老虎咬人记（一）

俺年轻的时候火气很盛。火气盛有时就会咬人，咬人后会生气很长时间，一点也不舒服。大获全胜也一样。
过后也不怎么愿意回忆这些不愉快的事情，所以开始写日志到现在，一年多了，始终也没有碰那些咬人的故事。
之所以今天决定揭开过去的几个小小伤疤，是因为最近在论坛看到下面这个帖子：
http://bbs.tigtag.com/thread-665484-1-3.html
当时大概是02年，俺住在Epping 的Essex街。
一天去coles。本来没有打算买很多东西，就决定走路去。小老虎及其小朋友Terry兴冲冲穿上旱冰鞋，要求跟我一起去。
结果俺买兴大发，买了一袋又一袋。那天天气又热，回去的路就走得有些吃力。
到了联接Rawson街与Beecroft路的Arcade，俺就坐下来喘口气。
哪知道还没坐稳当，一个白发碧眼的老头就走进来，气势汹汹地对我说，“Do you know that roller skating is not allowed in the archade?”
我说，“Really? I didn't know that.”
他说，“It's written on the sign outside.”
我说，“Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see it.”
老头不依不饶，接着说，“If you Asian don't want to follow our rules, you should go back to your own country!”
这话一出，一只老虎立刻从长凳上弹起来，冲着老头吼起来：
“Who are you to say that I should go back to my country?! I came because your government needs technical people. I came with a PR. I've been paying tax starting from the 2nd week after I landed here. Your super might have come from the tax that I've paid. Who are you exactly to say that I should go back?!"
老虎的吼声如此响亮高亢，引得很多人都从商店里探出头看发生了什么事，然后象看到老虎一样又一声不响地都躲进去了。
老虎接着吼，“You ask me to go back to my own country，why don't you go back to YOUR own country?!"
老头说，“I was born here.”
老虎吼，“You were born here, how about your parents?! How about your parents' parents, or your grand parants' grand parents? Someone in your family came from outside Australia! Only obriginal people were here long enough! Why don't you go back to your own country?!”
老头顿了顿，说，“You Japanese chopped Australian people's heads off in world war II...”
老虎吼，“Who told you I'm Japanese?! I'm not Japanese. I'm Chinese.”
小Terry 也在边上帮腔说，“I'm Korean.”
老头张口结舌一阵子，撤了...
我坐下来，气得哭了起来。
这时一个文质彬彬、身材修长、黑头发黑眼睛的中年老外来到我身边，蹲下身，拉过我的手，抱歉地看着我说，“I'm sorry!"
我感激地看看他，说，“It's ok...Thank you!”
......
后来住的时间长了，知道Epping住着很多退伍老兵及太太，估计老头也是其中一个。这些人中很多因在二战期间与日本人打仗，心灵受到严重创伤，有时会将敌意扩大到所有亚洲人身上。
好在，他们的时代，即将彻底成为过去。