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枯叶蝴蝶 Lappet?Butterflies 徐迟 Xu?Chi 峨嵋山下，伏虎寺旁，有一种蝴蝶，比最美丽的蝴蝶可能还要美丽些，是峨嵋山最珍贵的特产之一。 At?the?foot?of?Mount?Emei,?around?Fuhu?Temple,?there?lives?a?species?of?butterfly--one?of?therarest?rarities?of?the?mountain-that?is?probably?even?more?beautiful?than?the?most?beautifulbutterflies?in?the?world. 当它阖起两张翅膀的时候，像生长在树枝上的一张干枯了的树叶。谁也不去注意它，谁也不会瞧它一眼。 With?its?wings?closed?it?resembles?a?withered?tree?leaf?hanging?from?a?branch--scarcelynoticeable?to?the?human?eye.?Gathering?its?wings?with?exquisite?patterns,?it?conceals?itsbeautiful?colors. 它收敛了它的花纹、图案，隐藏了它的粉墨、彩色，逸出了繁华的花丛，停止了它翱翔的姿态，变成了一张憔悴的，干拈了的，甚至不是枯黄的，而是枯稿的，如同死灰颜色的枯叶。 When?it?flutters?out?from?a?cluster?of?blooming?flowers?and?alights?somewhere?in?the?middle?ofits?graceful?flight,?it?turns?into?a?dried?leaf,?not?even?of?a?withering?yellow,?but?of?a?deathlygrey. 它这样伪装，是为了保护自己。但是它还是逃不脱被捕捉的命运。不仅因为它的美丽，更因为它那用来隐蔽它的美丽的枯搞与憔悴。 t?disguises?its?shape?and?colours?in?order?to?protect?itself,?but?nevertheless?it?cant?helpending?up?in?being?captured,?not?only?because?of?its?beauty,?but?more?because?of?the?witheredquality?of?its?appearance?that?covers?up?its?beauty. 它以为它这样做可以保护自己，殊不知它这样做更教人去搜捕它。有一种生物比它还聪明，这种生物的特技之一是装假作伪，因此装假作伪这种行径是瞒不过这种生物—人的。 It?is?misled?to?believe?that?by?so?doing?it?can?keep?itself?out?of?danger.?On?the?contrary?itmakes?itself?more?attractive,?because?there?is?another?creature-man-that?is?cleverer?than?thisbutterfly.?Ibis?creature?is?extremely?skilled?in?masquerading?himself;?no?masqueradingwhatsoever?can?slide?by?under?his?nose. 人把它捕捉.将它制成标本，作为一种商品去出售，价钱越来越高。最后几乎把它捕捉得再也没有了。这一生物品种快要绝种了。 Man?captures?it,?makes?a?specimen?of?it?and?sells?it?in?the?market?at?increasingly?high?prices.What?happens?as?a?result?is?that?there?is?hardly?any?of?the?butterflies?to?be?found-the?speciesis?dying?out. 到这时候，国家才下令禁止捕捉枯叶蝶。但是，已经来不及了。国家的禁止更增加了它的身价。枯叶蝶真是因此而要绝对的绝灭了。 The?government?has?now?decided?to?put?a?ban?on?its?capture,?but?its?too?late.?The?ban,instead,?multiplies?its?price.?The?butterfly?is?on?the?verge?of?extinction. 我们既然有一对美丽的和真理的翅膀，我们永远