“BANG!”thedoorcausedareverberation(回声).ItwasjuststandingtherewithfatherstandingononesideandIontheotherside.Wewerebothingreatanger.“Neversetfootinthishouseagain!”stormedfather.Withtearswe

　　“BANG!”thedoorcausedareverberation(回声).ItwasjuststandingtherewithfatherstandingononesideandIontheotherside.

　　Wewerebothingreatanger.“Neversetfootinthishouseagain!”stormedfather.WithtearswellingupinmyeyesIrushedoutoftheflatandranalongthestreet.

　　Thestreetlightswereshiningcausingrathersad-feeling.Iwanderedaimlessly.

　　Ayoungfatherwhoheldachildinhisarmswalkedpastme.IfeltasifIsawmychildhoodfromanotherspace:happyandcarefree.

　　Butnow…Idon’tknowwhetheritisbecauseIhavegrownuporbecausedadisgettingold.Wedifferinourwaysofthinking.Healwaysputhisopinionsandcodesofbehavioronme.WheneverIdosomethingwrongheneveradmitsit.Wearejustliketwopeoplecomingfromtwodifferentworlds.Itfeelslikethereisanirondoorbetweenusthatcanneverbeopened.

　　Iwanderedthestreetswithoutadestinationinmind.Myheartwasfrozenonthishotsummernight.AsIwalkedontherewerefewerandfewerpeopleonthestreetsuntilIhadonlythestreetlightstokeepmecompany.WhenIfinallyreachedthehigh-riseapartmentblockinwhichIlivedIsawthatthelightwasstillon.

　　Ithoughttomyself:“Isfatherwaitingformeorishestillangrywithme?”

　　Infactitwasnothing.Perhapsdadwasthrowingawaysomeofhisoldstamps.Perhapshethoughttheywereuseless.IneverhadthecouragetotellhimthatIlikedcollectingstamps.Ican’tstandhisoutrageous(蛮横的)words:“Ican’tthrowyouawayletalonetheseoldpapers?”

　　Allthelightswereoffexceptfather’s.

　　Dadwasalwayslikethis.Maybehedidn’tknowhowtoexpresshimself.Aftershoutingatmehenevershowedanymercyoranymomentsofregret.Afteranargumenthehasthehabitofcreepingupinmysleepandthentuckingmeunderneaththecovers.

　　Thiswashowhealwayswas.Hehasbeenaleaderforsolongthattellingeveryoneelsewhattodohasbecomehissecondnature.

　　Thelightwasstillon.“AmIwrong?”Iwhisperedmaybe…WiththekeyinhandIwasasnervousasIhadeverbeen.AtlastIdecidedtoopenthedoor.AssoonasIopenedthedoortearsrandownmycheeks.IsuddenlyrealizedthattheirondoorthatIhadimaginedbetweenusdidnotexist(存在)atall.Love—itsecondtonone.

　　1.Decidewhichi