风暴下的村庄
At the Bay of Skaill, a guide with a carrying voice explains a village that a storm returned to the light after four thousand years underground.
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Keep it on your phone →波莉只记下了一个地名,却不知道它在哪里。“你能告诉我怎么去那里吗?”早饭时她问母羊。沿着海岸公路往西走,母羊说,一直走到这片土地不再假装自己有丘陵为止。斯凯尔湾是一道淡色沙滩的长弧,后面是一层绿色的台地,村庄就在那台地上,半陷进地里,屋顶敞向天空。
那天早上有一只蛎鹬在遗址上找食,而蛎鹬的叫声是刮着风也听得见的。波莉问:“我想了解一下这处古迹的历史。”大约五千年前有人住在这里,他告诉她。他们在这片海岸上耕作的时候,巨石阵还没有建起来,大金字塔也还没有。后来沙子盖了上来,一盖就是大约四千年,直到一八五零年冬天的一场风暴把沙丘剥掉。
风把这番话吹走了一半,于是波莉又问了一遍。“可以请你再说一遍吗?”第二遍里有真正要紧的细节。每一间屋子都摆着同样的家具,摆法也一样:正中是炉膛,两侧是箱式床,对着门的那面墙前立着一个石头碗柜。之所以是石头,是因为这里没有木头。
“你能告诉我博物馆明天开门吗?”波莉问,其实她已经知道自己还会再来。她在一间敞着顶的屋子边上站了一会儿,望着里面那个房间,它的布置和任何人布置房间的方式一样:把好东西放在客人一眼就能看见的地方。
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