世界二：时间与宽恕
1.提姆要出发了！他要去寻找并救出公主。她被恐怖又邪恶的怪物捉走了。
这都是提姆犯下的错误造成的。
2.他犯的错误还不只一个。许多年前，他们在一起的时候，提姆犯了很多错。他们之间的点点滴滴都已经模糊不清。只有一个影像刻画在他的记忆里：她猛然转身离去，她的发辫甩向他，仿佛是在鄙视他。
3.他知道她曾经试着要宽恕他，但是面对谎言和背后中伤的时候，有谁能够真的毫不在意呢？即使我们得到教训，不会再犯同样的错误，但是两人的关系已经无可挽回的变掉了。公主再也不肯正眼看着他，变得更加疏远冷淡了。
4.在这个相信因果关系的世界里，我们都被教训得吝于宽恕。轻易对人宽恕的结果，我们自己可能深受伤害。但如果我们能从错误中学习，并且因此成为更好的伴侣，难道我们不该得到奖励吗？而不该为我们的错误接受惩罚啊！
5. 假如我们的世界以不同的方式运行呢？假如我们可以对她说，“我说错话了，我不是那个意思。”然后她会回答，“没关系，我都了解。”她就不会转身离去，生活可以继续下去，就好像刚才没说过那些话一样。我们可以消除伤害，而且还是可以学到教训，变得更成熟。
6.提姆和公主徜徉在城堡花园里，一同欢笑，还为美丽的鸟儿取名字。他们所犯的错误，可以不被对方看见，安全的收藏在时间的褶皱里。


World 2: Time and Forgiveness
1."Tim is off on a search to rescue the Princess. She has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster. This happened because Tim made a mistake."
2."Not just one. He made many mistakes during the time they spent together, all those years ago. Memories of their relationship have become muddled, replaced wholesale, but one remains clear: the princess turning sharply away, her braid lashing at him with contempt."
3."He knows she tried to be forgiving, but who can just shrug away a guilty lie, a stab in the back? Such a mistake will change a relationship irreversibly, even if we have learned from the mistake and would never repeat it. The princess's eyes grew narrower. She became more distant."
4."Our world, with its rules of causality, has trained us to be miserly with forgiveness. By forgiving them too readily, we can be badly hurt. But if we've learned from a mistake and became better for it, shouldn't we be rewarded for the learning, rather than punished for the mistake?"
5."What if our world worked differently? Suppose we could tell her: 'I didn't mean what I just said,' and she would say: 'It's okay, I understand,' and she would not turn away, and life would really proceed as though we had never said that thing? We could remove the damage but still be wiser for the experience."
6."Tim and the Princess lounge in the castle garden, laughing together, giving names to the colorful birds. Their mistakes are hidden from each other, tucked away between the folds of time, safe."


世界三：时间与谜题
1.许多年前，提姆曾经抛下公主。他轻吻了公主的脖子，然后背起行囊，走出门去。现在他后悔了，至少是有一点后悔。他再一次踏上旅途要去寻找她，以表示他知道上次的离开让她很伤心，但也要告诉她，他离开她是件好事。
2.有很长一段时间，他以为他们的感情是完美的。他对公主的保护无微不至，努力逆转自己所犯的错误，不让公主受到影响。同样的，公主也为他消除了自己的错误，她总是取悦他。
3.沉溺于友情的慰藉，是非常危险的。为了要能够全面的取悦你，她就必须全面的了解你。这样一来，你就无法忽视她的期望，也无法逃脱她的视线范围。她的仁慈将你限制住了，这辈子任你再怎样努力，你的成就都不可能超出她所预设的版图。
4.提姆需要摆脱这样的操纵，需要寻求超越的希望。有时候，他需要摆脱公主的关爱。
5. 远远的，提姆看见一座城堡。即使风已经静止，城堡的旗帜仍在飘扬，而且厨房里的面包永远是温热的。那里似乎有种魔力。
World 3: Time and Mystery。
1."For a long time, he thought they had been cultivating the perfect relationship. He had been fiercely protective, reversing all his mistakes so they would not touch her. Likewise, keeping a tight rein on her own mistakes, she always pleased him."
2."But to be fully couched within the comfort of a friend is a mode of existence with severe implications. To please you perfectly, she must understand you perfectly. Thus you cannot defy her expectations or escape her reach. Her benevolence has circumscribed you, and your life's achievements will not reach beyond the map she has drawn."
3."Tim needed to be non-manipulable. He needed a hope of transcendence. He needed, sometimes, to be immune to the Princess's caring touch."
4."Off in the distance, Tim saw a castle where the flags flutter even when the wind has expired, and the bread in the kitchen is always warm. A little bit of magic."


世界五：时间与抉择
1. 她一直不能体会是什么样的冲动在驱使着他，也无法理解是哪一种强烈的力量，能够在他的脸上凿刻出皱纹。她从来没能真正亲近过他——但他拥抱她的时候，就好像他们非常亲密一样；他在她耳边呢喃时，诉说着只应该与灵魂伴侣分享的话语。
2. 晚饭还没吃完，他们就知道时刻到了。他其实可以说：“我必须去寻找公主。”但是他没有必要这么做。他给了她最后的一吻，然后就背起行囊，走出门去。
此后的每个夜晚，她仍然像以前一样爱着他，就好像他一直在身旁安抚她、保护她一样。管
他什么公主呢！
World 5: Time and Decision
1."She never understood the impulses that drove him, never quite felt the intensity that, over time, chiseled lines into his face. She never quite felt close enough to him - but he held her as though she were, whispered into her ear words that only a soul mate should receive."
2."Over the remnants of dinner, they both knew the time had come. He would have said: 'I have to go find the Princess,' but he didn't need to. Giving a final kiss, hoisting a travel bag to his shoulder, he walked out the door. Through all the nights that followed, she still loved him as though he had stayed, to comfort her and protect her, Princess be damned."


世界六：迟疑
1.也许在完美的世界里，戒指真的能够象征幸福。它代表不渝的忠贞：即使他永远找不到公主，他也绝对不会放弃寻找。他还是会一直戴着那枚戒指。
2.但是戒指太引人注目了。它就像警示灯塔，对人们发出光芒，使得人们放慢了接近的速度。猜疑、不信任。提姆还没来得及开口，与其他人的互动就已经失败了。
3.渐渐地，他学会小心应付旁人。他配合着他们迟疑的步调，在他们的防御之中找到迂回前进的方法。但这把他累坏了，而且效果有限。这并不能让他得到需要的东西。
4.提姆开始将戒指藏在口袋里。但这又让他难以忍受。如果太久不把戒指拿出来，简直会让他窒息。
World 6: Hesitance
1."Perhaps in a perfect world, the ring would be a symbol of happiness. It's a sign of ceaselessness devotion: even if he will never find the Princess, he will always be trying. He still will wear the ring."
2."But the thing makes its presence known. It shines out to others like a beacon of warning. It makes people slow to approach. Suspicion, distrust. Interactions are torpedoed before Tim can open his mouth."
3."In time he learns to deal with the others carefully. He matches their hesitant pace, tracing a soft path through their defenses. But this exhausts him, and it only works to a limited degree. It doesn't get him what he needs."
4."Tim begins to hide the ring in his pocket. But he can hardly bear it - too long tucked away, that part of him might suffocate."


世界一：
1.在明亮的广场咖啡座里，顾客大多悠闲的享受着温暖的阳光，一边啜饮着冷饮。但是提姆无法放松，他甚至没注意到出太阳了，也嗜不出咖啡的滋味。他坐在这个角落，是为了好好观察这个城市。从路人的脚步中，或者是店员向客人展示商品的手臂曲线里，提姆希望能够找到线索。
2. 当晚，在电影院里，虚构的冒险故事在银幕上搬演。观众席中坐着不同的观众。有些是咖啡座的顾客，现在兴奋的坐在绒布座椅里，渴望尝试点新鲜的，好让注意力从自己无聊的舒适生活移开。还有渔人和农夫，期望暂时忘记自己的辛劳，停下手边的工作。
3. 提姆也在电影院里，但他仔细观察着银幕上女星娇嫩的唇色，估算远方直升机坠落时烟尘扩散的角度。他认为他解读出了一些讯息；当电影落幕，其他观众漫步走向广场的南方时，提姆却往北方走去。
4. 像提姆这样的人，生活方式似乎与城市里其他的居民完全相反。就像是涨潮与退潮，以相反的方向流动着。
5. 提姆最大的愿望，就是能够找到公主，并且能够真正了解她。对提姆来说，那将是意义重大的一刻，将散发出可以环抱整个世界的光芒，明亮到可以揭开我们一直看不见的秘密，照亮——甚或实现！——我们和平共存的最终的宫殿。
6. 但是在这个反向进行的世界里，其他的居民会怎么看待提姆的想像呢？刚开始，光芒是强烈。而温暖的，之后就开始闪烁，直到什么都不剩，城堡也将随之消失不见；就好像把我们一直称作“家”、儿时天真玩耍的那个地方，一把火烧掉。摧毁所有安全的希望，永远摧毁。
World 1
1.At a cafe on a bright plaza, most customers sit back, feeling the warmth of the sun, enjoying their cold drinks. But not Tim – he barely notices the sun, doesn't really taste his coffee. For him this corner affords a good view of the city, and in the teetering of the passers-by, in the arc of a shop-girl's hand as she displays tea to an interested gentleman, Tim hopes to see clues.
2."That night at the cinema, fictitious adventurers lunge implausibly across the screen. The audience here is mixed. Some are patrons of the cafe, now sitting excitedly in the plush chairs, eager for another new flavor, for distraction from the boredom of their easy lives. Other seats hold fisherman and farm workers, hoping to forget their toils and rest their hands."
3."Tim is here too, but he is scrutinizing the gloss on the lips on the screen, measuring the angle of the plume of a distant helicopter crash. He thinks he discerns a message, when the cinema closes and most of the audience strolls down the plaza to the south, Tim goes north."
4."People like Tim seem to live oppositely from the other residents of the city. Tide and riptide, flowing against each other."
5."Tim wants, like nothing else, to find the Princess, to know her at last. For Tim this would be momentous, sparking an intense light that embraces the world, a light that reveals the secrets long kept from us, that illuminates - or materializes! - a final palace where we can exist in peace."
6."But how would this be perceived by the other residents of the city, in the world that flows contrariwise? The light would be intense and warm at the beginning, but then flicker down to nothing, taking the castle with it; it would be like burning down the place we've always called home, where we played so innocently as children. Destroying all hope of safety, forever."


尾声：
1.男孩要女孩跟好他，然后牵起她的手。他要保护她，他们要穿越这座压抑的城堡，击退烟尘和怀疑生出的怪物，奔向自由的生活。
男孩想要保护女孩。他牵着她的手，有时还用手臂环抱她的肩膀，让她觉得安全，在曼哈顿面无表情的人群中往前走的时候，能跟他靠得更近。他在拥挤的人潮中选了一条路径，他们转弯走向坚尼街地铁站。
他的手臂重重的搭在她的肩膀上，勒住了她的脖子。“你那可笑的需求对我来说是种负担！”她说。有时候她会说：“你走错路了，竟然还拉我跟你一起走！”在另一个时间、另一个地点，她说：“别再拉我的手臂了，你弄痛我了！”
2. 他拿出量尺和罗盘。他推论、归纳。他观察坠落的苹果，观察垂吊在细线一端金属球体的运动。他要找到公主，而且在他找到之前绝对不会放弃，因为他很饿了。他将老鼠切成块，检验它们的大脑，又将钨丝植入只靠喝水充饥的猴子的脑壳
鬼魅一般，她站在他面前，直视着他的双眼。“我就在这里，”她说，“我就在这里。我想要触碰你。”她请求道，“看着我！”但他看不见她；他只能看见事物的外表。
3. 他观察坠落的苹果，观察垂吊在细线一端金属球体的运动。透过这些线索，他将能够找到公主，看见她的脸庞。在一晚的游荡之后，他跪坐在沙漠里的一座碉堡后头；他拿起望远镜张望、等待。
那一刻便是永恒。时间静止了，空间被压缩成一个点，有如开天辟地一般。他感到自己有幸目睹了世界诞生的一刻。
不远处有人说：“成功了。”
另一个人说：“我们都成了混蛋。”
她站起身来，高贵而庄严。她大发雷霆，喊道：“谁竟敢打扰我？”而怒气渐消后，她感到
深深的悲伤；她轻柔的呼吸声，就像是叹息，如同轻柔地漂浮在空中的烟尘一般。
她无法理解为什么他竟然喜欢和死神开玩笑。
4.糖果店。所有他想要的东西都在玻璃橱窗的另一边。店面的装饰色彩缤纷，飘出的香气简直要令他发狂。他试着走向店门口，甚至只要靠玻璃橱窗更近一点都好，但是他没办法。她用力拉住了他。为什么她要拉住他？他要怎样摆脱他？他想到使用暴力。
从前，在他们每天的散步时间，曾经到过这里。她不介意他大声尖叫和哭闹，也不介意他用力拉扯她的发辫，要她停下脚步。毕竟他还太小，还不懂事。
她抱起他，搂着他说：“宝宝，这样不乖喔。”他在发抖。她顺着他的视线，看到玻璃橱窗后
面的好东西：巧克力棒和磁单极，“大千来自位元”和“道德微积分”；还有其他许多更深奥
的东西。“等你长大一点再说吧，宝宝，”她轻轻说道，让他自己站到地上，带他回家。“等
你长大再说把。”
从那天开始，他们每次出来散步，她一定会带他经过这家糖果店。
5. 他不敢肯定自己是不是了解这所有的一切。他很有可能比过去更加迷惑了。但是，在他认真思索的这些时刻里，发生了一些什么事情。这些时刻在他心里很有份量，就像这些石头一样。他跪坐下来，去摸索离他最近的一颗石头，用手抚过整个表面，发现它十分的光滑，而且有点冰凉。
6. 他掂量石头的重量，发现他抬得动这颗石头，也抬得动其他石头。他可以将它们排在一起，建成一个地基、一项工程、一座城堡。
7. 要建造一座大小合适的城堡，他需要非常多的石头。他现在手边有的这些，算是还不错的开始。


Epilogue
1."The boy called for the girl to follow him, and he took her hand. He would protect her; they would make their way through this oppressive castle, fighting off the creatures made of smoke and doubt, escaping to a life of freedom. The boy wanted to protect the girl. He held her hand, or put his arm around her shoulders in a walking embrace, to help her feel supported and close to him amid the impersonal throngs of Manhattan. They turned and made their way toward the Canal St. subway station, and he picked a path through the jostling crowd."
His arm weighed upon her shoulders, felt constrictive around her neck. "You're burdening me with your ridiculous need," she said. Or, she said: "You're going the wrong way and you're pulling me with you." In another time, another place, she said: "Stop yanking on my arm; you're hurting me!"
2."He worked his ruler and his compass. He inferred. He deduced. He scrutinized the fall of an apple, the twisting of metal orbs hanging from a thread. He was searching for the Princess, and he would not stop until he found her, for he was hungry. He cut rats into pieces to examine their brains, implanted tungsten posts into the skulls of water-starved monkeys."
Ghostly, she stood in front of him and looked into his eyes. "I am here," she said. "I am here. I want to touch you." She pleaded: "Look at me!" But he would not see her; he only knew how to look at the outside of things.
3."He scrutinized the fall of an apple, the twisting of metal orbs hanging from a thread. Through these clues he would find the Princess, see her face. After an especially fervent night of tinkering, he kneeled behind a bunker in the desert; he held a piece of welder's glass up to his eyes and waited."
"On that moment hung eternity. Time stood still. Space contracted to a pinpoint. It was as though the earth had opened and the skies split. One felt as though he had been privileged to witness the Birth of the World...¹"
"Someone near him said: 'It worked.'"
"Someone else said: 'Now we are all sons of bitches.'"
"She stood tall and majestic. She radiated fury. She shouted: "Who has disturbed me?" But then, anger expelled, she felt the sadness beneath; she let her breath fall softly, like a sigh, like ashes floating gently on the wind."
"She couldn't understand why he chose to flirt so closely with the death of the world."
4."The candy store. Everything he wanted was on the opposite side of that pane of glass. The store was decorated in bright colors, and the scents wafting out drove him crazy. He tried to rush for the door, or just get closer to the glass, but he couldn't. She held him back with great strength. Why would she hold him back? How might he break free of her grasp? He considered violence."
"They had been here before on their daily walks. She didn't mind his screams and his shrieks, to the way he yanked painfully on her braid to make her stop. He was too little to know better."
"She picked him up and hugged him: "No, baby," she said. He was shaking. She followed his gaze toward treats sitting on pillows behind the glass: the chocolate bar and the magnetic monopole, the It-From-Bit and the Ethical Calculus; and so many other things, deeper inside. "Maybe when you're older, baby," she whispered, setting him back on his feet and leading him home, "Maybe when you're older."
"Every day thereafter, as before, she always walked him on a route that passed in front of the candy store."
5."He cannot say he understood all of this. Possibly he's more confused now than ever. But all these moments he's contemplated — something has occurred. The moments feel substantial in his mind, like stones. Kneeling, reaching down toward the closest one, running his hand across it, he finds it smooth, and slightly cold."
6."He tests the stone's weight; he finds he can lift it, and the others too. He can fit them together to create a foundation, and embankment, a castle."
7."To build a castle of appropriate size, he will need a great many stones. But what he's got, now, feels like an acceptable start."


诗（Christina Rossetti）：
谁见到过风？                           Who has seen the wind?
你没有，我也没有。                     Neither you nor I:
但当树儿低下头，                       But when the trees bow down their heads.
便是风儿经过时。                       The wind is passing by.
便是风儿正穿过。                       The wind is passing thro'.
但当叶儿在颤抖，                       But when the leaves hang trembling
你没有，我也没有。                     Neither I nor you:
谁见到过风？                           Who has seen the wind?


很不错啊，辛苦了O(∩_∩)O

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不客气，反正寒假暂时无事可做

回复 Sayalic :All those years ago, Tim had left the Princess behind. He had kissed her on the neck, picked up his travel bag, and walked out the door. He regrets this, to a degree. Now he*s journeying to find her again, to show he knows how sad it was, but also to tell her how it was good.
有心了

Mark