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A Story from Grandpa

阿公的一段回憶
A Story from Grandpa


我的阿公 在我眼中大多數時間都是沉默寡言的
這樣的他  帶著一種 數十年的時光在歲月湧動間 凝鍊而成的從容沉穩
My grandfather is a men of few words, at least from my perspective.
That is a calm from his life experience for decades.

但我也很喜歡阿公的另外一種表情
在跟晚輩們說著年少的故事時 阿公總是會眼神亮晶晶的   笑得像個純真的孩子
But he has another expression which i love to see on his face.
When he was telling stories to us, his eyes always glistened, and  smiled just like a child.

這個故事   是我聽阿公說過的故事裡中出場率最高的一個
或許是這樣的經驗太不可思議   所以這一幕就這樣停留在阿公的心目中   超過半世紀
The story is which he mentioned about most often from his experience.
Maybe because it's too unbelievable to be forgotten, so the story just stayed in his mind over half of century

人生百餘年間    經歷了多少分秒   
但最有趣也最珍貴的就是   這些短暫卻不曾被時間洗刷的記憶片段 
People lives for decades.
But the most unforgettable and precious things are the moments happened suddenly.

這個故事沒有甚麼深刻的寓意   也沒有曲折起伏的情節
甚至對大部分人來說   很不科學
This story i'm telling has no deep implication, no spine-tingling story line,
and not even be persuasive as a truly happened event for most people.

但我還是想把這個被阿公記了大半輩子的故事   畫下來做個紀念
But I'm still willing to draw down the story which stay in my grandfather's mind for more than 60 years 
for my grandfather as souvenir.​​​​​​​
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  器械的聲響不斷的在工廠內響起,廠內的人們也揮著汗水,一如既往地埋頭忙碌,希望靠著自己的努力能撐起夢想,或者,至少撐起一家老小的生計。

  在廠內不斷穿梭忙碌的人影中,走出了一位濃眉大眼的年輕小夥子,他獨自走到了廠房外,許是休息片刻、許是如許多年輕人一樣,總喜歡為矇龍的人生意義思考不休。驀地,天色驟然暗了下來,小夥子皺了皺濃密的眉,仰頭望向了天空,原本尚無異狀的天空,開始烏雲滾滾。正自疑惑間,一尾黑龍霎然出現在濃密的烏雲之間,小夥子震驚的瞪大了雙眼,不敢相信眼前所見。為了確認自己不是出現幻覺,他喚來了廠內工作的人們,聞聲而來的人們卻也都在仰頭一望之間,彷彿化為泥塑。忽然間,巨龍大口一張,洶湧的水流便奔流而出,黑龍也在頃刻間消失在人們的視線中,如夢初醒的人們,呆呆的回到自己的工作崗位上,機械式的繼續工作著,而剛剛的一幕奇景,卻一直在他們心中揮之不去。

  三兩日之後,台灣中南部大水氾濫,死傷失蹤人數高達數百餘人,為臺灣在二戰後至今影響區域及受災人數僅次於九二一大地震及八八風災的重大災難,八七水災。

這一幕場景,也因為八七水災的發生,顯得更加離奇,對於那位小夥子,也就是我阿公,更加永生難忘。

註:以上故事細節是我依著想像填補,如有失真,敬請見諒。

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In 1959, a chemical plant in south Taiwan was working as busy as all the plants in this island. Machines  clinked and workers shuttled day in day out.

One day, everyone worked as always, but a young man came out from the plant, maybe he just wanna temporary escape from the work in the rut. Suddenly, He aware of  the sky was getting dark. He looked up confusedly, and find out the blue sky turned black in an instant. Then a black dragon abruptly appeared from the dark clouds. The dragon open its mouth and the water turbulently poured out. The young man couldn't believe what he saw, and called the workers to prove himself. When everybody looked up, they were stunned from the scene.

Taiwan was flooded after three days later during Agu. 7 to 9 in 1959. 

667 people died 408 was missing in this disaster.

      
A Story from Grandpa
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我的阿公 在我眼中大多數時間都是沉默寡言的 這樣的他  帶著一種 數十年的時光在歲月湧動間 凝鍊而成的從容沉穩 My grandfather is a men of few words, at least from my perspective. That is a calm from Read More

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