
「你不是跟朋友喝酒嗎?怎麼回來了?」541Please respect copyright.PENANAFm8NoSIHzh
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「本來是的……誰料有人邀請了那煩人的老頭,害我沒心情喝酒,那就借故提早離開。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAmT7Qjsga4U
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「你在說釣到巨型馬林魚的老人?」541Please respect copyright.PENANAnfMRcQRk9D
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「不就是他!每天四處吹噓自己多厲害!噢!真討厭!而且……只有天曉得他是真的釣到巨型馬林魚,或是湊巧在淺灘上撿到巨型魚骨!」541Please respect copyright.PENANAf5NnjVFD8k
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「你不相信他?」541Please respect copyright.PENANA6wxh7u2rW0
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「你相信?」541Please respect copyright.PENANAIcRoh8h9IO
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「我相信。大海變幻莫測,總有意想不到的新奇事。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1nnUqtA93
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「話雖如此,我硬是沒能相信一個瘦削老頭可以單憑個人之力戰勝鯊群,將巨魚拖回岸,更何況他使用的只是傳統手划船和魚叉、刀子、船槳之類的簡單工具!這根本不合邏輯。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAoBDot7a2GC
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「邏輯的確重要,但『相信』更重要。人生總有沒能解釋的事情,硬要找答案只會苦了自己。倒不如暫且放下理智,好好欣賞勵志的故事吧。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAMiFmSn5Djl
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「你講及重點了!知道我為何不喜歡那故事嗎?不就是因為那老頭硬要將得而復失的慘痛經歷講成勵志故事!」541Please respect copyright.PENANAXBmn5LAQ5Y
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「你用這種角度去解讀那故事,的確沒有錯。不過,為人生增添一點希望、一點意義,不是挺好嗎?」541Please respect copyright.PENANAd7ToYEpZ1E
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「那是自欺欺人。」541Please respect copyright.PENANA8N0ir5Qp4R
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「別說晦氣話,那會令你的心情更差勁。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAnbOtBDMcEn
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「嗯,母親。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAd9HQR2gM3o
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「快去休息吧。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAHyEfQ6MHnZ
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「晚安,母親。」541Please respect copyright.PENANA9FcVkLtC7M
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「晚安,我的孩子。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAuHlSH9xn0R
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與母親擁抱後,我到浴室抹身,然後回睡房去,瑟縮被窩裡。無法入睡。越是想要放空,越是察覺大量零碎卻不相干的生活片段在腦袋裡晃來晃去,十分礙眼。541Please respect copyright.PENANAzhJgWoY4zj
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我不再強逼自己入睡,窮目盯著窗外那片無窮的漆黑,看不見天和海的交界。也許天和海已然在我不注意的時候悄悄消失,窗外的確只剩下虛空的漆黑。541Please respect copyright.PENANAXCxC9JhNjU
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驀地憶起早前經過碼頭時,有一遊客向我問路。他來自內陸的大城市,因聽聞有人捕獲巨型馬林魚而慕名前來拜訪。我仔細打量他。他衣著講究,談吐有禮,雙目有神,但我不喜歡他——他說羨慕我這以海為伴的漁夫,認為我的生活必定是自由自在的。聽罷,我笑而不語,沒有告訴他老頭的住處,逕自走開了。541Please respect copyright.PENANA7TTdPpo18c
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為何有人會喜歡海?無邊無際,看不見盡處,看不見出路,看不見任何可以掌握在手的事物。他說自由自在,我說了無意義。出海撒網,收網回航。我用魚蝦蟹的生命換錢,正如大海用我的人生去編寫它的浩瀚故事裡的一個小橋段。541Please respect copyright.PENANASc4FMYY4w1
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我依然如此的卑微渺小,儘管我已耗盡力氣去活好我的人生。541Please respect copyright.PENANAjBz7XLmANX
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不忿,不甘,奈何沒奈何。541Please respect copyright.PENANAiMwOCfNc08
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世上沒有多少人能夠有幸獨個兒捕獲巨型馬林魚或是打敗鯊群。
月將落,日將出,我在這晦暗不明的時段展開新一天的工作。541Please respect copyright.PENANAqqb8FQQvHu
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母親勸我不要獨自出海。我不依。心裡總有一股難以言喻的鬱悶需要抒發。541Please respect copyright.PENANAvtSdeTXpoD
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海浪微晃,船身有規律節奏地擺動,像搖籃。我的意識逐漸模糊,儘管明知這是不應該的。我應該要與更多船員一併出海,我應該要時刻留意海面情況,我應該要……其實我討厭「應該」……541Please respect copyright.PENANAQC4kUWp8hW
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船身倏忽劇震,我猛然驚醒,發現船尾破損,海水湧入船艙,船隻正在沉沒。發生甚麼事?我甚麼都沒有看見。541Please respect copyright.PENANAw98Sdaxb8N
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我愣在原地,完全沒有登上救生小艇的打算——抑或是我根本沒有活下去的打算?我不清楚自己是否真的想死,只知這的確是結束沉悶生活的一個絕妙途徑。我竊喜,享受海水的冰冷,享受水壓帶來的窒息感,享受不帶個人意識的寧靜……541Please respect copyright.PENANAfXgwS2fIrt
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「他媽的……」這是我恢復意識後的第一句說話。541Please respect copyright.PENANA8SB6o9E48o
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醫生為我檢查,問我是否記得自己的遭遇。541Please respect copyright.PENANAnGSKZ0Ob9e
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「我登上了人魚島。」我瞥了瞥掛牆曆,開始撒謊。541Please respect copyright.PENANAxmpd9n2ltF
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醫生笑了,再次為我檢查頭部傷勢。541Please respect copyright.PENANA03DjPS7FhP
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「我遇上風浪,船隻沉沒了。人魚救了我,領我登島,告訴我水果和淡水的位置。我花了兩日時間用島上的巨型植物造筏,離開人魚島。臨別時,人魚送我一粒珍珠當紀念品。誰料回程路上我再遇風浪……」我繪影繪聲,比手畫腳。541Please respect copyright.PENANAGeuYhzcrNg
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醫生開始認真聽我說話,問我珍珠在哪。541Please respect copyright.PENANAJTR9AOKvQB
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「在我的褲袋裡……噢!不知道有沒有弄丟呢?」我依稀記得兩星期前,我曾在沿岸石灘撿到一粒小珍珠。我當時隨手把珍珠放在褲袋裡,然後忘記了處理它。我不肯定它是否尚在褲袋裡,但不要緊,我可以說是被海水沖走了。541Please respect copyright.PENANAyi0B02pecf
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醫生轉身從抽屜裡取出一粒色澤暗啞、形狀岩巉的珍珠。541Please respect copyright.PENANAJrtDCbcUzs
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「噢!是它!」我當然認得這粒珍珠,就是因為它不漂亮,沒有金錢價值,我才會忘記處理它。541Please respect copyright.PENANATqHFK8oFlZ
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醫生和護士們紛紛露出驚喜神色,說我遇上奇蹟。消息傳千里,大量媒體前來採訪我,甚至有知名作家請纓為我寫下這段奇遇。我樂意之至。541Please respect copyright.PENANAjiyQmM7pIl
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某夜,我到酒吧買醉,巧遇寂寞的老頭。他不再意氣風發,回復最當初的憔悴模樣。541Please respect copyright.PENANADpFFOdcFVo
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我上前跟他打招呼。他會心一笑,邀我對飲。彼此談天說地,講女人、講金錢、講大海,偏偏沒有提及巨型馬林魚和人魚島。541Please respect copyright.PENANA2TCcR470CU
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「大海變幻莫測,總有意想不到的新奇事。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAlS6VXqkFWc
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「人生亦然。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAUwZ7HrnYyi
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「對啊!精彩,就是因為沒有常態。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAVjMPiw0AIc
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「以及不合邏輯。」541Please respect copyright.PENANA1yGKIsDs4w
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「嘻!邏輯的確重要,但『相信』更重要。人生總有沒能解釋的事情,硬要找答案只會苦了自己。倒不如暫且放下理智,好好欣賞精彩的故事吧。」541Please respect copyright.PENANAqbkcgTPkit
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「精彩的故事能為人生增添希望和意義。妙極!」