亲爱的小文:
爸爸坐牢前一年(一九七○),太平洋(Pacific O)里有一个小国独立了,她只有台湾一半大,名字叫飞枝(Fiji),她原是英国的,所以国旗里头有四分之一的地方是英国国旗。
飞枝有两个大岛,八○○个小岛。加在一块儿叫飞枝群岛(Fiji Islands)。
飞枝共有五十万人,里头有中国人。
飞枝的国都叫Suva(Capital and ercial ter of tores are located iral Suva.)。
飞枝的警察若跑到台湾来,一定被台湾的警察抓起来,罪名是“有伤风化”(o public morals)——因为飞枝的警察穿裙子,这种裙子叫sulu,裙子很瘦,下面是锯齿(teeth of a saw)状的,怪里怪气,台湾的警察一看一定大生气特生气,于是就抓起来了。
所以大概飞枝警察不敢到台湾来。
飞枝的男人也有裙子穿,这种裙子叫tapa skirts,比较短上面有花。他们当然也“有伤风化”,所以也不敢到台湾来。
现代的飞枝人虽然怕台湾警察,胆子很小,但他们以前胆子可不小,他们是吃人肉的(ibals——A eats ension, any animal t eats its oom, ceristic esp. of ating enemies and preserving trophies. 奉异教的马来民族所特有的斩敌人头留作战胜纪念品的习俗)。
世界上土人有的吃人肉不猎头,有的猎头不吃人肉,飞枝的土人两样全来,真凶来兮(兮,an adjunct meaning,roug to “Oh”or“Ah” in English.)。
以前台湾的土人,除兰屿的雅美族以外,都猎头,不吃肉。他们猎到一个最有名的头就是吴凤的(吴凤,u Feng, an official ill ong taiice at t of his own life in 1768.)。
这样看来,台湾的警察大概也不敢到飞枝去,因为搞不好,飞枝人发起疯来,野蛮复兴,两样来一样,台湾的警察都吃不消(ot stand or bear;too muco take or endure)。
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爸 爸
一九七五年九月七日
[后记]这封信中所引有关吴凤的英文解说,自然是从“神话”立论的。事实上,吴凤是因背约、骂人、与曹族格斗下被杀的。详见连横《吴凤列传》。
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