What is the moral (寓意) of the story?
?這個故事的寓意是什么？

Going home
回家

I first heard this story a few years ago from a girl in New York. Probably the story reappears every few years, to be told in one form or another. However, I still like to think that it really did happen, somewhere, sometime.
?我第一次聽到這個故事是很多年前一個紐約女孩告訴我的?？赡苓@個故事每幾年都會以不同的形式出現(xiàn)一次。然而，我依舊認(rèn)為在某個地方，某個時候，真的發(fā)生了。

They were going to Florida—three boys and three girls. After they got on the bus, they began talking about the golden beaches in Florida.
?三個男孩和三個女孩準(zhǔn)備去佛羅里達(dá)。他們坐上公交車后，他們開始討論佛羅里達(dá)的金色沙灘。
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As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, dressed in a plain suit, never moving, silent, his dusty face masking his age.
當(dāng)車子開過紐澤西的時候，他們開始注意到Vongo。他坐在他們前面，穿了一套素色的套裝，很安靜，他布滿灰塵的臉顯出了他的年紀(jì)。

Deep into the night, the bus stopped at a café. Everybody got off except Vingo. He sat in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him.
深夜的時候，車子停在了一個咖啡館外面。除了Vingo外，每個人都下車了。他坐在他的椅子上，年輕人對他感到很奇怪。

“We’re going to Florida,” she said. “I hear it’s really beautiful.”
她說：“我們準(zhǔn)備去佛羅里達(dá)，我聽說那里很美麗?！?/div>

“It is,” he said quietly, as if remembering something he had tried to forget.
“是的?！彼察o地說道，就好像在回憶那些他要遺忘的事情一樣。

In the morning, they awoke outside a café, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He seemed very shy. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he told his story. He had been in jail in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home.
早晨，他們在咖啡館外面醒來。這時候Vingo 進來了。女孩堅持讓他加入。他看上去很害羞。當(dāng)他們回到車?yán)飼r，女孩又和Vingo坐在一起，過了一會，他開始講述他的故事，緩慢而痛苦。過去四年，他都在紐約的監(jiān)獄度過，現(xiàn)在他要回家了。

“Are you married?”
“你結(jié)婚了嗎？”

“I don’t know.”
“我不知道?！?/div>

“You don’t know?”
“你不知道？”

“Well, when I was in jail, I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it hurt too much, well, she could just forget me, I’d understand. I told her she didn’t have to write to me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
他說：“恩，當(dāng)我在監(jiān)獄的時候，我寫信給我的妻子說我要出去很上長一段時間。如果她不能忍受，如果孩子一直問她，如果這對她傷害很大，那么她可以忘記我，我會理解的。我告訴她她不需要寫信給我。的確，她沒有。3年半她沒有寫過一封。”

“And you’re going home now, not knowing?”
“現(xiàn)在你準(zhǔn)備回家了，她也不知道嗎？”

"Yeah,” he said shyly. “Well, a week before I was released from jail, I wrote to her again. We used to live in Brunswick, and there’s a big oak tree standing in front of the town. I told her that if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow ???handkerchief??? on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, just forget it.”
?他說：“是的。一個星期前我從監(jiān)獄放出來，我再給她寫了一封信。我們曾經(jīng)住在布倫瑞克，小鎮(zhèn)的前面有一顆很大的橡樹。我告訴她如果她要我回去，她可以在樹上綁一塊黃色的手帕。我會回家。如果她不需要我，呢么就忘記吧?！?/div>?

“Wow,” the girl exclaimed, “wow!”
女孩驚異地說：“哇，哇！”

She told her friends about the story. As the bus approached Brunswick, Vingo showed them a picture of his wife and three children—the woman was beautiful and the children were cute.
她告訴了她的朋友這個故事。當(dāng)車子到達(dá)布倫瑞克時，Vingo給他們看了她妻子和三個孩子的圖片——女人很漂亮，孩子很可愛。

Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree.
現(xiàn)在他們離布倫瑞克20英里了，年輕人輪著坐在右邊的窗戶座位上，等著那顆大橡樹。

Then Brunswick was ten miles away, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances of joy. All except Vingo.
離布倫瑞克只有10英里，然后是5英里。突然，青年們從他們的座位上跳了起來，尖叫，呼喊，哭泣，跳著歡快的舞蹈，除了Vingo。

Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs, like a banner of welcome billowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, Vingo rose and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.
Vingo不知所措地坐在那，看著那顆橡樹。樹上滿滿的都是黃色的手帕，就像在空中飄舞的旗幟歡迎著他。所有的年輕人都在叫，Vingo站起來，走到車子前面準(zhǔn)備回家了。

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