所谓成长，就是一条与爸妈和解的路

绘◎也 圆

Dear Mother,

I'm sending this letter to both of you because I know you have been worried about me and I am always sorry to cause you worry. But you must not do that—because, although my life may smashup①in different ways, I will always do all that I can for the people I love. I have never been a drunk nor even a steady drinker and that all I want is tranquility②and a chance to write. You may never like anything I write— and then suddenly you might like something very much. But you must believe than I am sincere in what I write.

I am sure that, in the course of my life, you will find much cause to feel that I have disgraced you if you believe everything you hear. On the other hand with a little shot of loyalty as an anesthetic you may be able to get through all my obvious disreputability and fi nd, in the end, that I have not disgraced you at all.

Anyhow, best love to you both.

Ernie (Ernie Hemingway)

亲爱的母亲：

我知道您二老一直担心着我，所以我把这封信寄给你们，我很抱歉，让你们担心了。但是你们不必那样做—— 因为，尽管我的人生可能遭遇不同的灾难，但我会永远为我们所爱的人们去做我所能做的一切事情。我从来不是一个酒鬼，也很少喝酒，而我所想要的只不过是安宁的环境和一个写作的机会。也许你们从未喜欢过我写的任何作品——你们也可能会突然非常喜欢某部作品。但是你们一定要相信，我对于自己所写的东西都是非常真诚的。

我敢肯定，在我的人生道路上，假如您相信道听途说的每一件事，您将会找到很多理由觉得我让您蒙羞了。但在另一方面，如果您用一点点信任作为麻醉剂，去拨开那些显而易见的声名狼藉，到最后您也许会发现，事实上我一点儿都没有让您蒙羞。

不论怎样，真心的爱献给二老。

欧尼（欧尼斯特·海明威）

①smashup 英 ['smæʃʌp] n. 猛撞；惨败；撞车；翻覆

② tranquility [træn'kwɪləti] n. 宁静；平静