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双语阅读：毕加索和我 摘要： 今天是我和帕勃洛？毕加索相遇的50周年纪念日。这件 事发生得很是离奇。 This is the 50th anni versary of the day I crossedpaths with Pablo Picasso. It came about in a stra ngeway. I had writte n a colu mn show ing how absurdsome of my mail had become. One letter was from Philadelphia. It was writtenby a Temple Uni versity stude nt n amed HarveyBrodsky. Harvey said he was in love with a girl n amedGloria Segall, and he hoped to marry her someday.She claimed to be the greatest liv ing fan of Picasso.The couple went to a Picasso exhibit and, to impress her, Harvey told Gloria that he couldprobably get the artist #39;s autograph. Harve y #39;s letter con ti nu ed, quot;S ince that in cide nt, Gloria and I have stopped seeing eachother. I did a stupid thing and she threw me out and told me she n ever wan ted to see meaga in. qu ot;l #39;m writ ing to you because l #39;m not giving up on Gloria. Could you get Picass o #39;s autographfor me? If you could, I have a feeling Gloria and I could get back together. The futures of twoyoung people depe nd on it. I know she is miserable without me and I without her. Everythi ngdepe nds on you.qu ot; At the end of the letter, he said, quot;I, Harvey Brodsky, do solemnly swear that any itemreceived by me from Art Buchwald (n amely, Pablo Picass o #39;s autograph) will n ever be sold orgive n to anyone except Miss Gloria Segall. qu ot; I prin ted the letter in my colu mn to show how ridiculous my mail was. Whe n it appeared,David Duncan, a photographer, was with Picasso in Cannes and Duncan tran slated it forPicasso. Picasso was very moved, and he took out his cray ons and drew a beautiful color sketch forGloria Segall and sig ned it. Duncan called and told me the good n ews. I said, quot;The heck with Gloria Segall, what about me?qu ot; David expla ined this to Picasso and in cray ons he drew a picture of the two of us together,hold ing a glass of wine, and wrote on the top, quot;Pour Art Buchwald. qu ot; By this time, the Associated Press had picked up