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春暖花开。
我找到一份晚上上班的part time 工作：给一家保险公司做telemarket。工作简单轻松，就是坐在电话机前，指着电话簿，一家一家地打电话过去，推销公司的养老保险和人寿保险计划。
打完电话，下班坐公共汽车回到家，常常已是夜里十一点钟。
这样，我白天继续上学读英语，晚上上班打电话。在来去匆匆之间，我体验到以往的生活从未给过我的忙碌和兴奋。
偶尔在黄昏或深夜，我有空去聊天室，和 PARKER见上一面。
我迫不及待地向他汇报我的如获新生的感觉。
他说：Good for you. Now you are talking to many people, many more than you ever talked in chat room.
我说：Sure. I am satisfied expect that most of them just listen to me and then answer me: No. Thank you.
他说：Well, if you call me and talk to me, I’ll say: Yes, pls. Thank you very much.
我微微地笑起来。我常想，PARKER一定在生活中经历了不少，所以才能够这样的宽容而善解人意。
我对他感到好奇，我问：
How old are you, Parker?
PARKER: Why do you want to know?
野百合：Because I didn’t know.
PARKER: You’ve been that for almost 1 year.
野百合：I don’t wanna be that anymore.
PARKER: Well, I am really old.
野百合：How old is really old?
PARKER: L
野百合：Ok. No matter how old you are, you are my OLD friend.
PARKER: Thank you, Lily.
PARKER 常常对我说：thank you。 可实际上我什么也没为他做过。倒是他常常地给我快乐的故事，给我忠告和意见，给我关怀和慰籍，给我勇气和力量。而我能够为他做什么呢？我很希望可以有个机会，做点什么，向他表达我心中对他的尊重和挚爱。
我在心里把PARKER当作是最亲密的朋友。我想，我和他是无边宇宙里的两颗星星，我们之间隔着很远很远的黑暗。可是星星的灵魂可以离开它们的轨道，穿过茫茫的空间，去和另一个灵魂相会。星星的光芒即使走了那么远的路，也还是明亮、温暖。
可是我担心：两颗星也许真的是离得太远了。会不会有一天，星星的灵魂迷了路，回不去原来的轨道呢？
不过看来我现在是旋转在一条非常繁忙的轨道上。因为忙，我不能天天去聊天室。可是即使去的时候，也很少看见PARKER。他在忙什么呢？
一天深夜，去睡觉前，我打开聊天室窗口，想看看PARKER在不在。我对着”all”打招呼：Hello? 一个叫“PRELUDE”的应我：Hi. How are you today?
我说：Not bad. You?
PRELUDE：So so.
我开头心不在焉。可是过了一会，我觉得这PRELUDE说话很有点象PARKER。我看到他说：“Upon whose bosom I can lie while I am tired on the journey.”我问他：Is it from some poem?
PRELUDE：Yeah.
野百合：Would you mind telling me your location?
PRELUDE：Never mind. / NY.
野百合：PARKER?
是PARKER，我想。
PRELUDE：I’m sorry. Got to go. Bye.
我手忙脚乱地敲：Wait, pls.
可是等我的这句话出现在屏幕上，PRELUDE 已经走了。
我给PARKER发了一封信，问他为什么走得那么匆忙。我写道：
HI PARKER，
昨晚上我和一个叫PRELUDE的聊了，是你吧？我觉得他话语间透着智慧的冷冰冰的幽默感，很象你。他也是从纽约来。很久没见你了。如果是你，为什么走得那么匆忙呢？你在忙什么？
LILY
我心里念着PRELUDE 的那句诗，“Upon whose bosom I can lie while I am tired on the journey.”诗句透着伤感。
第二天我收到PARKER的回信：
Dear lily,
Well, that was not me. I am not that 智慧 and dont have that much 幽默感, but thanks anyway. Hope you can find him and he will explain it clearly to you.
I feel I am too old to talk to you any more, becuase I had a dream, in which you said "You are too old" to me. You might have the same dream and you really DID say it…
I enjoyed the time with you. I really appreciated it and I still appreciate it. It made me feel younger and not lonely...I wished it could last longer.....
Anyway...
Best wishes and many thanks.
PARKER
我读着信的开头，急切地想往后面看。看到后面，不明白，重又回到信的开头。我读得很吃力，因为我的眼睛仿佛干涩了，转不动。我挺直背，仰起头，泪水在眼睛里打转。
泪水终于顺着我的两颊流下来。我还是不明白。我不明白他的意思，也不明白我为什么流眼泪。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
春暖花开。
我找到一份晚上上班的part time 工作：给一家保险公司做telemarket。工作简单轻松，就是坐在电话机前，指着电话簿，一家一家地打电话过去，推销公司的养老保险和人寿保险计划。
打完电话，下班坐公共汽车回到家，常常已是夜里十一点钟。
这样，我白天继续上学读英语，晚上上班打电话。在来去匆匆之间，我体验到以往的生活从未给过我的忙碌和兴奋。
偶尔在黄昏或深夜，我有空去聊天室，和 PARKER见上一面。
我迫不及待地向他汇报我的如获新生的感觉。
他说：Good for you. Now you are talking to many people, many more than you ever talked in chat room.
我说：Sure. I am satisfied expect that most of them just listen to me and then answer me: No. Thank you.
他说：Well, if you call me and talk to me, I’ll say: Yes, pls. Thank you very much.
我微微地笑起来。我常想，PARKER一定在生活中经历了不少，所以才能够这样的宽容而善解人意。
我对他感到好奇，我问：
How old are you, Parker?
PARKER: Why do you want to know?
野百合：Because I didn’t know.
PARKER: You’ve been that for almost 1 year.
野百合：I don’t wanna be that anymore.
PARKER: Well, I am really old.
野百合：How old is really old?
PARKER: L
野百合：Ok. No matter how old you are, you are my OLD friend.
PARKER: Thank you, Lily.
PARKER 常常对我说：thank you。 可实际上我什么也没为他做过。倒是他常常地给我快乐的故事，给我忠告和意见，给我关怀和慰籍，给我勇气和力量。而我能够为他做什么呢？我很希望可以有个机会，做点什么，向他表达我心中对他的尊重和挚爱。
我在心里把PARKER当作是最亲密的朋友。我想，我和他是无边宇宙里的两颗星星，我们之间隔着很远很远的黑暗。可是星星的灵魂可以离开它们的轨道，穿过茫茫的空间，去和另一个灵魂相会。星星的光芒即使走了那么远的路，也还是明亮、温暖。
可是我担心：两颗星也许真的是离得太远了。会不会有一天，星星的灵魂迷了路，回不去原来的轨道呢？
不过看来我现在是旋转在一条非常繁忙的轨道上。因为忙，我不能天天去聊天室。可是即使去的时候，也很少看见PARKER。他在忙什么呢？
一天深夜，去睡觉前，我打开聊天室窗口，想看看PARKER在不在。我对着”all”打招呼：Hello? 一个叫“PRELUDE”的应我：Hi. How are you today?
我说：Not bad. You?
PRELUDE：So so.
我开头心不在焉。可是过了一会，我觉得这PRELUDE说话很有点象PARKER。我看到他说：“Upon whose bosom I can lie while I am tired on the journey.”我问他：Is it from some poem?
PRELUDE：Yeah.
野百合：Would you mind telling me your location?
PRELUDE：Never mind. / NY.
野百合：PARKER?
是PARKER，我想。
PRELUDE：I’m sorry. Got to go. Bye.
我手忙脚乱地敲：Wait, pls.
可是等我的这句话出现在屏幕上，PRELUDE 已经走了。
我给PARKER发了一封信，问他为什么走得那么匆忙。我写道：
HI PARKER，
昨晚上我和一个叫PRELUDE的聊了，是你吧？我觉得他话语间透着智慧的冷冰冰的幽默感，很象你。他也是从纽约来。很久没见你了。如果是你，为什么走得那么匆忙呢？你在忙什么？
LILY
我心里念着PRELUDE 的那句诗，“Upon whose bosom I can lie while I am tired on the journey.”诗句透着伤感。
第二天我收到PARKER的回信：
Dear lily,
Well, that was not me. I am not that 智慧 and dont have that much 幽默感, but thanks anyway. Hope you can find him and he will explain it clearly to you.
I feel I am too old to talk to you any more, becuase I had a dream, in which you said "You are too old" to me. You might have the same dream and you really DID say it…
I enjoyed the time with you. I really appreciated it and I still appreciate it. It made me feel younger and not lonely...I wished it could last longer.....
Anyway...
Best wishes and many thanks.
PARKER
我读着信的开头，急切地想往后面看。看到后面，不明白，重又回到信的开头。我读得很吃力，因为我的眼睛仿佛干涩了，转不动。我挺直背，仰起头，泪水在眼睛里打转。
泪水终于顺着我的两颊流下来。我还是不明白。我不明白他的意思，也不明白我为什么流眼泪。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net