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【The Truth about Pyecraft 派克拉伏特的真实故事，中国国际广播，2002】 短篇小说，原作者H. G. Wells
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英国文学有着悠久的历史和伟大的传统，是世界文学宝库中的一颗难球明珠。她不仅对西方文学有着根深蒂固和血脉相承的传统影响，而且对东方文学包括中国文学也有着深厚而顽强的影响力。“英国科幻小说之父”，H. G. Wells的作品《派克拉伏特的真实故事》中的人物---派克拉伏特是什么样的人，想知道吗？那就一睹为快吧。
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Pyecraft was possibly the fattest man in London. I met him in a club. When I was sitting alone, suddenly he came and sat down in a chair close by me. And then he began to talk about his fatness and his fatness and his fatness; all he did for his fatness and all he was going to do for his fatness; what people had advised him to do for his fatness and what he had heard of people doing for fatness similar to his. “I’d give anything to get it down,” he swore before he ordered another teacake.
One day he asked if I could give him my great-grandmother’s recipe, which recorded the secret of losing weight. Actually, I knew little about the recipe, and I was quite worried when I took out the piece of paper. What if he got poisoned? But Pyecraft would not listen to my warning and insisted on trying the recipe.
One month later I visited Pyecraft’s house to see whether the recipe worked. When I knocked at the door, I heard his voice saying, “Come in.” I opened the door. Naturally I expected to see Pyecraft. Well, you know, he wasn’t there!
I never had such a shock in my life. There was his sitting-room in a state of disorder, plates and dishes among books and writing things, but Pyecraft—
“It’s all right, my friend.” he said, and then I discovered him. There he was, right up close to the ceiling. Suddenly I realized that he was not holding on at all, that he was floating up there—just as a balloon might have floated in the same position.
“That recipe,” he said, “is too successful.”
“How?”
“I lost my weight—almost completely.”
And then, of course, I understood. “My God, Pyecraft”, said I, “what you wanted was a cure for fatness! But you always called it weight. I thought you really mean losing your weight. That’s why I gave you the recipe. Let me help you.” I took his hand and pulled him down. He kicked&nb
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