Childhood III
Overcome Fear
When watching movies about Chinese Voluntary Army to Korea
Such as Scouts and Surprise Attack
I could not help shaking like rat before a cat
Upper teeth clapping the lower, but I tried to calm myself
By imitating the hero’s poised voice
That was my formal education of standard mandarin
Which I practiced in stuttering
I also learned that in order to protect oneself among enemies
One has to get an upper hand to be preemptive
Although it was almost impossible for a kid
One day a boy repeated in a hoity-toity voice
The hero’s rebuke to the enemy
"How could you be so careless about your cannons?
Too impotent to fight as a mother-fucker!"
That became an instant magic phrase to relieve anyone
From the nervous shiver when watching the movie
And every time the film ran to that point, the whole playground roared
A few years passed before I learned the original words
Had been "Too important! To fight with MacArthur."
战胜恐惧
电影《侦察兵》每次都令我
禁不住浑身颤抖，上牙打着下牙
而心里学着英雄镇静的口吻
我最早的普通话教育
就是在那样的哆嗦中不出声地模仿
我们学会了，打入敌人内部
需要先发制人才能自保
然而那可望而不可即
直到有一天，有一个孩子拿腔拿调地说
"你们的大炮是怎么保养的？
他妈屄了！他妈屄了！"
后来那部电影再不能令我紧张
每当放到那儿，操场上便响彻
"他妈屄了！" 几年之后
我终于明白原话是"太麻痹了！"
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