<正> “When the last leaf falls, I must go too. I am tired of waiting. I am tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor tired leaves.” I suppose all that are familiar with the American writer O.Henry and his masterpiece “The Last Leaf may remember the above-mentioned words said by the critically sick artist Joseph at her last gasp. On my first reading the novel, I thought these words was a bit strong. Not until recently do I come to realize what Joseph said actually is the alarm to us all.