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彼得罗·德·阿拉尔贡PedrodeAlar

彼得罗·德·阿拉尔贡（1838—1891），出生在西班牙的安达卢西亚，那里曾出过许多知名的西班牙作家。阿拉尔贡早年学习法律，后投笔从戎，立下战功，被授予圣菲尔南多十字勋章。之后，他又开始了写作生涯，曾经写过剧本、小说和诗歌，其作品深受人们喜爱。

OldBuscabeatas'battheperiodofwhichIamgoihereasonwasthathewassixtyyearsold，fortyofentieceofgroundonthebanksoftheRiverCostilla。Thatyearhehadcultivatedonhisfarmaouspumpkins，andthesepumpkinshadattainedanecolorbothi，whichshowedthatitwashofJune。Buscabeataskneweaperfectlybyitsform，itsstateofripeness，ashefortywhichwerefattestaincolour。Hespentallhisdaysgazienderly，andsadlyexg，"Soonweshallhavetopart!"

&ernoonhedethesacrifice。Hepoiheripestofhisbelovedpumpkins，whisomucheffort，andsaidtheterriblewords，"TomorrowIwillcutthesefortyaotheCadizmarket。Happyisthemanwhowilleatthem!"Andhewalkedbacktothehousewithsloewiththeagonyofafatherwhoisgoingtomarryoffhisdaughteronthefollowingday。"Mypoordearpumpkins!"Hesighedagainandagaiofallasleep。Butthe，"WhatelseIdobutsellthem?Icultivatedthemforthatpurpose。AtleastIwillreceivefifteendurosforthem。"

Imagiremeasto，furyaionwhen，goingthefolltothefarm，hediscoveredthathehadbeenrthenightofhisfortypumpkins。TosavetimeIwillmerelysaythathewasfilledwithtragidthatherepeatedagainandagaierriblewords，"Oh，ifIcatchyou，ifIcatchyou!"

Theoreflect，dhedecidedthathisbelovedpumpkinsotbeinRota，hisnativevillage。Itwouldbeimpossibletoputthemoherebecausetheywnized。Besides，pumpkichedaverylowpricethere。

"TheyareinCadiz!"Hedecidedaftermuchthought。"Thatrascal，therobber，robbedmelastnightateno'descapedwiththematmidnightinthecargoboat。IwilltaketheboatthisverymfordIwillbeverymuchsurprisedifIdonotcatchtherobberahedaughtersofmylabour。"Sosayiremaiweheseofthedisasterasifgthemissingpumpkinsterriblepuherobber，untilitwaseighto'dheleftiio。

Itwasalmostreadytosail。ItleavesforCadizeverymatnineo'clpasseasthecargoboatleaveseverynightatmidnightgfruitaables。

ThatmathalfpastteaspausedinfroablestallintheCadizmarket-pladsaidtoaboredpoliwhowasstandingby。"Thosearemypumpkiman!"Aedtothemert。

"Arrestme!"exclaimedthemert，surprisedandfurious。"Thosepumpkinsaremine。Iboughtthem。。。"

"You'llbeabletotellthattothejudge，"answeredBuscabeatas。

"Iwon't。"

"Youwill。"

"You'rearascal。"

"You'reathief。"

"Youshouldspeakwithmorepoliteness。Menshouldnottalktoeachotherinthisfashion，"thepolisaidwithextremecalm，hittihemi。Meanwhileacrowdhadcolleditwasnotlohereappearedthepolispectorofthepublicmarket，theioroffood。

Thepolitoldthisgreatmaneio。

"Fromwhomdidyoubuythesepumpkins?"theioraskedimportantly。

"FromFulano，theoldmanfromRota，"themertreplied。

"Thatwouldbetheman!"criedBuscabeatas。"That'sthefellowIsuspected!Hisfarmispoor，aproduceslittle，hebeginstorobhisneighbours。"

"Butifweadmitthatyouwererobbedlastnightoffortypumpkins，"saidtheior，"horovethatthesearenotothers，areyours?"

"Why?"repliedBuscabeatas。"Beowthemaswellasyouknhters，ifyouhaveany，don'tyouseethatIhaveraisedthem?Lookhere!Thisoneiscalled'therouhatoneis'thefatfellow'，thisoneis'theredohatis'Manuela'，becausesheresemblesmyyouer。"Andthepooroldmaocrybitterly。

"Allthisisverygood，"aheior。"Butthelawdoesisfiedwiththefactynizeyourpumpkins。Itishatauthorityshouldbecedthatthethiedandthatyoushouldidentifyitroofs。Senores，yousmile。Iamalawyer。"

"Well，youwillsoohatthepumpkins;andyouwillseethemwithoutmovingfromthisplace。"

Buscabeatas'wordsastoors，buthedroppedonthegroundapackagewhichhehadbeenginhishand。Thedownandcalmlybegasinthehandkerchiefwhichwasroundthepackage。

"Whatishegoi?"everybodyaskedwithastohesametimeanothercuriousspectatorjoihedseeinghim，themertexclaimed，"Iamgladyouarehere，Fulano!Thismansaysthatthesepumpkins，whielastolen。Youexplain。。。"

Theurnedyellowaoescape。Butherevented，andinadditioestedthatheshouldremain。"Igrewthesepumpkinsonmyfarm，"hesaid，"andnooneprovethetrary。"

"Nowyouwillsee，"saidBuscabeatas，openingthehandkerchief。Hescatteredonthegroundaquantityofpumpkinstalks，stillgreehen，sittingoahlaughter，hesaid，"Gentlemen，haveyoueverpaidtaxes?Ifso，haveyouseenthatgreenbookwhichthetax-collectorcarries?Receiptsareit，aubbywhibeprovedtisfalseornot。"

"Whatyaboutisthestub-book，"saidtheiravely。

"ThatiswhatIamgwithme;itisthestub-bookofmygardehestalksthatwereattapkiheywerestolenfromme。Andifyoudonotbelieveme，lookatthem。Thisstalkbelohispumpkin。Nobodydoubtit。Thisotherone，asyoueasilysee，belohisohisone，whichiswider，mustbelongtothisotheroly!Andthisohato;

&hesewords，hefittedastalktothehinthepumpkiludwithastohespectatorssawthatthestalkexactlyfittedtheshapeofthehole。Thentheyall，ingthepolidtheiorhimself，bentdownlowaoassistBuscabeatasinthisstrangeproof，allsayingwithchildishpleasure，"Yes，yes!Itislyso!Thisonebelongshere!Doyousee?"