Chapter 9 9

At 11:00, there was finally nothing to do, and everything that could be done was done: nail clipping, bathing, earwax removal, TV news, arm flexion and waist stretching exercises, and dinner After eating, I have reached the last page of the book.Just no sleepiness.I planned to take the staff-only elevator again, but it was too early.The staff disappeared and had to wait until after 12 o'clock. After much deliberation, I finally decided to go to the bar on the twenty-sixth floor.Here, while watching the deep night with snowflakes dancing outside the window, I drank a martini and thought about the ancient Egyptians.What was the life of the ancient Egyptians like?What kind of people go to swimming school?Probably the dignitaries of the pharaoh family and nobles?Hipster and rich Egyptians.For such people, perhaps, a section of the Nile was dammed or otherwise built, and swimming pools were taught there to swim gracefully?Probably a well-behaved teacher like my friend who is a movie actor said to the dignitaries with a serious look: "Very well, Your Highness, this is very good. But I think if you can put your right hand in freestyle again Stretch it a little bit, and I'm afraid it will be perfect."

I can imagine the scene: the inky blue Nile River, the shining golden sun (of course there may be reed sheds in that area), armed warriors expelling crocodiles and civilians, reeds fluctuating with the wind, and Pharaoh's princes.And the princess, how about them?Girls learn to swim too?Like Kleopatra, who was as young as Jodie Foster, would she have lost her mind when she saw my friend, the swimming teacher?I am afraid it is inevitable.Because that's the reason for his existence. It would be better to make a film like this, I think, and it would be worth seeing it that way. In fact, the swimming teacher is not a person of humble origin.There was a prince in the area of ​​Israel or Ciria, who was taken to Egypt after his defeat and became a slave.But even after he was enslaved, he did not lose his charm.This is very different from Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas and the like.He showed his white teeth, smiled slightly, and urinated gracefully.As if about to pick up the ukulele and stand on the banks of the Nile and sing "Hawaiian Hula Girl".This role belongs to him.

One day, Pharaoh and his party passed by him.At that time, he was cutting reeds by the river when he suddenly saw a boat capsized in the middle of the river.He jumped into the water with a "plop" without hesitation, swam forward with a magnificent freestyle, and snatched the little girl back while fighting with the crocodile.His posture is really chic, just like when he lit the gas blowtorch on the science experiment team.Pharaoh saw it and couldn't help being moved, so he decided to let the young man be the prince's swimming teacher.The former teacher was thrown into the bottomless well a week ago because of his vulgar speech.In this way, he became a teacher at the Prince's Swimming School.He is suave and suave, and everyone falls in love with him at first sight.Every night, the maids covered their bodies with spices and tiptoed into his bed.The princes and queens also fell in love with him.As a result, the screen launched a beautiful scene like "The Swimsuit Woman" and "The Prince and I" combined into one.He and the princes and queens showed water ballet swimming to celebrate the pharaoh's birthday.The pharaoh was overjoyed, and his worth rose accordingly.But he was never complacent, always humble, always smiling, and urinating gracefully.Every time the court lady went to bed, he would caress her in every possible way for an hour to satisfy her, and at the end he did not forget to stroke her hair and say "I'm so happy", his concern can be described as meticulous.

What is it like to share a bed with an Egyptian court lady?I thought about it for a while, but finally no specific scene emerged.After trying to imagine for a long time, what came to mind was nothing more than 20th Century Fox's "Cleopatra", which starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. Nausea: A group of Hollywood-esque exotic leggy brunettes "hula-hula" fanning Elisabeth with long-handled fans, performing all sorts of unscrupulously erotic poses for his pleasure.Egyptian women are very good at this kind of work. As a result, Kleopatra in Fox's works was fascinated by him and couldn't help himself.

The plot may be unsurprising, but it wouldn't be a movie without it. He was equally in love with Cleopatra. However, he was not alone in his love of Cleopatra.The dark-skinned Abyssinian prince was also so enamored of her that he couldn't help dancing at the thought of her--a role that could only be played by Michael anyway.Jackson plays.The prince was so infatuated that he traveled from Abyssinia across the desert to Egypt.On the way, in front of the green fire of the desert caravan, they sang "Pelly King" with a tambourine in their hands and danced, their eyes sparkling under the light of the silver stars.Needless to say, there was an entanglement between the swimming teacher and Michael Jackson, and there was a hand-to-hand battle in love.

Just thinking of this, the male waiter came and told me that it was almost closing time with embarrassment, and apologized and said sorry.I looked at my watch, it was already 12:15.The only guest who did not leave was myself.The surrounding area has been roughly tidied up by the male waiter.Forget it, I couldn't help thinking, why did I spend such a long time thinking about such boring things, it's ridiculous, I'm afraid it's a neurological problem.I signed the bill, drank the rest of the martini, got up and walked out of the bar with my hands in my pockets, waiting for the elevator to come.

The problem is that according to traditional customs, Kleopatra must marry her younger brother-this fantasy movie scene can't be excluded from the mind anyway, but emerges endlessly.The younger brother is cowardly, lonely and suspicious, who should he be?Could it be Allen?Then it became a comedy.This person tells some jokes that are not funny from time to time in the palace, and hits his head with a plastic hammer, no way. Let's talk about it later, brother.Pharaoh or Lawrence fit.This gentleman has congenital headaches, and he does not use his index finger to press his temples all the time.For those who do not agree with them, they may be thrown into a bottomless well, or made to fight with crocodiles in the Nile River.Cunning and cruel.They even cut off the eyelids of people and exiled them to the desert.

Thinking of this, the elevator door opened quietly and suddenly.I stepped into it, pressed the fifteenth floor button, and then continued to reverie.I didn't want to think about it, but I just couldn't control it. As soon as the stage turned, a desolate desert appeared.In a cave deep in the desert, a prophet who was expelled by the Pharaoh lived silently, alone, and no one knew about it.Despite having his eyelids cut off, he finally managed to make his way across the desert and miraculously survived.He was dressed in sheepskin to hide from the scorching sun.He lives in darkness all day long, eats insects, chews weeds, and predicts the future with the eyes of his soul, the coming fall of Pharaoh, the dusk of Egypt, and the transformation of the world.

Sheep man, I think.Why did the sheep man suddenly appear in such a place? The door opened quietly and suddenly again, and I stepped out of the door blankly and blankly thinking.Could it be that the sheep man has lived in the world since ancient Egypt?Or is it all just a silly hallucination I've made up in my head?Still with my hands in my pockets, I stood in the dark, meditating. dark? When I realized it, it was pitch black and there was no light at all.As the elevator doors closed behind me, a dark screen fell around me.You can't even see your own hands, and you can't hear the background music. Be it "Love in the Color of Water" or "Love in Summer", there is no sound.The air was chilly, mixed with a musty smell.

In such darkness, I really stood alone.