Home>> Literature>> 超现实小说>> 王小波 Wang Xiaobo   中国 China   现代中国   (1952年5月13日1997年4月11日)
Metamorphosis
  I lay in bed, looking out the window illuminated by the _set_ting sun poplar tree leaves suddenly turned red from yellow, the sky has become like a dark blue ink. My mood became better. I crawled out of bed to go outside. Poplar tree leaves have become a child-like flame red silk, lightly fluttering in the branches. Many golden rivers flowing from the sun in the sky atop flowing secretly. Suddenly the whole street lamps lit up, a string of glowing balloons floating in the air. I feel happy, ride a bike to go under the overpass my girlfriend.
  She stood there waiting for me, wearing a purple dress hair, head of a group of white radiance slight redness of the month. That little red is the color of a hurry. I jumped off the bicycle, said:. "You're a little anxious, in fact, is not the time to"
  She did not speak, and a little light head hair green. I said: "Why am sorry here is very dark, others see us?."
  Her erratic head light up. I said: "What makes you impatient of it?"
  She categorically said: "! You what you know, like God, I hate!"
  I do not speak, turned to look at those who ride. They filed through the shadow of the bridge, dragging colorful tail light, like a tropical aquarium fish swimming. Suddenly she stabbed me again, saying: "Let's go out for a walk, you see the things to say to me." We went to the bridge to go. Because I said she was embarrassed, then she took my arm, in fact, was the smell of urine from head to toe in green inside cover. I said: "You're good-looking, like, like carved jade."
  She was shocked: "how is it?"
  "You're shy it?"
  She took down my arm and one said: "with you not even shy all harm, really terrible, you see, that person really terrible.!"
  Came across a man squatting while a large toad on green crystal Liansai. I asked her how is it that people, she said, his face is a large pimple. I said no knots, a pair of frog resting on top. She says really interesting. Then came a big fat ride, opened the pot belly seemed like chaos ring, it is because he and his wife quarrel every day. After a while, opened a red car, which sat a dresser spinster, majestic like a general, after the earthquake cracks like wrinkles, thighs like chopsticks, pubic hair thick and long, like a steel sword as glitter. I've seen things to tell her, but did not tell her that I saw a porcupine on the belly bulge heads. She was laughing, and said these things to me to write my poems go.
  I have a collection of poems, written at this moment all I saw and heard. In addition to her, I did not dare to anyone for fear of being sent to a mental hospital to go, but fell in love after she saw me. We have long marriages registered in the office, but also maintained a pure relationship. I am old, I wanted her to go there that day and I said: "! Night I was there to it."
  "No, I do not like today."
  "But when did you like it!"
  She suddenly took my hand, moving their faces came over and said: "Are you really so Zhuomang it?" I kissed her, that instant incredibly hard, as if the whole world collapsed height, the original full exchange on the left to the right went. A man stood in front of me, I poured myself wearing a dress, heels down like a pair of long-trotters, and lightheadedness allowed to stumble forward. I exclaimed life, complain minor.
  Cry a little so I _set_ to myself very dissatisfied. I rounded shoulders, chest plump, she has become so small, especially the foot like stilts, simply put hamstring snapped. So I shrill cried: "This is how is it?"
  The man said: "I do not know, I do not know how it changed over the Hey, this is really interesting.."
  The original is still the man for ten seconds before I do, now became her. I said: "What is the meaning of this may also change over yet terrible!!?"
  Her voice is full of schadenfreude: "You ask me, I ask who go?"
  I angrily said: "It's horrible this situation to continue for a long time yet!?"
  "Who knows? May have been so sustained, when I do an old man in this life and I think it does not matter, anyway, you and I have to this extent, and also what each of them!"
  I am anxious straight stamping, high heels issued hoof-like sound. I said: "I can not do what I called it quit Yeah!!!"
  "Keep it down! Did you yell Yeah, this thing is not my shots. Speak here is not good, let's go to your house."
  I do not go, not make things can not figure out:. "No, we two have to say clearly, if temporary, I can for you supported, for a long time, I can not do."
  "Who can say for this kind of thing does your clothes are all an odor, shoes also flip it and I hate when a man, when two days fresh fresh can be. Let's go home."
  I go back with her, she was his bicycle. I walked very hard, not only uncomfortable high heels, skirts still stumbling legs. Listen to my body does not handle large, walk a hundred steps out to me a sweat. I sat on the curb like to breathe a breath, she Guaishengguaiqi said: "! Deepened so you sit ah"
  "I'm tired!"
  "Yo, my skirt, but a new, nylon knit it! Get up, brush the soil good!"
  I can barely stand up, full of hatred to stare at her. In order to express her contempt, I do not brush land, they move on. Took a few steps, wearing high heels too suffocating, put it off to put in his hand. Go for a while, I still can not be satisfied, he said: "how long your legs are so small though small stature, which disproportionately small feet to walk with you on this hoof it!.?"
  She snorted: "Do not complain, point out machismo to!"
  Manhood to do from there, my head covered with long hair, really stifling very, covered all awkward. We flees into my house, sitting on the bed I bought for the wedding, quite no lights. Later, she said: "Your feet stinks, I'm going to wash!."
  I said: "Go!"
  She went to the toilet and shower room to go up, there's Raining Cats splashing water for a long time. I lay in bed straight hair silly. Later, she came back, Guangzhuobangzi, whispered:. "Really scared me, hey, you seem like a nice guy like on the outside, took off his clothes and saw a pair of robbers phase you have to wash it, cool. "
  I went to look in the mirror in the bathroom, not really individual system. Undress a look in the mirror, I almost fainted. Obediently, she looks really beautiful, but unfortunately does not give me any good. I washed up, the clothes they are wearing, on the lights, went to bed. She touched me in the Black Lands, said:. "How kind, but also satisfied with it, we look more handsome than you."
  I am tearful, said:. "Handsome, handsome fuck, I hope tonight can change back, or how people see you tomorrow."
  "Hey, I think it's kinda interesting. Tomorrow, make a call, say we break three days marriage."
  That would be a good idea. "But three days later?"
  "This is somewhat annoying, so, I on your class, you are on my classes, how? I hate the men's room, but at the last minute so the only thing to do."
  I am opposed to this. I advocate the public security bureau surrender, surrender or court requests the Government to solve this problem. She laughed: "Who cares this thing go as people see nothing but a joke!."
  Her words are not unreasonable. I thought and thought, what better way could not think. But she contentedly lay down, and said:. "There are problems tomorrow again, first to sleep today."
  I also trapped to death, but do not like to sleep with her a bed. I said: "Well, we can say, lie down and who also do not mess up." She said:. "How Jiaohu, I will not do" So I assured her and head to sleep.
  The next morning, I told her to call two working units, that we break marriage. She came back and said: "Today we do leave sighting Oh, you go to my dorm to bring my suitcase.?."
  I said: "You are what you get."
  "Nonsense! I was like this could get out of it? You love to go, anyway, bring with you."
  I sat on the bed, suddenly nose acid, and cried. She came over and took my shoulder and said:. ".. That look like a woman like you and I like you go, all right."
  I am forced to, I had to get something. Walked the streets, afraid to reveal his true I had to make a woman like, Niuniunienie walk. The way men dress Tsuzuki curve reveals too bad, really not as good as doing a dajin gown, and then the hair plate was the same as the old lady.
  Her dorm nobody, I slipped like a thief to go put out the box. Back home, she saw the feet than hands to take the insurance plan knife to shave the beard did not shave down, kept scraped a lot of eyebrows. I shouted: "! Do not spoil my eyebrows so you should scrape" ....... After she learned very happy, they open the box, teach me how to use those tattered, really disgusting extreme.
  After becoming a woman, I became thousand Diao evil morning for an hour and she quarreled eleven aircraft. I feel badly furnished house, so she moves about, she was not happy, I muttered incessantly. Later, do lunch, she bought food, I Xiangui too old. She bought a bottle of wine four dollars, a price I would shout themselves hoarse shriek up, she had to use two pillows to cover your ears. I am dissatisfied with everything in the kitchen throw beat fight, broke two or three dishes. She tried to stand at the beginning, then unbearable, then snapped my wrist. I immediately hit the roof, pulling her want to turn out, who knows not, and anti-she wrestled on the couch.
  Her wickedly sneered: "! Do not nonsense, otherwise I hit your ass."
  My teeth and said: "Let me up!"
  She gently on my ass beat a little, I immediately screamed: "Help! Yeah beat it!" She immediately loose his hand, to get to one side, his face full of disdain for the color: "As for it? . hit so what "I sat up, crying and said:"! Hurrah get married on the first day on the beat, how can this day too ...... "I muttered a while, but she ignored me, I would not say anything.
  After dinner, she suggested to get out. I'd rather stay at home. We watched some TV, and then I went to take a shower, getting ready for bed. I do not know why, I think her body is very annoying. In that graceful curve contains a kind of sickening smell, plump breasts and slender thighs are disgusted me. Long with such a despicable thing can cause feelings of erotic, so I should go out as little as possible.
  Want to be a woman, you should stay away from pornographic. I hope his face covered with wrinkles, sagging breasts, belly sagged meat, this is the new image of Chinese women should have. Attract men's eyes, it must be a bitch. I think I'm on the image and bitch about.
  When the two of us together in bed, she told me: "You behave like a woman of today compare this continues, you will be able to accommodate three or four days after the woman lives, you can go to work, and will not cloven hoof it.."
  After I listened very happy, but she said:. "You can emotions and my past is not the same, look like a lady, but this is very suitable for work in the Federation."
  I told her that her performance was like a man. We both talked up speculation. She confided to tell me: she wanted to "mess" look. I firmly refused. But after a while, I thought she might spur of the moment to go outside the mess, which is too bad. I told her, and I can "mess," but are not allowed to fool around with other women, and she agreed. I told her "mess" approach, she climbed on me, the touch neatly and very irritating. Suddenly I felt an odd pain unbearable, the butcher also like wailing cry, scared her even dared not move, after quite a while, said:. "Me down," I cried for a long time in the Black Lands , thinking she was not reported hurt the man I vow revenge.
  The next morning, I woke up to find himself turned into the original image. She lay beside me, eyes wide open, apparently awake for a long time. That she was a beautiful woman, from any side, is a good wife. I reached out to touch her shoulder, and she shuddered, and then said: "? I'm not dreaming."
  "What a dream?"
  "Yesterday, I seem to be a man."
  I think she was right, but this does not change the status quo. I reached her in his arms, her face flushed with shame, but the performance was pretty honest. Later, she got up, stood in the bed, said:. "So come and go can not stand, and now I really do not know the man standing on the position or the position of a woman standing on a"
  This point was good. Between men and women and not natural, they are occasionally willing and men together, and after the start tossing them to vent their hatred of men. Until now, we have marital harmony, but I always proof of her hand.
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