119. Two Babies 两个孩子

She wanted to have two babies—one boy and one girl. She wanted to have the boy first and the girl a year later. That way they could grow up together. He said that was okay with him. She said, "What do you mean, 'okay'? It shouldn't be 'okay' with you. You should say that you want two babies just as much as I do. If you don't want two babies as much as I do, then forget it." He asked, "Forget it? You mean that we won't have two babies unless I really want to have two babies?" She said, "Yes, that's right. If you don't really want two babies, then we won't have two babies." "Okay," he said, "then let's not have two babies." "Are you sure about that?" she asked. He nodded his head, "Yes, I'm sure. We can't afford even one baby." "Okay," she said. "Goodbye." "What do you mean, 'goodbye'?" he asked. She told him she was going to leave him. She was going to find a man who wanted to have two babies with her. He told her that he was just kidding—of course he really wanted to have two babies with her. "Too late," she said. "You already told me how you really feel."

她想要两个孩子——一个男孩和一个女孩。她想先生男孩，一年后生女孩。那样他们就能一起长大。他说他没问题。她说：“你说‘好’是什么意思？你不应该说‘好’。你应该说你和我一样想要两个孩子。如果你不像我那么想要两个，那就算了。”他问，“算了吧？你的意思是，除非我真的想要两个宝宝，否则我们不会有两个孩子？”她说：“是的，没错。如果你真的不想要两个孩子，那么我们就不会有两个孩子。”“好吧，”他说，“那我们就不要有两个宝宝。”“你确定吗？”她问。他点点头，“是的，我肯定。我们连一个孩子都买不起。”“好吧，”她说。“再见。”“你说‘再见’是什么意思？”他问。她告诉他她要离开他。她要找一个想和她生两个孩子的男人。他告诉她，他只是在开玩笑——当然，他真的想和她生两个孩子。“太晚了，”她说。“你已经告诉我你的真实感受了。”