无畏的小乔万尼&意大利童话

        从前，有一个小伙子，天不怕地不怕，被人称作无畏的小乔万尼。他游历世界，有一次来到一家小店过夜。店主说：“这里没有空房了，不过，你要是不怕，我带你去一幢楼住。”

        “我为什么要怕，没有一个人能从哪里活着出来。每到早晨，修道士就带着棺材去给敢于在楼里过夜的人收尸。”

        好小子！带着一盏灯、一瓶酒和一根香肠就去了。

        半夜，他正坐在桌子旁吃着，从烟囱里传来了一个声音：“我下来？”

        小乔万尼回答：“下来吧！”

        从烟囱上掉下来一条人腿。小乔万尼喝了一杯酒。

        随后那个声音又说：“我下来？”

        小乔万尼说：“下来吧！”另一条腿也掉下来了。小乔万尼咬了一口香肠。

        “我下来？”

        “下来吧！”掉下来一只胳膊。小乔万尼吹起口哨。

        “我下来？”

        “下来吧！”掉下来另一只胳膊。

        “我下来？”

        “下来吧！”

        掉下来一个身子，与胳膊、腿接在一起，连成一个没有脑袋的人站立起来。

        “我下来？”

        “下来吧！”

        脑袋掉了下来，蹦到了身子上。这是一个巨人，小乔万尼举起酒杯说：“为你的健康干杯！”

        巨人道“拿着灯，来。”

        小乔万尼拿起灯，但没动。

        “你在前边走！”巨人说。

        “你先走。”小乔万尼说。

        “你先走！”巨人说。

        “你先走。”小乔万尼说。

        于是，巨人先动了，一间屋挨一间屋地穿过这幢楼，小乔万尼跟在后边照着亮。来到楼梯下的一间小屋，面前出现一扇小门。

        “打开！”巨人对小乔万尼说。

        小乔万尼说：“你去开！”

        巨人对肩膀撞开门。里边有一个盘旋式的小楼梯。

        “下去。”巨人说。

        “你先下。”小乔万尼说。

        来到地下室，巨人指着地上的一块石板：“搬起来！”

        “你搬！”小乔万尼说。巨人像捏小石子一样搬走了石板。

        下边是三罐金币。巨人说：“抬起来！”

        “你抬！”小乔万尼说。巨人一次一个地把它们抬了上来。

        他们回到那个有烟囱的客厅，巨人说：“小乔万尼，我的法力失灵了！”说着，一条腿卸了下来，踢上了烟囱。“这三罐金币中的一给你，”说着，卸下来一只胳膊，胳膊爬上了烟囱。“另一罐给那些来替你收尸的修道士，”另一只胳膊卸了下来，跟着前边那只爬上了烟囱。“第三罐金币送给从这里经过的第一个穷人，”另一条腿也卸了下来，巨人的身子坐在了地上。“这幢楼就归你了，”巨人的身子也卸了下来，只剩下脑袋立在地上。“因为拥有这幢楼的那个家族的人永远地消失了。”说完，巨人的脑袋升了起来，升上烟囱里了。

        天刚亮，就听到有人在唱：上帝怜悯我们，上帝怜悯我们。正是那群教士带着棺材来收小乔万尼的尸首。他们看见小伙子正在窗口抽烟斗呢。

        无畏的小乔万尼有了那些金币成了富人，他快乐地住在那幢楼里。直到有一天，他仅仅因为一转身，看见了自己的影子，被吓死了。

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        NOtES:

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        Calian Folktales Selected aold by Italo Calvino,

        translated by Gee Martin,

        Pantheon Books, New York 1980
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