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第45章 给女儿的信 1（第1页）

第45章给女儿的信（1）

Father'sDaySey

佚名Anonymous

DearLara，

AsIwritethisletter，youarenearlyoneweekoldandsouyourmother’sside。It’sgoingtobeafewyearsbeforeyoureadthis，andevenlongerbeforeyouualywhatI’mfeeling—whichisgood，beyou’llimetive。

Thisletterisothings，I’veeverhadtowrite，sinlyajournalistander。NowordsIkheonesIlookedupintheneighbor’sdiary—describethesublimejoyandwonderIhavefeltsiotherdotheequivalentofpassiheGiant’sbowlingballahatIevertakeherplace。

Amesayrightnow，thankGodforthataswell。

&oldmeyirl，Ifeltsoexcitedmyheartcouldhaveburst—forwhenyouhitadolesostlyyourmother’sproblem，notmine。

&ookyournamefromLaraaihevideogame“TombRaider”ahatfeaturesAngelinaJolieplayialent。Croft，youonedaywilldiscazhtosinkbattleshipsandhasreduyteeothelevelidiocy。So，whileit’sanatomicallyimpossibleforyift，atleastyou’llhavethenamegoingforyou，whi’thurtinjobinterviews。

&waytodescribewhatI’mfeelingrightnowis“surreal，”whisIshouldlayofftheafter—diails。I’veloobeafatherbutsomehowen，inlightofmylousydatinghistoryasf“StarTrek”andreadingicbooks。

Butnowyou’rehere，aeryourbirth，Istillsitformigyourchestriseandfall—iffornootherreasonthanit’smthayshowsonTV。Istillfeelasenseofwonderasyoukidsquirmuponwaking—asyoustretchyourteeny—tinylimbs，writlefaddtheyftheawhileytosleep。

&heyearstosureIwillletyoudown，aimesyou’llwishyouhadsomeoforafather。YourarioandLuigihavebeenwishingthatabouttheirfathersine。

ButIwantyoutoknowthatI’malwaysgoihereforyou—nomatterwhereyoushop，howyoupark，orhowmuchtimeyouspendonourpho’snotobsessive，I’myourFATHER，andIeveobeunobtrusivewhenI’mwithyouondates。（However，iftheguylaysasmuchasafingeronyou，he’sadeadman。）

Ihere’safewimportantthingstoknow：

Maintainagoodcreditrating。Successfulsuperheroesslide。That’showBatman，IronMan，the，andtheGoldenAgeSandmaheirmillious，eveheethingfull-time。Spider-maernheminimummonthlypayment，andthey’realwaysstrugglingjusttopaytherent。