那是2012年一个微凉的秋夜,刚到美国不久的我,头一回在康奈尔大学哈斯布鲁克园区里看到鹿的身影。野生的梅花鹿!这些美丽而羞怯的精灵在绿得逼眼的草地上迈动着高挑纤细的腿脚,两只耳朵不时地扇动,犹如蝴蝶扑打着灵巧的薄翼。它们一边吃草一边缓缓向前移动,纯净如水的目光流露出那种也许只有婴孩才能读懂的语言。曾经像星星一样缥缈远逸、无从追寻的影子,曾经只能在动物园里、电子屏幕上才可以望见的 It was a cool autumn night in 2012, and soon after I arrived in the United States, I saw the deer in the Haasbrook campus at Cornell University for the first time. Wild sika deer! These beautiful and timid elves marched tall, slender legs on the green grass, with both ears flapping, like a butterflies fluttering in dexterous wings. As they graze slowly as they graze, pure, watery eyes reveal the language that only babies may understand. Once like a star wandering far and wide, no trace of the pursuit of the past, once only in the zoo, the electronic screen can only see