外祖母给我讲过的故事数也数不清,但最令我难忘的,是那个叫阿雅的小兽的故事。外祖母是一个奇怪的有神论者。当年的有神论者不仅信神,而且还信各种精灵。她说这里的人有一些神秘的传统,这些传统被秘密地遵守,有时一连几代人都信守下来。她说那些极其精明的、幸运的人家,常常会不动声色地豢养一种宠兽:有的养猴子,有的养笨熊。“我们家呢?”“我们家,”外祖母一边做活一边说,“等你长大了我再告诉你,我们家养什么……”外祖母说这话的样子很神秘。她告诉了我一个朴素的、然而在当时足以令我大惊失色的道理:所有的大户人家,要想获得长久的幸福, My grandmother told me the number of stories is also countless, but most memorable me is the story of Aya’s little beast. The grandmother is a weird theist. Theisticists of that year not only believed in God, but also trusted all kinds of elves. She said there are some mysterious traditions here, which are obeyed secretly and sometimes kept for generations. She said those extremely shrewd, lucky people often quietly support a kind of pet animals: some raising monkeys, and some stupid bears. “Our family?” “Our family,” said her grandmother, while she was still alive. “When I grow up, I’ll tell you what my family is raising ...” "My grandmother said it was very mysterious. She told me a simple, but at the time enough to make me scared the truth: all the big families, in order to obtain long-term happiness,