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记忆传授人|The Giver

第二十一章逃亡|Chapter 21

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一定会成功的。经过一整天的思考，乔纳思一遍又一遍地告诉自己，他们一定会成功的。

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但是到了晚上，事情发生了变化，整个计划一所有他们精心设计、仔细推敲的细节一都前功尽弃。

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那天晚上，乔纳思被迫开始逃亡。当黑幕笼罩大地，整个社区沉寂下来时，他就得赶紧离开住处。这样做相当危险，因为附近有工作人员在走动，他尽量藏身在阴影中，无声无息地移动，穿过漆黑的房子和空荡荡的中央广场，朝河流的方向前进。越过广场，他可以看见养老院和后面的安尼斯矗立在夜空下。但是他不能停下脚步，已经没有时间了，每一分钟都至关重要，只要多争取一分钟，他就能逃离社区越远一点。

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他来到桥上，弓着身子，快速地蹬着自行车前进。他可以看见桥下幽暗、翻腾的河水。

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将社区远远地拋在后面时，他一点也不害怕或后悔，这点连他自己都很诧异。但是就这样跟亲密的朋友分离，却让他感到无比的哀伤。他知道身处逃亡的险境中，必须保持安静。但是他希望，传授人‘超听觉’的能力，能够听见他发自内心深处的呐喊和道别。

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一切的转变就发生在晚餐时刻。他们一家人一如往昔般共进晚餐，莉莉叽叽喳喳说个不停，爸爸、妈妈报告（和说谎，这点乔纳思很清楚）当天的所见所闻。加波很开心地在地板上玩耍，一边咿咿呀呀地儿语，并且不时开心地看看乔纳思。昨晚乔纳思没回来，现在看见乔纳思回来，他显得特别高兴。

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爸爸低头望着这个小人儿：“好好玩，小家伙，”他说，“这是你最后一晚在我们家做客。”

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“您是什么意思？”乔纳思问。

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爸爸失望的叹了一口气：“你也知道，今天早上你回来的时候没有看见他，因为昨晚我们让他在养育中心过夜。我本来觉得这是一个好机会，可以趁你不在时，做个测试，因为他最近都睡得很熟。”

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“测试结果不好吗？”妈妈同情地问。

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爸爸苦笑了一下：“你说得太客气了，根本就是一场大灾难。他哭了一整夜，夜班工作人员束手无策。我去上班的时候，大家全累垮了。”

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“加波，你这个调皮鬼。”莉莉指责地板上笑嘻嘻的小人儿。

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“所以啦，”爸爸继续说，“我们必须赶紧做个决定。下午大家开了会，连我都赞成让加波解放。”

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乔纳思放下叉子，盯着父亲：“解放？”

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爸爸点点头：“我们已经尽力了，不是吗？”

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“是啊，我们尽力了。”妈妈表示同意。

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莉莉也点头赞成。

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乔纳思勉强让自己的声音平静下来：“什么时候？他什么时候举行解放？”

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“明天一早。要开始准备命名大典了，我们得尽快处理这件事。明天早上就要跟你说再见了，加波。”爸爸用他那甜美、歌唱式的声音说。

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乔纳思抵达河的对岸，忍不住停下车子，回头张望。养育他十三年的社区，在远远的后头，沉浸在睡梦中。黎明后，他熟悉的那套规律的生活模式，依旧会持续下去，即使没有他，也照样运行不辍。在那里，生活中没有值得惊奇的事物，没有不方便或不寻常，也没有颜色、痛苦和过去。

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他继续快速地蹬着自行车，沿着道路前进。已经不能回头了。他严重违反规定，如果被捉住，后果不堪设想。

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第一点，他在晚上离开住处。

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第二点，他偷拿社区的食物。这是重罪，就算他拿的是放在家门口的剩饭剩菜，也一样。

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第三点，他偷了爸爸的自行车。黑暗中，他站在停车处迟疑了一下。本来并不想拿爸爸任何东西，因为他不确定自己会不会骑这辆较大的车子，他一向习惯自己的自行车。但是，没有这辆车不行，因为它的后座有儿童座椅，他把加波带了出来。

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后座的小脑袋轻轻抵着他的背，随着车子的跳动，轻轻地起伏。加波被牢牢地绑在座位上，睡得正熟。离家前，他曾将手贴在加波的背上，将最能安抚人心的记忆传送给他：夜晚时分，棕榈树下缓缓摇晃的吊床；慵懒的潮水以催眠式的节奏，轻轻冲刷着附近的海岸……记忆一点一滴渗进小宝宝的心里，让他睡得既安稳又深沉。当乔纳思将他抱到座椅上时，他一点都没受到惊动。

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乔纳思知道几个小时后他逃跑的消息就会爆发开来，所以他拼命地、坚决地骑行着，希望自己不会随着时间和里程的增加而感到疲惫。现在没有时间去等待传授人给他记忆，让他产生力量和勇气了。他只能凭借与生俱来的本能，一路支撑下去。

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他绕着社区边缘前进，远处的屋舍一片漆黑。他和社区间的距离越拉越大，路面也越来越空荡，他的腿从酸痛到几乎全麻了。

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黎明时刻，加波开始扭动。现在他们来到一个隔离的地段，路边树木林立。他经过一片车痕累累、路面颠簸的草地，骑近一条溪流。加波清醒了，随着自行车上下的震动，不断咯咯地笑着。

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乔纳思给加波松了绑，把他从自行车上放到草地上，让他开心地在草叶嫩枝间探索，并小心地将自行车藏在隐密的草丛中。

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“吃早餐了，加波。”他解开食物包装袋，把两个人喂饱，并用杯子装满溪水来喝，然后坐到溪流边看着小宝宝玩。

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他筋疲力尽，知道自己必须睡一觉，让肌肉休息一下，才能在晚上继续骑车。白天赶路，很容易被发现。

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他们很快就会出来找他的。

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他发现树林深处有个藏身的地方，便带着小宝宝过去，把他抱在怀里，躺下来。加波开心地挣扎着，以为是在玩搏斗游戏，以前他们在家里常玩这种搔痒、嬉乐的游戏。

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“对不起，加波，”乔纳思告诉他，“我知道现在是早上，我也知道你才刚醒过来。但是，我们现在得睡觉才行。”

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他将小家伙的身体拉向自己，轻抚着他的背，并轻声细语地安抚着，然后再转移一段深沉、满足、耗尽精力的记忆。加波的头垂了下来，过了一会儿，便在乔纳思的胸膛上睡着了。

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这两位逃亡者，就这样在睡眠中安度第一个充满危机的日子。

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飞机是最叫人害怕的东西。过了好几天了——乔纳思不知道到底是几天——整个旅程开始有了规律的模式：白天躲藏在草丛或树林里，找水，小心分配剩余的食物，在野地上觅食，好补充食物。晚上骑车赶路。一骑好几里的路程，使得他腿部肌肉绷得很紧，一旦安顿好，想睡个觉，就浑身酸痛。不过，他的双腿也因而结实了不少，越来越不需要动不动就休息了。有时候他会把加波放下来，让他做做运动，两人一起沿着马路跑步，或一起在黑暗中穿越原野。每次他回到车边，将这个合作默契、十分顺从的小伙伴放回车上时，他的腿也得到了充分的休息，可以配合上路了。

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因此，他靠着自己的体力就足以应付。逃亡前，原本传授人要传给他的那些能量，现在都不需要了。

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但是当飞机接近时，他真希望自己接受了“勇气”的训练。

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他知道那是飞机侦察队。机队低空飞翔，引擎声嘈杂无比，足以把他从梦中惊醒。有时他惊恐地从藏身处往外望，差一点儿就跟搜索队打上照面。

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他知道他们看不见颜色，所以他们的肌肤和加波的淡金色鬈发，隐藏在无色的草丛中，就像个灰色的污点。他记得在科技课程中学过，搜索飞机是利用热感应搜寻器来探索人体温度，如果灌木丛中有两个人抱在一起，搜寻器的感应会更快速。

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所以每次一听见侦察机的声音，他就伸手到加波身上，将下雪的记忆转移过去，他自己也保留一些。他们就这样一起让身体变冷。飞机一走，他们冷得发抖，只好紧紧地互相拥抱，直到再度睡着。

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乔纳思在转移记忆时，察觉到他的记忆越来越淡，也越来越模糊了。这是他希望的，也是传授人的计划：他离社区越来越远，记忆就会日渐消退，慢慢地回到人们身上。但是，目前他还需要这些记忆，因为侦察机不断出现，他得紧抓着这些有关寒冷的记忆，才能存活下去。

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侦察机是白天出动，不过，即使是晚上赶路时，他也依然会警觉地聆听是否有引擎声。有时候乔纳思还没注意到，加波就听见了，马上大叫：“飞机！飞机！”偶尔侦察机群会在晚上他们赶路的时候出现，乔纳思就会加快速度，冲进最近的大树下或草丛中，丢下自行车，让自己和加波降温。它们有时真的飞得好近啊。

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他骑着自行车冲过黑暗，冲过隔离地带，将社区远远抛在身后，进入没有标志、无人居住的区域。他依然保持警戒，留意附近可以藏身的地点，以免引擎声一出现，就慌了手脚。

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飞机出现的频率渐渐少了，偶尔出现，速度也没放慢，就好像搜索行动只是走走过场，并不抱希望。终于，一整天、一整夜，侦察机不再出现了。

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It would work. They could make it work, Jonas told himself again and again throughout the day.

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But that evening everything changed. All of it — the things they had thought through so meticulously — fell apart.

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That night, Jonas was forced to flee. He left the dwelling shortly after the sky became dark and the community still. It was terribly dangerous because some of the work crews were still about, but he moved stealthily and silently, staying in the shadows, making his way past the darkened dwellings and the empty Central Plaza , toward the river. Beyond the Plaza he could see the House of the Old, with the Annex behind it, outlined against the night sky. But he could not stop there. There was no time. Every minute counted now, and every minute must take him farther from the community.

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Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle pedaling steadily . He could see the dark, churning water far below.

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He felt, surprisingly, no fear, nor any regret at leaving the community behind. But he felt a very deep sadness that he had left his closest friend behind. He knew that in the danger of his escape he must be absolutely silent; but with his heart and mind, he called back and hoped that with his capacity for hearing-beyond, The Giver would know that Jonas had said goodbye.

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It had happened at the evening meal. The family unit was eating together as always: Lily chattering away, Mother and Father making their customary comments (and lies, Jonas knew) about the day. Nearby, Gabriel played happily on the floor, babbling his baby talk, looking with glee now and then toward Jonas, obviously delighted to have him back after the unexpected night away from the dwelling.

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Father glanced down toward the toddler. "Enjoy it, little guy," he said. "This is your last night as visitor."

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"What do you mean?" Jonas asked him.

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Father sighed with disappointment. "Well, you know he wasn’t here when you got home this morning because we had him stay overnight at the Nurturing Center. It seemed like a good opportunity, with you gone, to give it a try. He’d been sleeping so soundly."

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"Didn’t it go well?" Mother asked sympathetically.

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Father gave a rueful laugh. "That’s an understatement. It was a disaster. He cried all night, apparently . The night crew couldn’t handle it. They were really frazzled by the time I got to work."

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"Gabe, you naughty thing," Lily said, with a scolding little cluck toward the grinning toddler on the floor.

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"So," Father went on, "we obviously had to make the decision. Even I voted for Gabriel’s release when we had the meeting this afternoon."

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Jonas put down his fork and stared at his father. "Release?" he asked.

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Father nodded. "We certainly gave it our best try, didn’t we?"

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"Yes, we did," Mother agreed emphatically.

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Lily nodded in agreement, too.

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Jonas worked at keeping his voice absolutely calm. "When?" he asked. "When will he be released?"

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"First thing tomorrow morning. We have to start our preparations for the Naming Ceremony, so we thought we’d get this taken care of right away.

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"It’s bye-bye to you, Gabe, in the morning," Father had said, in his sweet, sing-song voice.

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Jonas reached the opposite side of the river, stopped briefly , and looked back. The community where his entire life had been lived lay behind him now, sleeping. At dawn, the orderly, disciplined life he had always known would continue again, without him. The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient . Or unusual. The life without color, pain, or past.

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He pushed firmly again at the pedal with his foot and continued riding along the road. It was not safe to spend time looking back. He thought of the rules he had broken so far: enough that if he were caught, now, he would be condemned .

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First, he had left the dwelling at night. A major transgression .

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Second, he had robbed the community of food: a very serious crime, even though what he had taken was leftovers , set out on the dwelling doorsteps for collection.

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Third, he had stolen his father’s bicycle. He had hesitated for a moment, standing beside the bike port in the darkness, not wanting anything of his father’s and uncertain, as well, whether he could comfortably ride the larger bike when he was so accustomed to his own.

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But it was necessary because it had the child seat attached to the back.

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And he had taken Gabriel, too.

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He could feel the little head nudge his back, bouncing gently against him as he rode. Gabriel was sleeping soundly, strapped into the seat. Before he had left the dwelling, he had laid his hands firmly on Gabe’s back and transmitted to him the most soothing memory he could: a slow-swinging hammock under palm trees on an island someplace, at evening, with a rhythmic sound of languid water lapping hypnotically against a beach nearby. As the memory seeped from him into the new child he could feel Gabe’s sleep ease and deepen. There had been no stir at all when Jonas lifted him from the crib and placed him gently into the molded seat.

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He knew that he had the remaining hours of night before they would be aware of his escape. So he rode hard, steadily, willing himself not to tire as the minutes and miles passed. There had been no time to receive the memories he and The Giver had counted on, of strength and courage. So he relied on what he had, and hoped it would be enough.

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He circled the outlying communities, their dwellings dark. Gradually the distances between communities widened, with longer stretches of empty road. His legs ached at first; then, as time passed, they became numb .

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At dawn Gabriel began to stir. They were in an isolated place; fields on either side of the road were dotted with thickets of trees here and there. He saw a stream, and made his way to it across a rutted, bumpy meadow; Gabriel, wide awake now, giggled as the bicycle jolted him up and down.

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Jonas unstrapped Gabe, lifted him from the bike, and watched him investigate the grass and twigs with delight. Carefully he hid the bicycle in thick bushes.

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"Morning meal, Gabe!" He unwrapped some of the food and fed them both. Then he filled the cup he had brought with water from the stream and held it for Gabriel to drink. He drank thirstily himself, and sat by the stream, watching the new child play.

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He was exhausted . He knew he must sleep, resting his own muscles and preparing himself for more hours on the bicycle. It would not be safe to travel in daylight.

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They would be looking for him soon.

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He found a place deeply hidden in the trees, took the new child there, and lay down, holding Gabriel in his arms. Gabe struggled cheerfully as if it were a wrestling game, the kind they had played back in the dwelling, with tickles and laughter.

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"Sorry, Gabe," Jonas told him. "I know it’s morning, and I know you just woke up. But we have to sleep now."

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He cuddled the small body close to him, and rubbed the little back. He murmured to Gabriel soothingly . Then he pressed his hands firmly and transmitted a memory of deep, contented exhaustion

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. Gabriel’s head nodded, after a moment, and fell against Jonas’s chest.

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Together the fugitives slept through the first dangerous day.

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But when the planes came, he wished that he could have received the courage.

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He knew they were search planes. They flew so low that they woke him with the noise of their engines, and sometimes, looking out and up fearfully from the hiding places, he could almost see the faces of the searchers.

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第二十一章 逃亡|Chapter 21

一定会成功的。经过一整天的思考，乔纳思一遍又一遍地告诉自己，他们一定会成功的。

但是到了晚上，事情发生了变化，整个计划一所有他们精心设计、仔细推敲的细节一都前功尽弃。

他来到桥上，弓着身子，快速地蹬着自行车前进。他可以看见桥下幽暗、翻腾的河水。

爸爸低头望着这个小人儿：“好好玩，小家伙，”他说，“这是你最后一晚在我们家做客。”

“您是什么意思？”乔纳思问。

爸爸失望的叹了一口气：“你也知道，今天早上你回来的时候没有看见他，因为昨晚我们让他在养育中心过夜。我本来觉得这是一个好机会，可以趁你不在时，做个测试，因为他最近都睡得很熟。”

“测试结果不好吗？”妈妈同情地问。

爸爸苦笑了一下：“你说得太客气了，根本就是一场大灾难。他哭了一整夜，夜班工作人员束手无策。我去上班的时候，大家全累垮了。”

“加波，你这个调皮鬼。”莉莉指责地板上笑嘻嘻的小人儿。

“所以啦，”爸爸继续说，“我们必须赶紧做个决定。下午大家开了会，连我都赞成让加波解放。”

乔纳思放下叉子，盯着父亲：“解放？”

爸爸点点头：“我们已经尽力了，不是吗？”

“是啊，我们尽力了。”妈妈表示同意。

莉莉也点头赞成。

乔纳思勉强让自己的声音平静下来：“什么时候？他什么时候举行解放？”

“明天一早。要开始准备命名大典了，我们得尽快处理这件事。明天早上就要跟你说再见了，加波。”爸爸用他那甜美、歌唱式的声音说。

他继续快速地蹬着自行车，沿着道路前进。已经不能回头了。他严重违反规定，如果被捉住，后果不堪设想。

第一点，他在晚上离开住处。

第二点，他偷拿社区的食物。这是重罪，就算他拿的是放在家门口的剩饭剩菜，也一样。

他绕着社区边缘前进，远处的屋舍一片漆黑。他和社区间的距离越拉越大，路面也越来越空荡，他的腿从酸痛到几乎全麻了。

黎明时刻，加波开始扭动。现在他们来到一个隔离的地段，路边树木林立。他经过一片车痕累累、路面颠簸的草地，骑近一条溪流。加波清醒了，随着自行车上下的震动，不断咯咯地笑着。

乔纳思给加波松了绑，把他从自行车上放到草地上，让他开心地在草叶嫩枝间探索，并小心地将自行车藏在隐密的草丛中。

“吃早餐了，加波。”他解开食物包装袋，把两个人喂饱，并用杯子装满溪水来喝，然后坐到溪流边看着小宝宝玩。

他筋疲力尽，知道自己必须睡一觉，让肌肉休息一下，才能在晚上继续骑车。白天赶路，很容易被发现。

他们很快就会出来找他的。

他发现树林深处有个藏身的地方，便带着小宝宝过去，把他抱在怀里，躺下来。加波开心地挣扎着，以为是在玩搏斗游戏，以前他们在家里常玩这种搔痒、嬉乐的游戏。

“对不起，加波，”乔纳思告诉他，“我知道现在是早上，我也知道你才刚醒过来。但是，我们现在得睡觉才行。”

他将小家伙的身体拉向自己，轻抚着他的背，并轻声细语地安抚着，然后再转移一段深沉、满足、耗尽精力的记忆。加波的头垂了下来，过了一会儿，便在乔纳思的胸膛上睡着了。

这两位逃亡者，就这样在睡眠中安度第一个充满危机的日子。

因此，他靠着自己的体力就足以应付。逃亡前，原本传授人要传给他的那些能量，现在都不需要了。

但是当飞机接近时，他真希望自己接受了“勇气”的训练。

他知道那是飞机侦察队。机队低空飞翔，引擎声嘈杂无比，足以把他从梦中惊醒。有时他惊恐地从藏身处往外望，差一点儿就跟搜索队打上照面。

所以每次一听见侦察机的声音，他就伸手到加波身上，将下雪的记忆转移过去，他自己也保留一些。他们就这样一起让身体变冷。飞机一走，他们冷得发抖，只好紧紧地互相拥抱，直到再度睡着。

他骑着自行车冲过黑暗，冲过隔离地带，将社区远远抛在身后，进入没有标志、无人居住的区域。他依然保持警戒，留意附近可以藏身的地点，以免引擎声一出现，就慌了手脚。

飞机出现的频率渐渐少了，偶尔出现，速度也没放慢，就好像搜索行动只是走走过场，并不抱希望。终于，一整天、一整夜，侦察机不再出现了。

It would work. They could make it work, Jonas told himself again and again throughout the day.

But that evening everything changed. All of it — the things they had thought through so meticulously — fell apart.

Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle pedaling steadily . He could see the dark, churning water far below.

Father glanced down toward the toddler. "Enjoy it, little guy," he said. "This is your last night as visitor."

"What do you mean?" Jonas asked him.

Father sighed with disappointment. "Well, you know he wasn’t here when you got home this morning because we had him stay overnight at the Nurturing Center. It seemed like a good opportunity, with you gone, to give it a try. He’d been sleeping so soundly."

"Didn’t it go well?" Mother asked sympathetically.

Father gave a rueful laugh. "That’s an understatement. It was a disaster. He cried all night, apparently . The night crew couldn’t handle it. They were really frazzled by the time I got to work."

"Gabe, you naughty thing," Lily said, with a scolding little cluck toward the grinning toddler on the floor.

"So," Father went on, "we obviously had to make the decision. Even I voted for Gabriel’s release when we had the meeting this afternoon."

Jonas put down his fork and stared at his father. "Release?" he asked.

Father nodded. "We certainly gave it our best try, didn’t we?"

"Yes, we did," Mother agreed emphatically.

Lily nodded in agreement, too.

Jonas worked at keeping his voice absolutely calm. "When?" he asked. "When will he be released?"

"First thing tomorrow morning. We have to start our preparations for the Naming Ceremony, so we thought we’d get this taken care of right away.

"It’s bye-bye to you, Gabe, in the morning," Father had said, in his sweet, sing-song voice.

He pushed firmly again at the pedal with his foot and continued riding along the road. It was not safe to spend time looking back. He thought of the rules he had broken so far: enough that if he were caught, now, he would be condemned .

First, he had left the dwelling at night. A major transgression .

Second, he had robbed the community of food: a very serious crime, even though what he had taken was leftovers , set out on the dwelling doorsteps for collection.

Third, he had stolen his father’s bicycle. He had hesitated for a moment, standing beside the bike port in the darkness, not wanting anything of his father’s and uncertain, as well, whether he could comfortably ride the larger bike when he was so accustomed to his own.

But it was necessary because it had the child seat attached to the back.

And he had taken Gabriel, too.

He circled the outlying communities, their dwellings dark. Gradually the distances between communities widened, with longer stretches of empty road. His legs ached at first; then, as time passed, they became numb .

At dawn Gabriel began to stir. They were in an isolated place; fields on either side of the road were dotted with thickets of trees here and there. He saw a stream, and made his way to it across a rutted, bumpy meadow; Gabriel, wide awake now, giggled as the bicycle jolted him up and down.

Jonas unstrapped Gabe, lifted him from the bike, and watched him investigate the grass and twigs with delight. Carefully he hid the bicycle in thick bushes.

"Morning meal, Gabe!" He unwrapped some of the food and fed them both. Then he filled the cup he had brought with water from the stream and held it for Gabriel to drink. He drank thirstily himself, and sat by the stream, watching the new child play.

He was exhausted . He knew he must sleep, resting his own muscles and preparing himself for more hours on the bicycle. It would not be safe to travel in daylight.

They would be looking for him soon.

He found a place deeply hidden in the trees, took the new child there, and lay down, holding Gabriel in his arms. Gabe struggled cheerfully as if it were a wrestling game, the kind they had played back in the dwelling, with tickles and laughter.

"Sorry, Gabe," Jonas told him. "I know it’s morning, and I know you just woke up. But we have to sleep now."

He cuddled the small body close to him, and rubbed the little back. He murmured to Gabriel soothingly . Then he pressed his hands firmly and transmitted a memory of deep, contented exhaustion

. Gabriel’s head nodded, after a moment, and fell against Jonas’s chest.

Together the fugitives slept through the first dangerous day.

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But when the planes came, he wished that he could have received the courage.

He knew they were search planes. They flew so low that they woke him with the noise of their engines, and sometimes, looking out and up fearfully from the hiding places, he could almost see the faces of the searchers.

第二十一章逃亡|Chapter 21