波莉问路
Twenty minutes of proud wandering, one patient owl, and the discovery that a single question is worth more than a whole map.
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Keep it on your phone →波莉一直觉得地图是给游客用的,这个想法只坚持了二十分钟。小区的街道弯弯曲曲,像是随手画出来的,每个街角都飘着同一家面包店的香味,而图书馆怎么也不肯出现。街角站着一只猫头鹰,报纸折成小小的一块,站着看,只有猫头鹰才那样看报。「不好意思,请问一下。我好像迷路了。」
猫头鹰非常有耐心地放下报纸。「图书馆在哪里?我在这里绕了半天。」不远,猫头鹰解释说,问题出在喷泉。所有人都在喷泉那里拐错了方向。「到了喷泉那里,往右还是往左?」往左,永远往左,然后一直沿着街走,走到广场为止。「一直走到广场,好的!听起来很简单。」
有人说出来之后,果然很简单。图书馆就在广场后面,宽宽的台阶,门开着,一直都在那儿。「太谢谢你了!你救了我这个下午。」猫头鹰挥了挥报纸,眼睛没有离开下一页。波莉走上台阶,心里有了一个新的想法:两点之间最短的距离,是一个好问题。
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