昨晚做了一个梦,我来到了那个动物庄园。醒来恍然大悟,原来奥威尔80年前就提出来了ALM——Animal Lives Matter!
农场里的动物在猪的领导下,推翻了歧视压榨他们的Jones, 建立了自己的自治政府,确定了宪法“七戒”,宪法的核心就是:“所有动物一律平等”; “四条腿好,两条腿坏”、“所有动物都是同志” 。沿着伟大的理想,它们又创立的国歌“ Beasts of England。”
Soon or late the day is coming,
Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown,
And the fruitful fields of England
Shall be trod by beasts alone.……
For that day we all must labour,
Though we die before it break;
Cows and horses, geese and turkeys,
All must toil for freedom's sake.
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime,
Hearken well, and spread my tidings
Of the Golden future time.
可喜可贺,动物们在这崭新的理念之下过上了幸福美满的生活,粮草丰富,言论自由。然而golden future time没有持续多久,国歌改了,开头是这样的:
Animal Farm, Animal Farm,
Never through me shalt thou come to harm!
当高大威武的伯克夏猪拿破仑掌权后,国歌又成了这个样子:
……
Thou art the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small
Sleeps at peace in his stall,
Thou watchest over all,
Comrade Napoleon!
Had I a sucking-pig,
Ere he had grown as big
Even as a pint bottle or a rolling-pin,
He should have learned to be
Faithful and true to thee,
Yes, his first squeak should be
"Comrade Napoleon!"
后来,再后来,大家都知道了,平等是不能失去的,只是所有动物一律平等,但有些动物比其它动物更平等。(All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.) ……
这个梦有点不合时宜,可太阳底线没有新鲜事儿,动物世界和人类世界也就隔着一层纸。老子名言:人之所以异于禽兽者几希。
天才的奥威尔!今天要把1984拿来再看一遍!