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A Kidnapped Santa Claus〈被綁架的聖誕老人〉
本篇為美國知名兒童文學作家法蘭克.鮑姆(L. Frank Baum, 1856–1919)的短篇故事。鮑姆最有名的著作是《綠野仙蹤》(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)。在這個故事中,五項罪惡被擬人化,與聖誕老人作對,但最後仍被感化,彰顯出聖誕節代表的慷慨與慈愛精神是永遠不滅的。
故事中的五項罪惡住在相鄰的洞穴,比喻人性變化越來越邪惡的過程:一切起於「自私」(Selfishness),進一步變成「嫉妒」(Envy),而後產生「憎恨」(Hatred),終至演變成「惡毒」(Malice),但作者在最後保留了「悔悟」(Repentance)之洞,暗示人們即使走入歧途,最後仍可能因此後悔,從而在醒悟後改過自新。
Day One
Some people say that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, but one story claims that he lives in a place called Laughing Valley. It got its name from the laughter that fills the air as Santa and his helpers make toys for the world’s children.
In a mountain next to Laughing Valley live creatures that are a lot less cheerful. These creatures hate Santa because he makes children happy. There are five of these creatures, and they make their homes inside the mountain’s caves. Selfishness lives in the first cave. He hates Santa because Santa teaches children to be generous, so they never have a reason to visit Selfishness. The creature in the second cave, Envy, is lonely, too. He complains that children are so content with Santa’s gifts that Envy can’t coax any of them to visit him.
“And that makes it bad for me!” shouted the third creature, Hatred, one day. “For if no children pass through the Caves of Selfishness and Envy, none can get to MY cavern.” Malice and even the kinder Repentance agreed that their misery was all Santa’s fault.
有人說聖誕老人住在北極,但有個故事宣稱他住在一個叫作歡笑谷的地方。這個地名的由來是因聖誕老人和他的助手們為全球小朋友製作玩具時充斥在空中的笑聲。
歡笑谷附近的一座山裡住著一群很不快樂的生物。這些生物痛恨聖誕老人,因為他讓小朋友們快樂。這群生物共有五隻,他們以山洞為家。自私鬼住在第一個山洞裡。他恨聖誕老人,因為聖誕老人教導小朋友要慷慨,所以他們完全沒有理由來造訪自私鬼。第二個山洞裡的生物嫉妒鬼也很孤單。他抱怨說孩子們對聖誕老人送的禮物如此滿足,以致於嫉妒鬼無法哄騙任何小孩來看他。
有一天,第三隻生物憎恨鬼大叫說:「而那讓我也很難受!因為如果沒有小孩穿過自私和嫉妒的山洞,就沒有人會到達我的洞穴了。」惡毒鬼、甚至是稍微好心一點的悔悟鬼都同意他們之所以悲慘全都是聖誕老人的錯。
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