look for them. Look to your left, to your right, under your bed, behind your dresser, in your closet but never look up, she hates being seen.
别害怕那些鬼鬼怪怪,找到他们。看看左边,看看右边,看看床下、衣橱后面、柜子里面,但是千万别抬头。她讨厌被人看见。
I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, "Daddy check for monsters under my bed." I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, "Daddy there's somebody on my bed."
我把他抱进被窝,他说,“爸爸,床下有怪物,帮我看看。”为哄他开心,我俯身看去。却看见他,另一个他,在床底下盯着我,颤抖着小声说,“爸爸,我的床上有个人。”
I can't move, breathe, speak or hear and it's so dark all the time. If I knew it would be this lonely, I would have been cremated instead.
我不能动弹,无法呼吸,说不出话,听不见声音,陷在无底黑暗之中。如果我知道会如此孤单,我宁愿选择火化。
The doctors told the amputee he might experience a phantom limb from time to time. Nobody prepared him for the moments though, when he felt cold fingers brush across his phantom hand.
医生告诉那个被截肢的人,他可能会时不时有幻肢感。然而并没有人警告过他,他还会感觉到冰冷的手指抚过自己那只已不存在的手。
You get home, tired after a long day's work and ready for a relaxing night alone. You reach for the light switch, but another hand is already there.
你工作一天回到家,一身疲惫,准备独自享受放松的夜晚。你伸手去开灯,却摸到开关上有另一只手在那儿。
After so many years living alone in this large house I came to a startling revelation. In this time I had closed far more doors than I had opened.
我在这间大房子里住了好多年,突然惊愕地发现,这么多年来,我关上过的房门比我打开过的多得多。
I always thought my cat had a staring problem - she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me.
我总觉得我的猫有瞪人的毛病,她总是目不转睛地盯着我的脸看。直到有一天,我意识到她其实是在看我的身后。
The last thing I saw was my alarm clock flashing 12:07 before she pushed her long rotting nails through my chest, her other hand muffling my screams. I sat bolt upright, relieved it was only a dream, but as I saw my alarm clock read 12:06. I heard my closet door creak open.
闹钟闪烁在12:07——这是我最后看到的画面。接着她腐烂的指甲掐入我的胸膛,另一只手捂住我的尖叫。我惊坐起来,欣慰地发现这只是个梦。这时,我看见闹钟显示12:06,衣橱门吱呀一声打开了。
She asked why I was breathing so heavily. I wasn't.
她问我为何呼吸急促。我并没有。
I woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until I heard it come from the mirror again.
我醒来听见敲玻璃的声音。一开始,我以为有人在敲窗户,直到声音再次从镜子里传出。
好了,今天的故事就讲到这。
祝万圣节愉快。
如果有奇怪的敲门声,记得准备好糖果。
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(编辑:左卓)