Never Say Die
Zhang Li
Copyright © 1996 All rights reserved !
When we are living in heaven, we will never forget some people who
are standing a test in blood and fire. I want to tell you that
legendary experience of our leading charactor, Little Forrest Gump.
On the wide sea, dark green waves was chasing each other, and
beating cliff at shore one by one with loud sound.
The sun rose lazily and slowly above the horizon...
Gump stood silently at shore. He is over 20 age, younth, beautiful,
dressed a famous suit"playingboy", and displaced his respectable
status.
Gump stared at the sea no matter how lashed at the sands on his
foot the waves.
On a sands no long away, a luxurious"Rolls Royce" of car, which
just was made recently and was longer than others, was parked there.
Behind it a "Renault" of car was parked there too.
Two bodyguards with black glasses, big and tall, was dressed a trim
black suit. They stood beside "Rolls Royce"and gazed at their boss in
shore.
When the door of "Rolls Royce" was opened, beautiful Miss Jene
who is a daughter of senior banker Bill in New York and newly- married
wife of Gump got off the car.
In the morning, the cold wind whized. Jeny wrapped her fox fur coat
tight and went to the Gump against the wind.
Jene went to her husband without saying. she didn't understand why
her husband liked the sea? whenever he feeled no happy or whenever he
was bothered with hard problem, Gump certainly went to sea alone.
Gump saw Jene and took his coat off to have it drape over her
shoulders as Jene had shaked slightly with cold.
"Get into the car! The sea wind is very cold."
"No, I want to accompany you!"Jene said slightly.
Gump stared at his wife and smiled, as this was first time that his
wife accompaned him to see sea Since he married.
Gump kissed his wife and advised her:"Get the car hurry up, for
the sake of our baby. "
Jene's face was all happy smiles and nodded, then went to the car.
Gump was staring at the sea, and feeling an upsurge of emotion.
The sea-wind blew stronger and stronger. It forecasted that the
torm would be coming up.
The sea-wind was whistling and Gump's clothes cracked.
The waves rushed the sands and wet Gump's trouser legs. He was
unconcered and stared at the remote waves rolling and foaming.
Gump remembered his past experience, his childhood...
Gump never forgot this day, August 27th, 1980, his birthday at his
six age.
It was cloudy. Gump and little fellows played football all
afternoon at a brushwood.
His father, Mr Gunter, set silently on a bench, holding a present,
a remote control car, to send little Gump. Looking sad, Mr Gunter
watched his son playing football.
When game was over, little fellows left here one by one, Gump went
to his father.
"Dad!"shouted Gump excitedly.
"My dear."with an effort, a faint smile crept over Gunter's face.
He handed over the present to Gump.
"Happy birthday to you!"
"Thank you, Dad!"Gump said politely.
Gump fondled the present admiringly. He suddently thought of
something.
"Why don't mum come here?"
"Eh!...she might do something, she come here a little while."Gunter
wanted to fabricate a reason.
"We will eat lobsters this evening, won't we?"
"Yes!"Gunter nodded and said.
Both of them walked in the secluded brushwood.
Withered and yellow leavers fell down under their feet with wind.
Gunter stepped on withered leaves under their feet and broke the
silence first.
"Son!"
"What's the matter, dad?"Gump raised his head and asked.
Gunter drew a deep breath and said at last.
"I intend to live apart from your mother!"
"Why?"Gump didn't understand.
Gunter didn't know what's the answer, whether he told his son the
truth, or told a lie. He hesitated.
"Oh...because..."
"Can't you love her?"Gump raised his head and ask anxiously.
Gump shaked his head. He had loved his wife unusually.
"Can't mam love you?"
Gunter hedged:"may be!"
Both of them walked silencely in the brushwood.
Gump didn't understand why his parents would live apart! He only
knew that he would loss his father or his mather and grieved
extraodinarily.
"Must you live apart?"
"I think so."Gunter nodded.
"I don't wish you to live apart."Gump cried.
Bowing his body, Gunter stroked son's hair and sadly said: " I do
not wish to live apart too."
Gunter huged his son and his eyes brimmed with tears.
There was noise of a car in distant place.
A taxi came to a stop outside the brushwood. Holding a peper box in
her arms, Gump's mother, beautiful Madam Daisy, got off the car, and
went to the brushwood.
"Gump, mam comes here."Gunter said.
Gump raised his head. his face bathed in tears.
"Mum!"
Gump loud cried and ran to his mother. He stumbled over something
and fell to the ground The present was thrown off.
Spite of the present, Gump stood up. He cried and run to Daisy.
"Mum!"
Daisy huged her son:"Gump, Mum come to see you!"
"...Mum..."Gump wept for sadness.
Daisy couldn't help shedding tears and her face batched in tears.
"Gump...it's Mum's blame..."
Daisy comforted her son. Since she had been married for years, she
had never been sentimental before. Her husband treated her very good.
But he was too poor, for the sake of getting money, she had to marry
Lace of rich man. She didn't wish her circumstances in old age as her
mother. Her mother in old age lived in a slum area of New York, all day
was in a terror and depended on picking up refuse and prostitution for
support.
At that time, Daisy didn't know how comforted little Gump, She
loved her son, but Lace did not like Gump. Of cause, Gunter did not
promise her to take the child.
"Gump, this is your gift brought by mam!"
Daisy brought the paper box here. A little white dog popped its
head out in the paper box.
"I don't want gift, I want mum!"
Gump huged his mother and didn't loosen his grip a little.
Gunter suddenly came to them and squated down.
"Gump!"
Gump cried loudly in his mother's arms.
"You go!"Gunter said to Daisy grievously.
Daisy nodded and handed over the paper box with a dog to Gunter.
"Gump, Mum will to see you always!"
"Mum! you should not go!"
Because Gump was strugging in his father's arms, Gunter had to hug
him tight.
Daisy got the taxi which was parked beside the road to wait her.Not
having the heart to see Gump more, She closed the window glass of the
car.
"Hurry up!"Daisy urged the driver.
Taxi drove slowly. Daisy shed tears.
Huging his father's leg, Gump loudy cried. Confusing in mind,
Gunter stood on grass and a teardrop shed from a corner of his eye.
The fine rain went on and on. In spite of the rain, both of father
and his son stood dully still. you could hardly tell whether rain or
tear was on their faces.
This evening, Gunter took his son to the famous restaurant of Rose
in New York. The restaurant was quiet and tastefully laid out. It was
suited for lovers or family with three people.
Gunter and son sat beside a window closed to a street. Outside the
windows, It was raining heavly, the street lamps had given out dim light.
Melodious violin melody was reverberating in the holl. Couples of
lovers were talking love in candlepower.
Gump ordered a large number of dishes which were liked especialy by
his son: France beefsteak, fried potato bars, deep- fried cream and
steamed lobsters.
Setting dully, Gump gazed at the metallic traies.
"Gump."shouted Gunter.
Gump did not move a little.
There was joyful voice at an adjacent seat. A family with three
people was celebrating daughter's birthday.
Gump was attract by the joyful voice. Raising his head, Insensible
Gump look at it.
A big cake was placed front the girl, on the cake six color candle
were sticked. The candle-power lighted the girl's bright face.
The parents of the girl sang"bleeing"song together.
"Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you..."
Claping their hands, The parents sang the"blessing"song still.
Gump could help to throw his knife and fork away on the dinner table.
Cring and shouting, Gump rushed to the entrance.
"I want mum!...I want to go home!..."
The diners surprissingly looked at Gump to run out from the
restaurant.
Gunter settled accounts in a hurry and run after his son.
"Gump!...Gump!"
While Gump woke up in the morning, he just found that he had been
in a sickbed in a hospotal. He struggled to seat himself, but he tried
two times and failed.
There was a voice of talking of his father and the doctor in the
entrance.
"He is running a high fever of 40 degree, is injected with
antipyretic and must take a good rest."
"Yes."
"If he appear abnormal phenomena, then call me."
"Yes, doctor."
The noise of doctor's leather shoes resounded at the corridor.
Gunter went into the sickroom. He looked especially tried. Seeing
his son waking up, A faint smile crept over Gunter's face with an effort.
Gunter moved close to the bed:"I have asked for your leave, you
needn't go to school today, take a good rest..."
Gump nodded. His big eyes looked at the kindly face of his father.
Gunter sat on a stool front the bed.
"I want to talk with you, Gump. You have been six age already, a
man, do you know?"
Gump nodded as if he had understanded.
"Do you remember that I told you a novel《Forrest Gump》?"
"I do,"Gump said gently.
Gump very liked the novel. Not only the hero of the novel had the
same name as his, but the hero had done great things. Gump wished that
after growing up he would acomplish great cause as the hero did.
"After hearing of the story, what did you say? Do you remember?"
"I must do thing as fool Gump did."Gump said gently, but the tone
was strong.
"Now you are a man, should be stronger." Gump said seriously. "
Like Gump...Gump lost his father, and you lost your mother."
Lying on the bed, Gump nodded excitedly.
His father cleaned the tear stains remaimed on Gump's face. Looking
at his son, he understood Gump and smiled.
Gump smiled too.
"Your mother would go back!"Gump firmly believed.
Gump hoped so too, but he and his father depended on each other for
survival. Gump suffered setbacks first. He knew that it is no terrible
to suffer setbacks, it was terrible could not face the cruel facts.
These days Gunter was in difficulies, without Daisy. Every thing
was in a muddle. At half past seven in the morning, the cursed alarm
clock just rang.
Gunter stoped the voive. He got out of bed rapidly and rushed
upstairs.
"Gump!"
Gump had lain in the quilt and was fast asleep. He had dreamed that
three people of his family played all day in Disney land and he ate of
delicious foods which he never had seen.
Gump was slobbering from corner of his mouth. Gunter lifted Gump's
quilt and patted him.
"Gump, go to school."
Gump opened his sleep eyes and nodded in a daze.
When Gump went down stairs, father had served the meal of breakfast.
"Hurry up! Gump! otherwise we are late!"Gunter urged.
Sitting beside a table, Gump looked at two blackened things and
didn't know what it is.
"What is it?"
"Fried eggs."
"I din't know. It is not as same as mamma did."
"Yes, This is my "supper", I cooked. Hurry up and eat them."
Gump nodded. Taking knife and fork, he cut the bried eggs into
small pieces, put a bit of egg into his mouth and vomited it as tastes
badly.
"Do it have a bad taste?"
Before his son answered, Gunter ate a bit of egg and vomited it at
once. He grasped the big glass cup on the table. Opening his mouth wide,
Gunter drank mouthfuls of cool boiledwater.
Gunter stoped drinking:"It have a bat taste."
Gunter cleaned his mouth with paper mapkin then he looked his watch.
"It is time to go, I could be late!"
Gump took his books and both of them left in a hurry.
When Gunter arrived at the company, the person in charge, Martin,
was been getting angry. Martin was about 50 age, bald, short and stout.
Because he was in charge of appoint and remove of personnel, he was
good at teaching clerks a lesson.During the economic depression, clerks
alway did as he told and kept on saying"yes"for fear of losing their
job.
While the quartz clock of the company pointed to two past eight,
Gunter pushed the office door to open.
"Mr. Gunter!"Martin found him.
Gunter smiled as he had to fawn on the person in charge:"Mr. Martin,
good moring."
"Am I good?"Martin deliberatly said."If the boss saw his clerk
being late, he could get angry."
Gunter realy wanted give him a punch, but fawned on Martin: " Mr
Martin, sorry!"
"You should apologize to boss, but to me!" Martin bristled with
indignation.
"Mr Martin, Would you hear of my explanation?..."Gunter said.
"Needn't to say!"Martin roared."Your reasons are so much, such
as the tyre was bad, the car was taken over for use of police, send a
girl losing her way to police office, took a faint old man into a
hospital, ect..."Martin excited. He pointed Gunter,"I would not be
taken in anymore."
"You must mistake my meaning, Mr, Martin."Gunter want to explain.
"Do you think I am a fool?"Martin indignantly said."Listen! This
is neither a restaurant nor a hotel, If every clerk go to or leave here
freely as you did, than the company will go bankrupt soon!"
"Excuse me, Mr Martin..."
Martin made a gesture of pause in football match. Gunter stoped
talking.
"Listen! from now on, you was fired. Do you know?"Martin said.
"You can not do so, Mr Martin, Let me say..."
Gunter began to worry. He had to keep his work. He knew that it is
difficult to look for a job during the economic depression. For his son
he had to beg a favour of Martin, thought he hated deeply Martin as
other clerks did.
Martin went to his office and Gunter ran after him.
"Mr Martin, Let me explain!"
Martin went into his office and resignedly, heavily shut the door,
and left Gunter outside the door. Gunter was dejected and did not knoe
what he did.
Clerks stopped theirs work and looked at Gunter with sympathy.
A miss of secretary went to Gunter:"sorry, Mr Gunter!"
"It is nothing!"
In a fit of depression Gunter went to gateway.
"The pig!"Gunter was indignant with Maritn.
Several clerks watched Gunter going outside gateway.
"What he say is all right. "a clerk said to his colleagues.
Driving slowly, Gunter wandered along a street.
"Must look for a job."Gunter though. The car stopped beside a
newsstand. Getting off the car, Gunter bought a newspaper. He eagerly
turned to the notice board about recruiting workers.
A paper of the newspaper generally was full of the advertises
about recruiting workers, now space of the advertises colum was about
the size of a dried bean curd, but it's better than nothing.
Takeing the newspaper, Gunter went into a phon kiosk. He dailed
the numbers one by one according the advestis. The answer was that
either the clerk had been full or it only recruited woman works.
Calling more than tentimes, he got nothing. Hunging up, tearing the
newspaper to piece and panting with rage, Gunter got his car against.
Gunter drove to look for a job of facrory one by one, but no
factory recruit workers. Unfortunately, A large number of works sighed
and left the factoies as lossing their job.
Finally, When the car rounded in a area of factory, Gunter was
disheartened. The grass there had grown fully one foot, and could rais
the sheep.
Gunter drove to the residental quarters to try his luck! There was
his friend with a common destiny, Pick, in bar of the"city of no night"
. Pick knew more persons than other friends and could help him to look
for a job.
Gunter made up his mind. Steping on the accelerator, Gunter drove
to the residental quarters rapitly.
The"City of no night"was bustling with noise and excitement.There
was not any sign of the economic depression. The disc music played by
the orchestra was earthshaking. Forgetting their worries temporarily,
the person of all kinds was dancing to the joyful music.There thieves,
hoolums, prostitiutes, drug dealers and gaies, besides, the policemen
in plain clothes were mixed up. Everyone was busy at his "work".
Walking across the foul hollway,Gunter unbutton in subconsciousness
and drew his necktie aside to comfort his neck. When he came here first,
his good freind Pick warned him no to be very neat,otherwise, several
person who were muscular and praised himself as hero would bother him.
Knocking the others continously, Gunter squeezed into dance hall.
"Fellow, are you a blind?"a strong young man who knocked Gunter
shouted in a rage.
"Excuse me."Gunter offered an apology.
The young man gave a snort and huged a girl to dance again.
Walking across the dance hall and passing through a crowed playing
electronic game in a wall corner, Gunter went into the bar.
There was a small stage opposite the bar. A pretty and coquettish
young woman, having a black gauze kerchief draped over her shoulders,
and wearing"three point style"clothing, rolled her waist to music and
played nauseating movement. A crowd of men were attracted. The men
front the stage, pushing and squeezing each other, Called the young
woman's name and stretched their hands for the young woman's supper
thigh. The young woman dodge cleverly. She took off her two poor
ornaments to the music. The men shouted and blowed a whiste madly.
Every man was extremely exciting.
Filling guests' glass with wine, Pick saw the young woman's playing
with fixed eyes. Though the play acted every day, Pick never get tired
of watching the play.
The wine overflowed. The drunkard of buying wine kept his mouth
close to the cup and sucked excitedly.
"The wine is full!"Gunter reminded Pick.
"Gunter!"Pick shouted load excitedly.
"How are you, Pick."
Pick poured Gunter a cup of wine.
"I have not seen you long, and have missed you really."
"I am so!"Gunter took over the cup of wine.
Pick saw Gunter's dejected face and did not understanded somewhat.
"Gunter, what's the matter? your fack took extremely on a ghastly
expression."
Gunter took the cup of wine and drunk down.
"I have divorced Daisy."
"I expected it for a long time. At that time I advised you that
the kind of woman love extremely money, but you would not hear of my
advice."
Pick filled a cup with wine for Gunter. Gunter drunk down.
"It could not blam her."
"Ok, Gunter! you excuse always her. you are only the fool in the
world. "
Gunter filled a cup with wine for himself. drinking, he talked to
himself:"May be!"
"Listen! look for another partner in marriage!"
Gunter shaked his head.
Pick poured Gunter cup of wine again. Facing upward, Gunter drunk
down again.
"Not take to heart, Gunter. There are a large number of good woman
in the world."
Playing with the cup, Gunter said sadly,"I only love her. Since
youngsters both of us get on well with each other for ten full years. "
Gunter couldn't help to weep in low voice while saying.
"Ok, don't weep, the others would laugh at you."Pick looked round
and no others took notic of them.
Bending over the counter of the bar, Gunter was weeping.
"Don't like a woman, If you remind your son, you would be glad."
Raising his head, Gunter forced a smill:"He is clear and smart."
"Ok, Don't weep."
Gunter nodded. Pick handed Gunter a handkerchief. Sweeping tears on
his face, Gunter drunk down once more.
"Pick, can you help me?"
"What's the matter with you, please say!"
"...I lost my job."
Pick stared blankly a moment:"...lost your job? ... God ... The job
hardly is looked for now."
Looking at Gunter being frustrated, Pick felt unwell too.
"Have your child known?"
"No!"
"I will beg a favour of my boss for the sake of you. He may employ
you."
"Little Biru!"Pick shouted,"help me to take care of guests."
"Yes, sir,"Replied a boy of more than ten and poured a guest a
cup of wine.
Pick went out from the counter of bar and went, to a old man
sitting a chair at remote place. Saying something, Pick bent over close
to the old man's ear and at any time pointed Gunter standing front the
bar-counter.The old man shaked his head. Pick talked load something.
The old man looked very angry and taught Pick a lesson.
Gunter was not willing to see it again. Turning away, he was stuffy
and druck. Pick had no atternative but to return to the bar-counter.
"Excuse me, Gunter!"Pick apologized,"the boss told me that he
will not employ any worker temporarily."
"It's nothing!"Gunter put down the cup."I will go."
Pick pull some money from his pocket and handed Gunter it.
"Take it. When you have money, you will pay me back."
"I am not short of money till, Thanks!"Gunter said gratefully.
Pick gave the money in Gunter's hands.
"Take it, you would want it immediately!"
"Thank you!"Gunter was no longer reluctant.
"Not thank! We are couple of good freinds, are not we?"
Gunter nodded his head with smile.
"You are the better my freind, Pick!"
It was late at night, when Gunter went home.
Holding small dog in his arms, Gump had gone to sleep. The small
dog woke up with a start. It jumped down from Gump's hands to welcome
its owner at the entrance. Gunter took out a can of dog's food from a
food-bag, opened its cover, placed it on the ground. The small dog
licked its owner's hand then began to eat foods.
Leanning over beside the sofa and staring his son going to sleep,
Gunter smiled. He is the fruit of love and very clear child.
Holding his son in his arms, Gunter went upstair. The son was
asleep in his father's arms with a serene look. When Gunter put his son
on bed and covered him with the quilt, Gunter saw a drop of tear
falling down from the corner of Gump's eyes. "He must miss his mother."
Gunter thought so and lightly swept the tear on his son's face. He
turned off the light and went out from Gump's room carefully.
"I may look for a job tomorrow."Gunter was thinking, while he
went into his room. Sitting beside the bed and opening a bottle of
whiskey, Gunter put his mouth against the rim of the bottle and drank
alone. He looked at his image in the mirror of the dressing table and
was in wry smile.He raised his bottle and drank more than half of a
bottle at a stretch.
In such a big room. Only he was. On such a big bed only he sleeped.
Gunter drank two mouthful in low spirits. His sight was fixed the photo
case on the beside cupboard. Taking the photo case, he sawthe group
photo of three people. How pretty and gentle the image of his wife was.
This picture really brought back memories. The photo was taken while
they mdae holiday in Hawaii. They spent two weeks there joyfuly.
Gunter's tears couldn't help sheding on his face. The tears droped
down on the photo case. The picture became blurred gradually. Gunter
threw the bottle out. Covering his face tight with the picture, He
burst into tears and cried loud.
The small quartz clock on sidebed showed one o'clock at night.
Gunter was slightely tipsy. He belched and his sob became fainter and
fainter. Embracing the photo case in his arms as if his wife, He went
to sleep on the bed.
The next day, Gunter got up early. After he sent his son to school.
He went to the labour Exchanges. There was a sea of people. Standing a
table, a staff announce that there was a job of washing bowls, Gunter
saw that a great number of hands grab the check in the hand of the staff.
The people behind squeezed themselves into the crowd forward,the table
was knocked down, the staff fell down. The people thrust themselves
forward. It was indeed very chaotic.
Let it pass! If I had asked them to looking for a job I need, I
should died of hunger. Gunter thought so and then he decided to look
for a job at another place.
Gunter inquired one by one. Not minding taking all the trouble, but
he failed in all attempts. However Gunter didn't lose heart, "The next
one might employ me."Gunter wanderd about at streets and lance in New
York day by day to look for a job.
Three monthes passed, Gunter hadn't look for a job still. The money
given by Pick was ran out long ago. The note of urging to ply a debt
sent again by waterworks and electric power company.
It was raining and cloudy. Gump saw father's car being drawn away.
Gunter decided to tell his son the truth.
"Gump!"
Gump turned his head. Opening his big eyes, Gump looked at his
father in dejection.
"I have lose my job."Gump said bluntly."Do you know?"
Gump nodded his head. He knew that if dad had lost his job, he and
his father would go hungry. Several shoolmates of him in the higher
grades had to stop their studies to earn money, because their parents
had lost their job.
"Can I go to school yet?"
"Of couse. But you would go to the school by regular bus of the
school."
"It doesn't matter, Dad!"Gump comforded his father.
Gunter was very cheerful for his son had been sensible, he just was
six.
"Tomorrow, I'll be certain to look for a job."
Gump nodded his head trustfully.
"I'll do my homework. Dad."
"Ok! Child!"
Looking at his son going upstaire, he was very lucky, because he
had a good son.
"Tomorrow I must look for a job!"Counting money which was a few
more than ten dollars remained in his pocket, Gunter said himself.
In the next morning by eight o'clock, Gunter left his home. He
busily ran for about all forenoon, but no company employ any workers.
Gunter in dejection went to the red-light district. Looking at several
men who huged prostitutes and went to rooms. Gunter wished that he had
become a woman. Taking off underpants to earn money, he would not die
of hunger. It was not bad to become a lover of the same sex, because
the income certanly was not less. Gunter was strange himself to think so,
It may be humman's ability to struggle for existence! For the sake of
his son, Gunter would do anything.
Walking across the red-light district, Gunter found that there was
a boxing holl opposite the street nearly. A sneaking young man was
peddling passer by something. Someone had told Gunter that person were
employed here always. Gunter wandered about in New York for several
days and did not find this place. Gunter decided to try his luck.
"Ha, do you want to irritant? " when Gunter was going to the
entrance of the boxing hall, the young man asked him loud.
Gunter knew that the young man had been dealing drug.
"No!"Gunter said and not stop walking. He went straight into the
boxing hall.
The boxing hall was very big and looked deserted. On the two boxing
stages, The boxers were frighting each other in a tense atomosphere. At
the first stage, the strong black boxer struck the short boxer Rapidly,
repeatedly and vigorous with his heavy fist. The short boxer spared no
effort to withstand the blows, and dodged. He could only parry black
boxer's blows without being able to hit back. Gunter went to the second
boxing stage. At the stage two stong boxer were locked in a fight.
Waving his fists, a fat, above 40 age, instructor was shouting
excitedly.
"Michael, exert your strength! A left hook! A right hook!"
The man, named Michael, on the stage struck opponent repeatedly
according instructor's command.
"A straigt hook! great fellow!"
Michael struck down the opponent with a heavy fist.
"Very good, take rest for ten minutes once again!"the instructor
said.
When Michael and opponent, leaning against a wall corner of the
stage, were resting, the doctor, who had been waitting, clambered up
the stage and swept the opponent's nose blood with cotton.
When the instructor went to the first stage, he found Gunter.
"Ha, Who are you looking for?"
"I heared of employing worker here!"said Gunter embarrassed.
"Yes, it is the thing before 15 minutes."
"What lousy luck!"cursed Gunter.
"Your luck is bad."The instructor said and went to the first stage.
"Yes."Gunter in dejected walked to the entrance.
"Robert, make an extra offort! Do not employ you to eat!" Shouted
the instructor.
On the boxing stage, the short boxer tried to strick back. He was
slow in his movements and full of flaws. Seizing the chance, the black
boxer struck short boxer thrown into confusion, with a prety straight
hook.
"Robert! hold out a little longer!"shouted the instructor.
The short boxer hardly and and slowly stood up beside the fence.
Adopting posture of defying death, he struck back the black boxer madly.
The black boxer withstanded the blows and waited for an opportunity to
strick a comeback. A left hook, A right hook and A straight box like
raindrop fell down on the short boxer's body. The short boxer hardly
withstanded the blows. The black boxer hit the short boxer's jaws with
a prety upper hook. The short boxer was struck so hard that he spew his
blood from his mouth and heavyly to fall down to the stage.
"Get up..."the black boxer was bouncing and shouting.
"Hurry up! get up !"The black boxer was a bit impatience.
The short boxer lie on his back and not moved an inch.
"Doctor!"shouted the instructor.
The doctor went through the fence. On the stage he squated on his
heels and stretch out his hand to feel the short boxer's breath.
"He died!"
"Too bad! Not hold out for a week!"said the instructor.
When Gunter had gone at the entrance.
"Ha! fellow! There is a job now!"shouted the instructor.
Gunter stopped, turned his face and pointed at himself unbelievably.
"Call me?"
"Yes, call you!"shouted the instructor.
Gunter came back beside the stage. He saw the short boxer's corpse
carried away and his heart was shocked.
The instructor handed a contract to Gunter.
"Sign here...the salary...100 dollars every week. But this is a life
-and-death contract, you think it!"
Gunter held the contract and hesitated.
"The sort of contract is too cruel!"
"If you feared then not do it."
"No!"
Taking a pen, Gunter's hand was terribly tremble.
"Here!"the instructor pointed.
At last Gunter signed with his tremble hand.
"Ok, If you feel well, then today you begin work."
"No problem, but..."Gunter hesitated in speech."Can you pay me
the salary of a week in advance to meet a crying need."
The instructor patted Gunter's chest.
"It looks that you could hold out for a week."
The instructor counted out 100 dollars notes and handed Gunter.
"Thank you."said Gunter.
For sake of his son, Gunter could do anything.
When Gunter went home, his son not had come back yet. While Gunter
went into lavatory to wash his face, he found all his face hurted.
The doctor had treated his hurt, but the hurt still looked obvious.
He washed the wound with water as much as possible not to let his son
seeing his hurt.Because the wound washed was very painful, he couldn't
help to stop wsahing. He found a bottle of whiskey and drunk a big
mouthful of wine one by one. The alcohol began work on him, Gunter
seemed to feel no much pain.
Gunter found some toilet articles used by Daishy.He put on much
vanishing cream on his face. The wound looked no obvious.
When Gump went into the door, the small dog ran to him.
"Toly!"
Gump affectionately picked the small dog up in his arms. Whenever
his father was not home, the small dog was Gump's the best companion.
Gunter went out from lavatory. Gump put the small dog down.
"Dad!"shouted Gump.
Gunter ran to Gump and tight embraced Gump in his arms.
"Dad look for a job today." said Gunter with a smill.
"Realy? very good! "Gump huged his father and did not loosened
his grip.
Gunter took a small food bag on the table.
"Look! what's the good things bought by Dad?"
Gump took the bag in which there were all sort of chocolate, milk
soft sweets; coffee potato bar, prawn, dried salt fish, ham sausage,
beef bar...
Gump was extremely joyful. Since his father lost his job, he had
eaten these foods no longer.
"Thank dad!..."
Gump raised his head, found the wound on his father's face and
stoped talking.
"Today dad was very happy, drink so much that I was careless and
tumbled down when I went downstairs."Gunter explained with a smile.
Gump gently stroked his father's wound with his small hand. "ow !"
Gunter shouted as his pain.
"Are you pain?"Gump was deeply concerned.
"No, a little, It is much better now!"Gunter replied with a smile.
Tring his best, he made his son joyful.
Gump peeled packing paper off and handed his father a chocolate.
Gunter joyful bit off a half and Gump put other a half into his mouth.
"Where did you look for a job?"Gump innocently asked.
"At district No.3. It is a big company!"
"Can I went to see?"
"I'm afraid this won't do!"said Gunter."Listen, my son! The big
company have set up many sub-company in the world. I could be sent to
be on a business trip at any time. I will be no time to tell you!"
Gump earnestly listened.
Gunter went on with saying:"If I did not come back sometime, you
would go to mam or uncle Pick. I put a piece of paper written their
address on your bedside."
"Are you on a business trip for long time?"
"Yes, for long time."Gunter earnestly said.
"I would miss you, dad."Gump sadly said.
"I do, too!"
Gunter was very happy. How lovely his son is. Happily, his son
don't doubt his word. If his son knew the truth, he would be very sad.
The next day, Sunday, Gunter took his son to go a park with Pick.
The small train's whistle kept hooting, pulled the children
circling in same place.
Circling in the small train, Gump was extremely excited.
Gunter and Pick were looking at him in remote place.
"Gunter, what's matter with your wound?"asked Pick.
"I was careless and fell down from the stairs."
"No doubt me, it is the wound struck. What's matter with you at all?"
"No matter!"Looked at his son circling by the small train, Gunter
said with a smile.
"We are close freind, Gunter!"
"Well,"Gunter said,"I have looked for a job in a boxing hall!"
Pick stared blankly. He gazed at his close freind:"...you have lost
your mind."
"No."
"Listen to me, you would be blowed to death. Resign the job at once.
I can lend you some money for any time!"
"No, Pick, I am well now!"
"But you would die sooner or later!"Pick seriously said.
Geting off the small train, Gump joyfully went over here. Pick and
Gunter stopped talking.
"We will go to ride the wooden horses."Gunter was smile to say.
"Ok!"Very being excited, Gunp pulled his father and uncle Pick to
go to the wooden horses.
When Gump ride the wooden horse joyfully circling to music, Pick
again advised Gunter.
"Gunter, Listen to me, Do not do it, It is too dangerous."
"Old freind, Do not worry! I am very strong!" Gunter raised his
double fists and showed Pick it.
"You are rather stubborn still."Pick had no way out.
In all day Gump played all games here and feeled very joyful."If I
went to shool here, It would be good."Gump thought.
It was colder and colder. The wound on Gunter's face always was
frostbitten to split and very painful. Every night, lying on a bed, he
was felling of aching all over. Gunter didn't know how long could he
hold out for? May be tomorrow or the day after tomorow. He feel that
he's capacity for liguor because more heavy. He always drunk a bottle
of wine,but it not stop his pain. He had to buy himself drug of the
young man at entrance of boxing hall, before sleep he druged a bit to
alleviate suffering.
Every day when his fater came back, there was new wound on his
father's face and father's explain was ambiguous more and more. It was
result of, being careless to knock yesterday, or skin infect today, or
struggling with robber."Father indeed tells a lie, he must hide the
faces."Gump thought so, but did not say.
After the dinner, Gump went to sleep early and was ready to act
torrow morning.
When first because of light of morning just shone in through the
window, Gump get up. After he had no much tasty breakfast cooked by his
father.On excuse of going to school, Gump went out home. But Gump
didn't go to the school by bus, he secretly hided at the back of his
neighbour and peeped his fater.
At eitht o'clock sharp Gunter left his home in time. He went to
boxing hall at a stride. Keeping at a distance Gump followed his father
behind. While he went across the street, he frequently got out of the
way as the car's coming.
Gunter walked across the street and went to the ectrance of the
boxing hall. He bough a bit drug of young man beside the road,then went
into boxing hall.
Standing opposite the street, Gump looked at every thing to be
stupefied. He dared not to believe his eyes.
"Dad..."
Gump ran to the boxing hall at lightning speed, giving no thought
to the cars on the road.
A car of Benz was slamed the brakes on.
"You are mad!"the driver put his head of window and cursed.
"Sorry."Gump was terrified. He bypassed the car and went straight
ahead to the boxing hall.
The door left unlocked, Gump lightly pushed the door being open
just a crack. Opening his big eyes, He peekeed in.
On the boxing stage, boxer, Maick, was lauching an offensive.
Maick's fists liked storm pelting down to Gunter. Gunter was dodging
and struck back once in a while.
Maick's affensive got more and more energetic. Gunter was struck by
serveral prety heavy box to back frequently.
"Hold out! Gunter!"shouted the instructor.
Standing at the entrance, Gump's face bathed in tears.
"Hurry up! Maick!"the instructor shouted."A right hook! Hurry up!
...fine example."
Maick struck down Gunter with a straight hook. Gunter hardly stood
up. Maick struck Gunter again with a heavy fist. Gunter heavily fell
"Fine example, Maick!"the instructor siad satisfactorily.
With an effort Gunter slowly stood up. He made two steps forward
with faltering steps. He was a strain and made a posture to meet head-on.
The blood was shed from the corner of the Gunter's mouth.
Gump couldn't bear to look at his father suffering, cried and ran
away.
"Dad!...Dad!..."
The passerby in a hurry stopped to look at Gump madly runing and
cring wonderfully.
Regardless of the all, Gump was running, passed through the square,
passed through the crowd and ran out of the urban district.
Gump ran and ran, he didn't know how long he had run for. There was
the sea in the front of him. Exhausted Gump sat down on the sands and
sobbed.
The wave rush the sands one by one. A small boat faintly appeared
in the distance. A old man sailed to come. He has black hair and rosy
cheeks. According to his big hands with thick callus, he is a weather-
beaten old sailer.
The small boat was pulled in to shore. The old man went ashore
barefooted. He tied a stub with a rope linked with the boat.
The old man heard Gump's cry and went to Gump.
"Child!"shouted the old man.
Gump raised his head and saw a kindly old man in fake of him.
"Child, what's matter with you?"gently asded the old man.
Crying, Gump systematicly told the old man the whole story about
his father. The old man seemed to be moved and frequently swept his
tears with a handkerchief.
"My father is a sailer too."the old man began remembered."When I
was a little boy, for the sake of feeding me, My father went to sea and
battled with winds and waves day by day. At last, someday he died. On
his deathbed he said me "child, The little pain in wind and rains is
nothing to us."
The old man began cring.
"...child...Do you know?"the old man sobbed and asked.
Gump sobbed and nodded his head, but he didn't quite understand.
On the vast sands, Only the views of their back were left.
In the afternoon Gump went home early, but his father hadn't come.
Gump swept his tear stains with a wet towel in front of the hall mirror.
He pouted and looked especially stubborn."I want to became a rearly man,
and tried my best to take care of my father!"Gump thought silently.
"Father could be back soon."Gump reckoned time and went to the
kitchen. He found a cookbook in his father's room. Being unknow many
words in the cookbook, Gump looked up them one by one in a dictory.
According the instruction on the cookbook, Gump tried to cook.
Lampblack and hot pepper made him cough. Gump hurriedly opened the
window.
At distance place, playing football, Gump's partner, Mijer and Roter,
went to the windows of Gump's house.
"Ha! Gump! what are you doing?"asked Mijer.
"I am cooking!"Gump stopped coughing to reply.
"You...are cooking?..."Mijer was unbelievable.
"Yes! "Gump proudly said.
"Ok, Gump, Let's to play football!" Roter suggested.
"...No, I want to cook."Gump no longer hesitated.
"He seems to be a adult." Mijer said in joke.
"That's right." Roter echoed with a smile.
"Well, I realy want to cook."Gump seriously said.
"Ok, by, Gump!"Mijer was dejection.
"Good by."Gump said.
"Good by, Gump!"Roter said.
Playing football, Mijer and Roter went to a grass over there.
Looking at them, Gump very admired them.
"I want to help dad."Gump said and turned back to cook.
There were shouts of partners in distance place. Gump peeped
through a window while he was cooking.
"It is pretty good for Mijer to play football."Gump though.
When Gunter went home, he was suprised. There were four delicious
dishes on the table. Gunter couldn't help to pick a bit of dish and had
a taste. There taste was not bad. Gump suddenly appeared aside and
looked at his father with a smile.
"What about the taste?"asked Gump.
"No bad."Gunter said,"Gump, I want to talk with you."
"What's matter?"Gump asked.
Gunter dragged a chair and sat on it, he saw his son seriously.
"Listen, boy, Although I have found a job, we also should spent
money sparingly, aren't you?"
"Yes."Gump agreed and noded his head.
"I'm not good at cooking food, even the dish I have made is
difficult to eat, but I guarant to learn and do well, do you konw?"
Gump nodded.
"well, That's enough. How much did the four dishes cost? " Gunter
asked.
"...no...not spent!"Gump talked about the truth at last. " It's
cooked by me?"
"You..."Gunter didn't believe,"That's impossible."
Gump took out the food-book and said:"I can do?"
"But you can't know all the words in the food book."
"I can look up in the dictionary." Gump said and taken out the
dictionary from his back.
"Oh...Gump, I thought it was cooked in the restaurant by a famous
cook!"
Gunter smiled and hold his son lightly. The tears dropped from
Gump's eyes.
"Dad, I love you..."
"I love you too."Gunter said with feeling.
The night, Gump sang and jumped with his father, until very late.
So long as father was happy, Gump can do anything.
Morning, when Gunter got up, he found his son had gone to school.
There were some foods, his son got ready for him, on the table.
Gunter was very gratifier, his son was more and more sensible,
although he was a child. Gunter didn't realize that only a day why his
son had changed so much. Having the breakfast in a hurry, Gunter caught
up the boxing hall to accept the chanllege of live and dead.
In the afternoon, Gump didn't come straight home by bus as usual
after school, but looking around along the road. He knew there was a
temporary Teaching-class, which often teaching some knowledges of
nursing. Making a circle round, Gump finally found it.
That was an old three-storey building, a broken wood board was hung
Nursing"on it. Gump went into the building in a hurry.
The training class at the second floor, there was a young man
before the door. who collected fees of training. Gump hesitated a moment,
then went forth.
"Sorry, I'm now no money."Gump said cowardly.
"You could come when you have money." the young man said without
minding.
"May I ask you a favour? Let me go in,"Gump entreated, " I can
help you do something, such as sweep the floor, wipe the table..."
"Oh...No."the young man refused.
"I beg a favour of you, I must go in."Gump anxioused to cry.
A man, about forty five, came over here. He looked like a professor.
"what happened, Moli...!"
"Professor, the boy want to listen to class, but he has no money."
the young man answered.
"Oh?"the professor was interested in Gump, "what's you name?"
"Gump."
"Can you tell me, why you want to learn nursing?" the professor
asked.
The tears rolled from Gump's eyes.
"My father looks for a job in a boxing hall, they beat him
desperately...I want to learn nursing to help father to treat his wound."
Gump said saddly.
"How old are you?"
"Six."
"Poor boy."the professor said,"Let him go in."
"Ok."the young man answered.
"Thank you, sir."Gump said politly.
In the night, Gump had cotton dipped into medicinal liquid and help
his father wipe the wound softly, Gunter took a sip of the wine.
"It's my wrong, drink a more. so..."Gunter gestured," so dropped
down."
Gump's eyes were filled with tears, he couldn't stand up to it.
"Dad."Gump cried and said,"I all know...they beat you... beat you
desperately."
For a short while, Gunter remained speechless, he didn't know how
to do.
"I all see..."Gump cried and said,"I love you, dad!"
Gump threw himself into the arms of his father and cried loud, All
sorts of feeling well up in Guter's heart.
"Son, listen me."Gunter said,"I also no way."
"...I know..."Gump cried and said.
"When economic depression time passes. Dad change a job"
"They will kill you."Gump hugged his father and said with cry.
"No, I'm strong."Gunter also shed tears with sad,"I'm strong."
"Dad..."Gump loud cried.
Dreadful thing finally happened, Gunter was struck down at the
boxing stage and no longer stood up. When Gump received the uncle
Pick's call from hospital, Gump was stupefied.
Gump rapidly arrived at the hospital by Taxi. He ran all he could
at the passage. His face bathed in tears. He rashly knocked a nurse
walking in the front of him.
"I am sorry!"Not turning his head, Gump ran away.
"Harumscarm!"Looking at a view of Gump's back, the nurse cursed.
When Gump arrived at the entrance of the operating room, Pick had
waited for long time.
"Gump!"Pick sadly said.
"Uncle Pick!"
Gump threw himself into Pick's arms. Pick hugged Gump.
"What's matter with my father?"asked Gump.
"Don't worry! he'll be all right!"Stroking gently the child, Pick
comforted him.
The door of the operating room was opened. Nurses pulled a movable
bed and went out. Gunter tight closed his eyes and silently lain on the
bed. His arm was infused and his nose was covered with oxygen mask.
Gump rushed to the movable bed:"Dad!"
Pick hastily claspped Gump's body and comforted him:"He'll be all
right!"
"...Dad." Cried Gump.
Doctor Micker, who weared a white cap and weared spectacles for
near sighted persons, went out from operating room.
He took off his gauze mask.
Pick hastily went forward to him :"Doctor, What's matter with him?"
Doctor Micker said:" He have been out of danger!"
A faint smile crept over Gump's face. Pick had a breathing spell
too.
"But he have a serious cerebral concussion, cranial nerve may be
hurt!"
Pick did not believe:"what do you say?..."
"... He has become a plant-man..."Doctor affirmatively said.
"It's impossible!"Pick didn't believe yet.
"Dad!"Gump cried and ran forward...
"Gump!"Pick shouted.
Gump took no notice of him and ran to the sickroom.
...
In the sickroom, Gump and Pick silently peeked Gunter through a
windows.
Gunter lain on a sickbed, opened his eyes and did not move an inch.
The medicinal liguid along a dropper regularly dripped down and
infused into Gunter's body. The electrocardiogram on a screen showed
that Gunter's heart was beating still.
Doctor Micker went into the sickroom and looked at Gunter.
"Now he is very weak. While he'll recover consciousness, you can
go into the sickroom to see him."
"Would he come to?"Pick was disturbed.
"It's hard to say. The probability of recovered to health is one
or two thousandth! But there was successful examples in some hospital."
"Thank you, doctor."said Pick.
"By the way, has he been insured?"Asked doctor Micker.
"Only a little."replied Pick.
"You must prepare much money. Nurse him would cost very much money!"
"Yes. doctory."said Pick.
Doctor Micker went away. Gump bent over a windows frame and looked
at his father through the windowspane and two lines of tears shed from
his eyes. Looking it, Pick felt bad too.
"Gump, strong!"Pick comforted.
Gump alone went at a random in the street. In the hospital Uncle
Pick insisted to see Gump home, but Gump refused him. Gump thought
himself grown-up, a man, he can go alone home. Uncle Pick no longer
insisted. He must leave himself to take care of Gunter. Gump was at a
loss and turned a deaf ear to a car's horn blaring behind. He didn't
expect his father to be so badly wounded and didn't know what to do.
Now Gump was confronted with cruel facts. He was at a loss what to do.
"Go to ask for Uncle Sant. He would help me."
Since Gump met Uncle Sant at seaside by accident, both of them had
built profound friendship. Gump decided and made off at once to the
seaside.
There was no one at the seaside. The waves met him one after another.
"Uncle Sant!..."Gump shouted while going along the coast.
It was reply to Gump that billows sounded one after another.
Tired Gump stopped shouting. He was very dejected."Uncle Sant may
go to sea."Gump thougt. Gump was reluctant to left seaside.
In the night Gump laid on a bed and didn't fall asleep, because In
such a big house he was the only remainder. He seemed to feel that his
father's figure was rocking before his eyes.
The small dog came in. Gump picked it up into his arms.
"Toli, now both of us are the only two left."Gump grievously said.
The small dog barked bowwow, It seemed to know Gump's word.
Next day, early in the morning Gump went go to the school.
"Teacher Biny, I wand not go to school."Gump gently said.
"Gump, I have heard the story about your father. " Biny
sympathetically said.
Gump and Biny was talking while walking on a grass.
"Gump, you want not to go to school. Do you plan to take care of
your father?"teacher Biny asked.
Gump sadly nodded. They went to a big tree and stopped walking.
Biny handed a book to Gump:"Gump, Do not forget studies."
"Thank you, teacher."Gump took the book and said.
Sguatting down, Biny looked at Gump in sad.
"Gump, remember...become a strong!"
Gump sadly nodded:"yes!"
For the sake of raising money for Gunter, Pick had to sell his house.
He advertised in a newspaper. After three days, Bucha and Bucha's wife
with their three children went to see the house.
Bucha's children were lively and lovely. They were chasing and
sporting.
Pick showed Bucha and bucha's wife round every rooms.
"There are eight rooms in the house. This is a toilet."
Pick pushed the door of the toilet, inside it the toilet was kept
clear and tidy. Bucha and bucha's wife nodded to express satisfaction.
Pick pushed the door of the kitchen:"The kitchen is beatiful."
Couple of Bucha went into the kitchen. They were satisfied with it.
Pick opened the windows of the kitchen. The setting sun shined into.
On the grass outside the windows, Some little boys were playing football.
"Here the air is pure and fresh. It is most fit to live. " Pick
said.
"It is indeed no bad." Bucha praised.
A little boy on the grass kicked the football, It flew to the house.
"Be careful!"Pick shouted.
The three men were in a hurry to squat down. The football hit the
windowpane to pieces.
Pick looked very much embarrassed and explained:"Of course, A bit
unpleasant things could occasionally happen!"
The couple of Bucha laughed.
"It is no matter. Our children often made an error like this. "
Said Bucha.
The boy who got into trouble ran to the window.
"I am sorry, uncle Pick."
Pick gave back the football to him:"I don't mind, child! go to play."
"Thank you Uncle Pick."The little boy embraced the football in
his arms and ran away.
"We decide to buy the house." Said Bucha.
"Thanks."Pick happily said.
Mrs Bucha felt puzzled and asked:"Mr Pick, I don't know why are
you willing to sell such nice house?"
Pick looked like a bit sentimental:"Go to save my friend who is in
hospital now. During the Viet Nam War, both of us were in a squad. I
was the most excellent in our squad. He was no good. I get wounded in a
battle, It was who carried me on his back to break through the enemy
encirclement. Without him, I had been dead in Viet Nam for long time."
"Oh!...I am sorry!"Mrs Bucha apologized.
"Not at all!"Said Pick.
Bucha took a check-book, wrote the value of the house, and tore a
sheet of check to hand Pick.
"I hope your friend will get well soon." Said Bucha.
Pick was very moved:"Thanks."
Gump in low spirits went to his father's sickroom. He hear Uncle
Pick's voice at remote place.
"What? my money earned by selling my house is just sufficient to
spent on his medical treatment for four weeks."
"Yes." a woman said.
Gump went at the entrance and peeked in.
Pick was in a rage."Well...well! I would earn money as soon as
possible."
A woman nurse opened the door. Gump was in a hurry to dodge himself
aside. Carrying a medical record under her arm, the woman nurse went out.
Gump carefully went in:"Uncle Pick, Let's sell our house too!"
Sguatting down, Pick kept his hands on Gump's shoulders:"No, won't
do! Gump, I can't do it."
Gump's nose twitched and was going to cry.
Pick shaked his head:"Gump."
Gump swept his eyes and stopped shedding tears.
After going home, Gump decided for himself to sell all furniture in
his home. A truck which was used to load furniture came here soon. The
foreman commanded some workers in bule overall to load more valuable
furniture and electrical eguipment.
"Be careful!"the foreman shouted.
Gump embraced small dog, Toli, in his arms. Standing at the entrance,
he distressingly looked at these workers coming and going. A little
while a lot of furniture and electric eguipment were piled full of the
truck.
The foreman came Gump's side, he took out a pile of money and
figured out tens bank-notes to Gump.
"Boy, it's not less that I give you, These old things are not easy
to sell."The foreman explained.
Gump accepted the money and said nothing.
The truck started, The foreman went up the driver's cab. Seeing the
truck moving away, Gump feeled desolated.
Afternoon, Gump went to pet shop with dog in his arm. He hesifated
a long while before the pet shop's gate, At last he made a decision and
went into shop resolutely with dog in his arm.
There weren't other customs in the shop. Mr Halison, a genial man
about fourty years old, received Gump.
"Child, can I help you?"Halison asked softly.
"I...I want to sell the dog."Gump said nervously.
Halison accepted the dog and, looked at it with a expert's foresight.
"This is a common dog, How much money do you want?"
"The better, the more."
Halison smile:"Child, what do you want to do with so much money?"
"My father was in hospital, I need money for curing him. " Gump
said sadly.
"Oh, sorry, child!"Halison said.
Halison counted for $200 and gave it to Gump: " It's two hundred
dollars, child."
Gump excepted the money and cried.
"Uncle, Don't sell it to others? I'll come and redeemit. " Gump
cried and said.
"Ok, child, what's its name?"
"Toli!"
Gump hold the dog:"Toli, I'll often come to see you."
The dogs eyes also filled with tears, it barked"bowwow"
"Child, Don't worry!"Halison said to comfort Gump.
Gump put the dog on the counter and wnet out the door with
reluctant to part. He turned his head and saw the small dog again. The
small dog stood on the counter, It looked at the Gump and barked"bowwow"
with tears in its eyes.
Gump couldn't bear to see, he left the shop.
Boss, Halison touched the small dog's head and sadly " Toli, you
only cost ten dollars, but I give him two hundred dollars. If my son
showed filial obedience as half as Gump, I would close my eyes when I
die."
Halison said with eyes blurred by tears.
Every day, Gump sat in the front of the bed of his father's, read
some books, and took care of his father. Doctors couldn't recover
Gunter's consciousness with all sorts of ways.
This day, Pick didn't let Gump know that he brought a prostitute.
"I didn't serve a plant-man ever."
The prostitute kept up with Pick in a hurry on the corridor of
hospital.
"Have a try!"Pick said.
"That's right?"The prostitute asked unpeacefully.
"May be, Most of men have the need of plysiology. you tounch him
more times at his sensitive place. May be, he will be awake by stimulus."
Pick said.
"But I'm afraid."the prostitfute said unpeacefully.
"Do a favour, I will pay more."
"Ok, only once for on the money."
They came to the gate of the sickroom, Pick opened the door, There
no other people.
"Very good."Pick said.
Pick and the prostitute went into the room quietly and came to bed.
"Is he?"the prostitute looked at Gump who was lying on the bed
and asked.
"Yes."
The prostitute seated herself before the bed. She unbutton Gunter's
jacket and rubbed Gunter's chest with hands, while she panted softly.
"Fellow, don't you want to play?"
Gunter didn't move and make a response. The prostitute bend over
and kissed Gunter's face and chest. But Gunter's eyes were fixed on the
ceiling and did not move an inch. The prostitute's hands moved to
Gunter's private parts.
"It seems that I must make ture."the prostitute said.
Seeing the prostitute, Pick felt hot of private parts and his face
became red. He turned around, facing the wall and breathing spell.
"I didn't meet someone who had a heat of stone like you. " the
prostitute said to Gunter.
Gunter remained indifferent.
The prostitute unbutton he jacket, Two big breast were rocking
before the Gunter's face.
But Gunter hadn't reaction. The prostitute took Gunter's hand to
touch on her thigh.
"Guy, Don't you have a try?" The prostitute was provoking the
Gunter.
Pick, who was facing the wall was unware of moistening his lips
with his tongue. he swallowed a spittle.
The prostitute changed the way to provok Gunter, but she couldn't
waken him, The prostitute finally felt discouraged.
"Dead wood!"The prostitute abused.
Pick turned round. The prostitute put on clothes. Pick counted for
a pile of money and gave it to the prostitute.
The prostitute nodded and was all smiles:"Why you don't want to
seek merriment with me?"
Pick saw the two bills left just in his hand no choice: " These
money has just sufficient for him using."
The prostitute smiled and stroked Pick's face:"Whenever you miss me,
you call me."
Pick nodded:"Yes."
The prostitute went out.
Turning round, Pick looked at Gunter in bed:"If I knew that you
are so no good, I should make merry with her."
The trial was fail, but Pick didn't lost heart. He again found a
way having self-confidence.
One day, Gump saw uncle Pick carring a cage covered with a cloth
and coming into the sickroom Gump was full curiosity.
"What is in the cage? Uncle Pick."
"Snake!"Pick answered.
Gump was given a start. He was subconscousness to stepped back a
few paces.
"Would it bite people?"
"Bite!"
"Is it poisonous?"
"Yes."
Pick took off the cloth cover. A big snake was twining round itself
in the cage. Wearing a long couple of glaves, Pick carried the snake
out from the cage. The big snake was putting out its forked tongue.
Gump felt very fearful.
"What are you doing? Uncle Pick!"
"Awarken your father."
"It will kill my father with poison."
"No, Won't. Its poison is very weak!"Said Pick.
Gump stepped bit forward and looked at the big snake.
"It can awake realy my father?"Gump doubtfully asked.
"All righ."Pick looked to be assurance."A treatment in Chinese
ancient medicinal books was to combat poison with poison. I thing that
the treatment must succeed."
Pick took the snake's head to near the Gunter's bed. The big snake
took a bite on Gunter's arm. Pick threw the snake into the iron cage
rapidly and covered the cage.
"Your father must wake!"said Pick.
Gump stood by father's bed silently. Looking at his father lying on
the bed, and not moving a inch, Gump waited for the appearing marvel.
"Dad, wake, wake!"
Gump shaked his father's arm, but Gunter didn't wake still. Gump
turned round and cried. Pick embrace Gump into his arms hurriedly.
"Gump, don't cry,"Pick sadly said."Your father would wake..."
A half year passed before we knew it, Gunter hadn't recovered
consciousness still. For the sake of paying bill of the hospital, Pick
nearly borrowed money from all people he had known, included his boss,
his guests and women who went to bed with him. Money wasn't enough still.
Pick looked for another job, but it was of no avail.
One day, Pick found a way of earning money. This afthernoom, when
Pick poured out wine for guests, Baster, his nickname,"Small mouse",
went into the bar.
"Ha, Pick, I would like a cup of wine!"Baster shouted.
"How are you, mouse!"Pick greeted him while he pouring out wine.
Pick very knew the ins and outs of him. He was short, but never
judge people by their appearance, he was the most terrific theif in New
Yok. More a half among men of weatlh in Now Yok were stoul by him. Now
he hadn't stoul common townspeople, Because the benefit was too little.
His objective were stealing bank or robbing the car of transporting
money."Small mouse" asked Pick to do with him before, but Pick refused
him. "I can't miss an opportunity." Pick thought.
"Small mouse, The thing of bank in the third district was done by
you?"Pick asked in low voice.
"Don't talk nonsense,"Baster said in a whisper."This is no joke."
Pick smiled. Moving close to "Small mouse", Pick whispered.
"When you do the next times, I'll do with you."
Baster smiled. Holding the cup, Baster asked in a whisper: " In
order to help your freind?"
Pick nodded:"He save my life!"
"Ok! This night, at eleven o'clock I'll meet you."
"Thank you!"Said Pick.
Baster put the empty cup on the counter. He pulled a hundered yuan
bill from his pocket and handed Pick it.
"Don't give my change."
"Thanks."Pick saw the money and smiled.
This night, at five minutes to eleven Pick began to wait at the
entrance of the bar. Black clouds in the sky blootted out the stars.
Dim street lamps lit up the spacious road. Sometime a car passed by him.
The music from the bar spreaded to Pick's ears freguently. At ordinary
times he would croon and roll his buttock, but now he didn't take
interest in the music.
Pick knew what he would do and the possible conseguences. For the
sake of saving Gunter's lift he had no scruples. Whenever he saw that
Gump looked at his father and his eyes brimming with tears, he felt
unwell. "Small mouse"was a steading expet. He had stealed over
hundred times. He failed and was put in prison just two times. The
probability of fails was fiftieth. "It was worth taking the risk. "
Pick thought. He saw his watch, It was just eleven o'clock sharp.
Baster drove a car to come over here.
"Pick, get on the car, in a hurry up."shouted Baster.
Pick rapidly opened the door of the car and got on it, The car was
droven at once.
Getting on the car, Pick just found a middle- aged person, who
weared glasses and looked like scholar, sat on back row seat.
"Who is he?"asked Pick.
"My partner, electronic expert, Pire. He is in charge of closing
the alarm system of the bank."
"How are you."Pire stretched out his hand.
"How are you."Pick gently shaked Pire's by the hand.
The car was droven rapidly on the spacious road. Pick saw some
prostitute beside the road waving her hand to them at any time.
"Where are we going?"asked Pick.
"Flowery Bank."Said Baster.
"You are mad. Its protective device is very good."Said Pick.
"Don't worry! Let me deal with it?"Said Pire who sat on the back
row seat.
The car was parked beside a gray building. The three men got off
the car and went forward quietly. Pire took a small bag. There was no
person on the street. The three men passed through a crossroad. At no
distant place a postitute embraced a guest who was tipsy in her arm.
Laughing and playing, both of them went over here. The three men
hurriedly hid themselves into the shadow of the building and saw the
man and woman going over there and disappearing in the corner of the
road.
The three men came to the front of a discarded building. Baster
pulled a small hood and hooded a cover of well to open. The three men
lit their electric torch and stept down into the well. They walked
along a sewer. A small mouse was biting something at a corner. It ran
away at once while they went over here. Turning a corner two times,they
arrived at the entrance of the sewer which was close with iron bars. A
alarm advice was put on wall.
Pick went forward still. Pire held back him hurriedly.
"We arrived at the destination. If we went forward again, The
inductive alarm advice will sound."
Pire opened his bag and pulled a pistol with sighting device. He
inserted a arrow-like thing into the muzzle, then handed the pistol to
Baster. Baster aimed at the alarm advice on the wall, then triggered
the trigger of th pistol. The arrow-like thing flew out and pasted the
wall which was close to the alarm device.
Pire sent commands with a telecontrol device. The alarm device was
blown up with a bang. The wall was blown to an opening. Baster led the
way, they went into the opening.
"Now, We have been under the Flowery Bank."Baster told Pick.
The three man got into a venfilating duct and crawled forward a bit
and a bit in the duct. There was an office under the end of the duct.
Bsater lit with his lectric torch. There was no man in the office. They
slided down along the duct.
Baster lit a door. while Pick tried to open the door,
"Don't open the door." Pire shouted. " This is an electronic
inductive door. If anyone opened the door, the central computer would
know."
Pick stopped opening the door. Pire took a wire with two metallic
clips at its ends. The an end of the wire was clipped at the metallic
doorframe and the another end of the wire was clipped at the metallic
handle of the door. Pire opened the door and went out with great care.
"Don't touch wire to breake."Pire reminded the orthers.
Pike and Baster went out with care. Baster lightly closed the door.
The three men walked forward along the passage. Pire stopped to
take two motor-drive mouse from his bag.
"Why?"Pick doubtfuly asked.
"There are monitors ahead. We must disturb their received signal."
Pire explained.
Pire operated the telecontrol device. The motor- driven mouses
rapidly ran forward. They released strong light frequently.
"Let's go, hurry up! "Pire said.
The three men rapidly passed through the passage following the two
mouse. They arrived beside a control cabinet. Marcar pulled a bunch of
keys. He tried open the control cabinet with these keys one by one.
Pire changed insulating gloves. He took a wire and clipped its ends to
two terminals respectively.
"Now we can operat the elevator. The central computer wouldn't
find us. "
The three men went to the elevator and opened the door of the
elevator. They stepped into the elevator. The elevator rapidly descended.
Pire weared a night vision device and told:"There was fully close
passageway below. One's hand pull another's hand. You went froward
following me. Remember, don't absolutely lit your eletric toch. There
was sensitization alarm device over ther."
Pick and Baster nodded their heads.
"I see." Pick said.
The elevator arrived at the bottom. One's hand pulled the other's
hand, They went out. They groped to their way in the dark. At the head
light was gradually appeared. The three men rapidly went forward. They
arrived at a light place then turned two corners. The huge strong- box
was put At a place which was well with in one's reach.
Baster stopped here. He took a rope from his bag. He pushed the
"arrow-shaped" bullet at the end of the rope into the muzzle. Aiming
the pistol at the huge strong-box, Baster shot. The plastic adhesive of
the bullet tightly absorbed on the strong- box. Baster binded the
another end of the rope on the handle of the door.
"Ok, Pick, Let us grasp the rope and climb over there."
"Why we don't go over there?" Pick doubtfuly asked.
"There was pressure alarm floor at the head." Pire explained.
Pick and Baster grasped the rope and claimed to the strong- box.
Baster took a key to insert the left hole of the lock. A moment, he
took another key to insert the right hole of the lock.
Grasping the rope and hanging in the air, Pick looked at Baster.
"Ok." Baster said"Pick, you hold the key in your fingers. when I
count from 1 to 3, you turned the key clockwise."
"Ok."Pick said.
"One, two, three."Baster shouted.
Both of them twisted keys respectively at the same time with a click,
But the door of the strong-box was absolutely still.
Pick and Baster climbed back to original place. Grasping the rope
Pire climbed again to the strong-box. He cut lightly the cover of the
wire with a razor blade. He pulled a micro-computer which liked a palm
size. He cliped two fine metal clipes onto copper wire of two wire
respectively. He pushed the butten of the computer. The screen of the
computer began rapidly show numbers from 01, when the showed number was
00860297885157, the number didn't change.
"Pull the rope, hurry up."Baster shouted.
Pick rapidly pulled the rope and door of the strong-box was opened.
Grasping the door of the strong-box, Pire dodged into the strong- box.
Marcar tied the rope fast. Grasping the rope, Marcar claimed into the
safe storehouse together with Baster.
Pick looked at the piles of bank-note in the safe storehouse and
grasped a pile of bank-note surprisingly.
"The number of these cash is linked each other, they can't use."
Baster said.
Pick threw the cash and began pick up the gold bar.
"It is too heavy, We can't carry it much."Baster said." We pick
off the pearls and jewels."
Baster handed Pick a thick stick. Learning from Baster, Pick prized
up little safe-box one by one.
The three men put these boxes of pearls and jewels into their bag.
Ten minutes Late, the three men successfully went back to the sewer.
They went back to their starting place along the sewage duct. Pick
climbed up and gave the cover of the well a hard push.
"Can't push to open the cover. It seems that some things press on
the cover."Pick said.
"You go down!" Baster shouted.
Pick climbed down. Baster climbed up and put forth his strength to
push the cover.
"It is certain that a car park on the cover. What wretched car!"
Baster's words was all right. The front wheel of a car were
pressing on the cover. In the car a man and a woman excitedly were
making love.
Pire lit his watch with his electric touch:"The time remain only
five minutes."
Baster climbed down"There is a cover of well at the near place. If
we were lucky, the time would be enough."
They ran to the next cover with all their might.
The alarm sound on the earth's surface transmited to their ears.
The three men ran faster and faster. They arrived at the mouth of the
well. Baster rapidly climbed up and open the cover. He carefully peeped
at all things. Six or seven police car surrounded Flowery Bank for a
long time. Looking at the view of policemen's back, Baster climbed up
carefully, Pick and pire climbed up too following Baster. They ran to
remote street. Suddenly, the police cars dodged at the street corner.
The lamp of the cars Lit the three men. They hurriedly escaped along
another road.
"Stop!"the policemen got off the cars.
They held their guns to aim and shouted. They didn't pay any
attention to this matter and ran to the distance. With the report of
the guns, Pire was shot to fall. Baster was terribly frightened and
raised his hands. He stopped.
"Don't kill me!...Don't kill me! ... I surrendered. " Baster was
frightened and cried.
Pick ran still with all his might. Three policeman shot him while
runing after him. When he climbed over a wire meshes, a bullet hit his
right arm. Pick fell down. He continued to ran despit the intense pain
and disappeared in the dark street.
"Scoundrel!"A policeman beside the wire meshes cursed.
In the small hours of the morning, the lamp lit still in Gunter's
sickroom. Gump was bending over father's bedside and fast slept. His
books fell down beside his feet.
There was footsteps outside the door. The footsteps disappeared at
entrance of the sickroom and someone knocked at the door.
"Gump, open the door, hurry up. This is me!" Pick shouted.
Gump woke up with the noise. He rubbed his eyes and gave a yawn.
"Who?"Gump asked.
"This is me, uncle Pick!" Pick anxiously shouted.
Gump opened the door, Pick dodged into the sickroom and convenietly
closed the door.
Gump looked at Pick's bloodstained right arm. He was startled:"
Uncle Pick, you get wounded."
"It doesn't matter." Pick mentioned casually.
"I go to send for a doctor."Gump said.
"No!"Pick hurriedly said."Gump!"
Gump felt puzzled and looked at Pick. Bowing his head, Pick kindly
saw Gump and gently stroked Gump's face.
"Child, uncle Pick could leave here."Pick sadly said.
"Why?"Gump was startled.
"...because...because uncle stole bank...no success..."
"...In order to my father? Uncle Pick."Gump's eyes was wet. "...
must be..."
Pick said nothing and wiped the tears at Gump's canthus.
"Gump, Don't cry."
Gump couldn't help throwing himself into Pick's arms and cried.
"Uncle Pick!..."
Pick embraced Gump and was sick at heart. "Gump, look for your
mother!"
"Eh..."Gump cried and nodded.
Pick looked Gump shedding tears. He seriously said: " Gump, you
should learn to take care of yourself!"
Gump with tears saw uncle Pick and nodded.
"Uncle Pick, Take good care of yourself."Gump cried.
Pick tight embraced Gump into his arms and cried:"I could!"
Pick with a heavy heart went to Gunter's sickbed. He bent over to
shake Gunter's hand tight.
"Old friend, I must go. I am sorry. I can't take good care of your
son," Pick cried."Regardless of going to the ends of the earth, we
are always good friends...!"
Pick tight shake Gunter by the hand one time again. He stood up and
saddly looked at Gunter.
"Good by, Gump!" Pick said.
Pick hurriedly went out.
Standing front the window, Gump looked at Pick's figure disappea
at road lamp.
"Uncle Pick."Gump cried.
There was sound of the alarm device at remote place. For a moment,
two police car parked at the entrance of the hospital.
Next day, Gump looked for his mother by regular bus early in the
morning.
The beautiful scenery of the nature beside the road can't absorb
Gump. Gump just want to see his mother soon. The regular bus stop at
Baoshit town.
"You arrive, boy!"The driver reminded Gump.
"Thank you!"Gump took off the bus.
The bus was driven away. Gump took a note on which the address was
writen and went to Baoshit town. The town was very small. There were no
more than hundred families in the town. Gump went from door to door to
look for. At last he looked for a house. This was a villa which has
three storeys. Its garden was kept clean and tidy. Two leaves were
floating on dark green water of a swimming pool.
Gump stood front a iron fence and pushed a button of the bell. It
no answered quite a while.
A old woman, who was triming the flowers in a garden of next door,
raised her head and shouted:"They have gone to Switzerland! boy."
"When will they come back?"
"I don't know, May not come back, They have sold this house."
"Did they leave their address?" asked Gump.
"No."said the old woman.
"Thank you."
"It is nothing. Child."
Dejected Gump began to come back.
"Child, Can I help you?"the old woman looked at Gump's back
figure and said.
"No!"Gump did not turn his head and said.
Gump walked toward the town without Saying a word.
"Mum has gone."Gump had no choice and said.
Gump came back to hospital. He insensitively went to the sickroom,
As if there was no one else present. He didn't know what he'll do. He
couldn't consult with any one.
"Are you Gump?"
Gump raised his head and saw a doctor ask him. Gump nodded without
saying a word.
"Your father can be in hospital still for a week. Do you know?"
Gump nodded:"I would take money."
The doctor smiled and patted Gump on the head:"You are a clear boy!"
"Thanks."Gump gently said.
The doctor went away. Gump slowly went to sickroom with a heavy hart.
He didn't know how get the huge sum. When Gump arrived near sickroom,
there was two nurses's talking at the sickroom.
"Ha, Do you hear the thing? That man Who always go here is a thief.
His name is Pick."
"Is it ture?"
"Of course. Yesterday at night the police cars were droven to the
hopital and put him under arrest. I hear that they stole bank and
nearly met with success."
"I dare not belive it. The glamour man actually is a shamefui theif."
Gump cannot bear no longer. He cried and pushed the door to open.
He rushed into the sickroom.
"Not allow speaking ill of uncle Pick!"Gump cried and loud shouted.
"Do you know! He stole bank for the sake of my father! for the sake of
my father!"
The two nurses was surprised and saw Gump. Gump ran out while crying.
"We may be mistake"a nurs said."He may be a good theif."
"All right."the another nurse said.
Gump ran to seaside. He and uncle Sant on sands and saw the setting
sun. Gump cried and spoke to Sant...
"They abuse that uncle Pick is a theif..."
"Boy, It is nomal. Every one can be misunderstanded sometime. "
Uncle Sant kindly saw Gump.
"Now I have be alone."Gump sadly said.
"No, I'll be with you. Uncle can give you nothing, but I want you
to know that none can defeat you but you."
Gump stopped sobbing. He with doubtful face looked at uncle Sant.
Uncle Sant wiped the tears of Gump's face.
"Boy, No matter how long the road at the head is, No matter what
difficult you could meet, you must go forward. You would become a
strong in your life. Do you understand?" Said Sant.
Gump was puzzled and shaked his head.
"Remember uncle's word--The little pain in wind and rain is
nothing to us."
Gump nodded:"I have remembered."
"You are a good boy." Sant Praised him.
"Have you caught fish today?"asked Gump.
"No, Coastal waters have been polluted. Fish have swum to deep sea."
"Do you go fishing go on deep sea?"
"Yes, I 'll go tomorrow."
"Do you go alone?"
"Yes."
"I want to go, but I must take care of my father. " Gump felt
regreful.
"When your father recovers his health, I'll take you to go to sea."
"Are we good freind always?" asked Gump.
"Yes, We are good freind always."
The sun will set. Gump and uncle Sant was seeing the setting sun
and the sea. They said no word.
In order to cure the sickness of his father, After local judge
agreed Gump sold his house.
A policeman told Gump that they would look for Gump's mother as
possible as soon. For the sake of no keeping he and his father apart,
Gump took uncle Sant for his guardian in name. In order to earn a bare
living,uncle Sant had to go fishing on the sea. He went out alway for
about a month. Actually Gump became a street urchin.
"I want to live."Gump firm said.
One day uncle Sant went fishing on the sea, On the same day Gump
decided to look for a job. Though he is still a child, Gump inquired
from door to door along the street and didn't mind taking all the
trouble.
"Do you want a worker?"
Most bosses shaked their head, but a few bosses laughed at him.
"Yes, but we went a waitress."
"I am willing to be a waiter."
"No. You are too immature, You can't do something."
"I can do!"Gump affirmed.
"Something is done only by woman."
Gump understood. He went to next restaurant.
"Do you want waiter?"Gump asked in a restaurant in which was not
any guest.
"No, We want guest."the boss said with a smill.
Gump went out from the restaurant and walked along the street.
Several big boys was playing card at roadside.
"Ha, fellow, what are you doing? Let us play card together."A big
boy shouted.
Gump shaked his head and went away. These big boys continue playing
card. Gump arrived at the bar where uncle Pick worked. He hesitated.
"The boss may employ me."Gump thought and steped into the bar.
"Sir. I want look for a job."Gump faced the boss and cowardly said.
"You are just Gump."the boss ridicule him."Go away! hurry up! I
do not want theif."the boss cursed.
Gump turn round. He was stubborn and pouted his lips. Gump went out
in the pubic eye.
Two monthes past, Gump accomplished nothing. Since uncle Sant went
to sea To this day there was no news about him. Recently the coastal
areas were hit by a typhoon. The news that boat was destroied and
person died, was reported, but uncle Sant's "keili" boat was not among
them."Uncle may be alive, May be..." Gump dared not think over. He was
not willing to loss his best friend."Uncle Sant must be alive. " Gump
thought. Tomorrow was Christmas. Gump thought"In any case I must earn
some money tomorrow, I should buy a bottle of good wine to give Uncle
Sant, Let lone uncle Sant feel joyful."
Next day, Gump went out early in the morning to look for a job. If
you worked at it hard enough, you would have a good result. At last
Gump look for a job of trimming grass. The garden in a big house was as
big as a football court. Gump trimed the grass with his might. His
sweat wetted his clothes.
"Take a rest, Child!"
Seating on a chair beside swimming pool, old madam Rolin shouted.
She was the owner of the luxurious house.
Gump stopped trimming grass and raised his head "No, madam Rolin."
"Ok! Child! If you was tired, you went over here to drink a cup of
tea."said Rolin.
"Thanks."
Gump bend over his head to trim grass again. He wanted to take a
rest, but he was no time. He must finish trimming grass in the forenoon.
Afternoon He wanted to seaside to wait for uncle Sant.
Madam Rolin drank tea and looked at Gump quietly immersing himself
in hard work.
"I like you, child!"
"Thanks."Gump said while no stop working.
"I remember that in my childhood. I earned pocket money by
trimming grass." Old madam Rolin remembered her passed happy days."At
that time, my age was as same as you...Do you earn pocket money to trim
grass?"
"No."Gump bent over his head still and was busy at trimming grass.
"I was for the uncle Sant. He is my old freind. He has go fishing
to sea. Today he may come back. I want buy a bottle of good wine to
give him."
"What about your father and your mother?" asked old madam Rolin.
"They have divorce each other. My mother has left our home. My
father has lain in a hospital. He has become a plant- person. " Gump
stopped working and sadly said. "I don't know what thing was bought to
give him."
"Oh...I am sorry, child." Old madam Rolin apologized"I am not on
purpose."
"It's nothing."
Gump bowed his head and began trim grass with all his might. His
hands gradually became insensible. He got blood blisters on his palm.
"Take a rest, child!"Madam Rolin advised.
"No!"Gump firm said.
Afternoon, at one o'clock, Gump finally finished trimming grass in
the garden. Madam Rolin give Gump $20.
"No, This is too much."Gump said."We have arranged to give me $5."
"Take it, child, this is your reward."
"No,"Gump said."Madam Rolin, I can't accept."
"Why? child."
"My father told me that no accept exceeded money. Must be honest.
We originally arranged to give me $5."
"Take it. When your uncle Sant come back, you bring some fish to me.
"
"Well, The $15 was use to buy uncle Sant's fish."
Gump took out the $15 to put another pocket.
"Thanks. Madam Rolin."
"It's nothing. child." Madam Rolin smiled.
Afternoon Gump spent $5 on a bottle of wine. He embraced the bottle
in his arms to wait for uncle Sant coming back. He trembled all over
with sea wind. He stamped his foot and wrung his hand continuously. He
made great efforts to warm himself up. Uncle Sant didn't come back
untill the sun set.
A sense of lose produced in his heart."Uncle Sant may come back
tomorrow" Gump comforted himself.
When Gump hurriedly came back to urban district of New York, it was
9 o'clock in the night. Gump ran with his all might. There was no body
on the street. Every body had back for the Christmas. He occasionally
saw one or two beggars who roamed the streets. Gump ran to a brushwood.
He passed through the brushwood. If he passed through a street, he
would arrive at the hospital.
"Stop!" A big boy blocked Gump's way and shouted.
Gump just saw that two boys in shabbily dressed stood at the front
of him. One of them was elder slightly than Gump, the another of them
was younger than Gump. They were two just sensible children.
"Deliver your money!"the big boy shouted.
"I have no money!"
Gump turn round and ran away. The big boy first caught up with Gump
and sprang on Gump. Gump fallen over and struggled. The two boys robbed
Gump of his money and wine, then they turned round to run away.
Gump stood up and ran after them. Give back money to me!...Give back
money to me!"
Gump stumbled over something. He fell down. It was a broken bottle.
The bits of broken glass scratched his hands. His blood shed. Gump
didn't give a thought to anything. He grasped a broken bottle and
caught up with them. Gump blocked their way.
"Stop! Give back money to me!"Gump said while breathing deeply.
The little boy saw that the sharp sword of glass with blood was in
Gump's hand. He was fear."Elder brother, Give back money to him!"
The big boy handed over money and wine to Gump.
"I am sorry."
"Please excuse my brother."The little boy cowardly said. " My
mother will be died soon. We have no money to buy medicine for her, then
..."
Gump looked distracted."You deceive people!"
"No..."The big boy said while cring.
The little boy gathered up with his brother and cried too. Gump saw
the everthing and was at a loss. The two boys went away while cring.
Gump caught up with them. His eyes brimmed over with tears.
"What you say is true?"
"Oh..."The little boy nodded.
Seeing $15 in his hand, Gump hesitated.
"Uncle Sant, regard the $15 as you lend me."Gump said to himself.
He hand over the money to them."Take it, I have just so money."
"Thanks."The big boy cried."You save my mother's life. You are a
great saviour of our family."
"It's nothing."Gump held back his tear."Hurry up and go to buy
medicine for your mother."
The two boys ran away. Gump followed them with his eyes, before
they disappeared in the dim light of night.
Gump returned hospital. When he went upstairs, he saw that the
nurses was pulling out rapidly the bed on which Gump's father lay from
the sickroom and quickly pushed it to a operating room. Gump's hand
loosened with a start and the wine bottle fell down. The bottle was
smashed to pices and the wine flowed on the floor.
"Dad!"Gump shouted and ran after them.
"What's matter with my father?"Gump followed a nurse and asked her.
"His heart just stop beating!"the nurse said.
Gump followed the movable bed, until the movable bed was pushed
into the operating room.
"Dad!"Gump slightly said.
Gump blankly sat a long chair, until the bell of the christmas
began sound. Gump's tears shed down. He jumped down from the chair and
ran forward while crying.
When Gump arrived at the entrance of the church, he was tired. He
puffed and blew. He stepped into the church with heavy paces. There was
no person in the church. Gump cherished a feeling of great reverence
for God and went to the sacred place. Gump stood front the sacred place.
He looked up at sacred portrait. He complained tearfully.
A person who lay on the last long chair woke up with Gump's cring.
He raised his head and looked at poor Gump. There was a confused look
on his face.
When Gump returned the hospital, his father was still in the
operating room. Gump leaned on the back of the long chair. He felt very
tired. The operating spent for more than ten hours. When the movable
bed was pulled out from the operating room, Gump leaned on the chair
and go to sleep.
However Gump didn't know that: What he spoke to God was recorded by
a unemployed reporter Hent. Next day in the morning, the speach was
broadcasted to the world through the large rediffusion network.
Respectful Sir God: How are you!
I am little Forrest Gump. In the day of my six birthday, dad and
mam divorced each other. Because the ecomomic depression comes, my dear
dad lost his job. For the sake of feeding me, my father became a
practise accompany of boxer in a boxing hall. Someday my father fell
down and became a person who is no consciousness...Every day I call him,
but dad doesn't awake still. For the sake of curing my father, Uncle
Pick sold his house and stole bank. He stole bank for the sake of my
father. Please excuse him...I know uncle Sant at seaside. He always
encourages me to become stronger. He always to tell me "The little pain
in wind and rain is nothing to us." But now I don't know what mean the
word is. Before two monthes Uncle Sant wents to sea, but he doesn't
come back still. Aftenoon, I wait for him until the sun set. I very
miss him. God, Can you have him come back? Today is Christmas, Santa
Claus doesn't come here. I have nothing to complain of him. because he
cann't look for us, We have no family...My father was giving emergency
treatment. God, Please you help poor little Forrest Gump. Gump love dad,
dad loves Gump too. Gump can't part dad from, dad can't part from me too.
Please you don't take away dad. If you planned to take dad away, Please
you took poor little Forrest Gump away too!...I beg for favour of you
again.
Sincerely yours Little Forrest Gump.
The child's voice of Gump's was transmitted every corners and every
families in America by radio. People in all parts of the country boiled.
The money and things liked tide was sent to Gump from all parts of the
country. The journalists who were as many as locusts swooped on the
hospital. The most CBC TV network relaied rally the dialog of the
journalists and Gump.
"Gump, How come you think to go to the church?"
"I'm not willing to lose my dad. In the christmas my dad was
critically ill, then I went to the church and asked God to help my dad."
Gump answered.
"How about your father now?"
"Now he has been out of death, but docter says that he should be
observed still."Gump sadly said.
"Gump, have you looked for your mother?"
"I looked for her, but I fail. I very miss her."Gump cried while
saying.
"Can you tell us about uncle Sant?"
"He is a affable old man. He always give me to comfort. Before two
monthes he went fishing to sea and now doesn't come back still. I
really very miss him. He is the best freind of mine."
"How is the thing that uncle Pick stole bank?" The journalists
asked again.
"He is the best freind of my father. For the sake of curing my
father, he sold his house, borrowed money everywhere, at last had no
alternative but to steal bank. I love uncle Pick, always love him. "
Gump cried.
"Two boys say that you save their mother's life. What's all this
about?"
"I and they are all poor people. We all have parents. We should
help each other."Gump said while cring.
"After uncle Pick went away, How do you live?"
"Since uncle Pick and uncle Sant went aways, I try to look for a
job. But I am a child, no one emploies me."
"Who make you tenaciously face various frustration and difficulty?"
"It's my dad, uncle Pick, uncle Sant, I love them!"
"Now you have become a hero in the hearts of American children.
What do you want to tell them?"
"Thank everybody concerning me."Gump cried.
"Gump event" brought to the attention of the masses of the people
in America. The public strongly Claimed Congress to legislate that to
protect people who is not yet age and to give them with the right to
education and the right to live happily. Though it was period of the
economic depression, the masses of the people in all part of the
country spontaneously launched various movement for relieving children.
Innumerable poor children accepted various help through" Gump event".
Then Gump had become the highest idol in the hearts of the children in
all country.
Gump was very joyful these days. The mayor received him. The
reporter of TV stantion interviewed him. Gump received a lot of money
and things. "God is really great." Gump thought so. He gave the surplus
goods to some poor children who was as young as him.
"Thank you, Gump." Child always liked to say so.
Seeing these children who weared a face of joy and tear and
received his present with their trembled hands, Gump always put right
and said.
"No, We should thank God and should thank these people who have
loved us."
One month passed soon. These reporter looked for new subjet of a
talk again. Gump Checked the contributed money. The sum is $72421. 64.
These money was enough used for his father being in hospital for a half
years. Gump no longer worried about money. The hospital specially fixed
up a room for Gump. The room was the next door of his father's sickroom.
Gump can be together with his father everyday. The municipal goverments
sent affable aunt Mary as his temporary guardian. Her Salary was paid
by the municipal goverment.
In the afternoon, Gump unwrapped a big parcel which he recieved
just now, there were a dosen of new clothes. Gump chose one jacket and
put it on.
"Aunt Mary, Am I smart?" asked Gump.
"Yes, smart." Mary said,while she was putting the small parceles
on the table in order.
Gump changed a purple coat.
"Aunt Mary, what about this one?"Gump asked.
"Beautiful." Mary flattered.
Gump squeezed the other clothes into the parcel and put it onto his
shoulder with great strength.
"Aunt Mary, I have to go out."Gump said.
"My child, Where are you going?" Mary asked,"You can't carry it."
"I want to see the poor children and I'll give them these clothes."
"Well, come, you'd better leave them to yourself."
"No,"Gump put down the big parcel,"I can't use them all. It is a
waste, isn't it?"
"Ok, I have nothing to say." Mary said without choice.
Gump shouldered the parcel again.
"You can't carry so much. You can carry less." Mary gave him her
suggestion.
"All right."
Gump put down the parcel and took out a few clothes and threw them
onto the chair. he put the parcel on the shoulder, This time it was
much lighter.
"Let me go with you, my dear." Mary said taking her coat from a
chair.
"I have grown up. I can do it by myself."
"I can here to take good care of you."
"But I'm not a child any more."
"You are a child."
"Well, aunt, listen, I'll come back in a moment, just a moment.
They will not know, If I don't tell them."
"Ok,"Mary said without alternative, "But you must be back before
dark."
"All right, please look after my dad for me."
"Don't worry about him, my child."
Gump went out, with the parcel on his shoulder. He could go to see
the poor children and play with them.
When Gump handed out his new clothes to the poor boys in rags, they
were all joyful. They put on the new clothes, and what they could do
was to toss Gump up and then get him with their arms. Such was repeated
again and again.
Gump was in high spirit, for he found the little kid who robbed him
that day.
"Is your mother well?"
"Yes..."the little boy nodded.
"Where is your brother?"Gump asked.
"He went out for a job. He said he would act as you."
Gump smiled with heart. The little boy smiled, too.
"Let's play football."Gump suggested.
The children playing in two proups. In the game, Gump got three
shots. Gump knew his friends gave him the chances, but he was still
very happy. When the church bell rang, Gump had to say good-bye to his
friends with a pity.
A black car stopped at the roadside in silence, far from Gump. The
glass was turned down. Two strangers stared at Gump in the distance.
Gump was walking along the road, the black car followed him through
the busy streets. When Gump was in the empty alley, a sudden fear came
over him. He turned back and saw a black car following him silently.
Gump ran away as quickly as he could. Suddenly a strong man rushed to
Gump and caught him. Gump struggled, but it was no use.
"Let me go."Gump cried.
The man covered Gump's nose with a handkerchief. Gump smelled a
fragrance, his eyes couldn't keep open, and slowly he lost his
consciousness.
When Gump woke up, he found himself on the back seat ofthe car. his
eyes were covered by a black cloth, so he could see nothing. Gump
struggled, but his hands were tied behind his back. Gump knew he was
kidnapped.
"Let me go!"Gump shouted,"Let me go!"
NO one answered, Gump felt the car running past, the wind blew his
ears with wistles. The car made great turns and went up and down on the
road. Gump thought the car was going up a hill.
"What do you want to do?"Gump shouted.
"Shut up,"the driver curred him,"or I'll kill you."
Gump stopped crying at once.
The car sped on the road, then it stopped in front of a villa. Gump
was taken into villa.
Gump was beginning to see the surroundings clearly, when the strong
man took away the cover from his eyes. It was a very largehall.
Hundreds of lit fires made the hall bright. There were more than 30
Japanese worriors on the left, and over 30 American heroic men on the
right. An old Chinese of 50 was sitting in the very front of the hall.
The chair he was siting on was covered with a tiger skin. The man's
sharp eyes could make people shiver. There were four sturdy men
standing on each side of the man. The two Japanese worriove on the left
stared at the front with the worriors swords in their sheath. The other
two were black, with strong and sturdy musle. It was clear that they
were well trained. There were two chinese on the right. According to
their chinese Gongfu clothes, Gump could see, they had the best chinese
Gongfu. Beside the Chinese were two Americans, wearing jeans, like the
cowboys in the western area.
A man of 30 years old was kneeling in front of the old man. He was
pleading to the old man.
"My head, please forgive me. I dare not do that again."
The old man said coldly, glaring at him,"You have broken the rules,
again and again. You must be killed, according to the rule. Take him out,
kill!"
The two blank men on the left went forward and caught the man. But
the man played Judo Gongfu, the two blacks were seen to fall to the
ground. Then he turned around and ran away.
The old man drew one of the worror's sword quickly, jumped up and
turned a somersault. With the sword cutting strainght down, the quilt
man was cut in half. The old man was seen turning back to his seat with
the sharp point of the sword surpporting him. At the same time, the
sword was thurded into the sheath.
All these happened in a second, Gump watched dumbfounded.
The quilt man's body went down to the ground, with his blood
bleeding. Two men drew a half of the body each and went out.
Gump couldn't stand the miserable scene, he turned aside. Then Gump
was pushed to the middle of the hall by the man.
"My head, he was here."
"Bring him here."The old man said coldly.
Gump was pushed to the front of the old man. He took Gump by the
chin, looking at him coldly. Gump darednot to look at him straight, for
he was a little afraid.
"Is it the child?"the old man asked.
"Yes."the strong man answered.
"What's your name?"asked the old man.
"Gump, Forrest-Gump"Gump said in a low vioce.
"Louder."the old man said with dignity.
"Forrest Gump."
"Good, Gump."the old man said a little more gently."Do you know
why we have you here?"
"No."Gump said slightly.
"You've got $72421.64. If you can give us $70,000, we'll let you go."
Gump was surprised. How could they know it so clearly.
The old man knew what Gump was thinking. He smiled and said, " We
know everything that has happened, such as the lover of the president,
the mayor's taking drugs, Nothing can cheat as-Triple Society."
Gump had heard of the name of "Triple Society." It wasthe biggest
secret society in the world. They did everything that could earn money,
induding narcotics, muntitions, gombling and brothel. Gump now knew why
they kidnapped him. The money was for his farther's illness. It mustn't
be given to anyone. Thinking of that, Gump held has head high. But when
his eyes was touched by the old man's, fear came into his heart. He had
to drop his head and avoided the sharp eyes.
"What do you think of it?"the ola man asked coldly.
Gump dropped his head in silence. If he didn't give them the money,
they would kill him. He was contradictory.
The old man held Gumps chin in his hand, stared at him and said,"
Do you have an idea?"
When Gump thought of Uncle Pick, he greeted the shivery eyes. Uncle
Pick robbed the bank of money for Gump's father. Gump had great courage
suddenly.
"No."Gump said clearly and firmly.
The old man's face turned gloomy ang horrible. "I'll kill you! Are
not you afraid?"
"No."Gump said firmly.
The Japanese worrior aside turned inpatied and drew out the
bleading sword. He wanted to cut Gump.
"No."the old man said.
The worrior breathed roughly, and put the sword back into the sheath.
Looking at Gump, the old man began to like the unbending boy.
"Tell me, why do you want money rather than your life?" the old
man asked.
"The money is for saving my father's life, Uncle Pick is still
wanted because of the money. I won't give you a coin, even a coin!"
Gump shouted at the old man, tear in age."If you want to kill me,
you can do it now. I Forrest Gump is not afraid."Gump growled.
The old man was surprised. He had never seen such a thing. He had
never seensuch a little boy who was not afraid to die. No one dared to
shout at him. His face became livid.
"I like you, my child. If you will be my son, I'll not kill you."
the old man said calmly.
"No."Gump said sturdily.
"Do you know where you are standing?" a chinese said, "It's the
headquater of "Triple society." If you were the son of our head. you
would be the head in future, and you would have the power over anyone."
"Yes, my child. I have lots of money to care your father's illness."
the old man said, "I have such strong power that anyone who I want him
to die must be dead."
Gump shook his head,"I don't want to call a thief father."
The old man'sface was ghastly pale. The worrion full of murderous
look glowled and drew out his sword to cut Gump.
Gump looked at the coming sword, without any fear on his face.
"Clank." another sword blocked the worrior's sword.
"My head."the worrior shouted, " I'll kill him for you."
"No."the old man said resolutely.
The Japanese worrior looked distracted,"My head?"
"Bring him back home."the old man took back his sword and said.
Gump was also distracted. He couldn't understand why the old man
didn't kill him. Perhaps he an uneasy conscience. But it was impossible.
Gump saw it clearly that the old man killed a person without blinking
his eyes.
"Take him back home."the old man ordered.
"Yes."the man who had caught Gump answered.
Gump was taken out of the hall. The old man swept his eyes over
everyone.
"He is not afraid of death."the old man said,"What can fear him?"
The other men listened in silence.
"You should all learn from him of his fearless spirit." the old
man said admirably.
"Yes."they all answered.
"Transmit my command:The member of our group not bother the child."
The old man looked at every one."Otherwise, must be killed! ... Do you
know?"
"Yes!"Every one answered in chorus.
The old man looked straight ahead, his teeth set"The boy will be
the hero of the world in ten years."
When the back car carried Gump to the gate of the hospital, it was
already 3 o'clock at midnight. Gump got off. When the car disappeared
in the darkness, Gump couldn't beliveve what had happened.
"Are they making fun of me?"Gump talked to himself.
No one answered him.
Gump hurried into the hospital.
Aunty Mary sat up all night, she was sitting on a coucd, waiting
for Gump. when she saw Gump come in, her hanging heart released.
"If you don't come back, I'll report to the police." Mary said.
"Sorry, aunty Mary. I'm not on purpose."
"Well, Don't give me any excuse. What on eart have you done? Where
on earth have you been?"asked Mary.
"I was kidnapped."Gump said.
"When do you learn to tell a lie?"Mary was a little angry.
"I'm not lying, aunty Mary. You know I can't lie."Gump said.
"Oh...yes,"Mary learned."I thought you were my lying son, sorry,
my dear."
"Never mind."Gump smiled and said.
"What did they do after that?"asked Mary.
"They brought me to a big house. Where there were many people. I
saw a person was killed by them. And then, they asked me to hand out
the money. I didn't agree, so they had to let me go."
"Let you go? They didn't hurt you?"
"Yes."Gump nodded, proudly.
"You don't look like having been kidnapped, but just like having a
French beefsteak."
"They were frightened by me."Gump said.
"Realy?"Mary didn't believe, "Impossible."
"It is real indeed."Gump said, "I said if they wanted money, I
could give them nothing, if they wanted my life. I could give them."
Gump made a gesture of cutting neck with his hand, Mary smiled.
"I don't believe you were not frightened at all."Mary said.
"At the beginning I was a little afraid, but wken I thought of
uncle Pick, I wasn't afraid at all."Gump said.
"You are brave, my dear. If I were you, I..." Mary held her head
and said,"I would be frightened to death."
Gump smiled.
"Weren't you hurt?"
"Yes, I'm very well."
"Don't you need to see a doctor?"
"No, I'm not hurt on mind. Believe me, aunty Mary."
"All right." Mary came to the telephone and took up reciever, "I
have to say it to the police."
"No, aunt Mary."
Gump jumped off the table and went to Mary.
"They'll kill you, indeed."Gump said earnestly, "Believe me."
Mary put down the reciever,"Ok, I mustn't be away from you next
time. "
"You are wrong again, aunt Mary. If you had been there with me, it
would be I who stand here. They would make you into dog- meat cans. "
Gump realized he was saying nonsense, "Oh... sorry, aunty Mary this
seems not proper."
"Never mind," Mary was not argry at all, but she smiled, "Go to
bed, my dear."
"All right."Gump said.
Gump went into the sickroom next door. He came to his father's bed,
bowed himself and stared at his father.
"Good night, dady."Gump said sadly.
Daisy was annoyed these days. Lace, her present husband was hanging
around with the other woman outside. Last night, she found a long hair
on his coat and trail of lips on his shirt. And she had heard a
telephone tape of that woman. Of course, Daisy quarreled with him. Lace
left on the night. Now Daisy regretted leaving Gunter. Genter was poor,
but he loved her. Her preseat husband didn't love her at all, what he
did was only pleasure-seeking. He didn't care for what she thought about,
and how she lived. Sometimes, Daisy throught, he was bewildered for a
while, it would be all right before long. She didn't want to leave Lace.
He had money, a lot of money. The money could support her in all her
life. Daisy wanted to go back to see her son own, but Lace didn't allow
her to go away. That was to say, Lace was still loving her. Daisy
comforted herself, and felt a little released.
Daisy was lying in bed. She felt she was a lonely leaf floating on
a boundless ocean. It was realy eight o'clock, the morning news would
begin at once. Daisy got up, After everything was done. She turned on
the big screen TV. The morning news was being given, Daisy liked the
programme very much, especially the reports about America. It was an
entertrainmeat. Daisy sat on a sofa, cup in hand, she was drinking
while eating calkes.
Suddenly Daisy stopped to stare at the screen. The lovely boy on it
was her son? In an instant, the cup in her hand dropped to the ground
and broke into pieces. Hearing crying voice of her son, Daisy couldn't
help crying. she couldn't imagine what had happened after she left
Gunter.
Daisy rushed to the telephore and took up the microphone. dailing
immediatily. A woman's laughing voice came to her ear.
"Let Lace talk with me."Daisy said angrily.
The woman's voice disappeared. Lace came to her.
"This is Lace speaking."
"Listen, I'll go back to America."
"Hi, Daisy, Are you still angry with what happened last night?"
"No. You can hang around with any woman you like."Daisy was very
excited, "I will go to see my son."
"Listn. you promise me not to go back."
"But you promise me not hang around with any other woman."
"Well, Listen."Lace's voice could be heard to angry."If you go
back, you won't come back any more and you won't get ary money from me.
even a coin, Understand?"
"Let your money go to the hell. I can't bear any more."Daisy said
loudly.
Daisy was filled with joy as ever before. For the first time she
felt she was still a strong woman during the whole year when she
married Lace. Daisy pushed the button of the telepone, and then dailed
a number.
"Is that air. line comporey. I'd like to reserve a ticke for
America as soon as possible."
"All right."the voice was kind, "In a hour, a Flight 744 will be
for America. Could you get on time?"
"No problem."
Daisy put down the reciever. She was released thoroughly. She went
into the bed-room. There she chose some clothes and put them into a
suit case. She then left in a hurry without looking back at the house.
She stopped a taxi on the street. Daisy was now eager to see her son.
she hurrised the driver again and again. The car ran quickly on the road.
When Gump opened the door, he could hardly believe what he saw. It
was his mother who was standing in front of him. She was looking at
himself with tears. Gump dumbed for a while, then threw himself into
his mothers arms.
"Mum..."
Daisy held her son tightly.
"Mum, I miss you very much."Gump cried.
"I miss you, too. Gump, my dear son."Daisy choked with sobs.
Mary looked at the son and the mother, wiping the tears off her eyes.
"Mum...Dad is..."Gump couldn't help crying and couldn't finish his
words.
"I've know..."
"Dady miss you every day."
"It is my fault. I'm sorry."
"Mum, Could you stay for a few days? Gump wants Mum here."
"Mum won't go back to swiss. I'll stay with you forever. " Dady
nodded.
Gump hugged his mother, crying, "Gump will be with Mum and Dady
forever."
After a long time, they stopped sobbing.
"Since you have reunited, I can go now."Mary said.
"Good-bye, aunty Mary."Gump said.
"Thank you Mary." Daisy said.
Mary left, Gump led his mother to Gunter's sickbed. Gunter was
lying in bed. his eyes stared at the ceiling, but the eyeballs were
still. Daisy shook her hand in front of his eyes, but Gunter didn't
give any reflections.
"Dad, mother comesto see you." Gump said sadly.
Daisy bowed herself and took up Gunter's hand onto her lips. She
looked at Gunter, saying nothing. If Gunter came to life, could he
forgiving herself? Maybe, he could, Daisy thought. She marrived Gunter,
just because he was honest, hard-working. But fate was always unfair.
Daisy thought of herself again.Lace had money, but he couldn't love her,
Gunter loved her, but had no money. It was controdictory. Perhaps fate
was just like that. One couldn't get everything he liked. Daisy was
recalling the past.
"One the evening of my birthday, I had a high fever. Dad asked for
leave, so he was dismissed. He had no job, he went out to the boxing
arena. when he came back, he became a man like this."
Daisy felt soroow and painful, looking at Gunter. That was all
because of her leaving.
"Dad misses you very much. Every day when he came back, he would
hold your picture and looked at it. And often wept at the back of me.
Dad loved Mum indeed."
Again Gump eyes got wet with these words.
Daisy's lips quivered. At last she couldn't keep back her tears.
"...That was all my fault."
Daisy kissed her husband. Her tears dropped on Gunter's face, and
flew into his eyes-sockets. But Gunter gave no reactions.
"Dad, wake up. Mum comes to see you."Gump bowed on the bed and
said sadly.
"Gunter, it was my fault. I let your love down." Daisy cried "
Forgive me."
The right too of Gunter's foot moved slightly. But Daisy and Gump
didn't noiced it.
"Dad still come to."Gump cried.
"He will come to." Daisy said.
Gunter's right too moved slightly again.
Daisy turned around, and hugged her son. Gump held his head up with
tears in his eyes. Daisy took out her handkerchief to wipe off Gump's
tears. Gump wiped the tears off his mother's eyes with the handkerchief.
Gunter opened his mouth slightly, and his tongue began to wriggle.
He wanted to say something, but he couldn't. Gump and Daisy didn't find
his changes.
"Let's go."Gump said.
Daisy nodded. She went to the door with her son. Gunter wriggled
his tongue fiercely. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't make
any sound. He held his head with strength, and turned aside to shout at
them. But his neek couldn't move. His eye balls went to one side, like
a flounder, looking at them going out. Gunter had no alterative but to
throw his head back to the bed.
In the consulting room, Daisy asked the doctor aboutGunter's
disease carefully.
"When he was brought here, he had alreadly been in deep coma. His
heart stop beating, The blood pressure was very high, and the pulse
beat fast. That was diagnosed as encephalemia."the doctor introduced."
We operated on his brain and the operation was successful. He was alive
..."
"...Why could he lose his consciousness?"Daisy asked.
"He has engaged in boxing. And his brain must have been shaken
voilently. That could had to his unconsciousness."
"Can he regain consciousness?" Daisy asked.
"It is hard to say. We have used all kinds of ways to stimulate him,
such as, electronic touch, massotherapy, letting the son talk with him,
but all were failed. But we have seen a precedent. In Elovid, a lady of
fifty years old. who slept fifteen years, was aroused by her husband.
But it was a pity. when she was awake, her husband died before her
because of being over tired.
"That means we have the hope."
The doctor nodded. "You are his wife. If you can talk with him
frequently, and massage him, or... kiss him, I think, he will be awake."
"Thank you, doctor."Daisy stood up and said good-bye to the doctor.
"But it needs time, maybe one year or two years, even ten or
twenty years...more time."
"I can insist on it." Daisy said with confidence.
The doctor nodded."Wish him to be recovered soon."
"By the way, "Daisy remember when she was at the door, "How much
money was owed to the hospital?"
"Not a cent was wed. You son has paid the money." He is the best
boy that I've seen."
"Thank you for your praise."Daisy said.
In the afternoon, Daisy took her son to have a big meal. But to her
surprise, Gump brought eight or nine poor boys. that was in the
celebrities resturant, Where there were many uper-class in New York.
"Gump."Daisy said hesitately,"This is a celebrities resturant."
"I see, Mum. But they are my good friends."
"Ok,"Daisy gove a hard smile."Wellcome, my children."
The boys who had played football with Gump stood there still.
"Should not we be here?"an older boy said.
"Oh...No."Daisy said."The friends of Gump are my friend, too.
Please sit down."
The poor children sat around the table joyfully. Daisy ordered a lot.
Gump and the children were enjoying the dishes. But Daisy had to bear
the eyes from the uper-class, From the pentlemen. Luckily, the children
ate them up quickly, they were all hungry. After supper, Gump asked his
mother to present each children a boy of potluck for them to have
something to eat at home. The little friends said good- bye to Gump
happily one by one.
On the way home, Gump asked upset."Mum, Are you angry with what I
did? I brought so many children."
"Yes, you should have told me earlier. I couldn't have been to
that splendid resturant, and wouldn't have been glared at by so may
people. Thinking of that scene,I still feel embarressed."
"Sorry, Mum."Gump said.
"Never mind, I'm very glad to see you have so many friends. You
seem to be grown-up."
"Yes."Gump said with pride, "My friends call me Man Gump."
Daisy and Gump crossed the street, talking to each other.
"Can I call you like that?"
"Of course."Gump said with joy.
"Ok, Man Gump."
"Yes."Gump said and stood at attention in the middle of the road.
Both of them laughted with joy.
A hootering car came to Daisy and her son. They hurried to the
pathway.
At night, while Daisy was putting untidy things in order, Gump went
into the next room to talk with his father.
"Dad,"Gump sat aside and smiled,"I had a good time with Mum."
The toe of Gunter's right foot moved sliglitly, Gump didn't notice
it. He went on talking.
"Dad, mum said she will not go away from you any more. She will
stay with you forever. Dad, wake up."
Gunter glanced at Gump with his eyesball moving to Gump. He opened
his mouth, moved his tongue. but he couldn't let out his voice. Gump
didn't believe his eyes. He stood there dumbfounded.
"Dad."Gump blink his eyes to prove that he was not mistaken.
"My...son."Gunter said with hard voices.
"Dad,"Gump was full of joy, "Dad's regained consaciousress. Dad
come to."
Gunter gave a hard smile.
"Dad, Mum has been here."
Gunter nodded.
"I'll go to tell Mum."
"No."Gunter said.
"Why not?"Gump was surprised, "Don't you love her?"
Gunter shook his head with strenghth.
"Why?"Gump asked.
Gunter opened his mouth, and said something. Gump put his ear to
his father's mouth and smiled.
Daisy put all things in order. Now all the things were in order.
Daisy was satisfied with what she had alone. Then she went to the next
door and asked Gump to go to bed.
When Daisy came to Gunter's bed, Gump was saying"Good night." to
his father.
"Good night, Dad."
Gunter lay still in bed. It seemed as if he had not been alive but
a statue.
"Gunter, I'm here. What you said is right. He doesn't love me. "
Daisy sat aside and looking at her husband with love. she said sadly, "
Can you forgive me? I'm always like a spoiled child. But this time I
know I'm wrong."Daisy cried, but Gunter remained unmoved.
"I'll stay with you forever, Gunter. I thought that I could have
anything with a lot of money. I was worry. Money can't be used to buy
love, true love, true love..."
Gump wanted to tell his mother, Gunter gave him a hint with his
eyes that he shouldn't tell her the truth.
Daisy was still saying,"Do you still remember the first time when
we met each other? The blue sky, the broad sea, the soft sands, how
beautiful the scenery was. You said you loved the sea, because it had
broad chest. I loved the sea, too. It was just like an old man who
could forgive any child who had made mistakes. I remembered it was on
that day that you asked me to marry you. I agreed. You said we would
never seperate. Even when we were dead, our ashes should be spread into
the sea. We couldn't be seperated forever, forever..."
Daisy was sobbing, a drop of tear ran down Gunter's check.
"I love you, Gunter. If you will stay with me, please come back."
Daisy kissed Gunter with tears. Suddenly, she felt a pair of hands
holding herself. She opened her eyes, Gunter was looking at her with
tears in his eyes. They kissed each other for a long time. Gump's eyes
were full of happy tears.
After a long time, Daisy and Gunter stopped kissing.
"I love you." Daisy said in surprise and with joy.
"...I...love...you...too."Gunter said with strength.
"Can you forgive me?"
Gunter nodded. They kissed warmly again. Gump backed to the door
and closed the door slightly, smile on face.
Gunter got well quickly. After a week, he could get out of bed.
With the support of the nurse and Daisy, Gunter could have a walk on
the grass in the garden. Gunter's legs were alomost out of sense,
because of his long lying in bed. When he walked, he was just like a
bady who learned to walk. And his clumsy actions ofter caused laugh of
the others. Gump also felt it interesting. Slowly, Gunter could walk in
the garden by himself without any support. Besides that he help the
dumbbell by sitting on a chair. The doctor said it was good to his
recovery. Two weeks later, Gunter went to have a dinner with his wife
and his son. That was first time for the family to sit together after
Gunter recovered and Daisy came back. Gump was very happly.
On the fourth weeks, the doctor examined Gunter thoroughly and
claimed that Gunter could leave hospital. Daisy had found a house and
paid for the money precedently for three months. On the day when Gunter
came out of hospital, the family moved into the house. It was a clean
and fresh place for Gunter's rest.
Gunter was eager to find a job after a night. Daisy didn't allow
him out. In the perrod of the great Depression, It was hard to find a
job. Even a job was got, it must be a hard one. Gunter was prohibited
to do hard physical work.
"Listen to me, Daisy. I must go to work."Gunter said.
"No," Daisy said, "You must stay and have a rest at home."
"I'm very well."Gunter expained, "I'm full of strenght."
"Are you?" Daisy sneered, "I didn't find that last night."
"Ok."Gunter was discouraged, "but what shall we eat."
"You can rest assured. I still have some money."
"But it can be run out. Sooner or later."Gump said " I have to
look for a job."
"No, you stay home, I'll go for work."
Gunter had nothing to say. What Daisy did was just for his health.
But Gunter wanted to do something, for he was a man of not being
loitered.
"Listen, Daisy. I'll be mad if I don't work."
"Then you can trem the grass in the garden, clean the room, do
some washing etc." Daisy persuaded.
It could be only like that. Gunter didn't insit any longer.
Gump went to school again. When his father was in bed, he didn't
delay his lessons. On the contrary, he skipped a grade after the
entrance examinations. Daisy was now a secretory. the salary was not
high, but it calld support the family.
Gunter stayed home boringly. He needn't trem the grass everyday. He
didn't know what he could do. Gump suggested him.
"You should learn to cook chinese dishes,"Gump said, " They are
delicious."
"You're right."Gunter agreed.
That was a good idea indeed.
With Gump help, Gunter tried to cook Chinese dishes. The first
result was a black har carp. At a second try, the dishes were made too
salty to be swallowed.
"Too salty." Daisy complained.
"Sorry, I put too much salt."Gunter said.
"Mum..."Gump gave a hint to his mother.
"A little salty, but it's not bad. " Daisy forced herself to
swallow |he vegetable. The expression on her face was just like she had
swallowed a fly.
Gunter and his son smiled at each other.
Gunter cooked better and better. Even Mrs Jones, a choosy lady next
door, say high praise for his dishes. Besides that he learned to wash
clothes. Even it was so simple that he only throw the clothes into the
tube and turned on the tap. He became a true house husband.
"It seems not bad."Gunter was satisfactory.
Gunter couldn't believe that he could be a cook of a Chinese
resturant by the recommardation of Mrs Jones. The cook in this
resturant used to be a Chinese.
"His dishes was delicious."Mrs Jones introduced to the boss.
"You are employed, Mr Gunter."the boss said.
Gunter was most excited. He had his own job again. After work, he
often studied the menue of Chinese dishes. He kept the color, the scent,
the taste of Chinese dishes, and adapted the nutrition of western dishes.
He made a set of dishes-mixed with Chinese and western dishes, which
was in lower protein, less salt. That was welcomed by the popular. The
school which Gunter studied in asked Gunter to project sets of dishes
for the students. Hearing the message of the headmaster,Gunter was very
pleased. He found his gift at last.
"One day. I'll have my own resturant."Gunter confied himself. It
was still early. Gunter prepared a few good-looking dishes and waited
for Daisy.
It was 5:30 p.m. Daisy pushed the door and came in on time.
"I'm here."
"Ready, Time to eat."Gunter said and held the dishes out onto the
table.
The whole family was sitting at table.
Daisy found her son was in low spirit, and asked, " Gump, what's
wrong with you?"
Gump put down his knife and fork, "It's Uncle Pick's birthday. But
he is not here."
Gunter and Daisy had no appitett at once. The family sat still at
the table.
"We should go to took for Pick."Gunter suggested, "We can carry
an advertisement on newspapers."
"Then Uncle Pick can be capturned by the police."Gump said.
"It is."Gunter said.
"We can carry a birthday wish and order a song for him. " Daisy
said.
"Yes,"Gunter was aroused, "We can order a song on the biggest
line of TV. Then he can hear us whenever he is."
"Ordering a song needs a lot of money," Daisy reminded,"...but......"
"We can borrow some, With my salary this month, it will be enough. "
Gunter said"What do you think of it, Gump?"
"Yes, also for Uncle Sant."Gunter smiled.
Gump smiled without any gloom.
Two days later, the wishes for pick was spread throught the country
by the electric waves.
"Pick, thank you. It is you who helped Gump and I when we were in
trouble. You are my good friend. Wherever you are, I'll miss you, Yours
love, Gunter."
"Pick, thank you. It is you who make our family come together again.
Thank you for your unselfish help to Gunter. The help is more than
friendship. You're like brothers. I thank God for his giving Gunter
such a good brother. Gunter will never forget you." Daisy said sadly.
"Uncle Pick, little Gump miss you very much. You should take good
care of yourself as you are alone. I can't stay with you. I'm very sad.
We all love you..."Gump cried.
One or Two monthes passed. there were no news about Pick and Sant.
The family forgot it little by little. The business in the restaurant
became better and better, so Gunter's salary became higher and higher.
Finally Gunter decided to buy a second-hand car.
"Daisy, I think we can buy a second-hand car. " Gunter said,
Counting his money.
"Wonderful, I needn't catch the bus. The bus was always late."
"We can also go to travel with Gump."
Daisy kissed her husband.
"What are we waiting for?"Daisy asked.
In the second-hand garage, there were only eight or nine second
hand cars. The boss was an old man of over 60 years old. With the help
of his son, he was busy repairing a car.
"Hi, who is the boss?"Gunter asked, as soon as he entered.
"My father." a little boy answered.
The boss crawled out from under the car, "What car I do for you,
son?"
"We want to buy a second-hand car." Daisy smiled.
"All right,"the boss stood up, "Come along."
The couple followed the old man to the second-hand cars. hearing
his introductions one by one.
"This is an early car which was made by Futer's. It can run 40,000
kilometers, but it used too much pertol."
The couple wasn't interesd in it at all, so they went to the next
car.
"They was produced by Clasla company. It was famous in those days.
Its quality is good, and its only short-coming is the engine's loud
norse."
Daisy was struck by a red car, and went to it.
"This is a car for family travelling, It was made by Futer's the
projet of the appearance is beautiful, the quality is the best. The
owner of it took drugs, so..."
The boss stopped talking about it, but Daisy was obvoiusly
intersted in it. She felt the smooth body of the car, showing her great
interest.
"Get on and try it,"the boss said,"You must be satisfactory."
As the boss opened the door, Daisy sat in. She was so excited that
she felt the parts inside and tried to start the engine.
"It seems to be good."Daisy said.
Gunter entered the car, too,"Can we have a try?"
"Of course, but you have to tell me your credit number."the boss
said.
Gunter gave him his credit card. he copied the number.
"Thanks."the boss passed it back to Gunter,"If you please, you
can drive it away. It can be turned back in three days."
"How much does it cost?"
"$3,500"
"It's too expensive. How about $2,500."Gunter bargained, " It's
too expensive. How about $2,500,"Gunter bargained, "It is in Great
Depression."
"No, It is almost completely new. $3,000."
"I'll add $200. $2,700. That's the deadline."
"All right. That's the price."the old man shook Gunter's hand.
Gunter drove the car out of the garage. The car was runing on the
road.
"It seems to be all right." Daisy said with joy.
"We will know the result after trying."
Gunter pushed the gear rod to the top and stepped on the
accelerator to the bottom. The car ran forward as quickly as an arrow.
The speed plate went quickly up to 100 kilometers an hour. Gunter was
very pleased, with the car.
"It 's too fast, Gunter. We are in the downtown. " Daisy said
upsetly.
"I'll be careful."Gunter slowed down, while saying, " It is
wonderful. It worth at least$3,000."
"Gump will jump with joy when he sees it."
"Sure."
Gunter turned on the radio, disco could be heared. He often turned
it up to the most. The couple shook with the rythm.
The warning message could be heard in front of them. They could see
two police cares pursuiting an oil truck, The driver turned the
steering-wheel again and again, to prevert the police wcars from
following it. Another robber in the truck was shooting at the police car,
and policemen were shooting back at him. The robber was shot and fell
down. Then the body was crushed into a pile of meat.
"My God."Gunter cried.
"Slow down, Gunter."Daisy shouted at a loss.
The two police cars caught up truck. The truck was between the two
police cars. And the three cars came up to Gunter's car together. The
policemen countinued to shoot at the truck's tyes and the damper brake.
One police car backed in a hurry to get out of the way to Gunter's car.
The spiracle of the truck was shot. The uncontroled truck rushed to
Gunter's car. The truck exploded and Gunter's red car was pressed under
the oil truck, fire came out.
The robber jumped off the truck. He staggered and fell down, dead.
"Dear me."the pliomen went out of the car said, looking at the
fire.
"It is not true, not true!"Gump cried with deep sorrow, when he
saw the body of his parents. He shook the bodies and cried, "Dad, Mum,
Come back, come back."
Every one around was moved by his crying.
Gump couldn't accept the reality. Dad and Mum had passed away in a
hurry. Gump was elected the best student and he didn't have time to
tell them the good news. They had gone without telling their son.
Gump's tears shed down like a flood. He shook his father hard.
The woman police, Latony's face was covered with tears. She had
seen such things a lot, but this time, she couldn't keep back her tears.
She turned back and wiped the tears off her face.
The old fat chumsy Dearl couldn't help wiping off his tears, either.
"Dad, Mum. Don't leave me alone. I need you. I need both of you. "
Gump said, crying.
"What shall we do to the child?"Latony asked.
"Send him to the orphanage."
"It has been full for three moth."
"We can find a family for him."
Gump didn't know when he left the mortuary and how he sat in the
police car of Latony. He felt sky was falling down, and he didn't know
what to do next. When his parents were with him, he had a wonderful time.
Even when his father was in bed, he felt he was still firm. But now,
his only relatives had gone away. leaving himself in the cheating world.
Gump couldn't support himself. He sat still in the car and stared ahead,
like a puppy.
"Don't worry, my child. We can help you to find a good family. "
Latony comfort him.
Gump didn't hear her. He was like a sculpture. Dad and Mum were
away from him. Uncle Pick and Uncle Sant couldn't be found. Only he
himself was left. Life was too cruel to him. Thinking of this, tears
came to his eyes again.
"Are you all right, my child." asked Latony.
"Yes."Gump said unfeelingly.
Latony stopped her car in front of a shop.
"Wait here, I'll buy something for you to eat."
Gump didn't give any reactions. Latony got out of the car and went
into the shop.
Gump's sight was attracted by a bell ring. A familiar back figure
came his eyes. That must be Uncle Sant?
"Uncle Sant, "Gump talked to himself. He was woken up from his
numb, "Uncle Sant."
Gump pushed the door opened, and followed the bike. Gump seemed to
see a gleam of hope.
"Uncle Sant, Uncle Sant..."Gump shouted.
The man on the bike seemed not to hear Gump, He was still riding
slowly. Gump ran after the bike.
"Uncle Sant, Uncle Sant..."
The man turned one block after another block. Gump ran and ran out
of breath. He gradually fell back.
"Uncle Sant."Gump called.
The rider stopped at a resteurant. He said something to the
acceptionist. Gump ran up with strength. In the distance, Gump saw the
man turning back, his steps slowed down. That was not Uncle Sant. Gump
was disappointed.
Gump sat down beside the road faintly. He felt a little pain on his
foot. He took off his shoe and stock, and found there was a blood
bubbles under his foot. Gump bit the bubble, and squeezed it.
"Ah..."Gump cried bitterly.
A drop of blood came out. Gump wiped the blood with a piece of
tissue, and then put on his shoe and stock, limbed forward.
It got dark gradualy. Gump walked in the street without any aims.
The cold wind made him tighten his coat. He wandered numbly. The strong
wind blew the dirt up and Gump had to cover his eyes with hands, when
the wind stopped blowing, Gump's head was covered with dirt. He didn't
mind it. He must find a shalter, or he would be frozen. Thinking of that,
he want on, bearing his pain under his foot.
Suddenly two older boys appeared out of the faint light. They
robbed Gump of his beautiful clothes, Gump struggled but his clothes
had been taken away at last.
Gump ran after the two thieves, but his pain foot stopped him. The
two thieves disappered in the darkness in a moment. Gump trembled with
cold. He had to find a place to stay in. He then went to the
residentifal district.
At the crossing, stood a lady with a cigaret in her mouth.
According to her appearance. Gump could see that she was a professional
prostitute. The lady walked around and greated the drivers of the cars
a little now and a little then.
"Do you want to have a good time?"
No car stopped. But she wasn't discouraged. When she saw Gump
coming up, she tought he must have been frozen.
"My fellow, do you want to be held in arms?"
Gump shook his head, and walked away as fast as he could. There was
a piece of plastics on the dustbin. Gump took it and realed it around
himself. Gump felt it was a little warmer. He walked on to the next
dustbin. Perhaps there was some food, he was very hungry. When he
turned at the corner, he found a big pile of rubbish. Gump ran towards
it. His feet were frozen, and could feel pain. He rummaged through the
dustbins over and over, but nothing could be found to wrap himself.
Gump was could and hurry, he crawed into one of the garbage bags. A
small first struck Gump out of the bag. And then an older boy came out.
Looking at the bleeding nose of Gump, he cursed, "Go away from here.
This is my place."
Gump stood there like a fool, and the boy cursed again.
"Don't you hear me, your chap? Do you want to take my fist?"
Gump turned around, and went away.
"Listen, your chap. If I see you here tomorrow, you must be dead."
The beggar crawled into the "family". Which was made up of garbage bags.
Gump wiped the blood off his nose, and went forward without aims.
An ugly-looking man came up to Gump. Gump turned aside. When the man
passed, Gump walked on. He found a shiny thing on the ground and picked
it up. It was a cigaret and Gump smoked it hard. Immediately he felt
warmer a lot. The taste made him cough fiercely. He threw it away.
It took him a long time to find an old big paper box. Gump lay in it.
He could feel the pain under his foot again. Bearing the pain, Gump
shut his eyes slowly. Gump went to sleep.
The next morning, Gump was worken up by some noises. He got up with
strength, and sneezed. The sun was shinning on him. He felt warm enough.
Gump rubbed his eyes and saw a group of people coming towards him. The
workers who had been out of work were having a procession. They held
kinds of boards, there were words on them. Gump could recoganise the
words.
"We want jobs! We want to live! We want to have something to eat!"
"We want to live!"
"Today, my whole family were hangry!"
"I don't want to die in this winter!"
"Let the president leave office!"
"We need bread, even it is black! We need milk, even it is sour!"
The workers went to the direction of the government. Gump felt a
little dizzle. He didn't know he had a high fever. He went to the road
stage to have a rest. After a while, he felt he was well.
The workers in the distance were crying and shouting excitedly and
joyfully. Gump didn't know what was happening. A boy ran to Gump. Gump
recognized him to be the little beggar who had beat him the night before.
"...I'm not begging..."Gump said shyly.
"What's your name?"the beggar asked.
"...Gump."Gump said.
"I'm Dam. Gump, come along with me."the beggar ran forward.
"What are you going to do?"Gump ran after and asked.
"You'll know when you are there."
They ran to the street. Gump saw a lots of workers runing back with
food in their arms. When he got there he found the worker were robbing
a shop of found violently. Gump stopped involuntarily.
"Hi. What's the matter with you?"the beggar asked.
Gump shook his head, "No."
The beggar ran to the shop by himself. After a while, He ran back
with bags of food in his arms. Gump looked at him admirably eating
buiscuts. He couldn't help making licks.
"If you want to eat, take some yourself."the little beggar know
what Gump wantend.
Gump shook his head.
"All right,"the beggar passed Gump a bag of buiscuts, "Take it."
Gump didn't accept it after a moment's hositation.
"No, thank you!"Gump said.
"Are you a fool?"the beggar laughed at Gump.
Gump didn't know how to answer him. He saw the beggar walking away
from him.
At that night, Gump lay in the paper box. He couldn't go to sleep
on the cold ground. He turned aside and aside with hunger. And at last
he shut hiseyes dazedly. In his dream, an old white-haired man stood at
the Gate of the heaven. He was so kind.
"Welcome, my child,"the old man said.
Gump guessed that he just was God.
"Are you God?"Asked Gump.
"Yes, child."The old man said.
"I want to see dad and mum."Gump said.
"They are inside."the old man said.
Gump went to the entrance, but the entrance of heaven was closed
suddenly.
"Dad, mum!"Gump patted the door and shouted.
"Dad, mum!"
Gump was out a dream and woke up. He saw that a old beggar had been
bending over to see him.
"I think you died yet."the old beggar said.
There was a confused look on Gump's face. He looked at the old
beggar.
"Child, You are taken ill. You have a fever."the old beggar said.
Gump nodded. He knew that himself had no dream. Gump tried to stand
up, but he had no a little might. The old beggar take a medicinal tablet.
He bit off a half and hand it to Gump.
"It is antipyretic. take it!"
Gump put the tablet into his mouth. Because This medicine tastes
very bitter, he contracted his brows.
"Swallow it!"the old beggar said.
Gump did in the old beggar opinion. The old beggar hand over a loaf
of black breand to Gump.
"You must be hungry."
"Thank you, Uncle."Gump felt weak and said.
The old beggar laughed. He first heard that someone called him
"uncle." The old beggar saw Gump gobbling the bread up.
Gump began following the old beggar to beg in all directions. At
night, both of they slept on the long chair of the park. It became
colder and colder. The temprature at night always-20℃. The fourth day,
the old beggar died. That day, while the sun nicely and warmly was
shining on Gump's body, he woke up. He stood up and awakened the old
beggar to began beging this day.
"Uncle, please wake up."
Gump pushed the old beggar but he did not move a bit. In order to
make the old beggar open and flat on the long chair, Gump entailed
strenuous effort. He was flabbergasted. The old beggar had freezed
stiff for long time. He opened his eyes very wide. He did not close his
eyes when he died. Gump trembled in his heart. Uncle dies, I would like
him early or late and die. No one would concern me and no one would
burry me!
"No...No!"Gump loud shouted.
The workers in the park was absorbed in the voice. They ran to this
place.
"He died. child." a worker said.
"I am no willing to live like this...I would die like him...I am no
willing...I am no willing!"Gump said to himself, but he took no notice
of them.
"I am no willing...I am no willing."
Gump ran away while shouting.
Gump didn't know how did he arrive at a brushwood. He saw some boys
playing football.
"Gump!"
Rofe who was playing football found Gump standing at remote place.
These little fellows stopped playing football. They ran to Gump.
"Gump, what matter with you? You like a beggar." Rofe said.
"I am not a beggar."Gump muttered to them.
"We all have known the things about your family. We all miss you!"
Rofe said.
"How are you!"the fellows all told at once.
Gump nodded his head:" How are you!"
"Hurry up, take off the thing on your body."Rofe shouted.
With fellow's help, Gump took off his plastics. Rofe hand over his
coat to Gump.
"Put on!"
"No, I cann't..."
"Never mind, When we are in difficulties, you help us. Now you are
in difficulties, We should help you."
"Thanks."Gump put on the coat. He felt warm at once.
A little boy took a sausage and hand it to Gump:"Brother Gump, you
have it!"
"Thanks!"
After Gump bitten off a mouthful of sausage, he hand it to the
little boy. The little boy did so, then he hand it to Gump. The boys
around both of them all close lips. After Gump bitten off a mouthful of
sausage again, he hand it to the fellow near him. The fellows all
shared the sausage one by one.
"How will you plan to do, Gump?"Rofe said.
"I want go sea to look for Uncle Sant, Otherwise I would be
adopted by someone. I am no willing to a part with my dad and mum, I am
no willing to leave here. I'm no willing to part with you."
"He may die, a graet of people died in that storm." Rofe said.
"No. Uncle Sant's boat was not found."Gump said.
"It may sink into sea!"Rofe said.
"Uncle Sant must be alive."Gump said.
"Well."Rofe had no alternate. "Binli, Your father has a motoy
boat, didn't he?"
"Yes."the boy whos name was Binli said, "Because no money to buy
oil, it hasn't been saild for long time."
"We can pool money to buy oil." Rofe took money while saying." I
have $1."
"I have $2."
"I have $4.2."
"I have $1.9"
"I have only $0.5"
...
The fellows spontaneously contributed money. They pooled more than
$20 at once.
"Is it enough?"asked Rofe.
"Enough."Binli said.
At a dock, the children got together and said good-bye to Gump.
"Gump, come back early."Rofe said.
"Brother Gump, If you didn't look for him, you would come back soon!
"the little boy said.
"Gump, we all will wait for you."
"Gunp, put on it."
Binli hand over a red life jacket to Gump. Gump put on it.
"You must come back before 4 o'clock in the aftermoon otherwise,
After my father knows it, he would curse me."Binli said.
"Don't worry! Binli."Gump comforted him.
Binli started the engine in the motor boat, then he went to ashore.
"Good bye, Gump!"the fellows said.
"Good bye!"
Gump sailed the motor boat to go sea. The children saw that the
motor boat was sailed to leav the dock, Until it disappeared in the sea.
"What we are doing is all right, isn't it?"Rofe said.
The fellows nodded.
Gump didn't come back before this noon. A boy who had good eyesight
found that Binli's father went to the dock.
"Binli, your dad!"the boy said.
"Don't worry, Binli, Let me to tell him." Rofe said.
"Children, What are you doing?" Binli's father asked.
"Mr. Binshid, We only want to hire your motor boat." Rofe said.
Binshid just found that the motor boat hadn't been here.
"Where is my motor boat?"
"My one friend sailed it to sea to look for uncle Sant."
"Good Heavens." Binshid dared not belive. "Binlin!"
"We would pay money for your motor boat. Mr. Binshid." Rofe said,
"Please not blam him for this."
"No. Children, Do you know it? One hour late, The strom will hit
the coastal areas. A boy who can't take his bearings wouldn't come back
at all."
The children looked at each other in blank dismay.
"He has life jacket." Binli cowardly said.
"I wish him be alive."
Binshid ran forward the remote dock. The children saw that Binshid
and another strong man jumped on a motor boat, the motor boat was
sailed to depths of the sea.
"Can Gump come back?" A boy said.
"Must!" Rofe said.
Gump sailed the motor boat in the sea for three hourse and didn't
see even figure of a boat.
"Uncle Sant!"Gump shouted.
There was only sound of waves in the sea.
Waves got more turbulent. The motor boat was tossed about. Gump
tight grasped the handles of the boat. The sea wind got more fierce and
the power of a tidal wave. Gump had to grasp the hanles more tight,
dispite waves came pelting down.
"You come here! I am not fearful!" Gump shouted to encourage
himself.
Waves pushed down one by one. The engine of the motor boat went out.
The motor boat drifted with tide. Gump was struggling with the sea.
"You come here! I am not fearful!"Gump shouted.He remembered that
kidneped event and his confidence grew.
Waves pushed down one by one again and hit Gump who was isolated
and cut off from help.
"You come here!"
Gump went to meet huge waves which blew on his face and maddly
shouted. He seems to go mad.
Waves raised the boat on peak of waves one moment and threw it to
valley of waves the next. Gump grasped the handle of the little boat,
so as not to throw himself out from the little boat.
Gump didn't know how long did time passed, when he woke up, he just
found himself lying in the little boat which was full wather. He was
alives upon the life jacket. Gump stood up. The sea calmed down for
long time. It was warn and sunny weather. Gump stood on the head of the
boat. he faces the sun and shed warm tears.
"Uncle Sant, I understand, I understand..."Gump slowly said, "The
little pain in wind and rain is nothing to us...Thank you, UncleSant,
Little Gump thanks you."
"He is over there!"
Binshid at distant place found Gump. He shouted. His boat was
sialed to Gump.
Gump said to himself:"Uncle Sant, I always remember you whether
you are living or no living. I thank you in all my life...It is you that
teach me how live I should, how face life I should."
Gump's lips began tremble and cann't say any word.
Gump's fellows at dock waited for Gump coming back, Until huge ware
began lash at the dock. Rofe disposed Binli and some children for
seeing little children home, but no one was willing go home. At last
they all staied overnight on the floor of Binli's home. Next day, early
in the morning the children arrived at the dock to wait Gump. when they
saw that Gump returned by boat which was sailed by Binshid, they jumped
for joy at once.
"Gump!"the children shouted.
Gump waved his hands to his fellows at distant place. The boat
slowly pull in to shore. Rofe embraced Gump tight as soon as Gump went
ashore.
"We even think that you cann't come back. We all have waited you
for all day."
"Thank you."Gump was very joyful, as he had so many good friends.
"Have you found uncle Sant?" A thoughtless child asked.
Gump sadly shook his head"No, but I understand uncle Sant's words
at last."
"What did he say?" Rofe asked.
"He said that A little pain in wind and rain is nothing to us ... I
know the mean of his word...It mean that no matter what difficutly and
frustration we meet, We must make unremitting efforts, cann't despond,
cann't give ourself up as hopeless."Gump cried while saying.
The children silently listened.
"I lost my dad and mum, I lost uncle Pick and Sant. I saddened,
desponded, and gave myself up as hopeless. But now I know that the
little pain is nothing to us. It is indeed nothing to us. The road at
the head is still very long. Difficulty and frustration cann't defeat
us and only temper ourself!"
"We all don't understand what you say, Gump." Rofe said.
"You will understand, You just remember that the little pain in
wind and rain is nothing to us...ok?"
"Yes."the children all said at once.
Rofe tight shook hand with Gump. The others put their hands on the
hands of Rofe and Gump.
"Gump is our good friend. We all must help Gump."Rofe said.
"Gump is our good friend. We all must help Gump." The children
followed him and said.
"So long as We have food, Gump would have food."Rofe said.
"So long as We have food, Gump would have food."the children said.
"So long as we have clothes, Gump would have clothes. " The
children said.
The children followed him and said again.
"Our girlfriend is Gump's grilfriend too."
"We have no girlfriend yet."A little boy said.
"That's enough!" Rofe said, "Gump's difficulty is our difficulty
too."
"Gump's difficulty is our difficulty too."the children said in
chorus.
Gump was moved to brim with tears. "Thanks...Thank you."
Rofe patted Gump on the shoulder and comforted him:"Gump."
Gump drew the remains of his parents with help of Binli's father.
For the sake of doing it Binshid presented two bottle of whiskey which
was very good to policemen. In accordance with parents' last wish, Gump
decided to hold sea-burial. Binli and rofe kept Gump together to sea go
to sea by Binshid's old fishing boat.
It was warm and sunny weather in the sea. Braving the wind and the
waves, the fishing boad was sailed to sea. Gump, accompanied by Binli
and Rofe, stood on the head of the boat.
Seeing parents' remains, Gump couldn't help sheding tears.
Gump raised slowly his head and looked at the vast sea, despite the
sea wind blew his tears in the corner of his eyes.
There was not any boat in the sea. It was empty. Binshid closed the
engine of the boat. Binli and Rofe put up a slide on the silde of the
boat and waited for Gump's word.
"Dad, Mumy."Gump sadly cried. "Gump very love you, but you go
away. Little Gump have been left alone. Little Gump feel solitary... Dad,
mum, little Gump love you, you love me too, but now we are parted for
long time...Today little Gump will bury you in the sea. wish you would
be together for long time, Not part no longer. Little Gump asked
Catholic father to say your prayes in church, he have agreed to it. You
set your mind at rest and go over there. Don't worry..."
Gump's tears are full of his face and choked with sobs to say
nothing.
Binli and Rofe quietly saw Gump. Gump nodded while crying. Binli
and Rofe raised the end of the slide respectly, the two remains slide
into the sea at the same time.
"Dad, Mum!"
Gump rushed to the side of the boat while shouting. Two remains
drifted down on the water for a period of time and sank gradually.
Gump cried more laod. Look at Gump cring Sdly, Binli, Binshid and
Rofe all said no word and were sick at heart.
From this time on, Gump lived together with his fellows. Though the
children gave a great of foods to Gump, Gump decided to support himself
by his own labour.
"I have been a man."Gump said.
"What do you plan to do?"Rofe asked.
"I want to work."
"You are mad. Gump, you are a child still!"Rofe said,"Heed what
I say. Now you have good clothes to wear and havechocolate to eat. You
grow contentedly. It is no late that when you grow up, you will look
for a job."
"No, Rofe! I am not a child. If my parents was alive, they would
not see their child incompetenting all days."
"How do you study?" asked Rofe.
"I would study while working."
"You are too young. They wouldn't employ you."Rofe said.
"Must!"Gump confidently said.
"Well, Gump."Rofe admired,"I know Mr. Maiden, he is a financial
capitalist. He finds pleasure in helping others. His company wants a
handyman. I will recommend you for his company. He may employ you."
"Thanks."Gump smiled.
When Rofe took Gump to arrived at Mr. Maiden's office, Mr. Maiden
was given a start.
"Rofe! He is younger than you."Maiden said.
"Yes. Sir." Rofe was apologetic and said.
"How are you, Mr. Maiden."Gump respectfuly said.
"How are you, child. You are very respectful, but I cann't employ
you, because you are a child still."Siting on a leather chair behind a
desk, Maiden seriously said.
"I can do anything. Sir."Gump strived.
"Please believe him. Sir."Rofe said.
"No, No!" Maiden insisted.
"Mr.Maiden, I feel very disappdinted. It said, you find pleasure
in helping others, but you are willing no help a orphan."Rofe said.
"Rofe!"Gump shouted.
"What? Orphan?" Maiden was struck dumb.
"Yes, he is a orphan. His parents died from traffic accident. I am
his a good friend!"
"Rofe!"Gump showed him not to divulge the secret.
"Why do you tell me long ago?"Asked Maiden.
"Because he don't want to be adopted, he is no willing to leave
here. Here his parents lived."Rofe said.
"I see," Mainden looked at Gump, "Child, what's your name?"
"Gump. Forrest Gump."
"Child...I cann't employ you, Because it breaks the law of
employing child labourer, I am sorry."
Gump felt very disappointed. He bowed his dead: " Excuse me, Mr
Maiden, I bother you."
Maiden hand Gump some money, "Take it, child. You could need it."
Gump looked at money and shook his head.
"He couldn't receive your money, Sir."Rofe said.
"Thank you. Mr. Maiden."Gump turned round and said to Rofe "
Let's go."
Maiden felt surpring. He saw two thin and little figures going to
the entrance. He hesitated. While Rofe just opened the door, Maiden
shouted.
"Wait a moment, child."Gump and Rofe turned round and saw Maiden.
"You was employed. child."Maiden make up his mind.
Gump was struck dumb. A moment, he just know what thing it is.
"Thank you. Mr. Maiden."Gump was very happy.
"I am sorry. Mr. Maiden, just now..."Rofe apologized.
"It's nothing, child."Maiden smiled and comforted, "I helped a
great of people, but this time, I felt very pround."
The children who were waiting at the entrance heard that Gump was
employed and felt very happy too.
"We congratulate you! Gump!"
"You are very good, Gump!
"
"Thanks." said Gump.
Gump worked very hard in Maiden's company. His job was to answer
the telephone and to pass some things or files. If he was free, Gump
would do other things on his own initiative.
Maiden was pleased with his work. When Maiden was free, he taught
Gump to learn financial knowledge. Gump had good understanding and
found mysteries in it rapidly.
One week late, Gump drew his pay for first week in Maiden's office.
"Child. Give you $80."Maiden smilingly handed money to Gump.
Gump stared at the money blankly, because it was three as much as
other works' pay.
"I cann't receive so much salary, Mr Maiden. Please excuse me."
"Why?"Maiden felt surprising, because one never complained of
having too much salary.
"Because the clerks in the company all do better than me, their
salary was only more than ten dollars. I can't receive the unnecessary
salary."Gump seriously said.
"I see, child."Maiden said,"My way of looking at you is all right.
You will have future."
"Thank you. Mr. Maiden."
What Maiden say was all right. Gump was busy at work by day. In the
night, Gump studied the lesson of primary school and financial
knowledge taught by Maiden in a rented little room. On Sunday, he had a
wonderful time with his fellows.
Time passed quickly. Christmas came soon before we knew it. The
fellows invited Gump to their home to play in turn. Their parents all
liked Gump, because Gump taught their children to learn more knowledge.
On christmas. Gump took a bottle of whiskey and two packet of
present went to seaside.
The waves lashed at the sands one by one. Standing on shore, Gump
looked at the sea silently. The frame of his eyes was wet.
"Dad, Mum. Today is christmas. Little Gump go here to see you. "
Gump said himself, "I am eight old and keep growing taller again. I am
working in Maiden's company. Mr. Maiden is kind to me. When I'm free, I
revieew my lesson. I have learned the textbook of junior middle school.
Mr maiden teach me some financial knowledge. On Sunday, I went out to
play with my fellows. Their all are kind to me....Dad, Mum, Don't worry,
Little Gump live very good. Indeed very good..."
Gump chocked with sobs to remaine speechiess. He opened the cap of
the bottle and poured the whiskey into the sea.
"Dad...This is the wine which you very like. Little Gump buy a big
bottle for you, wish you would like it."
Gump put the two boxes of exquisite presents into the sea. The two
boxes of present following the waves and floated down the sea gradually.
"Dad, Mum, These are your holiday presents given by little gump.
Wish you would like it...Little Gump know that you very miss little Gump,
I very miss you..."
At the distant place, the waves rised and fell. The two boxes of
presents was floating in the sea.
"Dad, Mum. On Christmas of next year, I will went here to see you."
Gump said while cring.
Gump's fellows sat on a huge stone at the distant place. Looking at
Gump saying himself, They was discussing with everybody trying to get a
word.
"How poor Gump is!"
"Gump is a man of deep affection."
"He will because a great man."
"He will because the president in united Sant!"
From now on, on christmas of every year, Gump went to seaside and
told his parents about his life, his studing and his missing to his
parents. He did so until the christmas of his thirten age.
"Dad, Mum. Today is cheristmas. Gump go here to see you again. "
Gump said to the sea,"I am thirteen old. I am very tall and very strong.
I have because a young fellow. Today I wear specially a new suit.I know
that you must wish me to wear pretty dress.
Gump couldn't help shedding tears. Squatting down, Gump picked up a
little wooden modell of a ship. There was a big slot among the model.
Some open-heart fruits was put in the slot. Gump put the model into the
sea. The model Floated down the sea.
"Dad, Mum. This is a little wooden ship which made by me. Some
open-heart fruit which you like put in it. Wish you to feel happy..."
The little wooden ship with Gump's blessing floated down the sea,
and the distant place.
"Dad, mum. This year Gump live so happy."Gump shed tears, but a
smile was on his face. "Mr. Maiden accept suggestion by me, This year
he made money of four million dollars. He gave me eight hundrend
thousand dollars. I don't spend a bit of money. I want wait uncle Pick
to come back. I want invite the most excellent lawyer for him..."
Gump choked with sobs.
"Dad, Mum. You must be pround of me. I have learned the course of
college. Mr. Maiden plans that nextyeartosend me to oxford university
to read doctor's degree. On the christmas of next year, I cann't come
here to see you, Please excuse me. I would miss you at another side of
the sea..."
"Dad, Mum...I miss you very much."
Facing the blue sea, Gump said while cring. The sun shone on the
water, and glowed light.
"Dad, Mum. Gump have learn to take care of myself, Wish you not to
worry...Mr. Maiden's daughter is as eld as me. Her name is Eris. She is
kind to me. But now we all young yet...Dad, Mum. Don't worry. Though you
are not in the would, Gump couldn't bad example. I can do a lot. Gump
wouldn't make you to feel disappointed...I wouldn't make you to feel
disappointed..."
The wave blashed at the rocks to sound huge voice. Facing the sea,
Gump pour out his heart.
Gump of only 21 age woke up from the remembrance. The tear hung on
the corner of Gump's eyes. He looked at the huge waves at distant place.
The waves blotted out the sky and the land.
Against the wind and wave, a bodyguard ran to Gump.
"Sir. Come back! The waves is two big!"
Gump turned a deaf ear to his advice, despite the waves beat his
body.
"The little pain in wind and rain are nathing to us? " Gump
answered drily.
"Madam say that If you no longer come back, She will go over here!"
"You come back first, then I come back."Facing the sea, Gump said.
The bodyguard ran back. Gump gave the sea a last look with deep
feeling and turned round to go back.
The waves blashed at sands at the any time. He was drenched with
waves. Gump remained indifferent and went to his car.
The driver opened the door of the car. Gump got on the luxurious car.
Two cars were driven slowiy.
There was loud singing in distant sky:
He said that the little pain in wind and rain is nothing to us,
Not want to say, Not want to ask why this is.
...
The road at the head is very long, but nothing could be in the way
on with Forrest Gump went forward.
