第7章 水仙花法则（1 / 2）

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佚名/Anonyo

Severaltisydaughterhadtelephoosay，“Mother，youteseethedaffodilsbeforetheyareover.”Iwaogo，butitwasao-hourdrivefroLagunatoLakeArrowhead.“Iwilleuesday，”Iproised，alittleretly，ohirdcall.

uesdaydawnedldandray.Still，Ihadproised，andsodrovethere.WhenIfallywalkedtoCarolyn’shoeandhuggedandgreetedygrandhildrenthatIwanttoseebadenoughtodriveanotherch！”

Mydaughtersiledcally，“Wedrivethisalltheti，Mother.”“Well，youwon’tgetbatheroaduntilitclears—andthenI’headgforho！”Iassuredher，“Iwashopgyou’dtakeovertothegaragetopickupycar.”

“Howfarwillwehavetodrive？”“Jtafewblocks，”Carolynsaid，“I’lldrive.I’edtothis.”

AfterseveralutesIhadtoask，“Wherearewegog？Thisisn’tthewaytothegarage！”“We’regogtoygaragethelongway，”Carolynsiled，“bywayofthedaffodils.”“Carolyn，”Isaidsternly，“pleaseturnaround.”“It’sallright，Mother.Iproiseyouwillneverfiveyourselfifyouissthisexperience.”AfteraboutentyutesweturnedontoasallgravelroadandIsawasallchurch.

OnthefarsideofthechurchIsawahaeredsign“DaffodilGarden”.Wegotoutofthecarandeachtookachild’shand，andIfollowedCarolyndowh.Theurnedarnerofthepath，andIlookedupandgasped.

Beforeytheostgloriosight.Itlookedasthoughsoonehadtakenagreatvatofgoldandpoureditdowheountapeakandslopes.Theflowerswerepntedajestic，swirlgpatterns，greatribbonsandswathsofdeepe，white，leonyellow，salonpk，saffron，andbutteryellow.Eachdifferent-loredvarietyntedasagroupsothatitswirledandflowedlikeitsownriverwithitsownuniquehue.Fiveacresofflowers！

“Butwhohasdohis？”IaskedCarolyn.“It’sjtonewoan，”Carolynanswered，“Shelivesontheproperty.That’sherho.”Carolynpotedtoawell-keptA-frahoethatlookedsallandodesttheidstofallthatglory.Wewalkeduptothehoe.Oiowesaoster：

“AotheQuestionsIKnowYouAreAskg”wastheheadle.Thefirstanswerleone：“50，000bulbs，”itread.Thesendanswerwas，“Onebulbatati，ohands，ofeet，andverylittlebra.”Thethirdanswerwas，“Began1958.”Thereitwas.TheDaffodilPre.IthoughtofthiswoanwhoIhad，who，orethanfortyyearsbefore，hadbegun—onebulbatati—thervisionofbeautyandjoytoanobscureounta.Still，jtpntgonebulbatati，yearafteryear，hadgedtheworld.Thisunknownwoanhadforevergedtheworldwhichshelived.

女儿给我打了几次电话说：“妈，在水仙花凋零前，您一定要过来看看。”我想去，但是从拉古纳开车到阿罗黑德湖要花两小时。“我下周二肯定去。”她第三次打电话来时，我有点不情愿地答应道。接下来的那个星期二上午很冷，还下着雨。但是我已经答应在先，所以还是去了。最终，当我走进卡罗琳的家，拥抱着问候外孙们时，我说：“忘了那些水仙花吧，卡罗琳！雾气笼罩着道路，能见度很低，要不是为了见你和孩子们，我是绝对不会开车来的。”

女儿平静地笑着说：“妈，我们总是在这样的天气里开车。”“反正你别想再把我拉到路上去，雨停了我就回家！”我想让她死心。“我想请你开车带我去修车店，把我的车子取回来。”

“要开多远？”“就几条街，”卡罗琳说，“我来开，我习惯在这种天气开车。”