【他山之石】母亲思忖了很久,把螃蟹又轻轻地放回了水里,可是刚放下,她又想起什么似的,赶紧再一次捞起了螃蟹,如是者数次。在那个春寒料峭的日子里,一向坚强能干的母亲想必正面临着她人生中一次重大的选择罢!在抓起与放下的动作的重复间,她的内心经历了怎样的一次又一次的自我交战与折磨。(节选自老舍《母亲的心》) 【Stone of the Mountain】 My mother thought for a long time, and put the crab gently back into the water, but just let go, she remembered something like, and quickly picked up a crab again, as the case several times. In that chilly chilly day, a strong and competent mother must have been faced with a major choice in her life! Between her repetition of the act of taking and putting off, what kind of self-inflicted war her heart has experienced Tortured (Excerpt from Lao She’s “mother’s heart”)