第1个回答 2010-10-18
45岁的罗伊·克里克是扎伊尔的一名好猎手, 也是一位经验丰富的远征狩猎向导．他常常带领一些冒险家跋山涉水, 深入到杳无人迹的原始丛林中狩猎．一次远征中, 他在闷热的密林中奔波了大半天, 喉咙发烧, 鼻孔冒烟, 干渴难熬．他东寻西找, 终於发现了一个小水池．他正想喝个痛快, 却看见池水混浊不清, 池边的泥土上布满豹的脚迹, 表明豹刚刚在这里洗过澡．”不能喝!”罗伊·克里克告诫自己, 站了起来．可是他实在干渴得难以忍耐了．他侥幸地想: 自己在森林中闯了那么多年, 不会有什么问题吧!於是, 就壮起胆, 一头扎进水池, ”咕咚、咕咚”喝了个够．顿时痛快极了, 浑身是劲．
然而, 过了几天, 罗伊·克里克就病倒了．开始浑身发冷, 继之连续高烧, 神志昏迷．他被匆匆送到金沙萨的一家医院, 经过奋力抢救, 终於转危为安．可是, 令人惊异的是, 他全身的皮肤出现了黄黑相间的斑纹, 犬齿长得又粗又长, 随之他开始嗥叫, 性情暴躁好动, 变成了一个半人半豹的”怪物”, 人们称他为”豹人”．
著名的热带病专家埃迪艾那·弗里苏博士等经过诊断, 认为患的是”豹热症”．这是非洲森林猫科动物罕见的疾病．人一旦患上这种病, 必死无疑．而罗伊·克里克却意外地活了下来, 真是不幸中之大幸, 美中不足是他变得活象一只豹了．.....
英文是《The Leopard Man's Story》
三十年代上海导演之孙瑜翻译过这个短篇小说，名字是《豢豹人的故事》
The "Leopard Man", a saddened leopard trainer who bore visible scars on his arms and whose personality diametrically opposed his daring profession, tells a tale of a "lion-tamer who was hated by another man" to the narrator. The unnamed man, who hated the lion-tamer, attended every performance in hopes of watching the lion crunch down on his tamer during his "big play", sticking his head in the lion's mouth. Finally, one day he witnessed it.
After pointing out the patience of such a task, the Leopard Man jumped to a story about De Ville, a small "sword-swallowing and juggling Frenchman" known for his quick temper. De Ville struck fear in all but one, 'King' Wallace, a lion-tamer known for sticking his head in the lion's mouth. One day, De Ville caught Wallace looking at Madame de Ville, his wife. Despite warnings about De Ville's temperament, Wallace, while feeling belligerent one day, pushed De Ville's head into a paste bucket. Calm, De Ville cleaned himself off and nothing transpired between the two for several months.
At a San Francisco show, the Leopard Man, looking for his pocket-knife, oversaw Wallace and the rest of the tent occupiers, except for De Ville who glared with hatred at Wallace, watching a quarrel between some trapeze artists. Still watching the events, the Leopard Man noticed De Ville, with his handkerchief drawn, walk past Wallace and feign wiping sweat off his face.
During his performance, Wallace cracked his whip and put his head inside the mouth of Augustus, his preferred lion. With Wallace's head in his mouth, Augustus' jaws clamped together. After the event, the Leopard Man went over to smell Wallace's head and sneezed. De Ville had placed snuff in his hair; Augustus had sneezed.
这是英文