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    September 15

    “光说不练”系列之1:关于目标与方向

          比赛尔是西撒哈拉沙漠中的一颗明珠,每年有数以万计的旅游者来到这儿。可是在肯·莱文发现它之前,这里还是一个封闭而落后的地方。这儿的人没有一个走出过大漠,据说不是他们不愿离开这块贫瘠的土地,而是尝试过很多次都没有走出去。

      肯·莱文当然不相信这种说法。他用手语向这儿的人询问原因,结果每个人的回答都一样:从这儿无论向哪个方向走,最后都还是转回出发的地方。为了证实这种说法,他做了一

    次试验,从比塞尔村向北走,结果三天半就走了出来。

      比塞尔人为什么走不出来呢?肯·莱文非常纳闷,最后他只得雇一个比塞尔人,让他带路,看看到底是为什么?他们带了半个月的水,牵了两峰骆驼,肯·莱文收起指南针等现代设备,只拄一根木棍跟在后面。

      十天过去了,他们走了大约八百英里的路程,第十一天的早晨,他们果然又回到了比塞尔。这一次肯·莱文终于明白了,比塞尔人之所以走不出大漠,是因为他们根本就不认识北斗星。

      在一望无际的沙漠里,一个人如果凭着感觉往前走,他会走出许多大小不一的圆圈,最后的足迹十有八九是一把卷尺的形状。比塞尔村处在浩瀚的沙漠中间,方圆上千公里没有一点参照物,若不认识北斗星又没有指南针,想走出沙漠,确实是不可能的。

      肯·莱文在离开比塞尔时,带了一位叫阿古特尔的青年,就是上次和他合作的人。他告诉这个小伙子,只要你白天休息,夜晚朝着北面那颗星走,就能走出沙漠。阿古特尔照着去做,三天之后果然来到了大漠的边缘。阿古特尔因此成为比塞尔的开拓者,他的铜像被立在小城的中央。铜像的底座上刻着一行字:

    新生活是从选定方向开始的

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