姑娘的心病/晓梦(赵金基译）

程思良

姑娘的心病/晓梦
　　
　　小桦是个时尚的女孩子。逛商店是她的一大嗜好。她家附近有一家服装专卖店，里面的衣服价廉物美、式样新潮，小桦隔三差五就要去逛一逛。
　　一天，她听说专卖店又到了一批新货，便忙不迭地跑了去。“哇！这么多漂亮衣服呀！”小桦望着一套套精美的服装十分激动。她挑来挑去，选中了一套绣花套裙。先试了一套大号的,裙子就跟比着她的体型做的一样，不过上衣却肥了点；再试小号的，上衣挺合身，可裙子又有点小。
　　“能用小号的上衣配大号的裙子吗？”小桦问服务员。
　　服务员说：“不行呀，套裙的上下号是一致的，如果岔号卖给你，那剩下的一套就没法卖了。如是卖差了，我们就要被罚款。”
　　小桦失望地放下裙子走了，但是当她走进家门时，已经盘算好一个计谋。第二天，她又来到了这家商店，见服务员换人了，就走了进去。她向服务员要了大小两套裙，走进了试衣室，很快把大号的裙子和小号的上衣穿到了身上。然后走出来对服务员说：“我就买身上这一套吧。”
　　不知情的服务员很快为小桦办妥了交款手绪。小桦如愿以偿地离开了这家服装店。
　　小桦后来得知，那位卖衣服给她的服务员被罚了半个月工资。从此，小桦再也没有脸面走近这家服装店了，尽管那儿有她非常喜欢的衣服。
　　
　　
　　Fault
　　
　　By Xiaomeng
　　
　　As a fashionable girl, Xiao Hua’s primary hobby was shopping. There was a speciality clothing store nearby her home, offering inexpensive top-quality stylish clothes. Every few days Xiao Hua would pay a visit to the store.
　　One day, when she heard a bulk of new clothing had just arrived at the store, she couldn’t wait to get there. “Wow! What lovely clothes!” exclaimed Xiao Hua, in much excitement at one after another suit of exquisite clothing. After careful comparisons and contrasts, she finally chose an embroidered suit-dress. At first she tried on the large size, the skirt perfectly fit for her body type while the dress a bit loose-fitting; then she tried on the small size, the dress perfectly fit while the skirt a bit tight.
　　“May I match the dress of small size with the skirt of large size?” Xiao Hua asked the salesgirl.
　　“Sorry, I’m afraid not. The small-sized suit doesn’t agree with the large-sized one; sell this suit of different sizes to you, and the other suit of different sizes won’t sell. If something goes wrong, we are to forfeit some of the pay.”
　　In disappointment Xiao Hua got out of the store. However, by the time she got back home, she had made out a scheme. The following day she went to the store again and met another salesgirl. Asking for two suit-dresses simultaneously, one of large size and the other small size, Xiao Hua entered the dressing room, readily put on the skirt of large size and the dress of small size, and stepped out. “I’ll take this suit on me.” said Xiao Hua to the salesgirl.
　　Not knowing what had happened, the salesgirl readily settled Xiao Hua’s payment; the latter left the store, perfectly fulfilled.
　　Later on, when she learned that the salesgirl who had sold the suit of different sizes did forfeit half of the monthly pay, Xiaohua was so ashamed of herself that she would never get any closer to the store which used to offer her favorite clothing.

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