一个小个儿的菲律宾女人,微弯的背上背着一只皮囊,拖着沉重的步伐走着,穿过马尼拉以北的战场。几个日本士兵开始盘问她。有的日本兵一看到她那臃肿和伤痕斑斑的棕色脸庞,立即就会明白并且退缩了回来。面对其他的士兵,她袒胸露臂,出示她身上的伤痛。只要她说出一个词“麻疯”,就没有任何哨兵再坚持纠缠,就没有人检查她的背囊,没有人发现用胶布贴在她背上的是一张日本人在马尼拉北部设防的地图。 A small, Filipino woman, carrying a leather bag on her back with a slight bend, walked heavily through the battlefield north of Manila. Several Japanese soldiers began to interrogate her. As soon as some Japanese soldiers saw her bloated and bruised brown face, they immediately understood and retreated. In the face of the other soldiers, she was bare-chested, showing her pain. As long as she uttered the word “leprosy,” no Sentinel insisted, no one checked her rucksack. No one noticed that a piece of tape affixed to her back was a map of Japanese fortification in northern Manila .