1 厄尼并不是从小就喜欢读书的,事实上,在他二十五、六岁以前,他没怎么碰过书。这是他亲口对我讲的。当然啦,这和他对别人说的可是有些出入,但这不关我的事儿,本文就不再——赘述了。厄尼一旦发现了书,就立刻着了迷,整天手不释卷,再也离不开。这也是他在和我的一次悄悄的谈话中透露的,好象我也听别人这么说过。厄尼曾这样描述他发现书籍的感受:“好象在萨摩亚发现了一片崭新的天地。”虽然那时他正在日本驻 1 Ernie did not like to study at an early age. In fact, he did not touch books before he was twenty-five or six. This is what he personally told me. Of course, this is a bit different from what he said to others, but this is not my concern. This article will not go into details here. Once Ernie discovered the book, he immediately became addicted to the book. This is what he revealed in a quiet conversation with me, as if I heard others say so. Ernie described how he discovered the book: “It seems as if a new world has been found in Samoa.” Although he was in Japan at that time