抖森深情朗讀10 歲女孩寫(xiě)的小故事，溫暖又戳心

BBC專(zhuān)為青少年舉辦的500字故事大賽邀請(qǐng)抖森為獲獎(jiǎng)的小朋友頒獎(jiǎng)。頒獎(jiǎng)典禮上，抖森現(xiàn)場(chǎng)朗讀了銀獎(jiǎng)作品——一位十歲小女孩寫(xiě)的《時(shí)光之沙》。這是一個(gè)溫情而戳心的小故事，講述了一個(gè)患老年癡呆癥的老人的記憶。

"Kathryn, Kathryn?" repeated the call, interrupting my thoughts.

I can feel the warm rays①ray 英 [re?] 美 [re] n. 射線；光線of searing sun beating down on me. There is not one single fluffy cloud in the tranquil②tranquil 英 ['tr??kw?l] 美 [?tr??kw?l]adj. 安靜的，平靜的；安寧的；穩(wěn)定的, cornfl ower sky. Below, the sea is a picture of perfect calm; little waves washing onto unspoiled, golden sands. The smell of sharp, salty sea stings my nostrils③nostril英 ['n?str(?)l] 美 ['nɑstr?l] n. 鼻孔and everything seems wonderful with my lovely family here.

A delightful picnic is packed carefully in the boot of our trusty, red car. All the same, I can't help feeling something's not quite right. Everything seems sort of hazy.

Never mind, I'm not going to dwell on it, especially now Dad's unpacking our glorious lunch. We're allowed to tuck in, so I sprint over and begin eating before my two greedy elder brothers devour it all!

Yet still there's that nagging feeling at the back of my mind, but I’m choosing to ignore it and go for a relaxing swim.

It's so peaceful out here. I close my eyes and lieback comfortably on my lilo listening to the screech of gulls overhead. I can see my family enjoying themselves on the beach. I don't know why I was so worried. Everything's fine,just fi ne. My eyes grow heavy as I'm overcome with tiredness.My eyelids start to droop...

After what seems only a few minutes, I awake and stare in horror at the blurred horizon④horizon 英 [h?'ra?z(?)n] 美 [h?'ra?zn]n. 地平線；視野；眼界；范圍. A mist seems to have descended,swiftly enveloping me. I peer frantically for my beloved family;waving, screaming at the top of my voice but it's futile⑤futile 英 ['fju?ta?l] 美 ['fj?ta?l] adj. 無(wú)用的；無(wú)效的.

They can't hear me. They can't see me. It's too late. The mist has now engulfed them. Salty tears begin streaming down my face. Uncontrollably.

...

"Kathryn, dear. It's your granddaughter!" announced the care worker cheerily, gently shaking granny's arm.

She just sits there. Indifferent. Her frail, wrinkled hands tremble, oblivious to the world around her. She looks at me blankly as though she doesn't know me. Maybe she doesn't anymore.

It's hard to remember my dear granny without dementia.It’s only been a few years since it all began; yet it seems like forever.

Sometimes I ask mum what she was like before but it's not the same as really knowing her. Despite this I love her just the same. She squeezes me tightly as though she'll never let go,perhaps an indication⑥indication 英 [?nd?'ke??(?)n] 美 [,?nd?'ke??n]n. 指示，指出；跡象；象征as to how loving she once was.

Experts say it's important to engage and stimulate⑦stimulate 英 ['st?mj?le?t] 美 ['st?mj?'let]vt. 刺激；鼓舞，激勵(lì)people with dementia, by looking through photos or even just having conversations. Suddenly I remember the cardboard box of old photos I used to enjoy looking at when I was little.

With renewed interest, I rush to get them from under her bed and blow off the thick covering of dust. That's when I see it – a picture of my granny in her youth, surrounded by her family, standing grinning happily up at the camera on a beautiful beach.

A flicker of recollection momentarily⑧momentarily 英 ['m??m(?)nt(?)r?l?; ,m??m(?)n'ter?l?] 美 [,mom?n't?r?li] adv. 隨時(shí)地；暫時(shí)地；立刻passes across her face...

“凱瑟琳，凱瑟琳？”一直呼喚著她的名字，打斷了我的思路。

烈日炎炎，我感受到灼熱的陽(yáng)光灑在身上。如矢車(chē)菊一般湛藍(lán)、靜謐的天空中不見(jiàn)一朵輕柔松軟的云。往下看，海面平靜得像一幅完美的畫(huà)卷；細(xì)碎的海浪輕輕拍打天然的金色沙灘。海風(fēng)帶著一絲咸咸的味道，在我的鼻翼回旋。我可愛(ài)的家人都在這里，一切似乎顯得那么美好。

紅色家庭車(chē)的后備廂里，是一頓精心烹制的美味野餐。即便如此，我卻感到一絲不安，似乎有點(diǎn)什么不妥。眼前的一切，依稀開(kāi)始變得朦朧。

好啦，別總想著這事兒了，尤其是此刻，爸爸取出了我們豐盛的午餐，好讓我們大快朵頤。我立刻沖了過(guò)去，開(kāi)始用餐，可別被我兩位饞嘴的哥哥，狼吞虎咽地吃完啦！

然而，在我內(nèi)心深處，依然有一絲隱隱不安的感覺(jué)。但我選擇了忽略它，讓自己游泳放松一下。

這里真的好安靜！我合上了雙眼，舒舒服服地躺在氣墊上，聽(tīng)著海鷗在頭頂盤(pán)旋，發(fā)出嘹亮的鳴叫。我一抬眼就能看到，家人在海灘上玩得很開(kāi)心?？晌覅s不知為何，心里始終憂(yōu)慮重重，明明一切都很好啊。真的很好。困倦疲憊之時(shí)，我的雙眼發(fā)昏沉沉欲睡，眼皮也開(kāi)始打架……

過(guò)了幾分鐘，我突然醒來(lái)，驚恐地望著眼前一片模糊的地平線，仿佛降下了一團(tuán)濃霧，迅速包圍了我。我像發(fā)瘋似的，四處尋找我親愛(ài)的家人，不停揮舞手臂，扯著嗓子發(fā)出聲嘶力竭的喊叫，然而，全是徒勞。

他們聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)我，也看不到我。一切都太遲了。大霧已經(jīng)吞沒(méi)了他們。咸咸的淚水從我的臉頰滾落，無(wú)法自控。

……

“凱瑟琳，親愛(ài)的。這位是你的孫女！”護(hù)工輕輕搖晃著奶奶的胳膊，高興地向她介紹著。

她只是坐在那里，沒(méi)有表情。雙手布滿(mǎn)皺紋，止不住地顫抖，仿佛對(duì)周?chē)氖澜缫粺o(wú)所知。她一臉茫然地望著我，好像完全不認(rèn)識(shí)我似的。也許，她真的再也認(rèn)不出我了吧。

奶奶以前沒(méi)有患上老年癡呆癥的狀態(tài)，我已經(jīng)記不大清了。這只不過(guò)才開(kāi)始幾年而已啊。可我卻感覺(jué)，已是一輩子那么久了。

有時(shí)我也會(huì)問(wèn)媽媽?zhuān)棠桃郧笆鞘裁礃幼拥?。但是，這種就不是真正地了解她啊。即便如此，我還是一樣那么愛(ài)她，她緊緊抓住我，仿佛一輩子都不會(huì)放手?；蛟S，這就是她曾經(jīng)愛(ài)過(guò)我們的表現(xiàn)吧。

專(zhuān)家說(shuō)，可以回看一些舊照片，甚至只是進(jìn)行日常對(duì)話(huà)都對(duì)老年癡呆患者很重要。這會(huì)讓他們參與過(guò)去，甚至喚起記憶。我突然想起來(lái)，家里有個(gè)裝滿(mǎn)了老照片的紙盒，我小時(shí)候可喜歡看了。

帶著重新燃起的興趣，我趕緊從奶奶床底下翻出了紙盒，吹走一層厚厚的灰塵。那一刻，我終于看到了它——一張奶奶年輕時(shí)的照片，她的家人陪伴在旁，站在一片美麗的海灘上，面朝著相機(jī)，開(kāi)心地笑著。

就在那一瞬間，她的臉上閃過(guò)一絲關(guān)于往事的回憶……