永不休憩的工作者ANon-stoWorkingHand

佚名

Anonymous

Itwasanearly-wintermorning。Iwasatthemomentsittingcalmlyinthehall。Oositemewasaclockhanginghighonthewall。

Intranquilityitiseasytosetonesmindworking;itisalsoeasytocatchlightsoundshardlyaudibleinusualtimes，amongwhichisthetickingoftheclockssecondhand。Itticksaway60timesaminutetofulfillitsduty—theonlyworkitdoes，andersistently。Itisketbusyallthetime，andthusregardedas

"anon-stoworkinghand

"。

Listeningtotherhythmicaltaingoftheclock，Isuddenlyfoundoutthatthesoundemittedbythesecondhandwasnotuniformeitherinvolumeorinstrength。

Acloseobservationrevealedthatit

"wentdownhill

"from0to30secondsandthen

"climbeduwards

"from31to60seconds。

Whileitisdescendingitseeminglygoeseffortlessly。Benefitedbygravitationitcanwalkdownevenlystebyste。Whenitcomestotheointof20itgivestheimressionofacceleration，forthislegofjourneyseemsthemostfacilitating。Actuallyofcoursethehandneveracceleratesasaresultofdescending。

"Climbinguwards

"seemstoentailefforts。Itshowsuthemeaningofthehrase

"aimhigh

"。Whenthehandgoesfrom31to60secondsitisaiminghighanditssoundbecomesweakerandweaker。Itseemstotellusthatitimmersesitselfinhardworkreticentlystrivingforthehighestoint。Dontyouseethecomosureandsteadinessofthoseheroicersonalitiesthathaveuttheirshoulderstothewheel?

Theclinkofthesecondhandindescendingsuddenlybeginsto

"weaken

"whenitstartstoclimb。DoesitmeanthatHeaven，throughtheclocksticking，givesusahintofsomehiddentruth?

一个初冬的早晨，我静静地坐在客厅里。正对着我的墙壁上，高悬着一个时钟。

在一片寂静中，一个人很容易放飞思绪，也很容易捕捉到平常很难听到的细微声音，时钟秒针的滴答声就是其中之一。为了完成它的职责，它每分钟都要滴答60次。这是它永不间断的唯一工作。它永远都在忙碌着，因而被称为“永不休憩的工作者”。

听着时钟有节奏的滴答声，我突然发现，秒针所发出来的声音、大小和强度并不是始终如一的。

我仔细地观察了一番，发现从0秒到30秒，它是在“走下坡”；而从31秒到60秒，是在“爬上坡”。