So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flow n a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable. In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out to see if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say: "That is a hat." ?�� ?? ��� ? ?( T ?? Ve ? talle Us?��? ?�� ? N ?N ??�?�M?�?�?̴� ?? NP??�P?? ?��J?�???�� ????( ( NP�R��? N ˏ��?���A ?? ?E ?�J ?E ??? ?��J?�J????�M?? ? ? ��?ial ̴� ��? ??�K? ��H ?? ?� ??�� ?? ��� ? ?( T ?? Ve ? talle Us?��? ?�� ? N ?N ??�?�M?�?�?̴� ?? NP?? | 于是我选择了另一项职业,则是学习驾驶飞机。 我几乎飞遍了世界各个地方,此时我才深深发觉地理对自己非常有帮助。 我只要看一眼,就能很快认出中国或是亚利桑那州。 倘若有人在夜间迷失了航向,此类的知识更是弥足珍贵。 在我的生命当中,也曾经遇到不少实事求是的人。 我在成人的世界里生活一段时间。 并用心去观察他们心底深处最细密的事情。 但是仍然未能改变我对他们的一些看法。 一旦我在他们之间寻到眼光独到的人,我便将自己的第一件作品拿出来试探他。 如此做法,无非是想了解这个人是否具有真知灼见。 可是,不管我遇到的是谁,男的或女的,他们的答案总是一致:"那是一顶帽子。" 于是,我放弃了跟这些人讨论大蟒蛇、原始森林,甚至是星星之类的事了。 我降低自己的标准。 开始和他们闲聊桥牌、高尔夫球、政治以及领带的事。 这些话题正中大人们的下怀,他们欣喜遇见一个懂事、善解人意的人。 |