路中间的野牛

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We came around a corner in the park, 我们在公园里拐过一个弯，

and the traffic had stopped. 前面的车全都停下来了。

A long line of cars, twenty or thirty, engines off. 排了长长的一队车，得有二三十辆，发动机都熄火了。

Then I saw him. 接着我就看到它了。

A bison, in the middle of the road. 一只野牛，就在马路正中间。

He was enormous, the size of a small car, 它体型巨大，跟一辆小汽车差不多大，

with a huge dark head and a beard. 长着一个深色的大脑袋，还留着胡子。

And he was walking. 它就那么走着。

Slowly. 慢吞吞地走着。

Right down the yellow line, like he owned it. 正好踩在黄线上，跟这路是它家开的一样。

He did not move over. 它一点也不让道。

He did not hurry. 也一点都不着急。

Here's what amazed me. 最让我惊讶的是这个：

Nobody honked. 没有人按喇叭。

Not one car. 一辆车都没有按。

In the city, if you wait two seconds at a green light, 要是放在城里，绿灯亮了你稍微迟疑个两秒，

someone behind you leans on the horn. 后面的车就会狂按喇叭催你。

Here, thirty cars sat in perfect silence, 而在这里，三十辆车安安静静地停在那儿，

for fifteen minutes, behind an animal with nowhere to be. 整整等了十五分钟，就跟在一只根本哪儿都不赶的动物屁股后面。

It turns out we can all be patient. 原来大家其实都是有耐心的。

We just need something worth waiting for. 只是需要遇到值得我们等待的东西罢了。

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