班车/赵金基(赵金基译）

程思良

班车/赵金基
　　
　　中午，单位向市内发一趟班车。办公的,休闲的,各得方便，人人有座，个个心安理得。
　　有人神秘兮兮地说，大家沾了XX（某领导夫人）的光，她下午要到市内做理疗。
　　不信。
　　XX退休回家了。有人紧张兮兮地说，中午的班车快要停发了。虽然半信半疑，大家还是坚持在习惯的时间，来到习惯的地点等候班车。
　　某一日，班车中途抛锚，送去大修，自此音信全无。大家做完各自份内的活儿，坐公交车回家，慢慢，也习惯了。
　　
　　The Shuttle
　　
　　By Zhao Jinji
　　
　　A shuttle used to run routinely from the Institution to downtown at noontime. For business or personal things, the staff on the ride enjoyed the convenience, feeling at ease and justified.
　　Thanks to XX, whose husband was the president at the time … Someone reported, mysteriously, she was scheduled to go downtown for some physical treatment in the afternoon. But no one took it serious.
　　Later on, XX retired from office. Someone nervously warned that, the shuttle would be soon cancelled. Dubiously, the staff continued to wait, at the usual place, at the usual time, for the routine shuttle.
　　One day, the shuttle broke down on its way; it was taken off for a major repair and then it was forgotten. When the day’s work was over, the staff rushed out for the public bus, and gradually got used to it.
　　

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