四、12. 不吐不快

终于，轮到居于末位的王美瑛老师发言。

她老娘早就想趁「新官上任三把火」──代理校长刚上任，还没把事搞砸、尚存威严之时──不吐不快：

「as you know, i’m lily li’s hometeacher, as well as arielponsibisted, not juste, ifullye of beibligated to do what i have to do, and ready to take anytical measures—and even assist in taking legal actions,vided mytheless, kept hinderie frate my disintments to all of you—」

「说中文，美瑛老师──体谅我们有些老师不讲英文。」

「get yourselvesinterpreter, then—i don’te—what i have to say i saypoint got my point—whichever language i speak in, 老师。only if you choose to listen, not tein hush me by shoutid hissing──ah-uh, here wein—lease, let metinue . . .」

「很失礼耶王老师──」「尊重一下好不好？」「权宜问题、权宜问题！」「主席，立刻将王美瑛赶出去！」

见主席的神情比雕塑的表情更加肃穆，叫嚣的人员只好乖乖闭嘴。

「the whole incidentnovel, e it to share with all of you—and i assure you: it dgoes like this:

「‘i keep picturill the little kids playing somee in;m standithe eddo, i have ttch every little kid if they start to run td the cliff—if they039;t look where they039;s;s the only thing i will have to be.’」

「let me tell you, my peed respectful seniembers, hegretful i am, right, right here, to have to attend this pointless meeting; not because i have to play the littlee with you weaklings,because i have to sit in this meeti, discussing some insignificant issues over ‘the school’s prestige’the so-called ‘measures to the currentises’ and waste my time—oh-oh—

「some people in thishtually speak english felt seriouslyed and started—you do get my point—this is exactly why i call the members in thisittee weaklings—

「all of you saw the ‘elephant in the’ but chose toephant, let us point it out with our fingers—if there is a bilf hiding in thed, lurking to hur kids—let’s get it, then! why—isn’t it ‘a perfect day for the wolf?’ i don’t seeints that we still sit here and wait fessiah-like figure to save the day, to remove the threat for us, while we are still far fbeing late to take action.