一百个名字

一百个名字

A Hundred Names

“名字,地址,电话号码。在这里。请!”

“Name, address, phone number. Here. Please!”

星期三,我的座位旁边有一张大纸。我在上面用红笔写:留下晚上的24路!下面有一行一行的线,写名字。

On Wednesday there is a big paper next to my seat. On it I write in red: KEEP THE EVENING 24! Under it there are lines for names.

护士先写。然后是她的朋友。然后是Kaplan先生,他的字很老式。饭馆厨房的四个男孩子写他们的名字。一个带宝宝的女人写她的名字,也写宝宝的名字。

The nurse writes first. Then her friend. Then Mr Kaplan, in old letters. The four boys from the restaurant kitchen write their names. A woman with a baby writes her name and the baby’s name.

“宝宝很小,”我说。“宝宝能写名字吗?”

“The baby is very small,” I say. “Can a baby sign?”

“这也是她的车,”那个女人说。

“It’s her bus too,” says the woman.

在最后一站,我把纸拿给Hamid。他写他的名字。然后又写一次。

At the last stop I take the paper to Hamid. He writes his name. Then he writes it again.

“Hamid!写两次?”

“Hamid! Two times?”

“一个是我的,一个是我的店的。”他拿走纸。“等一下。”他拿来一张大纸和一支笔。他写:12月17日星期四,每张24路的车票,送一杯免费的茶。他把纸贴在他的窗户上。

“One for me and one for my shop.” He takes the paper. “Wait.” He gets a big paper and a pen. He writes: FREE TEA ON THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER FOR EVERY 24 TICKET. He puts it in his window.

“免费的茶?给每个人?Hamid!”

“Free tea? For everybody? Hamid!”

“我的夜里的客人坐你的车来。没有车,就没有客人。还有,我喜欢你的车。”

“My night people come on your bus. No bus, no people. And I like your bus.”

星期四我做一件新事。上班以前,我涂口红。红色的。只涂一点点。

On Thursday I do something new. Before my shift, I put on lipstick. Red. Just a little.

在车场,Dev马上看见了。“Rosa!口红!为了公共汽车?”

At the depot Dev sees it at once. “Rosa! Lipstick! For the bus?”

“为了我。”

“For me.”