Chapter1
OncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificent（壮丽的）picture（图画）inabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature（自然）,abouttheprimeval（原始的）forest（森林）.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictor（大蟒蛇）intheactofswallowing（吞下）ananimal.Hereisacopy（复制品）ofthedrawing（图画）.
Inthebookitsaid:“Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirprey（猎物）whole（整个）,withoutchewing（咀嚼）it.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion（消化）.”
Ipondered（沉思）deeply,then,overtheadventures（冒险）ofthejungle（丛林）.AndaftersomeworkwithacoloredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:
Ishowedmymasterpiece（杰作）tothegrown-ups（大人们）,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightened（惊吓）them.Buttheyanswered:“Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?”
Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant（大象）.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis:
Thegrown-ups’response（回应）,thistime,wastoadvise（建议）metolayaside（搁下）mydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevote（投入）myselfinsteadtogeography（地理）,history（历史）,arithmetic（算术）andgrammar（语法）.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareer（职业）asapainter（画家）.Ihadbeendisheartened（沮丧）bythefailureofmyDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,anditistiresome（烦人的）forchildrentobealwaysandforever（永远）explainingthingstothem.
SothenIchoseanotherprofession（职业）,andlearnedtopilot（驾驶）airplanes（飞机）.Ihaveflownalittleoverallpartsoftheworld;anditistruethatgeographyhasbeenveryusefultome.Ataglance（一瞥）Icandistinguish（分辨）ChinafromArizona（美国亚利桑那州）.Ifonegetslostinthenight,suchknowledgeisvaluable.
Inthecourseofthislife,Ihavehadagreatmanyencounters（偶遇）withagreatmanypeoplewhohavebeenconcerned（关心）withmatters（事物）ofconsequence（推论）.Ihavelivedagreatdealamonggrown-ups.Ihaveseenthemintimately（亲密地）,closeathand（在附近）.Andthathasn’tmuchimprovedmyopinionofthem.
WheneverImetoneofthemwhoseemedtomeatallclear-sighted（有见识的）,Itriedtheexperiment（实验）ofshowinghimmyDrawingNumberOne,whichIhavealwayskept.Iwouldtrytofindout,so,ifthiswasapersonoftrueunderstanding.But,whoeveritwas,he,orshe,wouldalwayssay:“Thatisahat.”
ThenIwouldnevertalktothatpersonaboutboaconstrictors,orprimevalforests,orstars.Iwouldbringmyselfdowntohislevel.Iwouldtalktohimaboutbridge,andgolf（高尔夫）,andpolitics（政治）,andneckties（领带）.Andthegrown-upwouldbegreatly（极大地）pleasedtohavemetsuchasensible（理智的）man.
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