经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第3章 Part 3

Running up the lane, Arthur had nearly reached his house. He didn't notice how cold it had suddenly become, he didn't notice the wind, he didn't notice the sudden irrational squall of rain. He didn't notice anything but the caterpillar bulldozers crawling over the rubble that had been his home.
"You barbarians!" he yelled. "I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled ... until ... until ... until you've had enough."
Ford was running after him very fast. Very very fast.
"And then I'll do it again!" yelled Arthur. "And when I've finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on them!"
Arthur didn't notice that the men were running from the bulldozers; he didn't notice that Mr Prosser was staring hectically into the sky. What Mr Prosser had noticed was that huge yellow somethings were screaming through the clouds. Impossibly huge yellow somethings.
"And I will carry on jumping on them," yelled Arthur, still running, "until I get blisters, or I can think of anything even more unpleasant to do, and then ..."
Arthur tripped, and fell headlong, rolled and landed flat on his back. At last he noticed that something was going on. His finger shot upwards."What the hell's that?" he shrieked.

沿着乡间小道跑了一阵，阿瑟几乎快到自己的房子了。他没有注意到天气突然之间变得很冷，他没有注意到刺骨的风，也没有注意到突然之间毫无理由砸下来的暴风雨。他没有注意到任何事，除了那些缓缓碾过一片瓦砾的履带推土机。这片瓦砾刚才还是他的房子。
“你们这些野蛮人！”他高喊着，“我要起诉委员会，讨回每一个子儿！我要绞死你们，把你们五马分尸！狠狠地鞭打你们！下油锅……直到……直到……直到把你们收拾个够。”
福特跟在他后面飞快地跑过来，非常非常快。
“然后我还要再来上一次！”阿瑟叫道，“等我收拾完了，还要把你们的碎片都集中起来，再狠狠地踩上几脚！”
阿瑟并没有注意到，他所咒骂的这些人正从推土机里钻出来：他也没有注意到普洛塞先生正仰头惊恐地看着天上。普洛塞先生关注的是那些呼啸着划过云层的巨大的黄色物体——它们大得简直不可思议。
“是的，我会再狠狠地踩上几脚，”阿瑟咆哮着，仍旧在跑，“直到我脚上起了水泡，或者想到什么更让我不愉快的事儿，然后……”
正说着，他脚下绊了一跤、头冲前扑下去，又滚了一圈，最后背朝下仰天摔倒在地。这时他才终于注意到了天上出现的物体。用手指指着天上，他尖叫起来：“这是什么该死的玩意儿？”