礁石上的聚会
Grey seals are hauling out on the low rocks before the pupping season, and the questions Polly has been taught to ask about families turn out to be the wrong shape for them.
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Keep it on your phone →坐船去礁石,用的时间比下决心去还短。礁石勉强露出水面。灰海豹躺得到处都是,摆出沉重的动物游完泳之后的姿势。它们什么也没在做。所谓上岸休息,就是这个样子。再过一两个星期,第一批幼崽就要出生了。
波莉挑了边上一头公海豹。“你家里有几口人?”她问。这个问题在旅馆里有意义,在这里没有。他慢慢地想了想。这块礁石上的所有人,他最后说,还有旁边那块上的所有人。
“你有兄弟姐妹吗?”几乎肯定有,他说。他没办法知道是哪几个。奥克尼群岛每年大约产下两万两千头灰海豹幼崽。这比世上活着的灰海豹的十分之一还多。
波莉试了一句话。“我今天想和家人待在一起。”在这里听着很奇怪。于是她换了一句。“虽然我们住得很远,但我们一直保持联系。”这句近一点,公海豹说,只要保持联系可以是回到同一块石头上,然后什么也不说。
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