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我的名字叫汤姆，是个没有工作的游民。而我可以生活到现在有吃有住而又不会无聊至死的原因是我总是遇到一些奇特的事，这些事情好象是从天上掉在我面前的，毫无预兆，毫无原因。于是我就每天睁大眼睛等待着事情的出现，然后尽我可能使它们向着某一个方向进行，得到完成，而我也能从中得到属于我的报酬。  

下面我就说一件不久前发生的事，至今我都认为这是我所遭遇的最奇特事件。  

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烟雾信息

作者/艾伦·科恩 

一个孤独的海难幸存者漂流到了荒岛上，千辛万苦地在荒岛上盖了一座简陋的小茅屋。每天他都向上帝祈祷能够获救，并且每天他都要凝望海平线，寻找路过的船只。

有一天当他在小茅屋做饭时，他发现海平线上出现一只船的帆影。他疯狂地冲向海滩，激动得上窜下跳，挥着手，用尽力气呼叫。然而，船只继续往前开，一点没有过来的意思。当他沮丧、失望地回到小屋时，却发现茅屋着火了。不一会儿，整个茅屋都彻底烧了起来，所有的东西都付之一炬。幸存者坐在石头上号啕大哭：“这可真是糟透了的一天啊。”

然而第二天早上，却有船只来营救他了。他激动得难以言表。“你们怎么知道我在这儿？”他问船长。“我们看到了烟雾信号。”船长说。

God has not promised
Skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways
All our lives thro’;
God has not promised
Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow,
Peace without pain.

God has not promised
We shall not know
Toil and temptation,
Trouble and woe;
He has not told us
We shall not bear
Many a burden,
Many a care.

But God has promised
Strength for the day,
Rest for the laborer,
Light for the way,
Grace for the trials,
Help from above,
Unfailing sympathy,
Undying love.

- Annie Johnson Flint

On the highway there's no traces left
Of accidents and incidents
The christmas snow has slipped his mind
As ever the forgetful kind
If I fall will you be there to catch me if I fall
When I fall will you be there to catch me when I fall
Down, down, down, down
The radio plays cover songs
New lyrics, sex and sing alongs
Suddenly I lost my friends
They don't call me and I don't call them
If I fall will you be there to catch me if I fall
When I fall will you be there to catch me when I fall
Down, down, down, down
Nothing matters if you stay here, hold me tight
All those memories will be lost in time
Nothing matters if you stay here hold me tight
All those memories will be lost in time
Like tears in the rain, like tears in the rain
Like tears in the rain, like tears in the rain
I need you, I need you now, I need you now
Like tears in the rain, like tears in the rain
I need you, I need you now, I need you now