鸡和鸡场主的对话/马长山(赵金基译）

程思良

鸡和鸡场主的对话/马长山
　　
　　“人类为什么让野生动物回归大自然，却把我们关在鸡棚里呢？”
　　“你们和野生动物不同，我在你们身上是花了本钱的。”
　　“那么，你能否释放我们的一些姐妹，让留下的姐妹补偿你的本钱呢？”
　　“不行。我们人类对保住本钱兴趣不大，我们感兴趣的是利润。”
　　“那么，少放掉几个姐妹，你还是有利润的呀！”
　　“不行，我们追求的是尽可能多的利润。”
　　“看来今生今世没有自由了，我们能否提最后一个请求呢？”
　　“尽管讲。”
　　“我们失去了肉体上的自由，希望在精神上有所补偿。你能否让我们每天听一会儿音乐？这可是我们最后的请求！”
　　“当然可以，我马上就为你们安一台音响设备。”
　　“看来阁下还不是仅仅考虑自己的经济利益。”
　　“我昨天刚刚得知，听音乐可以提高你们的产蛋率。”
　　
　　Chickens and Their Owner
　　
　　By Ma Changshan
　　
　　“How come men leave the wild creatures in their natural environment while locking us in a chicken house?”
　　“Considering my investment, you are different from those wild creatures.”
　　“Then how about releasing some of us while allowing the rest to make up for your investment?”
　　“Impossible. We human beings develop more interest in claiming a profit than recovering the investment.”
　　“But you will still gain a profit if you set free a small number of us.”
　　“No way. We pursue as great a profit as possible.”
　　“We seem to have no freedom throughout our lives; will you allow us a last request?”
　　“Just say it.”
　　“Since we are doomed to lose our freedom physically, we hope to be rewarded a bit spiritually; will you allow us some time for listening to music? This is our last request.”
　　“Surely I will. I’ll have a stereo installed right now.”
　　“It seems that you are not always considering your own profit.”
　　“It was yesterday that I learned music would contribute to a higher efficiency of your egg-production.”

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