The Man and the Tiger ¹Seiksan Prasertkun, translated by Marcel Barang

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¹The last rays of the day doused the treetops, turning the whole jungle into a blaze of light. ²Before long, everything began to fade and blur. ³A piercing cold fell on the land like sadness.

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¹Some instinct impelled him to start moving.

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¹He didn't know how long he had been crouching under the jutting rock. ²He had no comprehension of time, as time has no meaning in a life without dreams and no meaning either in a life without memory. ³For him, life was his next breath, life was situations he could not evade, life was his own being ... unpretentious and hence, requiring no interpretation.

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¹For all this, his life was not empty. ²Vacant as his brain might be, his life was in the way he moved, in the grace of his gait, in his perfect balance, when the circumstances were right.

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¹He rose to his feet slowly but with a fluid coordination of every motion until the bristling line stretching from the tip of his nose to the bush of his tail was like the single brush stroke of an inspired artist. ²Where the light beams of dusk met his dry fire-colored fur, they drew flames.

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¹His massive neck stretched forward to the utmost, his head slightly lowered, he kept his eyes fastened on an approaching herd of animals jostling their way along a small path down below.

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¹An eerie clanging of cow bells filled the mountain pass as he stealthily stepped after the herd.

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¹He knew that the flatland in the hollow of the mountain gradually narrowed before the path skirted the last hill and met the dirt track further down. ²There weren't many opportunities left for him to approach the herd of cows from above.

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¹He knew that the ridge on which he had been dwelling from the first not only kept receding at the end of the pass, but also offered him little by way of protective cover. ²Over there, there wasn't a single tall tree left standing, only low-lying shrubbery and some bushes which were full of thorns and execrated a thin-skinned animal like him.

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¹But he also knew that there was no spot better suited for an assault, because an assault at that point would be totally unexpected.

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¹He had never hunted fellow animals for any reason other than hunger, never killed to fulfil a craving for power, and never borne the expectations of animals of the same kind. ²He stayed mostly by himself. ³Not counting the times when heaven and earth primed him for love, he could be considered to be one of the most solitary animals in the world, both solitary and lonely.

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¹Solitude and loneliness may be deemed to amount to simplicity, but simplicity always pro ceeds from sophistication.

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¹Although he did not care how long he had crouched under the jutting rock and was indifferent even to the number of rainy seasons he had breathed through, the fact remained that his ancestors had left their footprints in the world for an uninterrupted span of no fewer than five million years and that he was the ultimate perfection of his line.

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¹He was able to snuff out other lives in the blink of an eye, able to jump over a distance twice the length of his own body, to run at the speed of a king hawk in flight, even swim over unbelievable distances in times of need. ²Indeed, he was the embodiment of superiority, a free spirit capable of taking care of himself, an individuality no one could ignore. ³Every time he roared, the whole jungle fell quiet. ⁴Whenever he grandly surveyed his realm, all lives gave him a wide berth. ⁵But then again, he had never deemed any of this to be a matter of pride, let alone of arrogance.

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¹When his mother had deserted him after he had grown almost as big as she was, the only thing he knew he had to do was find himself his own place somewhere, a place which would be not merely his lair but a whole world in which he would lead his life the way he knew how, a place which, though he would walk alone, would be at one with his soul, and in which not even the hint of a stranger's footstep would be tolerated.

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¹He didn't come by such a land by accident. ²His whole body bore traces of clashes ... jagged gnashes and scratches from sharp fangs and claws. ³Only the expression in his eyes never changed, quiet but unyielding, shining and deep like gemstones in an expanse of water.

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¹He had been defeated before he was fully grown, before he had found a territory of his own, but he had not accepted defeat easily. ²Having his own territory was a must, because it was the only way for him to be himself. ³He knew no other way but his own.

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¹It had been a long time since he had waged war against intruders, and a longer time still since he had wandered in search of his promised land. ²Everything had come to him once he had refused to acknowledge defeat. ³And yet ... ⁴... and yet of late he had come to feel under threat once again, but he didn't know what it was that threatened him. ⁵The other party didn't manifest itself in the form of claw scratches on bark or footprints on the ground, but all of a sudden he had begun to feel his world was shrinking. ⁶Many of the trees he used were gone. ⁷Deep jungle had turned into open fallow land. ⁸Streams dried up faster than before. ⁹The mountains bore wounds as if they had been gnawed by awesome fangs.

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¹For the first time in his life he began to feel as though his teeth and claws were powerless, as though he didn't have what he had, as though he wasn't what he was.

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¹The last rays of the day doused the treetops, turning the whole jungle into a blaze of light. ²Before long, everything began to fade and blur. ³A piercing cold fell on the land like sadness.

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¹He quickened his steps ahead of the cow herd until he reached the last rows of trees on the ridge, without taking his eyes off the scene down below, and when everything in the pass began to turn a blurred indigo, he crouched once again, his back lower than the bushes, his four legs tense with stealth.

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¹A short distance away was the end of the pass leading to the dirt track. ²He pulled himself short by the last bushes and was still as a statue. ³Only his eyes kept following the progress of the approaching file of bulky animals.

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¹He heard the shouts of another kind of animal hollering at the cows up front, but he did not understand the meaning of such shouts. ²Actually, this was almost the first time he had heard them. ³They felt unfamiliar and he didn't like them. ⁴Beneath the white clouds as under the gaze of the stars, no other animal had ever dared to make such a rumpus in his presence.

¹Áѹä´éÂÔ¹ àÊÕ§ÊѵÇì ÍÕ¡ª¹Ô´Ë¹Öè§ µÐ⡹ ãÊè ¡ÅØèÁÇÑÇ ·Õè à´Ô¹¹Ó ˹éÒ    ·ÇèÒ ¡ç äÁè à¢éÒ ã¨ ¤ÇÒÁËÁÒ¢ͧ àÊÕ§ Ẻ¹Õé ²¨ÃÔ§æ áÅéǹÕèà¡×ͺ ¨Ð à»ç¹ ¤ÃÑé§ áá ·ÕèÁѹà¤Â ä´éÂÔ¹ àÊÕ§´Ñ§ ¡ÅèÒÇ ³ÁѹÃÙéÊÖ¡ äÁèªÍº áÅÐ äÁè¤Øé¹à¤Â    ⁴äÁèÇèÒ ãµéàÁ¦¢ÒÇËÃ×Í ã¹ ¤×¹´ÒÇ´ÒÉ äÁèà¤ÂÁÕÊѵÇì Í×è¹ ã´¡ÅéÒÊè§ àÊÕ§ ãÊèÁѹ

¹The ting-a-linging was very close now. ²He knew this was the time to act.

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¹He didn't decide, because he was an animal who had never borne the brunt of contradiction in himself, never shed tears of remorse or rejoiced over an achievement. ²He faced life without turning his eyes away and did only what was necessary, without fear of what stood ahead and without regret of what lay behind. ³He moved in total harmony with the environment around him, because in truth he was a part of it: the precipitous cliffs, the jungle streams, the seasons ... all things.

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¹In the split second he knew he had to act, his whole body was on the move.

¹ã¹àÊÕéÂÇ ¢³Ð·ÕèÁѹÃÙé ÇèÒµéͧ·ÓÍÐäà   ¾Åѹ ·Ñé§ àÃ×͹ÃèÒ§ ¡ç¢ÂѺà¤Å×è͹ à»ç¹ ͧ¤ìÃÇÁ

¹At a gallop, just as the first cows reached the narrowest point at the end of the pass, he lunged at them with a speed he himself could not have held in check. ²The whole herd stood stock-still before scurrying every which way.

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¹The hectic clatter of cow bells resounded like the crackle of bamboo clumps in jungle fire season, and were redoubled by the frantic yells of the herder, and with the dust kicked up by panicked hooves, the end of the mountain pass turned instantly into a battleground. ²He sank his fangs into the gullet of the nearest cow straying by, but this turned out to be a mistake. ³The cow was fully grown and powered by fright, and it struggled with all its strength to shake him loose, but as soon as he felt his hind legs losing their firm grip on the ground, he released his clamp and instantly broke into a gallop toward a breakaway young cow which was seeking salvation through the jungle. ⁴The big cow bolted down the path leading to the track together with the rest of the herd, leaving a trail of splattered blood drops behind.

¹àÊÕ§¡Ãд֧ÃÐÃÑÇÃÒÇ àÊÕ§ä¼è ·Ñé§¡Í»Ð·Ø ã¹Ä´Ù ä¿»èÒ    ÂÔè§ ¼ÊÒ¹¡Ñº àÊÕ§µÐ⡹àÍÐÍТͧ ¼Ùé à»ç¹¹Ò áÅмÊÁ¡Ñº äͽØè¹·Õè¤ÅØ駵ź ¢Öé¹ÁÒ¨Ò¡¡éÒÇ ÂèӵСØ    ºÃÔàdz·Ò§ÍÍ¡¨Ò¡Ëغ¾Åѹ à»ÅÕ蹡ÅÒ à»ç¹´Ñè§Ê¹ÒÁú ²Áѹ§Ñº¤ÍËÍÂÇÑÇ·ÕèàµÅÔ´ à¢éÒÁÒ ã¡Åé·Õè ÊØ´ äÇé µÑÇ˹Öè§ áµè¹Ñè¹ ¡ÅѺ à»ç¹ ¤ÇÒÁ ¼Ô´¾ÅÒ´ ³ÇÑǵÑǹÕé âµ àµçÁ·Õè    ÁÔË¹Ó «éÓ Âѧ ¶Ù¡ÊÁ·º ´éǾÅѧ áËè§ ¤ÇÒÁ¡ÅÑÇ    ¨Ö§ÊкѴ ÊÙé¡Ñº ÁѹÍÂèÒ§ ÊØ´ áç áµè·Ñ¹·Õ·ÕèÁѹÃÙé ÊÖ¡ÇèÒ¢ÒËÅѧ à¡ÒдԹ äÁè á¹è¹ ¡ç¤ÅÒ à¢ÕéÂÇ ¾ÃéÍÁ ·Ñ駤Ǻ à¢éÒËÒÇÑÇ ÃØè¹ µÑÇ˹Öè§ «Öè§ áµ¡½Ù§ ¡ÅѺ ä»·Ò§á¹Ç»èÒ ⁴»ÅèÍÂãËéà¨éÒ µÑÇ ãË­è¾Øè§ÍÍ¡ 仵ÒÁ àÊé¹·Ò§ ÊÙ趹¹ ¾ÃéÍÁ¡Ñº µÑÇ Í×è¹æ â´Â ·Ôé§Ë´ àÅ×Í´¡ÃÐà«ç¹

¹He was on the young cow in a trice and in a trice had broken its neck bone. ²That he did so in no time was less because his fangs had the sharpness of knife blades than because of the clenching power of his jaws, to which hardly anything on earth could compare.

¹ÁÑ¹ä» ¶Ö§ÇÑÇ µÑÇ·ÕèÊͧ ã¹ ªÑèÇ àÇÅÒ¾ÃÔºµÒ áÅÐ ãªé Íա˹Öè§ ¾ÃÔºµÒµÑ´ ¡Ãд١¡éÒ¹¤Í¢Í§à¨éÒ ÇÑÇ ÃØè¹ µÑǹÑé¹ ²Áѹãªé àÇÅÒ ¹é͹Դ    ÁÔãªèà¾ÃÒÐÁÕ à¢ÕéÂǤÁ¡ÃÔºÃÒÇ ãºÁÕ´    ËÒ¡ ´éÇ á確¢Í§¢Ò¡ÃÃä¡Ã «Ö觺¹ ¾×é¹¾ÔÀ¾ÂÒ¡·Õè ¨ÐËÒ ¤ÇÒÁ˹ѡ ˹èǧ Íѹ ã´ÁÒà·Õº·Ò¹

¹The dust settled. ²The whole mountain pass became tranquil. ³As pointed stars began to burn in the open sky, he tore away at his first mouthful in days with a quiet mien. ⁴The expression in his eyes was unchanged, shining and deep in the dark like a pair of stars in the ether.

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¹The last rays of the day doused the treetops, turning the whole jungle into a blaze of light. ²Before long, everything began to fade and blur. ³A piercing cold fell on the land like sadness.

¹áʧÊØ´·éÒ¢ͧÇѹ ÊÒ´ÂÍ´ äÁ騹 ·Ñ駻èÒà»Å觻ÃСÒ    ²¨Ò¡¹Ñé¹äÁè¹Ò¹·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§ ¡ç«Õ´àÅ×͹ŧÍÂèÒ§ÃÇ´ àÃçÇ    ³¤ÇÒÁ àÂç¹àÂÕºá¼è¤ÅØÁ ·ÑèÇÍÒ³ÒºÃÔàdzÃÒÇ ¤ÇÒÁâÈ¡àÈÃéÒ

¹Some instinct impelled him to stop moving.

¹ÊÑ­ªÒµ­Ò³ºÒ§ÍÂèÒ§ºÑ§¤Ñº ãËé à¢Òµéͧ ËÂØ´¢ÂѺ µÑÇ

¹It could be this minute or in the next hour or in the next ten that the tiger would come to feed on the body of the cow. ²He had no way of knowing when. ³He only knew that after the sun had sunk beyond the treetops, he shouldn't make any noise that would jar the polyphony of the jungle.

¹ÁѹÍÒ¨¨Ð à»ç¹¹Ò·Õ¹Õé ËÃ×Í ªÑèÇâÁ§Ë¹éÒ    ¡ÃзÑè§ ÍÕ¡    10 ªÑèÇâÁ§¶Ñ´ ä»·Õè àÊ×Í µÑǹÑé¹ ¨Ð à¢éÒÁÒ¡Ô¹ «Ò¡ÇÑÇ ªÒǺéÒ¹    ²à¢Ò äÁèÁÕ·Ò§ÃÙé ä´éÇèÒÁѹ ¨Ð à¢éÒÁÒàÁ×èÍäà ³ÃÙéáµè à¾Õ§ÇèÒËÅѧ¨Ò¡ µÐÇѹ ÅѺÂÍ´ äÁé ä» áÅéÇ à¢Ò äÁè¤ÇáèÍ àÊÕ§ ã´æ    ·Õè ¢Ñ´áÂ駡Ѻ ÊÃþÊÓà¹Õ§ áËè§ä¾Ã¾Ä¡Éì

¹He sat on a high shooting platform with his back against the fork of a branch, his right leg folded close to his body, knee cocked, as it were, because he knew that he would have to rest his right elbow on it to fire downward. ²His left leg was stretched out on the platform, yet slightly raised and ready to jerk up to receive his left elbow if necessary.

¹à¢Ò ¹Ñè§ àÍÒËÅѧ¾Ô§¤º äÁé ÍÂÙ躹 ËéÒ§ ÊÙ§    ¢Ò¢ÇÒÂèÍ à¢éÒËÒ µÑǤÅéÒªѹà¢èÒ    à¾ÃÒÐ à¢ÒÃÙé ÇèÒ ¨Ðµéͧ ãªéÁѹÇÒ§ÈÍ¡¢ÇÒ ã¹ÂÒÁ·ÕèµéͧÂÔ§ ŧ·Õè µèÓ    ²¢Ò«éÒ¢ͧà¢ÒÇÒ§ÃҺŧ¡Ñº ¾×é¹ ËéÒ§ áµè ¡ç Âѧ§Í à¢éÒËÒ µÑÇàÅç¡ ¹éÍ áÅÐ ¾ÃéÍÁ·Õè ¨Ð¡Ãд¡ÁÒÃѺ ¢éÍÈÍ¡¢éÒ§«éÒ¶éÒ ¨Ó à»ç¹

¹He knew that his opponent was the most advanced form of life in the jungle, the true owner of these very grounds, who was likely to know how to distinguish between the sound of the wind through treetops and the sound of breathing of other animals, let alone know his way in every direction.

¹à¢ÒÃÙé ÇèÒ ¤ÙèµèÍ ÊÙé¢Í§ à¢Ò¤×;Ѳ¹Ò¡Òà ÊÙ§ ÊØ´¢Í§ªÕÇÔµ ã¹»èÒ    ¤×Íà¨éÒ ¢Í§·Õèá·é ¨ÃÔ§¢Í§ ¾×é¹·ÕèµÃ§¹Õé «Öè§ÂèÍÁ ¨ÐµéͧÃÙé ¨Ñ¡¨Óṡá¡ àÊÕ§ÃÐËÇèÒ§ÅÁà»èÒÂÍ´ äÁé¡Ñº ÅÁËÒ 㨢ͧÊѵÇì Í×è¹    ÍÂèÒÇèÒ áµèÃÙé ¨Ñ¡·Ò§ ä»·Ò§ÁÒ ·Ñ駠   8    ·ÔÈ

¹But he had no other option than to confront it.

¹áµè à¢Ò ¡ç äÁèÁÕ·Ò§ àÅ×Í¡ à»ç¹ Í×蹹͡¨Ò¡ ¨Ðµéͧ༪ԭ˹éҡѺ Áѹ

¹"Why me" he had asked his father, who was the best hunter in the village, the first man everyone turned to as soon as the news spread that a tiger had killed a cow.

¹"·ÓäÁµéͧà»ç¹©Ñ¹ ´éÇÂ" à¢ÒàÍè»ҡ¶ÒÁ¾èÍ «Öè§ à»ç¹¾ÃÒ¹Á×Í©Áѧ¢Í§ËÁÙèºéÒ¹ à»ç¹¤¹áá ·Õè ·Ñ駺ҧ¶ÒÁËÒàÁ×èÍ¢èÒÇ àÊ×Í¡Ô¹ ÇÑÇ á¾ÃèÍÍ¡ ä»

¹"Because I'm too old" his father had answered pithily. ²"I can't go after him, I can't sit up there. ³My throat wheezes, and my hands shake. ⁴You're my son. ⁵You must take my place and shoot him.."

¹"à¾ÃÒСÙá¡è áÅéÇ"    ¾è͵ͺ ÊÑé¹æ ²"¡ÙÍÍ¡µÒÁÁѹäÁè äËÇ ¹Ñè§ ËéÒ§ ¡ç äÁè ä´é ³»Ò¡¡çäÍ    Á×Í ¡çÊÑè¹    ⁴ÁÖ§à»ç¹ÅÙ¡¡Ù    ÁÖ§    µéͧÂÔ§ Áѹ á·¹¡Ù    ...    "

¹"Suppose I don't come back in good time. ²What will you do then, dad"

¹"áÅéǶéÒ ºÑ§àÍÔ­©Ñ¹ äÁè ä´é ¡ÅѺÁÒºéÒ¹¾Í´ÕÅèР   ²¾èͨР   ·Ó Âѧä§"

¹"I reckon I'd have to go after him myself"

¹"¡Ù¡ç¤§µéͧÍÍ¡ÅèÒÁѹ àͧ"

¹"I don't understand. ²Old as you are, if you won't go after a tiger, who is to say anything? ³Besides ... why don't we ask for help from the district"

¹"©Ñ¹äÁè à¢éÒ ã¨    ²¾èÍá¡è»èÒ¹¹Õé ¶éÒ äÁèÍÍ¡µÒÁ àÊ×Í ã¤Ã ¨ÐÁÒÇèÒ ä´é    ³ÍÕ¡ÍÂèÒ§    ...    ·ÓäÁàÃÒ äÁè¢Í ¤ÇÒÁ ªèÇ àËÅ×Í·Ò§ÍÓàÀÍ"

¹He remembered that as soon as the words had left his mouth, his father had glared at him long and hard, so long and so hard he was reminded of the times he did something wrong as a child. ²His father had never beaten or even chided him, but he'd glare at him with eyes that almost made him want to go down on his knees.

¹à¢Ò¨Ó ä´éÇèÒ¾ÍËÅØ´»ÃÐ⤹Ñé¹ ÍÍ¡ ä»    ¾èÍ ¡ç¨éͧ˹éÒ ¡ÅѺÁÒà¹Ôè¹¹Ò¹    ¹Ò¹ áÅÐ ¹Ô觨¹ à¢ÒÍ´ äÁè ä´é·Õè ¨Ð¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§µÍ¹·ÓÍÐäà ¼Ô´ ã¹ÇÑ à´ç¡    ²¾èÍäÁè¤èÍÂµÕ áÅÐÂÔè§ äÁèà¤Â´èÒ áµèÁÑ¡ ¨Ð¨éͧÁͧ ´éÇÂÊÒµҷÕè·Ó ãËé à¢Òá·º ¨Ð ¹Ñè§Å§¤Ø¡à¢èÒ»¯Ô­Ò³

¹"It's a question of pride, isn't it, dad" he asked humbly.

¹"ÈÑ¡´ÔìÈÃÕãªèÁÑé¾èÍ"à¢ÒàÍè ¢Öé¹ÍÂèÒ§ à¡Ã§ ã¨

¹"More than pride ... I'm a hunter: if a tiger makes it into our village, what will I call myself"

¹"ÂÔ觡ÇèÒÈÑ¡´ÔìÈÃÕ    ...    ¡Ù à»ç¹¾ÃÒ¹    ¶éÒ àÊ×Í à¢éÒËÁÙèºéÒ¹¹Õé ä´é    ¡Ù ¨ÐàÃÕ¡ µÑÇ àͧÇèÒÍÐäÃ"

¹Having said, his father went inside to pick up the 30-06 rifle in a corner of the room, took a rag and dusted off every part of the gun, then removed the bolt and inspected it carefully, brought the rifle up to check the coils in the gun barrel, reinserted the bolt, shouldered the weapon and pulled the trigger as a test.

¹¾Ù´¨º¾èÍ¡ç à´Ô¹ à¢éÒ ä» ËÂÔºäÃà¿ÔÅ ¢¹Ò´    30-06    ÍÍ¡ÁÒ¨Ò¡ ÁØÁËéͧ àÍÒ ¼éÒÅÙºäÅéÃͽØè¹ÍÍ¡¨Ò¡·Ø¡«Í¡ ÁØÁ    ¨Ò¡¹Ñé¹ ¡ç»Å´ÅÙ¡àÅ×è͹ÍÍ¡ÁÒ µÃǨÍÂèÒ§¾Ô¹Ô¨¾Ôà¤ÃÒÐËì ¡ »×¹ ¢Öé¹Êèͧ´Ù à¡ÅÕÂÇ ã¹ÅÓ¡Åéͧ »ÃСͺÅÙ¡àÅ×è͹ à¢éÒ ä»ãËÁè ¢Öé¹ÅÓ áÅÐÅÑè¹ ä¡ à»ç¹¡Ò÷´Êͺ

¹"When the sun's gone down some, we'll go out together. ²The cow was almost fully grown, he won't have dragged it far" his father said as if giving out orders.

¹"à´ÕëÂÇÃèÁ˹èÍ    àÃÒÍÍ¡ä» ´éÇ¡ѹ    ²ÇÑÇÁѹÃØè¹ áÅéÇ    ¤§ÅÒ¡ ä» äÁè ä´é ä¡ÅËÃÍ¡"    ¾è;ٴ àËÁ×͹ÍÍ¡ ¤Ó ÊÑè§

¹Before leaving the house, he asked for permission to pay his respects to the relics of his mother, which were kept in an urn inside. ²His father nodded in assent, the harshness in his eyes suddenly melting. ³He hastened to look away because he was aware his father, when he thought of his mother, didn't like to be watched by anyone, not even by his only son.

¹¡è͹ŧ¨Ò¡àÃ×͹ à¢Ò¢Í µÑÇ à¢éÒ ä» äËÇéâ¡È ¡Ãд١áÁè    ²¾è;Âѡ˹éÒ͹حҵ¾ÃéÍÁ¡Ñº Å´áÇǵҡÃéÒÇŧÇٺ˹Öè§ ³à¢ÒÃÕºËѹ ˹éÒ ä»·Ò§ Í×è¹    à¾ÃÒÐÃÙé ´ÕÇèÒ àÇÅÒ¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§áÁè    ¾èÍ äÁè ÍÂÒ¡ ãËé ã¤Ã Êѧࡵ àËç¹ äÁèÇèÒÅÙ¡ªÒ¤¹à´ÕÂǢͧ µÑÇ àͧËÃ×Í ¼Ùé ã´ ·Ñé§ ÊÔé¹

¹From birth to old age, his father had always behaved as though weakness was a crime.

¹µÑé§ áµèà¡Ô´ ¨¹ á¡è    ¾èÍ·ÓÃÒǡѺ ÇèÒ ¤ÇÒÁÍè͹áÍ à»ç¹ÍÒª­Ò¡ÃÃÁ

¹Be that as it may, his hunting skills were acknowledged by the whole village, and even more so the size of his heart. ²There were people talking about him way beyond the village, not just because he was testy but also because he knew how to give. ³All his life, he had never wanted anything, it seemed. ⁴Whatever he could give away, he gave away without counting, be it things or time or even labor.

¹áµè äÁèÇèÒ ¨ÐÍÂèÒ§äà ¡çµÒÁ ½ÕÁ×;ÃÒ¹¢Í§¾èÍ à»ç¹·ÕèÂÍÁÃѺ ¡Ñ¹ ·Ñé§ËÁÙèºéÒ¹    ÂÔè§ ¢¹Ò´¢Í§ ËÑÇ ã¨ ´éÇ áÅéÇ ²ÁÕ¤¹¾Ù´¶Ö§¡Ñ¹ ÍÂÙèËÅÒµӺŠäÁè à¾Õ§à¾ÃÒоèÍ´Ø    ËÒ¡ Âѧ à»ç¹à¾ÃÒоèÍÃÙé ¨Ñ¡ ãËé    ³·Ñ駪ÕÇÔµ´Ù àËÁ×͹¾èÍ äÁèà¤Âµéͧ¡ÒÃÍÐäà   ⁴Íѹ ä˹ ãË餹 Í×è¹ ä´é¾èÍ¡ ãËéËÁ´ äÁèÇèÒÁѹ ¨Ð à»ç¹ ÊÔ觢ͧ àÇÅÒ    ËÃ×Í áÁé áµè áç§Ò¹

¹His father was right: the tiger hadn't taken the cow far away at all.

¹¾è;ٴ¶Ù¡ àÊ×;ҫҡÇÑÇ ä» äÁè ä¡Å ¨ÃÔ§æ    ...   

¹After tracking the tiger to just beyond the mountain pass, his father found it had taken its quarry along the edge of a dry stream to a recess in the bank, then had dragged it along the stream bed, which was strewn with rocks the size of fists. ²His father looked intently at the forking of the stream ahead and, seeing that a tree trunk had fallen across it and a big boulder stood diagonally opposite the stream mouth, he deduced right away that the body of the cow would be there.

¹ËÅѧ¨Ò¡á¡ÐÃÍÂÁѹ仨¹¾é¹¨Ò¡Ëغ    ¾èÍ ¡ç¾ºÇèÒÁѹ¾ÒàËÂ×èÍ ä»µÒÁ¢ÍºËéÇ áË駨¹ ¶Ö§ºÃÔàdz·ÕèµÅÔ觾ѧÅÒ´ áÅéÇÅҡŧ 仵ÒÁ¡é¹ËéÇ «Öè§ àµçÁ ä» ´éÇ¡é͹ËÔ¹ ¢¹Ò´ à·èÒ¡Ó»Ñé¹ ²¾èÍà¾è§Áͧ价Õè»Ò¡ËéÇÂá¡¢éҧ˹éÒ àËç¹Áբ͹ äÁéÅéÁ ¢ÇÒ§ áÅÐÁÕËÔ¹ ¢¹Ò´ ãË­è µÑ駵ÃÐ˧èÒ¹àÂ×éͧ»Ò¡ËéÇ ÍÂÙè¡é͹˹Öè§ ¡çºÍ¡ à¢Ò·Ñ¹·ÕÇèÒ«Ò¡ÇÑÇ ¹èÒ ¨Ð ÍÂÙèµÃ§¹Ñé¹

¹It was a sandy depression which ran deep down the side of the bank. ²The body had been covered with dry leaves and branches and could almost have escaped detection, and if the tiger came out along the smaller stream bed to feed on its quarry, neither man nor animal coming from the direction of the main stream could ever see it, as it would be screened by the boulder. ³Even coming from the opposite side, it would not be seen either, since the depression was concealed by the brink of the banks at the confluence. ⁴The only direction from which it could be seen was upstream of the smaller waterway, which tumbled down from on high ... ⁵... and no one could come from that direction but the tiger itself.

¹Áѹà»ç¹áÍ觷ÃÒ·ÕèÂغÅ֡ŧ 仨ҡ¢éÒ§µÅÔ觠   ²«Ò¡ÊѵÇìàÅÕé§ ¢Í§ªÒǺéÒ¹ ¶Ù¡¤ÅØÁ äÇé ´éÇ 㺠äÁé áÅСÔè§ äÁé áË駨¹à¡×ͺ Êѧࡵ äÁèÍÍ¡ áÅжéÒ à¨éÒ àÊ×Í µÑǹÕé à´Ô¹ÍÍ¡ÁÒµÒÁÅÓËéÇÂàÅç¡à¾×èÍ¡Ô¹ «Ò¡    ¤¹ËÃ×ÍÊѵÇì ·ÕèÁÒ¨Ò¡·ÔÈËéÇ ãË­è ¨Ð äÁèÁÕ·Ò§Áͧ àËç¹ÁѹàÅ    à¹×èͧ¨Ò¡ÁÕËÔ¹¡é͹¹Ñé¹ º´ºÑ§ ÍÂÙè    ³¶Ö§ÁÒ¨Ò¡ ½Ñ觵ç¢éÒÁ ¡ç ¨ÐÁͧ äÁè àËç¹ ÍÕ¡ àªè¹¡Ñ¹    à¹×èͧ¨Ò¡áÍ觴ѧ ¡ÅèÒÇËź ÍÂÙè¡Ñº ¤ÇÒÁªÑ¹¢Í§µÅÔè§ËéÇÂá¡    ⁴·Ò§à´ÕÂÇ·Õè¨Ð àËç¹Áѹ    ¤×ÍÁÒ¨Ò¡µÍ¹º¹¢Í§ÅÓËéÇÂàÅç¡ «Öè§äËÅàÅÒÐŧÁÒ¨Ò¡ ¤ÇÒÁ ÊÙ§ ⁵áµè àÊé¹·Ò§¹Ñé¹ ¡çÁÔãªè àÊé¹·Ò§·Õè ã¤Ã ¨Ð à¢éÒÁÒ ä´é    ¹Í¡¨Ò¡ µÑÇÁѹ àͧ

¹His father shook his head at the cleverness of the tiger, while warning his son to never for a moment underestimate it. ²His father respected all of the animals he had ever hunted, and had always told him that, although necessity would force him to kill, he must do so out of respect for his opponent. ³His father had never boasted of hunting feats, let alone drawn satisfaction from the taking of lives.

¹¾èÍÊèÒÂËÑÇ ãËé ¤ÇÒÁ©ÅÒ´¢Í§ àÊ×Í ¾ÃéÍÁ¡Ñº àµ×͹ à¢ÒÇèÒ ¨Ðµéͧ äÁè»ÃÐÁÒ· à»ç¹ Íѹ¢Ò´    ²¾è͹Ѻ¶×Í ÊѵÇì ·Ø¡ µÑÇ·Õè¾èÍà¤ÂÅèÒ áÅÐÊ͹ à¢ÒÁÒ µÅÍ´ÇèÒ áÁé ¤ÇÒÁ¨Ó à»ç¹ ¨Ð ºÑ§¤Ñº ãËéµéͧ ¦èÒ áµè ¡ç¢Í ãËé·Ó ´éÇ ¤ÇÒÁà¤Òþ ã¹ ¤ÙèµèÍ ÊÙé    ³¾èÍäÁèà¤ÂÅèÒÊѵÇì ÍÇ´ ã¤Ã    ÍÂèÒÇèÒ áµè ¨Ð¾Í 㨠㹡ÒûÅÔ´ªÕÇÔµ Í×è¹

¹He didn't know, but perhaps this was the secret reason why his father had sent him to study in town, so he could break away from the lonely life of a hunter that was his father's lot.

¹à¢Ò äÁèÃÙé ...    ºÒ§·Õ¹Ñè¹ÍÒ¨ ¨Ð à»ç¹à赯 ¼Åàº×éͧ ÅÖ¡·Õè·Ó ãËé¾èÍÊè§ ãËé à¢Ò ä»àÃÕ¹ ˹ѧÊ×Í ã¹àÁ×ͧ àÃÕ¹à¾×èÍ ãËéËÅØ´¾é¹ 仨ҡªÕÇÔµ¾ÃÒ¹Êѹâ´É Ẻ·Õè¾èÍ ãªéÁÒ

¹The last rays of the day doused the treetops, turning the whole jungle into a blaze of light. ²Before long, everything began to fade and blur. ³A piercing cold fell on the land like sadness.

¹áʧÊØ´·éÒ¢ͧÇѹ ÊÒ´ÂÍ´ äÁ騹 ·Ñ駻èÒà»Å觻ÃСÒ    ²¨Ò¡¹Ñé¹äÁè¹Ò¹·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§ ¡ç«Õ´àÅ×͹ŧÍÂèÒ§ÃÇ´ àÃçÇ    ³¤ÇÒÁ àÂç¹àÂÕºá¼è¤ÅØÁ ·Ñé§ÍÒ³ÒºÃÔàdzÃÒÇ ¤ÇÒÁâÈ¡àÈÃéÒ

¹He nodded to his father, who was about to walk back to the village after he had helped him choose a tree and set up a platform and made all kinds of recommendations. ²His father looked back at him with eyes full of concern and secret pride, but in the slits of those eyes he couldn't help feeling he saw the glint of tears.

¹à¢Ò¾Âѡ˹éÒ ãËé¡Ñº ¾èÍ «Ö觡ÓÅѧ ¨Ð à´Ô¹ ¡ÅѺËÁÙèºéÒ¹    ËÅѧ¨Ò¡ ªèÇ à¢Ò àÅ×Í¡µé¹ äÁé ¢Ñ´ ËéÒ§ áÅÐá¹Ð¹Ó ÊÔ觵èÒ§æ ãË騹¤Ãº¶éǹ    ²¾èÍÁͧµÍº¡ÅѺÁÒ ´éÇÂÊÒµҷÕè ·Ñé§ à»ç¹Ëèǧ áÅлÅÒº»Å×éÁ áµè ã¹á©¡ ÁØÁàÅç¡æ    ¢Í§áÇÇµÒ ¤Ùè¹Ñé¹ à¢ÒÍ´ÃÙé ÊÖ¡ äÁè ä´éÇèÒÁѹÁÕ»ÃСÒ¢ͧËÂÒ´ ¹éÓ

¹He couldn't believe his father was crying, but his father didn't stick around for him to make further observations. ²He waved his hand, then hurriedly turned his back and walked away without looking left or right.

¹à¢Ò äÁè ÍÂÒ¡ ¨Ð àª×èÍÇèÒ¾èÍÃéͧäËé áµè¾èÍ ¡ç äÁè ÍÂÙè ãËé à¢Ò ÊѧࡵÁÒ¡ 仡ÇèÒ¹Õé ²¾èÍ⺡Á×͵ͺáÅéÇ ¡çÃÕºËѹ ËÅѧ à´Ô¹´ØèÁæ    ¨Ò¡ ä»

¹The whole jungle fell into the embrace of darkness.

¹·Ñ駻èÒµ¡ ÍÂÙè ã¹ÍéÍÁᢹ¢Í§ ¤ÇÒÁ Á×´    ...   

¹He wasn't certain how long he had been sitting still and silent, and anyway at this point it didn't really matter.

¹à¢Ò äÁè á¹è ã¨ÇèÒ µÑÇ àͧ ¹Ñè§ ÍÂÙèÍÂèÒ§à§Õº ¹Ôè§ à»ç¹ àÇÅÒ¹Ò¹ á¤è ä˹ áÅéÇ áÅÐ ¶Ö§µÍ¹¹Õé ºÒ§·ÕÁѹÍÒ¨ ¨Ð äÁèãªèàÃ×èͧ ÊӤѭ Íѹ 㴹ѡ

¹It had been a long time since he had last returned to visit his father and bow to the ashes of his mother, and a longer time still since he had left the village to go study in the capital. ²His studies over, he had worked for a living, changing jobs time and again before he was able to find a way to earn his keep to his satisfaction.

¹¹Ò¹ÁÒ¡·Õà´ÕÂÇ·Õèà¢Ò äÁè ä´é ¡ÅѺÁÒàÂÕèÂÁ¾èÍ áÅÐ äËÇéáÁè ã¹â¡È    ¹Ò¹ÂÔè§ ¡ÇèÒ¹Ñé¹ ÍÕ¡    ·Õè à¢ÒÍÍ¡¨Ò¡ËÁÙèºéÒ¹¹Õé ä»àÃÕ¹µèÍ ã¹àÁ×ͧ ËÅǧ    ²àÃÕ¹¨º·Ó§Ò¹ËÒàÅÕ駪վ à»ÅÕ蹧ҹËÅÒ ¤ÃÑé§ ¡ÇèÒ ¨ÐÊÒÁÒö¼¹Ö¡ ¡ÒÃËÒàÅÕé§ ªÕ¾ à¢éҡѺ ¤ÇÒÁ¾Í ã¨

¹But as time passed, he felt his own territory shrinking, to the point that, deep in his heart, he knew his survival was being threatened, not because someone was after his life, but because he had begun to feel as though he had no life.

¹áµè áÅéÇÂÔè§ ÍÂÙè ä» à¢Ò ¡çÃÙé ÊÖ¡ÇèÒ ¾×é¹·ÕèÊÓËÃѺ µ¹ àͧ˴᤺ŧ    ¡ÃзÑè§ÃÙé ÊÖ¡ ¶Ù¡¤Ø¡¤ÒÁ ¤ÇÒÁ ÍÂÙèÃÍ´ ã¹ ÊèǹÅÖ¡¢Í§ ËÑÇ ã¨    ÁÔãªè à»ç¹à¾ÃÒÐÁÕ ¼Ùé ã´ ÍÂÒ¡ ¨Ð àÍÒªÕÇÔµ à¢Ò    ËÒ¡ à»ç¹à¾ÃÒÐ à¢ÒàÃÔèÁÃÙé ÊÖ¡¤ÅéÒµ¹ àͧ äÁèÁÕªÕÇÔµ

¹He talked to others less and less, even though he pined for someone to talk with so much he almost had to implore heaven and earth. ²But since there was no one he could talk with, he chose not to talk at all.

¹à¢Ò¾Ù´¡Ñº ¤¹ ¹éÍÂŧ ·Ñé§æ    ·Õè ÍÂÒ¡ ¨Ð¾Ù´¡Ñº ã¤ÃÊÑ¡¤¹    ¨¹à¡×ͺµéͧ͸ÔÉ°Ò¹¡Ñº ¿éÒ´Ô¹    ²áµè ã¹àÁ×èͤ¹·Õè¾Ù´¡Ñ¹ ä´é äÁèÁÕ à¢Ò ¡ç àÅ×Í¡·Õè ¨Ð äÁè¾Ù´

¹Yet, how can plodding all by oneself along a road or along the path of fate be claimed to be any fun?

¹áµè¡Òà à´Ô¹ ÂèÓ ä»µÒÁÅӾѧ ä˹àÅ ¨ÐÍéÒ§ ä´éÇèÒ à»ç¹ ¤ÇÒÁÃ×è¹ÃÁÂìËÃÃÉÒ äÁèÇèÒ ¨Ð¡éÒÇ à·éÒ ä»º¹¶¹¹ÊÒÂ˹Öè§ ËÃ×Í¡éÒÇ à´Ô¹ 仺¹Ë¹·Ò§ áË觪еҡÃÃÁ

¹He had no choice but to go on walking like that. ²Though he didn't want to, he had to, because it was the only way he could reach certain goals. ³The vital space in which he could move and breathe shrank while the open fallow land in his heart expanded by the day. ⁴Finally it came to the point where he had to choose between expanding the former or caring for the latter. ⁵But he came to realize that, in reality, they were the same battleground.

¹à¢Ò à¾Õ§µéͧ à´Ô¹ ä»ÍÂèÒ§¹Ñé¹ ·Ñé§æ    ²·ÕèäÁè ÍÂÒ¡·Ó àªè¹¹Ñé¹ áµè à¢Òµéͧ·Ó àªè¹¹Ñé¹ à¾ÃÒÐÁѹ¡ÅÒ à»ç¹ÇÔ¶Õà´ÕÂÇ·Õè ¨Ð à´Ô¹ ä» ÊÙè¨Ø´ËÁÒºҧÍÂèÒ§ ³¾×é¹·ÕèÊÓËÃѺ ¡ÒÃà¤Å×è͹ äËÇ ãªéªÕÇԵŴŧ ¢³Ð ¾×é¹·ÕèáÃéÒ§ÇèÒ§ à»ÅèÒ ã¹ ã¨¹Ñº Çѹ ÂÔè§ ¢ÂÒ    ⁴ã¹·Õè ÊØ´ ¡çÁÒ ¶Ö§¨Ø´·Õè à¢Ò ¨Ðµéͧ àÅ×Í¡ àÍÒÃÐËÇèÒ§¡Òúء àºÔ¡ ¾×é¹·ÕèÍÂèÒ§áá ¡Ñº ¡ÒôÙáÅ ¾×é¹·ÕèÍÂèÒ§ËÅѧ ⁵áµè à¢Ò ¡ç¾ºÇèÒá·é ¨ÃÔ§ áÅéÇÁѹ à»ç¹ÊÁÃÀÙÁÔ à´ÕÂǡѹ    ...   

¹The fist that flew out that day turned his letter of resignation into a redundant document. ²The table, chair and book shelves that collapsed on top of one another deprived him of the right to demand the last instalment of his salary, and the glares of the people who witnessed the event clearly meant he'd have a hard time finding himself a new job.

¹¡Ó»Ñé¹·ÕèÅÑè¹ ÍÍ¡ ä» ã¹Çѹ ¹Ñé¹ ·Ó ãËé ãºÅÒÍÍ¡¨Ò¡§Ò¹¡ÅÒ à»ç¹ àÍ¡ÊÒÃÅé¹ à¡Ô¹ ²âµêР   à¡éÒÍÕé áÅЪÑé¹ ÇÒ§ ˹ѧÊ×Í·ÕèÅéÁÃÐà¹ÃйҴ    ·Ó ãËé à¢ÒËÁ´ÊÔ·¸Ô¾Ù´àÃ×èͧ à§Ô¹ à´×͹§Ç´ ÊØ´·éÒ áÅÐÊÒµҢͧ ¼Ù餹·Õè àËç¹à赯 ¡ÒÃ³ì ¡çºÍ¡ ªÑ´ÇèÒ à¢Ò¤§ËÒ§Ò¹ãËÁè ä´éÂÒ¡ àµçÁ·Õ

¹But as far as he was concerned, everything cleared up at once with an ease that amazed him. ²The fallow land in his heart began to recede. ³He felt as though he owned the world in its entirety, because in that very moment he owned his soul again.

¹áµèÊÓËÃѺ à¢Ò    ...¾Åѹ·Ø¡ ÊÔ觷ءÍÂèÒ§´ÙªèÒ§â»Ãè§âÅè§ ÊØ´µÒ    ²¾×é¹·ÕèáÃéÒ§ ã¹ ã¨Ë´á¤º    ³à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡ÃÒǡѺ à»ç¹à¨éÒ ¢Í§âÅ¡ ·Ñé§âÅ¡    à¾ÃÒÐ ã¹ËéǧÂÒÁ´Ñ§ ¡ÅèÒÇ à¢Ò ä´é à»ç¹à¨éÒ ¢Í§ÇÔ­­Ò³¢Í§ µÑÇ àͧ

¹His father had not asked once why he had come back, and actually his father was right: this was home and he needed no reason to return to it. ²But his father could not help referring to his being back. ³What he said was to the point as always, and it almost made him burst into tears. ⁴"I was wrong to send you off to get an education. ⁵I should've thought you'd never get along with the likes of them. ⁶You're too much like me"

¹¾èÍäÁèà¤Â¶ÒÁ áÁé áµè ¤Óà´ÕÂÇÇèÒ à¢Ò ¡ÅѺÁÒºéÒ¹·ÓäÁ áÅÐ ¨ÃÔ§æ ¡ç ¶Ù¡¢Í§¾èÍ ã¹àÁ×èÍ·Õè¹Õè à»ç¹ºéÒ¹    Ëǹ ¤×¹äµéͧÁÕà赯 ¼Å ²áµè¾èÍ ¡çÍ´ äÁè ä´é·Õè ¨ÐàÍè»ҡ ¶Ö§¡Òà ¡ÅѺÁҢͧ à¢Ò    ³¾è;ٴÊÑé¹æ    µÒÁ Ẻ©ºÑº¢Í§¾èÍ    ·ÇèÒ·Ó ãËé à¢Ò ¶Ö§¡Ñº µéͧËÅÑè§ ¹éÓµÒ ⁴"¡Ù¼Ô´ àͧ·ÕèÊè§ÁÖ§ ä»àÃÕ¹ ˹ѧÊ×Í ⁵¹Ö¡áÅéÇÇèÒÁÖ§¤§ ÍÂÙè¡Ñº à¢Ò äÁèä´ ⁶ÁÖ§àËÁ×͹¡ÙÁÒ¡ à¡Ô¹ ä»"

¹He took the words as solace, and who says a grown man has no need for solace? ²Who says that one who never bows to others doesn't have a heart?

¹à¢Ò¶×Í ÇèÒ¹Ñ蹤×Í ¤Ó»Åͺâ¹ áÅéÇ ã¤ÃÇèÒ ¼ÙéªÒ·Õèâµ àµçÁ·Õè äÁèµéͧ¡Òà ¤Ó»Åͺâ¹    ...    ²ã¤ÃÇèÒ¤¹·Õè äÁè¡éÁ ãË餹 Í×è¹ äÁèÁÕ ËÑÇ ã¨

¹In the dead of night, all jungle noises suddenly stopped as if the world had come to an end.

¹´Ö¡Ê§Ñ´    ...    ¨Ùèæ    ÊÃþÊÓà¹Õ§ áËè§ÃÒµÃÕ ¡çà§ÕºËÒÂÃÒÇâÅ¡ ÊÔé¹ Êشŧ

¹He knew at once that this was the moment he had been waiting for, but the tears that flowed from his eyes made everything below look blurred. ²Everything was already indistinct in the dark, but now he could hardly see any shape at all.

¹à¢ÒÃÙé ä´é·Ñ¹·ÕÇèÒ¹Õè¤×͹ҷշÕèà½éҤ͠áµè ¹éÓµÒ·Õè àµçÁÅé¹ ·Ñé§Êͧ¢éÒ§ ¡ç·Ó ãËé·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§¢éÒ§ÅèÒ§´Ù¾ÃèÒàÅ×͹ ä»ËÁ´    ²Áѹ¾ÃèÒàÅ×͹ÍÂÙè áÅéÇ ã¹ ¤ÇÒÁ Á×´ áµèºÑ´¹Õé à¢Òá·º ¨ÐÁͧ äÁè àËç¹ÃÙ»Åѡɳì¢Í§ ÊÔè§ ã´

¹As he raised his left hand to wipe his eyes dry, he heard a pebble tumbling down near the fork of the stream. ²He reached out for the five-battery-powered torch to train it on the muzzle of the gun, but the strength of a sob sent it clinking against the barrel.

¹¢³Ð¡Á×Í¢éÒ§«éÒ ¢Öé¹àªç´ËÂÒ´ ¹éÓãÊÍÍ¡¨Ò¡´Ç§µÒ à¢Ò ä´éÂÔ¹ àÊÕ§¡é͹ËÔ¹¾ÅÔ¡·Ò§ËéÇÂá¡    ²¾ÍàÍ×éÍÁÁ×Íä» ËÂÔº ä¿©Ò ¢¹Ò´ ËéÒ·è͹ÁÒ»ÃзѺ¡Ñº ¤Í »×¹ áç    ÊÐÍ×é¹ ¡ç·Ó ãËéÁѹ¡Ãзº¡Ñº ÅÓ¡Åéͧ´Ñ§ ¡Ôê¡

¹In the same split second, the powerful roar of a fully grown tiger resounded from the stream bed and, in the next instant, the shaft of light from the torch caught but the emptiness of rocks and sand.

¹ã¹àÊÕéÂÇÇÔ¹Ò·Õ¹Ñé¹ àͧ àÊÕ§ ¤ÓÃÒÁ¡Ö¡¡éͧ¢Í§ àÊ×Í·Õèâµ àµçÁ·Õè ¡ç´Ñ§ ÊзéÒ¹ ä» ·Ñé§ÅÓËéÇ áÅÐ ã¹¾ÃÔºµÒµèÍÁÒ    ÅÓáʧ¨Ò¡ ä¿©Ò ¡ç¨Ñº ä´é à¾Õ§ ¤ÇÒÁÇèÒ§ à»ÅèÒ ã¹ÃÙ»¢Í§¡é͹ËÔ¹ áÅÐáÍ觷ÃÒÂ

¹He switched off the torch and put the gun down. ²His heart quivered, whether in fright or out of regret for the missed opportunity, or both, he couldn't say. ³He only knew that from now until dawn, he had to stay on the platform by himself, waiting for the sun to peer over the ridge before he could grope his way again.

¹à¢Ò»Ô´ÊÇÔµªì ä¿©Ò ¾ÃéÍÁ¡Ñº Å´ »×¹Å§    ²ã¨ àµé¹ÃÐÃÔ¡    ÃÐÃÑÇ    ºÍ¡ µÑÇ àͧ äÁè ¶Ù¡ÇèÒµ¡ 㨡ÅÑÇËÃ×Í àÊÕ 㨷Õè¾ÅÒ´ âÍ¡ÒÊ    ËÃ×Í ·Ñé§ÊͧÍÂèÒ§¼ÊÁ¡Ñ¹ ³à¢ÒÃÙé áµèÇèÒ¨Ò¡¹Õé 仨¹ÃØè§ÊÒ§ à¢Ò ¨Ðµéͧ ÍÂÙ躹 ËéÒ§µÒÁÅӾѧ ¹Ñè§ÃÍ ãËé µÐÇѹ â¼Åè¾é¹Êѹ à¢Ò¡è͹·Õè ¨Ð¤ÅÓËÒ·Ò§µèÍ ä»

¹Sitting alone merely to let empty hours elapse ...

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¹That, he felt, was much harder than sitting out for the tiger.

¹Áѹà»ç¹ ÊÔ觷Õè à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡ÇèÒÂÒ¡ÅÓºÒ¡¡ÇèÒ ¹Ñè§ÃÍ àÊ×Í

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¹The soft rays of the sun stroked the chine of the mountain with fingers of love. ²The warm breath of dawn spread out and sucked up the tears of the night, while a ribbon of mist lingered among the trees, reluctant to let go of its embrace.

¹áʧµÐÇѹ ¹ÇŹØèÁÅÙºäÅé·ÔÇ à¢ÒÃÒÇ ½èÒÁ×ͧ͢ ¤ÇÒÁÃÑ¡    ²äÍÍØè¹áËè§ÃØè§ÍÃسá¼è«Ñº ¹éÓµÒ áËè§ÃÒµÃÕ ¢³ÐÊÒÂËÁÍ¡¡ÃØè¹ Âѧ äÁèÂÍÁ¤ÅÒÂáÁ¡ äÁéÍÍ¡¨Ò¡ÍéÍÁ¡Í´

¹She had told him she had love to give, but sharing his life was not for her: she wasn't like him and didn't want to be ...

¹à¸ÍºÍ¡¡Ñºà¢ÒÇèÒ ¤ÇÒÁÃÑ¡¹Ñé¹ ÁÕ ãËé áµè ÍÂÙèÃèÇÁ äÁè»ÃÒö¹Ò    à¸Í äÁèÍÒ¨ à»ç¹ÍÂèÒ§ à¢Ò áÅÐ äÁèµéͧ¡Ò÷Õè ¨Ð à»ç¹    ...   

¹He thought of his first young woman as he bent over to check the traces of dew on leaves along the way. ²Every drop was still round and bright: no animal had recently walked this way. ³It was possible the tiger had come to the hiding place before midnight.

¹à¢Ò¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ Ë­Ô§ÊÒǤ¹áá ¢³Ð¡éÁŧ µÃǨÃÍ ¹éÓ¤éÒ§º¹ 㺠äÁé¢éÒ§·Ò§    ²·Ø¡ËÂÒ´Ë´Âѧ¡ÅÁãÊ äÁèºè§ºÍ¡    ÇèÒÁÕÊѵÇì ã´à¾Ôè§ à´Ô¹¼èÒ¹    ³à»ç¹ ä» ä´éÇèÒ àÊ×Í à¢éÒÁÒ·Õè¨Ø´«è͹«Ò¡¡è͹ à·Õè§ ¤×¹

¹He had left the shooting platform as soon as he could see the lines in his palms clearly. ²Since then, he had skirted the stream fork looking for the trail. ³Prints in the sand and torn leaves had told him where the tiger had climbed up from the stream, but a little beyond that point the whole jungle was a thick jumble of bushes under tall trees. ⁴It would be very hard to find footprints there.

¹à¢Òŧ¨Ò¡ ËéÒ§ µÑé§ áµèàÃÔèÁÁͧ àËç¹ÅÒÂÁ×Í µÑÇ àͧ ªÑ´à¨¹    ²¨Ò¡¹Ñé¹àÅÒÐËéÇÂá¡à¾×èÍ¤é¹ ËÒ·Ò§ à´Ô¹¢Í§Áѹ    ³Ã͵СØ·ÃÒÂáÅР㺠˭éÒ©Õ¡·Ó ãËé à¢ÒÃÙé ¨Ø´·ÕèÁѹäµè ¢Ö鹨ҡËéÇ áµè¾é¹¨Ò¡¨Ø´¹Õé ä» äÁè ä¡Å ·Ñ駻èÒ ¡ç àµçÁ ä» ´éǾØèÁ äÁéàµÕéÂæ ÍÑ´ á¹è¹¡Ñ¹ ÍÂÙè ãµéÃèÁ äÁé ÊÙ§    ⁴Áѹà»ç¹àÃ×èͧ ÂÒ¡ÁÒ¡    ·Õè à¢Ò ¨Ð¤é¹ ËÒÃÍ µÕ¹

¹He decided to walk through the underbrush in the direction of the clearing ahead, because he thought it unlikely the tiger would have made a detour: it didn't have to, since it was used to walking unseen among bushes.

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¹His two arms swam against the tide of shrubs, one hand still holding the gun, like a fighter up to his neck in emerald water struggling to get the advantage in the battlefield. ²Fresh dew drops seeped into his clothes and his whole body was soaked. ³Sweat flowed freely and the flesh on his face felt as if it was about to melt.

¹Êͧᢹ¢Í§à¢ÒáËÇ¡ÇèÒ¾ØèÁ äÁé ¢³ÐÁ×Í˹Öè§ Âѧ¡Ó »×¹    ´ÙÃÒǹѡú·Õè¡ÓÅѧÅͤͼèÒ¹Ëéǧ ¹éÓÊÕÁáµà¾×èÍ ¤ÇÒÁ ä´éà»ÃÕº ã¹ÊÁÃÀÙÁÔ ²¹éÓ¤éҧʴ «ÖÁ«èÒ¹ à¢éÒ ä» ã¹ àÊ×éÍ ¼éÒ¨¹ ·Ñé§ÃèÒ§¡Ò à»Õ¡ªØèÁ ³à˧×è;ÃÑ觼ÊÁ·ÓãËé ·Ñé§ á¼è¹Ë¹éÒ à¹×éÍ Ë¹Ñ§´ÙÃÒÇ ¨ÐËÅÍÁÅÐÅÒÂ

¹Bunches of vines ready to snare his arms and legs and even his neck made him lose his balance on occasion, but then, as he was nearing the end of his tether, he broke free of the bushes. ²Right in front of him was a grassy hillock, a barren expanse surrounded by jungle, with fuzzy splotches of soft sunlight here and there.

¹à¤Ã×Íà¶Ò·Õè¤Í¾ѹá¢é§¾Ñ¹¢Ò¡ÃзÑ觾ѹ¤ÃÙ´ÅÓ¤Í·Ó ãËé à¢Ò àÊÕ¡Ò֍ µÑÇ à»ç¹ºÒ§ ¤ÃÑé§ áµè áÅéÇ ã¹ÍÖ´ 㨷Õèà¡×ͺ ¨ÐËÁ´ ÊÔé¹ à¢Ò ¡çËÅØ´ÍÍ¡ÁÒ¨Ò¡·ÔÇ·ÖºµÃ§¹Ñé¹ ²¢éҧ˹éÒà»ç¹à¹Ô¹ Ë­éÒàÅç¡æ    à»Ô´ âÅè§ ÍÂÙè¡ÅҧǧÅéÍÁ¢Í§»èÒ´§ á´´Íè͹ÊÒ´ºÒ§ Êèǹ¢Í§ÁѹÅÐÁع

¹He lowered himself to sit down and lean his back against the foot of the last tree before the grassy stretch, without forgetting to prop his gun against the trunk before he propped himself down. ²His glittering eyes swept the grassland like the pencil of rays from a torch, but before long they narrowed to a squint of distress.

¹à¢Ò·ÃØ´ µÑÇŧ ¹Ñ觾ԧ⤹ äÁé ÊØ´·éÒ¡è͹ ¶Ö§ ·Øè§ Ë­éÒ â´Â äÁè Å×Á·Õè ¨Ð¾Ô§ »×¹¡è͹¾Ô§ µÑÇ    ²´Ç§µÒáÇÇÇÒÇ¡ÇÒ´ ä»Ãͺ ·Øè§ àËÁ×͹¡ÒÃÊÒ´ÅÓáʧ¢Í§ ä¿©Ò áµè äÁè¹Ò¹Áѹ ¡ç¤ÅÕè¤ÅÒ à»ç¹ËÃÕèÃѹ·´    ...   

¹Actually, she didn't leave: only she never came in, he thought to himself, and given that she had never truly come inside, meeting her had sunk the nail home that he still hadn't met anyone.

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¹He didn't understand women, or may be he was too much to handle for young women at large ... he didn't know. ²Some made as if to come close but then kept their distance; some got involved only superficially; others wanted to sample his difference, or was it his manhood? ³But in the end not one of them was able to contribute the part of his soul that had gone missing.

¹à¢Ò äÁè à¢éÒ ã¨ ¼Ùé Ë­Ô§    ËÃ×ͺҧ·Õ à¢ÒÍÒ¨ ¨Ð à»ç¹â¨·Âì·ÕèÂÒ¡ à¡Ô¹ ä»ÊÓËÃѺ Ë­Ô§ÊÒÇ ·Ñ駻ǧ    ... à¢Ò äÁèÃÙé ²ºÒ§¤¹·Ó·èÒà¢éÒÁÒ ã¡Åé áµè áÅéǶÍÂËèÒ§    ºéÒ§¾ÑǾѹ à¾Õ§ÀÒ¹͡    ºéÒ§ ÍÂÒ¡ÁÒÊÑÁ¼ÑʡѺ ¤ÇÒÁ ᵡµèÒ§¢Í§ à¢Ò    ...    ËÃ×Í ¤ÇÒÁ à»ç¹ ¼ÙéªÒ¨Ѵ ¢Í§ à¢Ò    ³áµè¨¹ áÅéǨ¹ÃÍ´ ¡ç äÁèÁÕ ã¤ÃÊÒÁÒö¹Ó ¾ÒÇÔ­­Ò³ Êèǹ·ÕèËÒ 仢ͧ à¢ÒÁÒÊÁ·º

¹True love is one soul dwelling in two bodies ... he had found the phrase in an old book and still remembered the shiver he felt when he read the sentence for the first time.

¹ÃÑ¡á·é¤×ÍÇÔ­­Ò³à´ÕÂÇ·ÕèʶԵÍÂÙè ã¹ÊͧÃèÒ§    ... à¢Òà¤Â ÍèÒ¹¾º¢éÍ ¤ÇÒÁ àªè¹¹Õé ÍÂÙè ã¹µÓÃÒ âºÃÒ³ºÒ§àÅèÁ áÅÐ Âѧ¨Ó ¤ÇÒÁÃÙé ÊÖ¡ÊÑè¹ÊзéÒ¹¢Í§ µÑÇ àͧ ä´éàÁ×èÍ àËç¹»ÃÐ⤴ѧ ¡ÅèÒÇ à»ç¹ ¤ÃÑé§ áá

¹If one soul can live in two bodies, one body only harbors half a soul; the missing half must be found in someone else. ²When it is found, both sides know, and it must be a momentous match, mysterious and deep, more meaningful than everything. ³It must be an encounter rather than a groping for each other, a song of silence resounding in the depths of both hearts, an occurrence of universal magnitude seeping through to every particle of feeling.

¹¶éÒÇÔ­­Ò³à´ÕÂÇ´Óç ÍÂÙè ã¹ÊͧÃèÒ§ ã¹Ãèҧ˹Öè§ ¡çÁÕ    ÇÔ­­Ò³ ÍÂÙè à¾Õ§ ¤ÃÖè§à´ÕÂÇ    ·Õè àËÅ×Í Âѧµéͧ¤é¹ ËÒÇèÒʶԵ ÍÂÙè ã¹ ¼Ùé ã´ ²àÁ×è;º·Ñé§Êͧ ½èÒ¤§ ¨ÐÃÙé áÅÐÁѹ¤§ à»ç¹¡ÒÃÊÑÁ¼ÑÊ·ÕèÂÔè§ ãË­è    ÅÕéÅѺ áÅÐÅÖ¡«Öé§ à˹×Í ¤Ó¨Ó¡Ñ´ ¤ÇÒÁ ·Ñé§ËÅÒ ·Ñ駻ǧ    ³Áѹ¤§à»ç¹¡ÒÃà¤Å×è͹ à¢éÒËҡѹÁÒ¡¡ÇèÒ¡ÒõԴµÒÁä¢Çè¤ÇéÒ à»ç¹º·à¾Å§ áËè§ ¤ÇÒÁà§Õº·Õè¡Ö¡¡éͧ ÍÂÙè ã¹ ÊèǹÅÖ¡ ÊØ´¢Í§ ËÑÇ ã¨ à»ç¹»ÃÒ¡¯¡Òóì ÃдѺ àÍ¡À¾·Õè «ÖÁÅ֡ŧ ÊÙèͳ٠áËè§ ¤ÇÒÁÃÙé ÊÖ¡

¹If true love is one soul dwelling in two bodies, true love knows no separation, because the soul that has found the missing half will not allow it to be severed and go missing again. ²It follows that, no matter how far apart the bodies find themselves, in the hearts the halves are sealed tight.

¹ËÒ¡ÃÑ¡á·é¤×ÍÇÔ­­Ò³à´ÕÂÇ«Öè§Ê¶Ôµ ÍÂÙè ã¹ÊͧÃèÒ§    ÃÑ¡á·éÂèÍÁ äÁèÁÕ¡ÒþÅÑ´¾ÃÒ¡    à¾ÃÒÐÇÔ­­Ò³ «Öè§¤é¹ ¾º Êèǹ·ÕèËÒ 仢ͧµ¹ÂèÍÁÁÔÍÒ¨¡ÃÕ´à©×͹ Êèǹ¹Ñé¹ ÍÍ¡ ä» ÍÕ¡    ²¨Ò¡¹Õéä»    ÁÔÇèÒ àÃ×͹ÃèÒ§ ¨Ð ÍÂÙèËèÒ§¡Ñ¹ à¾Õ§ ã´ ã¹ ã¨ÂèÍÁÁÕ ¤ÃÖ觷Õè àËÅ×ͼ¹Ö¡ á¹è¹

¹And when the sacred moment comes, when two bodies ruled by a single soul overlay and merge into one, to the outer reaches of the Milky Way there is nothing that can be as much one as this.

¹áÅÐàÁ×èÍËéǧÂÒÁ ÍѹÈÑ¡´ÔìÊÔ·¸Ôì ÁÒ ¶Ö§    àÁ×èÍÊͧÃèÒ§·Õè¶×Í ¤ÃͧÇÔ­­Ò³à´ÕÂÇ ä´é¼¹Ö¡ Ṻ à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂÇ    ... ÊØ´ ½Ñ觿ҡ·Ò§ªéÒ§à¼×Í¡    Åéǹ äÁèÁÕ Íѹ ã´ à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂÇ ä´é»Ò¹¹Ñé¹

¹For him, love should be like this and if it isn't like this, maybe it should be called something else.

¹ÊÓËÃѺà¢Ò ¤ÇÒÁÃÑ¡¤Çà à»ç¹ àªè¹¹Õé áÅжéÒ ËÒ¡Áѹ äÁè à»ç¹ àªè¹¹Õé ºÒ§·ÕÍÒ¨µéͧàÃÕ¡Áѹ ´éÇ ¶éÍ ¤Ó Í×è¹

¹It wouldn't matter at all if she left in order to weave the part that was hers so long as she was certain the part that stayed with him was also a part of herself, but if she left because she didn't want that part, how could the most momentous matter in life come to be?

¹ÁѹäÁè à»ç¹äÃàÅ    ËÒ¡à¸Í ¨Ð¨Ò¡ ä»à¾×èͶѡ·Í Êèǹ·Õè à»ç¹¢Í§à¸Í àͧ    µÃÒº ã´·Õèà¸Í àª×èÍÁÑè¹ ÇèÒ Êèǹ·Õè ÍÂÙè¡Ñº à¢Ò¤×Í Êèǹ˹Öè§ ¢Í§à¸Í ´éÇ áµè¶éÒ ËÒ¡à¸Í¨Ò¡ ä»à¾ÃÒÐ äÁèµéͧ¡ÒÃÁÕ Êèǹ¹Õé àÃ×èͧ ÃÒÇÂÔè§ ãË­è¢Í§ªÕÇÔµ¤§ äÁèÊÒÁÒöÃѧÊÃÃ¤ì ¢Öé¹ÁÒ ä´é

¹She had told him she had love to give, but sharing his life was not for her: she wasn't like him and didn't want to be ...

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¹Actually, she didn't leave; only she never came in.

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¹The late morning sunshine warmed his face until he had to step out of his daze.

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¹He had nothing to quiet his stomach but the water in his flask, which was hooked to his father's old knapsack. ²It was a soldier's knapsack from the war and he had seen it since as far back as he could remember. ³Now it had gone off-color and pinpoints of mould showed through in various places, but his father still flung it over his back every time he had to spend the night outdoors. ⁴This was the first time he had allowed him to shoulder the knapsack.

¹äÁèÁÕÍÐäõ¡ ¶Ö§·éͧ¹Í¡¨Ò¡ ¹éÓ ã¹¡Ãеԡ «Öè§ ¼Ù¡µÔ´ ÍÂÙè¡Ñº à»é 㺠à¡èҢͧ¾èÍ    ²Áѹà»ç¹à»é ·ËÒÃÊÁÑ ʧ¤ÃÒÁ·Õè à¢Ò àËç¹ÁÒ µÑé§ áµè¨Ó ¤ÇÒÁ ä´é    ³¶Ö§Çѹ ¹Õé ÊբͧÁѹàÅ×͹«Õ´    ÁÕÃÍÂà»×èÍ·ÐÅØ à»ç¹ÃÙàÅç¡æ ÍÂÙèËÅÒ áËè§ áµè¾èÍ ¡ç ÂѧµÇÑ´ ¢Öé¹ËÅѧ·Ø¡ ¤ÃÑé§ ·ÕèµéͧÍÍ¡Ã͹ áÃÁ¹Í¡ªÒ¹ àÃ×͹    ⁴¾èÍ    à¾Ôè§ÂÍÁãËé à¢ÒÊоÒÂà»é 㺹Õé à»ç¹ ¤ÃÑé§ áá

¹His father had told him to return to the village if he failed, not to run after the tiger on his own, because tracking it was a hundred times more difficult than staking it out. ²But how could he return to his father with an empty knapsack? ³It was a piece of equipment his father never allowed anyone to touch. ⁴Now that it was on his shoulder, it couldn't be filled with anything but victory.

¹¾èͺ͡ÇèÒ¶éÒ¾ÅÒ´ ãËé ¡ÅѺ à¢éÒËÁÙèºéÒ¹¡è͹    ÍÂèÒ ´èǹµÒÁ àÊ×Í ä» â´ÂÅӾѧ    à¾ÃÒÐ äÅèÅèÒÁѹ ÂѧÂÒ¡¡ÇèÒ«ØèÁÂÔ§ ¹Ñº ÃéÍ à·èÒ ²áµè à¢Ò ¨ÐÊоÒÂà»é à»ÅèÒ ¡ÅѺ ä»ËÒ¾èÍ ä´éÍÂèÒ§äà   ³Áѹà»ç¹à»éÊÑÁÀÒÃзÕè¾èÍ äÁèà¤ÂÂÍÁ ãËé ã¤ÃáµÐµéͧ    ⁴àÁ×èÍÁÒÍÂÙ躹 á¼è¹ËÅѧ¢Í§ à¢Ò    ¢éÒ§ 㹤Çà ¨Ð ä´éºÃèتѪ¹Ð

¹With an effort to collect himself, he resumed his walk.

¹à¢ÒÍÍ¡ à´Ô¹ ÍÕ¡ ¤ÃÑé§ Ë¹Öè§ ËÅѧ¨Ò¡¾ÂÒÂÒÁ¨Ñ´ ¨Ôµ 㨠ãË黡µÔ

¹Right beyond the edge of the grassland, the jungle began to rise at a steep gradient. ²He figured it would take him the best part of two hours to reach the top of the ridge. ³So far he hadn't seen any spot where the huge tiger was likely to while away the daytime hours, and the fact that it had come to the hiding place at night should mean it had walked a fair distance, probably from somewhere along the ridge.

¹ÊØ´¢Íº ·Øè§ Ë­éÒ¿Ò¡â¹é¹    á¹Ç»èÒàÃÔèÁäµèÃдѺ ÊÙèͧÈÒ ÊÙ§ ²à¢Ò ¤Ó¹Ç³´Ù áÅéÇ    ¡ÇèÒ ¨Ð ¢Öé¹ ä» ¶Ö§Êѹ à¢Ò¤§µéͧ ãªé àÇÅÒà¡×ͺÊͧ ªÑèÇâÁ§    ³à·èÒ·Õè¼èÒ¹ÁÒ à¢Ò Âѧ äÁè àË繨ش ã´·Õè àÊ×Íâ¤Ãè§ µÑǹÑé¹ ¤Çà ÍÒÈѼèÒ¹¾é¹Çѹ àÇÅҢͧÁѹ áÅСÒ÷ÕèÁѹ à¢éҨش«è͹«Ò¡¡ÅÒ§ ´Ö¡¹èÒ ¨Ð áÊ´§ÇèÒÁѹ à´Ô¹ÁÒ¤è͹¢éÒ§ ä¡Å    ¹èÒ ¨Ð à»ç¹·Õè ä˹ÊÑ¡ áË觺¹ÂÍ´ à¢Ò¹Ñé¹

¹The pattern of traces in the grass showed that his guess wasn't wrong. ²At the very least, last night the tiger had been through here, and when he had crossed the openspace and entered the jungle, the footprints visible on the soft soil had him standing pondering for a long time.

¹ÃͪéÓº¹Åҹ˭éÒ Â×¹ÂѹÇèÒ à¢Òà´Ò äÇé äÁè ¼Ô´    ²ÍÂèÒ§¹éÍ·Õè ÊØ´àÁ×èÍ ¤×¹Áѹà¤Â¼èÒ¹ÁÒ·Ò§¹Õé áÅÐàÁ×èÍ à¢Ò¢éÒÁ ·Øè§ à¢éÒ ÊÙè´§    ÃÍ µÕ¹·Õè»ÃÒ¡¯º¹ ¼ÔÇ´Ô¹¹ØèÁ ¡ç·Ó ãËé à¢Òµéͧ Â×¹ ¤Ô´ ÍÂÙè ¹Ô觹ҹ

¹They were much bigger than he had thought, bigger than the palm of his hand. ²He must be a fully grown tiger, perhaps getting on in years.

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¹The air in the jungle was cooler and damper than outside as if of another world altogether, but he couldn't help feeling his forehead was bathed in sweat. ²His hands were very cold. ³He changed his hold on the gun, no longer holding it loosely by his side but at the ready. ⁴From now on every step must be noiseless, every move deliberate.

¹ÍÒ¡ÒÈ ã¹´§ àÂ繪×鹡ÇèÒ¢éÒ§¹Í¡ÃÒǡѺ ÍÂÙ褹ÅÐÀ¾ áµè à¢Ò ¡çÍ´ÃÙé ÊÖ¡ äÁè ä´éÇèÒº¹Ë¹éÒ¼Ò¡ÁÕà˧×èÍ «ÖÁ    ²Á×ÍàÂç¹à©Õº    ³à»ÅÕè¹·èҤ͹ »×¹¨Ò¡ËÔéÇËéÍ äÇé¢éÒ§ µÑÇÁÒ à»ç¹¡ØÁ¡ÃЪѺ ¾ÃéÍÁÂÔ§ ⁴¨Ò¡¹Õéä» áµèÅСéÒÇ à´Ô¹µéͧà§Õº¡ÃÔº áµèÅСéÒÇÂèÒ§Åéǹµéͧ ¤Ô´

¹He felt like he was trespassing on the grounds of the great.

¹à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡àÊÁ×͹¡ÓÅѧÅèǧÅéÓ à¢éÒ ä» ã¹ÍҳҨѡâͧ ¼ÙéÁպحºÒÃÁÕ

¹His father had taken him with him into the jungle since he was as tall as a mouse-deer. ²He had stumbled and picked himself up until he knew how to move in a landscape that offered no recipe for success. ³His father had taught him how to read the hills and the streams, memorize birdcalls, distinguish the chirping of the various kinds of cicadas. ⁴All this his father had taught him by taking him along with him.

¹¾è;Òà¢Ò à´Ô¹»èÒÁÒ µÑé§ áµè µÑÇ à·èÒ¡ÃШ§    ²Ë¡ÅéÁË¡ÅØ¡    ¨¹¡ÃзÑè§àÃÕ¹ÃÙé·Õè ¨Ðà¤Å×è͹·Õè 仺¹ÀÙÁÔ »ÃÐà·È·Õè»ÃÒȨҡÊٵà ÊÓàÃ稠   ³¾èÍÊ͹ãËé ÍèÒ¹´Í ÍèÒ¹ËéÇ    ¨Óṡ àÊÕ§    ¹¡    á¡ àÊÕ§¨Ñ¡¨Ñè¹    àÃäà   ⁴·Ñé§ËÁ´¹Õé ¾èÍÊ͹ ´éÇ¡ÒÃ¾Ò à¢Ò à´Ô¹

¹But then, the moment he began to want to be one with the jungle, his father had told him to go out and walk by himself, walk toward a landscape he knew nothing about, even though by then the spirit of the jungle ... the spirit of his father ... had become a part of him.

¹áµè áÅéÇ ã¹ËéǧÂÒÁ·Õè à¢ÒàÃÔèÁ»ÃÒö¹Ò à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂǡѺ »èÒ    ¾èÍ ¡çºÍ¡ ãËé à¢ÒÍÍ¡ à´Ô¹ ä» â´ÂÅӾѧ à´Ô¹ ä» ÊÙèÀÙÁÔ »ÃÐà·È·Õè à¢Ò äÁè¤Øé¹à¤Â ·Ñé§æ    ·ÕèµÍ¹¹Ñé¹ ÇÔ­­Ò³»èÒ    ...    ÇÔ­­Ò³¾èÍ ä´é¡ÅÒ à»ç¹ Êèǹ˹Öè§ ¢Í§ à¢Ò ä» áÅéÇ

¹He had spent much time surveying a land deprived of trees and birdcalls, secretly watching people at each other's throats without any respect for rules, knowing tranquility in crowds, observing a solitude devoid of contentment, and experimenting with a life unconnected to anyone. ²He had even tried to elbow his way to the top ...

¹à¢Ò ãªé àÇÅÒ ¾Ñ¡ ãË­èà¾×èÍÊÓÃǨ´Ô¹á´¹ Íѹ»ÃÒȨҡµé¹ äÁé áÅÐ àÊÕ§¹¡Ãéͧ    áͺ´Ù ¼Ù餹 äÅèÅèҡѹ â´Â äÁèÁÕ¡µÔ¡Ò    ÊÑÁ¼ÑÊ ¤ÇÒÁà§ÕºʧѴ¡ÅÒ§½Ù§ª¹ Êѧࡵ ¤ÇÒÁâ´´à´ÕèÂÇ·Õè»ÃÒȨҡÊÓ¹Ö¡ Êѹâ´É áÅз´Åͧ ãªéªÕÇÔµ ẺäÃé ÊÒÂã¡Ѻ ¼Ùé ã´    ²à¤ÂáÁé áµèÅͧäµèàÅÒÐ ¢Öé¹ ä»º¹ â¤Ã§ ÊÃéÒ§·Õè á¹è¹·Öº    ...   

¹But finally, he had found that all this was the opposite to what he was, all this was in contradiction with the free soul he had brought along with him. ²They were trying to turn him into a domestic animal who lowered its head to others merely for the sake of a daily pittance, for the sake of a beautiful pen and acceptance from the rest of the herd.

¹áµè ã¹·Õè ÊØ´ à¢Ò ¡ç¤é¹ ¾ºÇèÒ    Áѹ à»ç¹·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§·ÕèµÃ§¢éÒÁ¡Ñº µÑÇ à¢Ò à»ç¹·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§·Õè ¢Ñ´áÂ駡Ѻ ÇÔ­­Ò³ÍÔÊÃзÕè¾ÒµÔ´ µÑÇÁÒ ²Áѹ¾ÂÒÂÒÁ·ÓãËé à¢Ò¡ÅÒ à»ç¹ÊѵÇì àÅÕé§ àª×èÍ§æ    ¡éÁ ËÑÇ ãËé¡Ñº ¼Ùé Í×è¹ à¾Õ§à¾×èÍ ãËé ä´éÁÒ «Öè§ ÍѵÃÒ ÍÒËÒûÃШÓÇѹ ãËé ä´éÁÒ «Ö觤͡ ¢Ñ§ ÍѹÊǧÒÁ áÅСÒÃÂÍÁÃѺ ¨Ò¡½Ù§ÊѵÇì ·Õè àª×èͧ áÅéÇ

¹But for him, these propositions were no different from jewel-studded fetters which, at the core, remained fetters.

¹áµèÊÓËÃѺ à¢Ò    ¢éÍàÊ¹Í àËÅèÒ¹Õé ÂèÍÁ äÁèµèÒ§ÍÐäáѺ â«èµÃǹ·Õè»ÃдѺ ´éÇÂྪùÔŨԹ´Ò â´Â á¡è¹á·éÁѹ Âѧ¤§ à»ç¹â«èµÃǹ

¹He stood fast against them with the spirit of the jungle, defending himself wildly with the spirit his father had bestowed on him. ²Some days he even had to look for clues to make sure he was still alive.

¹à¢Ò Â×¹µéÒ¹Áѹ ´éÇÂÇÔ­­Ò³»èÒ    »éͧ¡Ñ¹ µÑÇ àͧÍÂèÒ§ºéÒ¤ÅÑè§ ´éÇÂÇÔ­­Ò³·Õè¾èÍ áºè§ ä» ãËé    ²ºÒ§Çѹ¡ÃзÑ觵éͧµÒÁá¡ÐÃͪÕÇÔµà¾×èÍ ¨Ð ä´é á¹è ã¨ÇèÒÁѹ ÂѧÁÕ ÍÂÙè

¹He was rewarded with invisible whip lashes that flailed the depths of his being at all times to force him to bow his head. ²Sundry accusations stabbed him to the quick ... from being an uncouth barbarian or an alien element to being mad or else so taken with himself as to be out of his mind.

¹ÁѹµÍºâµé ¡ÅѺÁÒ ´éÇÂÃÔéÇáÊé·ÕèÁͧ äÁè àËç¹    µÇÑ´ ãÊè ÊèǹÅÖ¡¢Í§ ¤ÇÒÁ à»ç¹ à¢Ò ÍÂÙè·Ø¡àÁ×èÍ àª×èÍÇѹ à¾×èͤء¤ÒÁ ºÑ§¤Ñº ãËéÂÍÁÈÔâÃÃÒº ²¢éÍ¡ÅèÒÇËÒÊÒþѴ ·ÔèÁá·§ à¢éÒÁÒÃÒǤÁËÍ¡¤Á´Òº µÑé§ áµè»èÒ à¶×è͹ á¢ç§¡ÃдéÒ§ à»ç¹ ÊÔè§á»Å¡»ÅÍÁ    ¡ÃзÑè§ ¶Ö§ à»ç¹ºéÒËÃ×Í äÁè ¡çËŧ µÑÇ àͧ¨¹¢Ò´ÊµÔ

¹Because he kept refusing to admit defeat, his whole heart festered in sores and wounds.

¹àÁ×èÍà¢Ò äÁèÂÍÁ¨Ó¹¹ ·Ñé§ ËÑÇ ã¨¨Ö§ àµçÁ ä» ´éÇÂÃÔéÇÃͼ×è¹á¼Å

¹There were nights when he had lain hugging himself in a dark corner like a wounded animal of the wild. ²He didn't wish to be pitied by anyone at such times, but dreamed of the stars scattered wide above the wide plain, dreamed of the Milky Way he used to stare at from a mountain top ... as if in yearning for his former home.

¹ÁÕºÒ§¤èÓ ¤×¹·Õè à¢Ò¹Í¹¢´ µÑÇ ÍÂÙè ã¹ ÁØÁ Á×´ àËÁ×͹ÊѵÇì »èÒºÒ´ à¨çº    ²à¢Ò äÁè»ÃÒö¹ÒÊÒµÒÊÁྪàÇ·¹Ò¨Ò¡ ã¤Ã    ÂÒÁ¹Ñé¹ ä´é áµè ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§´Ç§´ÒÇà¡Å×è͹¡Åè¹ à˹×Í ·Ø觡ÇéÒ§ ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§·Ò§ªéÒ§à¼×Í¡·Õè à¢Òà¤ÂàËÁèÍÁͧ¨Ò¡ÂÍ´ à¢Ò    ...    ÃÒÇâËÂËÒºéÒ¹à¡Ô´ ´Ñé§à´ÔÁ

¹Above all, he dreamed of an animal of the same kind.

¹à˹×Í ÊÔè§ Í×è¹ ã´ à¢Ò ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§ÊѵÇì ã¹ÊÒ ¾Ñ¹¸Øìà´ÕÂǡѹ

¹The more his soul was flailed, the more he dreamed of the missing half, waiting for the day it would find its fit in order to tend all of the injuries he had incurred, in order to muster the full might of one.

¹ÂÔè§ÇÔ­­Ò³ ¶Ù¡âºÂµÕ à¢ÒÂÔè§ à½éÒ ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§ Êèǹ·ÕèËÒ 仠   ÃÍÇѹ ãËéËǹ ¤×¹ÁÒÊÁ·º    à¾×èÍ´ÙáÅ ¤ÇÒÁºÍºªéÓ·Õè¼èÒ¹ÁÒ ·Ñ駻ǧ    à¾×èͼ¹Ö¡ ¾Åѧ á¹è¹ à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂÇ

¹He dreamed of love in the highest definition of the term.

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¹From on high, the sun overlaid the ground with tree shade. ²Shimmering heat danced above the light-drenched upper foliage, but underneath the whole jungle was pleasantly cool.

¹µÐÇѹ ÊÙ§Êè§ à§Ò äÁéŧ·Òº«é͹ ¼ÔÇ´Ô¹    ²äÍá´´ àµé¹ÃÐÂÔº ÍÂÙè    µÒÁÂÍ´¾ØèÁ·Õè ¶Ù¡áʧ à¡ÒР   ·ÇèÒ µèÓ ãµéŧÁÒ ·Ñ駻èÒ Âѧ¤ÃÖéÁ àÂç¹    ...   

¹He still crouched on the stone slab as if he was one with time.

¹ÁѹÂѧ¤§ËÁͺ ÍÂÙ躹á·è¹ËÔ¹ÃÒÇ à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂǡѺ ¡ÒÅ àÇÅÒ

¹The ridge there was a clear rock formation which had emerged after the primal waters had receded long ago. ²It was the only openspace amid the tide of trees. ³It nestled against a rust-colored cliff and sloped down gradually toward the bottom of the mountain. ⁴Beneath the jutting of the cliff, a stone slab had formed, like a throne fit for a king.

¹Êѹà¢ÒµÃ§¹Ñé¹ à»ç¹ÅÒ¹ËÔ¹âÅè§ «Ö觻ÃÒ¡¯ µÑÇ ¢Öé¹ËÅѧ¨Ò¡ ½Ñ觷ÐàŶ´¶Í¹ҹÁÒ áÅéÇ    ²Áѹà»ç¹·ÕèâÅè§ à¾Õ§ áËè§à´ÕÂÇ¡ÅÒ§·ÔÇ äÁé    ³ÍÂÙèṺªÔ´¡Ñº á¼è¹¼ÒÊÕʹÔÁ áÅлÙÅҴŧÁÒ ¶Ö§¢Íº à¢Ò    ⁴ãµéªÐ⧡¼ÒÁÕá·è¹ËÔ¹¡èÍ µÑÇ ¢Öé¹ ä»´Ø¨ºÑÅÅѧ¡ì¢Í§¾ÃÐÃÒªÒ

¹He lay crouched like a statue, his forelegs stretched out and parallel, claws hidden in the sturdy paws, his neck and head slightly raised, his deep eyes fixed on the bottom end of the ridge.

¹Áѹ¹Í¹ËÁͺàËÁ×͹ÀÒ¾»Ñé¹ Êͧ¢Ò˹éÒ Â×è¹ÍÍ¡ÁÒ ¤Ù袹ҹ¡Ñ¹ â´Â«è͹¡Ã§ àÅçº äÇé ã¹ÍØé§ µÕ¹¡ÓÂÓ    ¤Í áÅÐ ËÑǢͧÁѹ¡ ÊÙ§ ¢Öé¹àÅç¡ ¹éÍ ¢³Ð´Ç§µÒÅÖ¡ àÃ×ͧ·Í´µÃ§ÁÒ·Ò§ ÊØ´¢Íº à¢Ò

¹He had been here for a very long time, at one with the stone slab and the cliff, a component of dawn, a foreground to the twilight, a backdrop to the starry vault.

¹ÁѹÍÂÙè·Õè¹ÕèÁÒ¹Ò¹à¹Ôè¹ à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂǡѺ á·è¹ËÔ¹ áÅÐ á¼è¹¼Ò à»ç¹ ͧ¤ì »ÃСͺ¢Í§ÃØè§ÍÃس à»ç¹©Ò¡Ë¹éҢͧʹ¸ÂÒ áÅÐ à»ç¹ ¾×é¹ÅèÒ§¢Í§â´Á´ÒÇ

¹Because it was his own lair, he didn't think of hiding. ²The eyes that watched the access routes told clearly that he was ready to face anyone who would intrude.

¹à¾ÃÒÐà»ç¹·Õè¢Í§Áѹ    Áѹ¨Ö§ äÁè ¤Ô´Ëź«è͹ÍÓ¾ÃÒ§    ²ÊÒµҷÕè¨Ñº¨éͧµÃ§·Ò§ ¢Ö鹺͡ ªÑ´ÇèÒÁѹ ¾ÃéÍÁ༪ԭ˹éÒ    ¡Ñº ã¤Ã ¡çµÒÁ·ÕèºÑ§ÍÒ¨¡éÒÇÅéÓ

¹Of course, he didn't believe that any animal would dare approach his forbidden preserve, and he believed even less that an intruder could be friendly. ²Instinct told him intruders must bring with them transgression and aggression.

¹á¹èÅР   Áѹ äÁè àª×èÍÇèÒ ¨ÐÁÕÊѵÇì ã´¡ÅéÒ à¢éÒÁÒ Âѧ ¾×é¹·ÕèËǧ ËéÒÁ áÅÐÂÔè§ äÁè àª×èÍÇèÒ ¼Ùé à¢éÒÁÒ ¨Ð à»ç¹ÁԵà   ²ÊÑ­ªÒµ­Ò³ºÍ¡ÇèÒ¼Ùé¡éÒÇÅéÓ ÂèÍÁµéͧÁÒ ¾ÃéÍÁ¡ÒÃÅèǧ à¡Ô¹ àËÂÕº ÂèÓ

¹If there was an exception, it had to be the creatures he welcomed to perpetuate the race ... but this hadn't happened often. ²It had been a long time since he last met an animal of the same kind, so long ago he must now believe that life is to be led in solitude.

¹ËÒ¡¨ÐÁÕ¢éÍ¡ àÇé¹ ¡ç¤§ á¤è ¼Ùé·ÕèÁѹ àª×éÍàªÔ­ ãËéÁÒ Ê׺·Í´ÊÒ ¾Ñ¹¸Øì    ... áµè¹Ñè¹ ¡ç à»ç¹àÃ×èͧ ·ÕèÁÔ ä´éºÑ§à¡Ô´ ¢Öé¹ ºè͹ѡ    ²¹Ò¹ÁÒ¡áÅéÇ·ÕèÁѹ äÁèà¤Â¾º àËç¹ÊѵÇì ʻժÕÊìà´ÕÂǡѹ    ¹Ò¹¨¹Áѹµéͧ ÂÖ´¶×Í ÇèÒªÕÇÔµ¤×Í¡ÒôÓç ÍÂÙè â´ÂÅӾѧ

¹From on high, the sun overlaid the ground with tree shade, but on the naked rock formation torrid light jigged merrily, yet the shadow of the cliff kept his body cool, like a pavilion fit for a ruler.

¹µÐÇѹ ÊÙ§Êè§ à§Ò äÁéŧ·Òº«é͹ ¼ÔÇ´Ô¹    ·ÇèÒº¹ÅÒ¹ËÔ¹âÅè§ ¡ÅѺ»ÃÒ¡¯ÃÐÍØ á´´àÃÔ§ÃÓ    ÃèÁ¼Ò»éͧ àÃ×͹ÃèÒ§¢Í§Áѹ äÇé    ´ÙÃÒǾÅѺ¾ÅҢͧ ¼ÙéÁÕ ÍÓ¹Ò¨

¹He thought of the body of the cow he had hidden down there, thought of the offending noise of some kind that had brought him to a halt, thought of the doubt that had compelled him to come back and crouch on the stone slab up until now ...

¹Áѹ¹Ö¡¶Ö§«Ò¡ÇÑÇ ·Õè«è͹«Ø¡ ÍÂÙèàº×éͧ ÅèÒ§    ¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ àÊÕ§á»Å¡»ÅÍÁºÒ§ÍÂèÒ§·Õè·Ó ãËéÁѹµéͧ ËÂØ´ªÐ§Ñ¡    ¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ ¤ÇÒÁ äÁè á¹è 㨠«Öè§·Ó ãËéÁѹµéͧËǹ ¡ÅѺÁÒËÁͺ ÍÂÙ躹á·è¹ËÔ¹¨Çº¨¹ºÑ´¹Õé ...   

¹And then the whole cliff was as torn asunder by the might of his roar.

¹áÅÐ áÅéÇ ·Ñé§ á¼è¹¼Ò ¡ç àËÁ×͹»ÃÔá¡ ´éÇÂÊÐà·×͹ ¤ÓÃÒÁ

¹From on high, the sun overlaid the ground with tree shade. ²Shimmering heat danced above the light-drenched upper foliage, but underneath the whole jungle was pleasantly cool.

¹µÐÇѹ ÊÙ§Êè§ à§Ò äÁéŧ·Òº«é͹ ¼ÔÇ´Ô¹    ²äÍá´´ àµé¹ÃÐÂÔº ÍÂÙè    º¹ÂÍ´¾ØèÁ·Õè ¶Ù¡áʧ à¡ÒР   ·ÇèÒ µèÓ ãµéŧÁÒ ·Ñ駻èÒ Âѧ¤ÃÖéÁ àÂç¹    ...   

¹His whole body shook when he heard the roar rumbling down the ridge. ²His legs stopped moving of their own accord. ³His hands clenched the gun tighter than before.

¹à¢ÒÊзéÒ¹ ä» ·Ñé§ÃèÒ§    àÁ×èÍ ä´éÂÔ¹ àÊÕ§ ¤ÓÃÒÁ¡Ñ§ÇÒ¹áÇèÇŧÁÒ¨Ò¡Êѹ à¢Ò    ²Êͧ¢ÒªÐ§Ñ¡â´Â äÁèµéͧÍÍ¡ ¤Ó ÊÑ觠   ³ÊͧÁ×Í¡Ó»×¹ á¹è¹ ¢Ö鹡ÇèÒà´ÔÁ

¹It was obvious it was up there. ²What wasn't obvious was what he should do next.

¹á¨èÁªÑ´ÇèÒÁѹ ÍÂÙ躹¹Ñé¹ ²·ÕèäÁè ªÑ´à¨¹¤×Í»ÃÒö¹Ò¢Í§ à¢Ò·Õè ¨Ð¡éÒǵèÍ ä»

¹He stood on a slope not very far from the top of the ridge. ²Each of his steps up to now had taken an eternity. ³He couldn't raise a foot faster than his eyes worked, and couldn't go forward farther than was wise. ⁴His hands gripped the gun in such a clammy grasp that they almost couldn't let go of it. ⁵The sweat off his back soaked through the knapsack.

¹à¢Ò Â×¹ ÍÂÙ躹 ¤ÇÒÁÅÒ´ªÑ¹ «Öè§ äÁèËèÒ§¨Ò¡ÊѹÀÙÁÒ¡¹Ñ¡    ²áµèÅСéÒÇ·Õè¼èÒ¹ÁÒ¡Ô¹ àÇÅÒ¹Ò¹à¹Ôè¹ÃÒǹÔÃѹ´Ã    ³à¢Ò äÁèÍÒ¨¡éÒÇ àÃçÇ à¡Ô¹ ¡Ò÷ӧҹ¢Í§ÊÒÂµÒ ·Ñé§ äÁèÍÒ¨¡éÒÇ ä¡Å 仡ÇèÒÊÓ¹Ö¡ ÃÐÁÑ´ÃÐÇѧ    ⁴Á×Í·Õè¡Ó»×¹à˹ÕÂÇ˹Ѻ ¨¹á¡Ðà¡×ͺ äÁèÍÍ¡    ⁵à˧×èͪØèÁ¨Ò¡ËÅѧàÊ×éÍ «ÖÁ ãÊèà»é

¹Yet from now on, each step would have to take even longer.

¹áµè¨Ò¡¹Õé áµèÅСéÒÇÍÒ¨µéͧ ãªé àÇÅÒÁÒ¡ÂÔè§ ¢Öé¹

¹For an instant, he almost turned back, because he had absolutely no way of knowing where the tiger could be lying in wait along the way to the top of the ridge. ²He didn't know which of the two was after the other.

¹ã¹Çٺ˹Öè§ à¢Òà¡×ͺ ¨ÐËѹ ËÅѧ ¡ÅѺ    à¾ÃÒÐ à¢Ò äÁèÁÕ·Ò§ÃÙé ä´éàÅÂÇèÒ àÊ×Í«ØèÁ ÍÂÙèµÃ§ ä˹º¹ àÊé¹·Ò§ ä» ÊÙèÊѹ à¢Ò    ...    ²äÁèÃÙé ÇèÒ à¢ÒËÃ×ÍÁѹ¡Ñ¹ á¹è·Õè¡ÓÅѧµÒÁËҡѹ

¹He thought of his own mauled body lying full length on a bamboo platform. ²Torchlight would show fang imprints and streaks of caked blood from top to toe. ³The villagers gathered around would argue over a turn of events none of them had witnessed. ⁴Some would insist he was on the run, others would call him a damn fool, and there should be some who would claim he had broken jungle rules in one way or another. ⁵But what was for sure was, no one would wonder what had made him go after the tiger against his father's advice. ⁶And what was even more sure, before long the whole affair would be forgotten.

¹à¢Ò¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ àÃ×͹ÃèÒ§ Íѹ¢Ò´ÇÔ蹢ͧµ¹ àͧ¹Í¹àËÂÕ´ÂÒÇ ÍÂÙ躹á¤Ãè äÁé    ²ÁÕ¤ºäµéÊèͧ¨ÑºãËé àËç¹ÃÍ à¢ÕéÂÇ áÅФÃÒº àÅ×Í´à¡ÃÍСÃѧ µÑé§ áµè ËÑǨô à·éÒ    ³ªÒǺéÒ¹·Õè¡ÃÙÁÒËéÍÁÅéÍÁ    ÍÒ¨¨Ð à¶Õ§¡Ñ¹àÃ×èͧ ÅӴѺà赯 ¡ÒÃ³ì «Öè§ äÁèÁÕ ã¤Ã àËç¹ ´éǵҠ   ⁴ºéÒ§ÍÒ¨Â×¹ÂѹÇèÒ à¢Ò ÇÔè§Ë¹Õ    ºÒ§¤¹¤§µÓ˹ÔÇèÒ à¢Òâ§èà¢ÅÒ áÅйèÒ ¨ÐÁÕ ÍÂÙè äÁè ¹éÍ·Õè ¤Ô´ÇèÒ à¢Ò·Ó ¼Ô´¨ÒÃÕµ»èÒ ã¹àÃ×èͧ ã´àÃ×èͧ ˹Öè§ ⁵áµè·Õè á¹èæ    ¤×Í    ¤§ äÁèÁÕ ã¤Ãʹ ã¨ÇèÒ Íѹ ã´·Ó ãËé à¢ÒµÔ´µÒÁ àÊ×Í ä» â´Â ¢Ñ´ ¤Ó ÊÑ觾èÍ    ⁶á¹èÂÔè§ ¡ÇèÒ¹Ñé¹ ÂèÍÁ à»ç¹    ¡ÒÃàÅ×͹ËÒ¢ͧàÃ×èͧ ÃÒÇ ã¹ àÇÅÒ äÁè¹Ò¹¹Ñ¡

¹He thought of his father, who would have to listen to the speculations of the villagers, thought of the old man, who, when he found himself alone, would surely be forever harking back to what had happened to his son. ²And that's when he thought of his return from town.

¹à¢Ò¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§¾èÍ·Õè ¨ÐµéͧÃѺ ¿Ñ§¡ÒÃµÕ ¤ÇÒÁ¢Í§ ¼Ùé äÁèÃÙé àËç¹    ¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§¤¹à²èÒ «Öè§ ã¹·Õè ÊØ´ áÅéǤ§ ¨Ðµéͧ¨´¨ÓàÃ×èͧ ÃÒǢͧÅÙ¡ªÒ ÍÂÙè â´ÂÅӾѧ    ²¨Ò¡¹Ñé¹ à¢Ò¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§¡Òà à´Ô¹·Ò§ ¡ÅѺÁÒ ÊÙèºéÒ¹à¡Ô´

¹If he was to stay here, then there was no turning back.

¹ËÒ¡¨Ð ÍÂÙè·Õè¹ÕèµèÍ ä» à¢ÒÂèÍÁ äÁèÍÒ¨ËǹËÅѧ ¡ÅѺ

¹He thought of the dark corner in the dark town where on some nights he had lain hugging himself like a wounded animal of the wild. ²On those nights, he only dreamed of the stars scattered wide over the wide plain, dreamed of the Milky Way straddling the ridge.

¹à¢Ò¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ ÁØÁ Á×´ ã¹ ÁØÁàÁ×ͧ «Öè§ ã¹ºÒ§ ¤èÓ ¤×¹ µÑÇ àͧà¤Â¹Í¹¢´ µÑÇÃÒÇÊѵÇì »èÒºÒ´ à¨çº    ²ÂÒÁ¹Ñé¹ä´é áµè ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§´Ç§´ÒÇà¡Å×è͹¡Åè¹ à˹×Í ·Ø觡ÇéÒ§    ... ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§·Ò§ªéÒ§à¼×Í¡¾Ò´¤ÃèÍÁ·ÔÇ à¢Ò

¹Invisible whip lashes had flailed the depths of his being at all times to force him to become a domesticated animal. ²Because he kept refusing to admit defeat, his whole heart festered in sores and wounds.

¹ÃÔéÇáÊé·ÕèÁͧäÁè àËç¹µÇÑ´ ãÊè ÊèǹÅÖ¡¢Í§ ¤ÇÒÁ à»ç¹ à¢Ò ÍÂÙè·Ø¡àÁ×èÍ àª×èÍÇѹ à¾×èͤء¤ÒÁ ºÑ§¤Ñº ãËé à¢Ò¡ÅÒ à»ç¹ÊѵÇì àÅÕé§ àª×èÍ§æ    ...    ²àÁ×èÍà¢Ò äÁèÂÍÁ¨Ó¹¹ ·Ñé§ ËÑÇ ã¨¨Ö§ àµçÁ ä» ´éÇÂÃÔéÇÃͼ×è¹á¼Å    ...   

¹Now he was back on home ground. ²So where were all those complicated options? ³When you make a choice, it means you give up all of the other options. ⁴Freedom doesn't mean changing your mind as you change mood, but stepping onto the chosen path with a will.

¹ºÑ´¹Õéà¢ÒËǹ ¤×¹´Ô¹á´¹´Ñé§à´ÔÁ ¢Í§µ¹ àͧ áÅéÇ    ²ä˹    àÅ ¨ÐÁÕ·Ò§ àÅ×Í¡ÁÒ¡ÁÒÂÂÍ¡Âé͹    ³¤¹àÃÒàÁ×èÍÍÂÙè ã¹ÇÔ¶Õ·Õè àÅ×Í¡ àͧ    ÂèÍÁËÁÒ ¶Ö§¡Òà ÊÔé¹àÂ×èÍã¡Ѻ ·Ò§ àÅ×Í¡ Í×è¹ ⁴ÍÔÊÃÀÒ¾ÁÔä´éËÁÒ ¶Ö§¡Òà à»ÅÕè¹ 㨵ÒÁ ÍÒÃÁ³ì    ËÒ¡ËÁÒ ¶Ö§ ¤ÇÒÁ à´ç´à´ÕèÂÇ·Õè¡éÒÇ ä»º¹ àÊé¹·Ò§·Õè»ÃÒö¹Ò

¹The path he had chosen had no room for fear.

¹àÊé¹·Ò§·Õè à¢Ò àÅ×Í¡ äÁèÁÕ·ÕèÇèÒ§ÊÓËÃѺ ¤ÇÒÁ ËÇÒ´¡ÅÑÇ

¹He guessed from the slant of the sun past the mountain's edge another forty minutes' walk at most would take him to the top. ²Between the lines of trees along the slope, the ground was fairly clear. ³There were no boulders or undergrowth where a tiger could crouch in wait. ⁴He felt increasingly confident the battleground was up there.

¹à¢Ò¤Ð๨ҡÅÓáʧ «Öè§ÅʹŧÁÒ¨Ò¡ àËÅÕèÂÁ à¢ÒÇèÒ à´Ô¹ ÍÕ¡ äÁè à¡Ô¹ 40    ¹Ò·Õ ¡ç¹èÒ ¨Ð ¢Öé¹ ¶Ö§Êѹ    ²ÃÐËÇèÒ§µé¹äÁé·ÕèàÃÕ§ äÅè¡Ñ¹ ÍÂÙ躹 ¤ÇÒÁÅÒ´ªÑ¹ à»ç¹ ¾×é¹·Õè¤è͹¢éÒ§âÅè§ ³äÁèÁÕ¡é͹ËÔ¹ ãË­èËÃ×Í ¤ÇÒÁáàÃ×éÍ·Õè àÊ×Í ¨Ð«ØèÁâ¨ÁµÕ ä´é    ⁴à¢ÒÁÑè¹ ã¨ÁÒ¡ ¢Öé¹ÇèÒÊÁÃÀÙÁÔ ¤§ ¨Ð ÍÂÙè¢éÒ§º¹

¹Before venturing out again, he looked up at the treetops which overspread the jungle like a gloomy ceiling. ²Tiny chinks of light flickered all around, resembling clusters of stars on a dark night.

¹¡è͹ÍÍ¡à´Ô¹ ÍÕ¡ ¤ÃÑé§ à¢Òà§Â˹éÒ ¢Öé¹ÁͧÂÍ´ äÁé·Õè»Ã¡ ¼ÔÇ»èÒ à»ç¹à¾´Ò¹¤ÃÖéÁ    ²á©¡áʧàÅç¡æ    à»Å觻ÃСÒ    ÇÙºÇÒºÍÂÙè ·ÑèÇ    ÅÐÁéÒ ¡ÅØèÁ´ÒÇ ã¹ ¤×¹ à´×͹ Á×´

¹He still crouched on the stone slab as if he was one with time.

¹ÁѹÂѧ¤§ËÁͺ ÍÂÙ躹á·è¹ËÔ¹ÃÒÇ à»ç¹Ë¹Öè§ à´ÕÂǡѺ ¡ÒÅ àÇÅÒ    ...   

¹Slanting afternoon sunrays fell on patches of cliff and on his midriff, which seemed to radiate toward the heights above. ²His mane, white as cotton fiber, stood out against the deep shadow of the cliff in those parts that were not sundrenched. ³The emerald eyes glinted under a forehead serrated like parchment.

¹á´´à©Õ§ÂÒÁ ºèÒÂÊÒ´¡ÃзººÒ§ Êèǹ¢Í§ á¼è¹¼Ò¡Ñº ÅÓ µÑǵ͹¡ÅÒ§¢Í§Áѹ    ·Ó ãËéÁѹ´Ù´Ñè§ÁÕ»ÃСҾǾØè§ ¢Öé¹ ÊÙè ¤ÇÒÁ ÊÙ§àº×éͧ º¹    ²à¤ÃÒ¢ÒÇàËÁ×͹½Í½éÒµѴ ¡Ñº ¤ÇÒÁÃèÁ·Öº¢Í§Ë¹éÒ¼Ò Êèǹ·Õè äÁè ä´éµéͧáʧ    ³´Ç§µÒÊÕÁáµÇÒÇÇѺÍÂÙè ãµé˹éÒ¼Ò¡ Íѹ àµçÁ ä» ´éÇ¢մᩡ¤ÅéÒÂÍÑ¡¢Ã âºÃÒ³

¹With the quiet self-possession of the virtuous, he stared at the animal scaling the rocky incline toward him.

¹Áѹà¾è§´Ùà¢Òà˹ÕèÂÇ µÑÇ ¢Öé¹ÁÒº¹ÅÒ¹ËÔ¹ ´éÇÂÍÒ¡ÒÃʧº ¹Ôè§ÃÒÇ ¼Ùé·Ã§ÈÕÅ

¹And when he stopped, raised his head and looked toward the cliff, instantly his whole body froze as though under a spell.

¹áÅÐàÁ×èÍ à¢Òà§Â˹éÒ ¢Öé¹Áͧ ä»·Ò§ á¼è¹¼Ò    ¾Åѹ ·Ñé§ àÃ×͹ÃèÒ§·Õè¡ÓÅѧËÂÑ´ Â×¹ ¡çªÐ§Ñ¡¤éÒ§ÃÒǵéͧÁ¹µì

¹In his heart of hearts, he knew it wasn't fear, but awe overlaid and sealed with astonishment. ²It was almost the same feeling that arose at the sight of the sea glowing under the first rays of dawn or at the sight of a rainbow arching over a peak to touch melancholy clouds ... ³... mysterious, beautiful, haunting and sacred.

¹ã¹ ÊèǹÅÖ¡ ÊØ´¢Í§ÇÔ­­Ò³ à¢ÒÃÙé ´ÕÇèÒÁѹ äÁèãªè ¤ÇÒÁ¡ÅÑÇ    ËÒ¡ à»ç¹ ¤ÇÒÁÂÓ à¡Ã§·Õè¼¹Ö¡ ¼ÊÒ¹ à¢éҡѺ ¤ÇÒÁ µ×è¹µÐÅÖ§ ²Áѹà¡×ͺ¨Ð à»ç¹ ¤ÇÒÁÃÙé ÊÖ¡à´ÕÂǡѹ·Õèà¡Ô´ ¢Öé¹    ÂÒÁ àËç¹ ¼ÔÇ·ÐàÅ àÃ×ͧÃͧ ÍÂÙè ãµéáʧ à§Ò áËè§ÃØè§ÍÃس    ËÃ×Í àËç¹â¤é§ÃØ駾Ҵ¢éÒÁ ¢Ø¹ à¢Ò ÊÙèËÁè¹àÁ¦    ...    ³ÅÕéÅѺ    ºÃÃà¨Ô´    ËÅÍ¡ËÅ͹áÅÐÈÑ¡´ÔìÊÔ·¸Ôì

¹He gripped his gun tighter without taking his eyes off the picture in front of him.

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¹It crouched still like a sculpture of time, its eyes staring straight at him ... ²... eyes that seemed to pay no heed to anything, but were suffused with the power of life and shining deep with the radiance of freedom and self-confidence. ³It looked as though bravery, contented calm, noble-mindedness, even love, had melted together into a single crystal drop.

¹ÁѹÂѧ¤§ËÁͺ ¹Ôè§ à»ç¹ÃÙ»ÊÅÑ¡¢Í§¡ÒÅ àÇÅÒ    ´Ç§µÒ¨éͧµÃ§ÁÒ    ...    ²µÒ·Õè´ÙàËÁ×͹ äÁèáÂáʵèÍ ÊÔè§ ã´    ·ÇèÒà»ÕèÂÁÅé¹ ä» ´éǾÅѧªÕÇÔµ    ÅÖ¡ àÃ×ͧ ´éÇÂÃѧÊÕ áËè§ÍÔÊÃÀÒ¾ áÅÐ ¤ÇÒÁ àª×èÍÁÑè¹ ã¹ µÑÇ àͧ    ³´ÙÃÒǤÇÒÁ¡ÅéÒËÒ­ ¤ÇÒÁʧºÊѹâ´É ¤ÇÒÁ¡ÃéÒÇá¡Ã觷ҧ¨ÔµÇÔ­­Ò³    ËÃ×Í áÁé¡ÃзÑè§ ¤ÇÒÁÃÑ¡    ... ¶Ù¡ËÅÍÁÃÇÁ äÇé ã¹¼ÅÖ¡ á¡éÇ à¾Õ§Ë´à´ÕÂÇ

¹Instantly he felt in his heart faith arising. ²The massive dry fire-colored body crouched on the stone slab in front of the cliff curtain in reality was a monk absorbed in serene seclusion. ³Who, then, was the hostile intruder?

¹¾Åѹà¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡ ã¹ ã¨ÁÕÈÃÑ·¸ÒÊÁ·º ²àÃ×͹ÃèÒ§ÊÕ ä¿ áË駷ÕèËÁͺ¡ÓÂÓ ÍÂÙ躹á·è¹ËԹ˹éÒÁèÒ¹¼Ò    á·é ¨ÃÔ§ áÅéǤ×͹ѡºÇª·Õè ÊÙéÍصÊèÒËìàÃ鹡Ò»ÅÕ¡ÇÔàÇ¡    ³ä˹àŤ×Í¢éÒÈÖ¡ ¼ÙéºØ¡ÃØ¡

¹It was him who was trespassing on a land where everything once formed an untrammeled whole. ²Not only him ... the tree fellers, the settlers, the cow herders, the road builders, whoever else. ³It was people like these, wasn't it, who were barging in to cut off the age-old ties of nature?

¹à¢Ò àÊÕ ÍÕ¡    ¤×Í ¼ÙéÅèǧÅéÓ à¢éÒÁÒ ã¹´Ô¹á´¹·Õè·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§à¤Â àª×èÍÁÃéÍ à»ç¹ ͧ¤ìÃÇÁ    ²äÁè à¾Õ§ à¢Ò    ...    ¾Ç¡ µÑ´ äÁé    ·Ó äÃè    àÅÕé§ ÇÑÇ ÊÃéÒ§¶¹¹ ã¤ÃµèÍ ã¤Ã    ³¼Ù餹 àËÅèÒ¹Õé ãªèËÃ×Í äÁè    Åéǹ à¢éÒÁҵѴ à©×͹ÊÒÂã´Ñé§à´ÔÁ áËè§ä¾Ã¾Ä¡Éì

¹Then why should he come and harm the majesty before him in order to seek compensation for the loss of a single domestic animal? ²Why should he take on the duty of executioner of the sublime and destroy the embodiment of freedom for the sake of the expansion of a minor species?

¹áÅéÇ·ÓäÁ à¢Ò¨Ö§µéͧÁÒ·ÓÅÒ ¤ÇÒÁʧèÒ§ÒÁàº×éͧ ˹éÒ    à¾×èͪ´àªÂ ãËé¡Ñº ÊѵÇì àª×èͧ à¾Õ§ µÑÇà´ÕÂÇ    ²·ÓäÁà¢Ò¨Ö§µéͧ    ÃѺ ˹éÒ·Õè à»ç¹ ¼Ùé»ÃÐËÒà ¤ÇÒÁ ÊÙ§Êè§ áÅк´¢ÂÕéÃÙ»¸ÃÃÁ¢Í§ÍÔÊÃÀÒ¾    à¾×èÍ¡Òà à¾ÔèÁ¢ÂÒ¢ͧÊÒ ¾Ñ¹¸Øì·Õè µèÓµéÍÂ

¹Yes, why, in the name of civilization, should he shoulder the burden of flailing the soul of the jungle?

¹ãªè    ·ÓäÁã¹¹ÒÁ¢Í§ÍÒøÃÃÁ à¢Ò¨Ö§µéͧÃѺ ÀÒáԨ ÁÒà¦Õè¹µÕÇÔ­­Ò³»èÒ    ...   

¹He gazed at the deep eyes long and hard.

¹à¢Òà¾è§¾Ô¹Ô¨´Ç§µÒÅÖ¡ àÃ×ͧ ¤Ùè¹Ñé¹ ÍÂÙèà¹Ôè¹¹Ò¹

¹What was wrong with leading one's life in bold self-confidence, bravery and contentment, and in the freedom of one's soul?

¹Áѹ¼Ô´ Íѹ ã´ËÃ×Í·ÕèªÕÇԵ˹Öè§ ¨Ð´Óç ÍÂÙèÍÂèÒ§·Ãй§Í§ÍÒ¨    ¡ÅéÒËÒ­    Êѹâ´É áÅÐ à»ç¹ÍÔÊÃзҧ¨ÔµÇÔ­­Ò³

¹Once again ...

¹ÍÕ¡ ¤ÃÑé§ ...   

¹Once again, he thought of the invisible whip lashes that had flailed the depths of his being at all times to force him to bow his head, thought of the nights when he had lain hugging himself in a dark corner like a wounded animal of the wild. ²He didn't wish to be pitied by anyone at such times, but merely dreamed of the stars scattered wide above the wide plain, dreamed of an animal of the same kind.

¹à¢Ò¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ÃÔéÇáÊé·ÕèÁͧ äÁè àËç¹ «Ö觵ÇÑ´ ãÊè ÊèǹÅÖ¡¢Í§ ¤ÇÒÁ à»ç¹ à¢Ò ÍÂÙè·Ø¡àÁ×èÍ àª×èÍÇѹ à¾×èͤء¤ÒÁ ºÑ§¤Ñº ãËé à¢ÒÂÍÁÈÔâÃÃÒº    ...    ¹Ö¡ ¶Ö§ ¤èÓ ¤×¹à¤Â¢´ µÑÇ ÍÂÙè ã¹ ÁØÁ Á×´ àËÁ×͹ÊѵÇì »èÒºÒ´ à¨çº    ²äÁè»ÃÒö¹ÒÊÒµÒÊÁྪàÇ·¹Ò    ÂÒÁ¹Ñé¹ ä´é áµè ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§´Ç§´ÒÇà¡Å×è͹¡Åè¹ à˹×Í ·Ø觡ÇéÒ§    ... ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§    ÊѵÇì ã¹ÊÒ ¾Ñ¹¸Øìà´ÕÂǡѹ

¹And in that brief subconscious flare, he came to feel in his heart of hearts that his quest was over.

¹áÅÐ ã¹ÇÙºÀÇѧ¤ì¹Ñé¹ àͧ ã¹Ëéǧ¹Ö¡ ÅÖ¡ ÊØ´¢Í§ à¢Ò ¡çºÑ§à¡Ô´ ¤ÇÒÁÃÙé ÊÖ¡¤é¹ ¾º    ...   

¹He felt he had come into contact with something that was like a part of himself, something that made him feel his soul was whole for the first time.

¹à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡ ä´éÊÑÁ¼ÑʡѺ ºÒ§ ÊÔ觺ҧÍÂèÒ§·Õè¤Øé¹à¤ÂÃÒǡѺ à»ç¹ Êèǹ˹Öè§ µÑÇ àͧ    ºÒ§ ÊÔ觺ҧÍÂèÒ§·Õè·Ó ãËé à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡¤Ãº¶éǹ·Ò§¨ÔµÇÔ­­Ò³ à»ç¹ ¤ÃÑé§ áá

¹He felt one with the tiger, and it was a feeling beyond words to record, a bliss which seeped through to every particle of himself, a stream of supraconsciousness which overflowed and spread in every direction, a moment when moon, stars, rainbow and sun gathered without a divide between night and day, a second when time stood still to let the universe embrace eternity.

¹à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡ à»ç¹ Íѹ˹Öè§ Íѹà´ÕÂǡѺ àÊ×Í µÑǹÕé áÅÐÁѹ à»ç¹ ¤ÇÒÁÃÙé ÊÖ¡·Õè ÍÂÙè à˹×Í ¶éÍ ¤ÓºÃÃÂÒ ã´æ à»ç¹»ÕµÔ ÊØ¢ Íѹ «ÖÁ«èÒ¹ 价ءͳ٠áËè§ µÑǵ¹ à»ç¹ÊÒ ¹éÓ áËè§ÊÓ¹Ö¡ ÊÙ§·Õè·èÇÁ·é¹Åé¹ËÅÒ¡ÍÍ¡ ä»Ãͺ·Ø¡·ÔÈ·Ò§ à»ç¹ËéǧÂÒÁ·Õè à´×͹´ÒÇÊÒÂÃØé§ áÅдǧ µÐÇѹ ÁÒÃèÇÁªØÁ¹ØÁ â´Â»ÃÒȨҡ àÊé¹ áºè§ áË觷ÔÇÒ áÅÐÃÒµÃÕ à»ç¹ÇÔ¹Ò·Õ·Õè¡ÒÅ àÇÅÒ ËÂØ´ ¹Ôè§à¾×èÍ ãËé àÍ¡À¾ ä´éâͺ¡Í´Í¹Ñ¹µ¡ÒÅ    ...   

¹He was the tiger ... the tiger was him, and if it deserved to die, he himself shouldn't be alive.

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¹But what was he to do with the obligations he had to the village and to his father's hope ... obligations that tethered him to the brink of the stream of dreams and wouldn't allow him to wade across?

¹áµè à¢Ò ¨Ð·Ó àªè¹äà àÅèҡѺ ¾Ñ¹¸Ð·ÕèÁÕµèÍËÁÙèºéÒ¹ áÅÐ ¤ÇÒÁËÇѧ¢Í§¾èÍ    ¾Ñ¹¸Ð·ÕèÅèÒÁÃéÍ à¢Ò äÇé¡Ñº ÃÔÁ ½Ñ觸Òà áËè§ ¤ÇÒÁ ½Ñ¹ áÅÐ äÁè͹حҵ ãËé à¢ÒÅØ ½èÒ¢éÒÁ ä»

¹He had long hankered after his own home. ²Now he had found that the home he had dreamed of wasn't his father's house, where he was born, and even less the village he hailed from, but everything that showed in that pair of eyes.

¹à¢ÒâËÂËÒÁÒ¹Ò¹ áÅéÇ·Õè ¨ÐËǹ ¤×¹ºéÒ¹à¡Ô´ ´Ñé§à´ÔÁ ²ºÑ´¹Õéà¢Ò¤é¹ ¾ºÇèҴԹᴹ·Õè à¢Ò ½Ñ¹ ¶Ö§ äÁèãªè àÃ×͹¾èÍ·Õè à¢Ò¶×Í ¡Óà¹Ô´ áÅÐÂÔè§ äÁèãªèËÁÙèºéÒ¹ «Öè§ à¢ÒÊѧ¡Ñ´    ËÒ¡¤×Í·Ø¡ ÊÔ觷ءÍÂèÒ§ Íѹ»ÃÒ¡¯ ÍÂÙè ã¹áÇÇµÒ ¤Ùè¹Ñé¹

¹The rifle in his hands slowly rose to his shoulder, then was lowered. ²It was like this several times, till he felt he was whirling in eons of crises.

¹äÃà¿ÔÅã¹Á×ͤèÍÂæ ¶Ù¡Â¡ ¢Öé¹»ÃзѺºèÒ áÅéÇŴŧ    ²à»ç¹ àªè¹¹Õé ÍÂÙèËÅÒ ¤ÃÑé§ ¨¹ à¢ÒÃÙé ÊÖ¡ÃÒÇ ËÁعǹ ÍÂÙè 㹡ѻ¡ÑÅ»ì áËè§ÇԡĵÔ

¹But he knew that, no matter what, the time for a decision had come.

¹áµè à¢Ò ¡çÃÙé ÇèÒËéǧÂÒÁ áË觡ÒõѴ ÊÔ¹ 㨠¶Ö§ÍÂèÒ§äõéͧÁÒ ¶Ö§    ...   

¹The last rays of the day doused the treetops, turning the whole jungle into a blaze of light. ²Before long, everything began to fade and blur. ³A piercing cold fell on the land like sadness.

¹áʧÊØ´·éÒ¢ͧÇѹ ÊÒ´ÂÍ´ äÁ騹 ·Ñ駻èÒà»Å觻ÃСÒ ²¨Ò¡¹Ñé¹·Ø¡ÍÂèÒ§ ¡ç«Õ´àÅ×͹ŧÍÂèÒ§ÃÇ´ àÃçÇ    ³¤ÇÒÁ àÂç¹àÂÕºá¼è¤ÅØÁ ·ÑèÇÍÒ³ÒºÃÔàdzÃÒÇ ¤ÇÒÁâÈ¡àÈÃéÒ

¹All of a sudden the cliff was almost torn asunder and the whole ridge almost turned into dust when the roar of the tiger and the blast of the gun resounded at once.

¹¾Åѹ·Ñé§ á¼è¹¼Òá·º ¨Ð»ÃÔá¡ áÅÐ ·Ñé§Êѹ à¢Ò ¡çá·º ¨Ð»è¹ à»ç¹¼Ø¼§    àÁ×èÍ àÊÕ§ àÊ×͡Ѻ àÊÕ§ »×¹ ¤ÓÃÒÁ¡éͧ ¢Öé¹ ¾ÃéÍÁ¡Ñ¹

¹In the next instant, the whole jungle was tranquil.

¹ËéǧµèÍÁÒ·Ñ駻èÒÁÕ áµè ¤ÇÒÁà§ÕºʧѴ    ...    '