油彩布/沂作品
The Fish Without Even Giving It A Thought
Written by/Miao-Yi Tu Translated by /Kris Chen
The variegatedcarp to me was strange, just as I might be to it.
It, however, caught my eye, in the night of Eastern Taiwan, by the tranquil lake at the resort hotel. Variegated carpshere were not like fish but tourists, they observed travelers who came and went, just like the travelers who also observed them. Thus they formed an interesting reciprocal relationship.
The variegated carp lived in a pond surrounded by flowers and grass. In the middle, there was a strange pavilion which seemed to purposely let people experience the feeling of “being in the middle of water”. A traveler stepped in the pavilion and suddenly realized he should have worn plastic slippers and found his feet allwet. When he looked down, he found his lower legs immersed in water. Oh, in fact the floor of the pavilion was a little bit lower than the pond, the water nimbly flew into the floor, and nimbly soaked the traveler’sankles. Come and sit down! The crispy clear water washed away the tiredness of the traveler: starting from the legs, then the knees, then thes to mach, then the heart, then the nose and eyes. When it reached the eyes, the traveler sitting in the pavilion had already fallen into his sweet dream. Right by the tranquil water side, and beneath the starry sky.
Hey! There were sticky animals moved around the legs, awakening the traveler softly. The traveler jumped up from the bench! His glasses fell down under the table, he bent over to pick them up. Wow! There was a fish, a carp, a red one, abride-like fish. So he was kissed by the bride-like fish on his legs in the dream a short while ago. It seemed to be his legs’ pleasure. Hey, the traveler smiled. Another black carp also swam close and opened its mouth to pick at the sole of his foot. The traveler got a bit annoyed and kicked it. How strange. They were both carp, why did people treat them so differently? The traveler had a smile. Nothing he could do about it. The red carp was as glamorous and beautiful as a bride, while the black one was like Chang Fei. How did it feel to be kissed by Chang Fei? It was like beings neakily and force fully kissed.
The traveler sat back and fell into sleep, his feet lightly rubbing the fish. The traveler and the fish, underneath the starry sky at night, were both nurtured by the relationship.
The night was late when the traveler woke up from his dream again. This time, he looked down with a mood of winning the lottery. Guess whathe was looking at?
It was not just one bride carp, or one Chang Fei carp, but ten basketball teams of bride and Chang Fei carp. There were also white carp, and they all gathered around the traveler’s feet. The traveler didn’t move his legs as these flocks of carp had fallen asleep. Were the carp dreaming of the traveler? The traveler felt that there should be a personifiedim agination between human and fish. The traveler didn’t want to wake up the fish, he wanted to wait until they woke up naturally. On the other hand, it was also that he greedily loved the romantic feeling of leaning side by side with the fish. So he just let the fish sleep by his legs.
However,it was late at night, but the carp were still not woken. The traveler moved his legs, thoughun willingly. As soon as he moved his legs, the groups of carp immediately began to “splash” and scattered away. The acts were so ingenious, it was as to nishing and impressive.
In the day time, the variegated carp in the pond were clearly seen. The fish and the traveler returned to the diverse routes of the fish and the human. The traveler knelt down by the pond to observe the fish. He sprinkled a handful of feed, the fishgroup immediately swam closer, they all came to squeeze and grab, rushing and fighting for food, which was exactly the same with human beings. The traveler couldn’t help but feeling hisheart grow cold. He had always believed that the fish were just like the description in the children’s rhyme:“Little fish, little fish, swim in the water; swim here and swim there, how happy”.
The traveler put his legs back to the water. The Chang Fei carp came to kiss his legs. Fine, you may kiss my legs. You and I both are striving for life.
The camera stopped at the fish kiss. In the view point of this traveler, the fish kissed him without even giving it athought.
想也不想 ◎妙沂
我陌生的，就像我也是陌生的。
吸引了我的目光，在部夜晚的潭的休旅店，的不像是，倒像是光客，察著往的旅人，一如察的旅人，因此形成了有趣的等。
住在一有花草的水池，水池中央有一怪的亭子，亭子明了是要宛在水中央的滋味，旅人踏亭中，就需要穿塑拖鞋，然後又下的，低一看，水已淹浸了小腿，喔，原亭子的地板比水池矮了一截，池水就巧妙地流亭中的地面，然後巧妙的淹浸了旅人的裸。坐下吧，清澈的池水洗去旅人的疲，始，再到膝，再到胃，再到心，再到鼻子和眼睛，到了眼睛，坐在亭中的旅人已入，就在的水畔，天上繁星。
嘿，有黏黏的物在活，叫醒旅人，旅人椅子上跳起！眼摔落桌下，旅人身拾，哇，那是一尾，吧，色，像新娘子般的，所以才中是被新娘子般的吻了，好像是的幸呢。嘿，旅人笑了起，然後一尾黑色的也游嘴啄著旅人的板，旅人有生地踢，真是奇怪，同是，什待遇如此不同？旅人莞一笑，法啊，色的如新娘子般美，黑色的感像，被吻的感如何？好像是被偷偷吻了。
旅人又重新坐下入，也和摩，旅人，在夜晚的星空下，友滋著。
夜深了，旅人再度中醒，回他用中的心情低看，你猜他看到什？
那不只是一尾新娘，或一尾，是十球的新娘和，有白，此刻都聚首在旅人，旅人有移，因群睡著了，到了旅人了？旅人得人之需要人的想像，旅人不忍心吵醒，想等自然醒，一方面也是著依偎的浪漫，就在酣睡。
但是夜深了，夜未醒，旅人只好忍痛移，旅人一，群上通一哄而散，作敏捷，令人止。
白天的在池中一，旅人又回到和人殊途，旅人蹲在池察，他撒了一手掌的料，群上游，啊啊都了，食物而奔波和，一和人是一的，旅人不禁感到心寒，一直以就像歌中的：「中游，游游去真快。
旅人再度把放在水中，吻旅人的，就你吻吧，你和我一都是在真生活啊。
就停在吻，於旅人的，想也不想就吻了他。
--原2006,2,6中人副刊
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