〈接续〉
兄弟俩愁眉苦脸地互相对视着。对于他俩来说，驯服野马、打架斗殴、邻居对他们的不满，全不在话下。但是对他们的长着一头红发的母亲直截了当的数落，还有她那毫不犹豫地抽在他俩屁股上的马鞭，兄弟俩却怕得要命。
“好了，听我说，”布伦特说，“咱上韦尔克斯家去吧。阿希礼和那些女孩子们肯定会很高兴让我们吃饭的。”
斯图尔特显出点儿不大舒服的神情。
“别，咱还是别去吧。他们肯定正为明天的野餐会忙得不可开交呢，再说——”
“哦，我把这事给忘了。”布伦特连忙说，“好吧，咱不去那儿啦。”
他俩冲自己的马吆喝了一声，便默不作声地走了一阵子，斯图尔特心里觉得不好意思，古铜脸颊上泛起了两片红晕。去年夏天以前，斯图尔特一直在追求印第亚·韦尔克斯，而且双方家庭甚至全县上下都对这事表示嘉许。县里人觉得，印第亚·韦尔克斯冷静而有自制力，对他是一种制约。不管怎么说吧，人们是这么希望的。斯图尔特的这个对象找得不错，可是布伦特不满意。布伦特喜欢印第亚，不过觉得她太平淡、太柔顺了，他没法儿爱上她，因而也没法儿在这事上与斯图尔特做伴了。那是孪生兄弟俩有生以来头一回趣味不合，而布伦特对这事心里很不痛快，他的兄弟居然会钟情于这么个在他看来毫不出众的女孩儿。
后来，到了去年夏天，在琼斯博罗的一片橡树下举行过一次政治集会，在那次集会上他俩忽然注意上了斯佳丽·奥哈拉。弟兄俩跟她认识多年了，从小就最喜欢和她一块儿玩，因为她敢和他俩一块儿骑马爬树，几乎跟他俩不相上下。那次他俩不无惊讶地发现她已经出落成一个大姑娘了，而且是所有女孩子里面最迷人的一个。
The twins looked at each othe were pletely fearless of wild horses， shooting affrays and the indignation of their neighbors， but they had a wholesome fear of their red-haired mother’s outspoken remarks and the riding crop that she did not scruple to lay across their
eeches.
“Well， look，” said
ent.“Let’s go over to the Wilkes’. Ashley and the girls’ll be glad to have us for supper.”
Stuart looked a little disforted.
“No， don’t let’s g’ll be in a stew getting ready for the ba
ecue tomo
ow and besides—”
“Oh， I forgot about that，” said
ent hastily.“No， don’t let’s go there.”
They clucked to their horses and rode along in silence for a while， a flush of emba
assment on Stuart’s
ow the previous summer， Stuart had urted India Wilkes with the approbation of both families and the entir unty felt that perhaps the ol and ntained India Wilkes would have a quieting effect o fervently hoped so， at an Stuart might have made the match， but
ent had not been satisfied.
ent liked India but he thought her mighty plain and tame， and he simply uld not fall in love with her himself to keep Stuar was the first time the twins’ interests had ever diverged， and
ent was resentful of his
other’s attentions to a girl who seemed to him not at all remarkable.
Then， last summer at a political speaking in a grove of oak trees at Jonesboro， they both suddenly became aware of Scarlett O’ had known her for years， and， since their childhood， she had been a favorite playmate， for she uld ride horses and climb trees almost as well a now to their amazement she had bee a grown-up young lady and quite the most charming one in all the world.
They noticed for the first time how her green eyes danced， how deep her dimples were when she laughed， how tiny her hands and feet and what a small waist sh clever remarks sent her into me
y peals of laughter and， inspired by the thought that she nsidered them a remarkable pair， they fairly outdid themselves.
以上摘自美国《飘》
上面的描写很有意思，感觉很真实，而且可跨跃不同的社会形态，展示人类共性，就是人世间少男少女的情愫。这对双胞胎兄弟志趣相同，但曾却在喜欢哪种类型女孩子上面有分歧。斯图尔特曾一度追求一个叫印弟亚韦尔克斯的女孩，但布伦特觉得不合适。后来，在一次政治集会上，兄弟俩同时被已经长大、出落得充满魅力的Scarlett的吸引。因为他们发现，Scarlett这个女孩子，很多方面与他们志趣相同。
实际上，他们是感觉偏了，Scarlett比他们兄弟俩想象得要独特多了。
〈待续〉