英语灵异故事-The Cry 01 哭声 01（在线收听）

A long plaintive wail emanated from the cardboard box. Whether Jacob had seen the box or heard the cry first, he could not be sure, but he was certain that the pitiful sound came from the box. At once he was regretting taking the short cut from the Burger bar to the car park, he had always felt uncomfortable using it after dark. The passage between the Record shop and the Butchers was only just wide enough for one person and it was badly lit with a single bulb. Where it opened out behind the shops, anyone could be hiding in the dark out of sight of the High Street, hardly visible in the shadows from the vast empty car park.

Still he had something else to worry about this time because there was that cry again audible above the sound of the fans on the refrigeration unit at the back of the Butchers shop. It was a heart rending sound of loneliness, pain and hunger that brought back memories of childhood punishments, when Jacob's mother locked him in his bedroom without any dinner or supper. He could hear her voice even now, all these years later, "You disgusting little monster". What was that awful sound? What should he do about it? Leave it probably, let some one else sort it out. Nobody had helped him then locked in his bedroom or in the dark under stairs cupboard, shivering in his wet pajamas, his cries drowned out by his mothers ranting and the loud rumble of the washing machine.

纸箱里发出一声长长的悲鸣。雅各布不确定自己是先看到纸箱还是先听到喊声，但他确信声音是从箱子里传来的。他立刻就对自己走捷径从博格酒吧到停车场的决定感到后悔，天黑以后走捷径总会让他有种不舒服的感觉。唱片店和肉店之间的通道仅容一人穿过，只亮着一盏昏暗的灯。任何人都能藏在店铺后边的暗处，那儿离主街道比较远，而且停车场的黑影也让人无法辨认是否有人藏在暗处。

但此时他还有别的事需要担心。那个声音又响了起来，都盖过了肉店后边冷藏间风扇的声音。那听起来孤单、痛苦和饥饿的声音让人揪心，不禁让雅各布想起自己童年时被母亲惩罚，被锁在卧室里连饭都不给吃的情形。这么多年过去了，他还能想起她的声音：“你这个可恶的小怪物。”那个可怕的声音是什么？他该怎么办？也许什么都不该做，留给其他人去解决。当年他被锁在卧室或是漆黑的楼梯间里，穿着湿漉漉的睡衣瑟瑟发抖时，他的哭声被母亲的咆哮声和洗碗机的隆隆声压过，当时也没人帮过他啊。