He was 65, his wife was 66, had

他65，妻子66：

Alzheimer's disease

老年痴呆症。

He had cancer of the mouth

他的嘴

There were operations, radiation

得了癌症。

Treatments which decayed the bones in his

多次

Jaw which then had to be

手术，放射

Wired daily he put his wife in

治疗

Rubber diapers like a

这毁了他的

Baby

下巴骨

不得不用

Unable to drive in his condition

铁丝固定。

He had to take a taxi to the medical

Center, Had difficulty speaking

每天，他把妻子放进

Had to write the directions

橡胶尿布

Down

就像放一个

婴儿。

On his last visit they informed him

There would be another operation: a bit more

就他这身子

Left cheek and a bit more

无法开车

Tongue

只好打的去

医疗

When he returned he changed his wife's

中心

Diapers put on the tv

说话困难

Dinners, watched the evening news

只好

Then went to the bedroom, got the

把去处

Gun, put it to her temple, fired

写下来。

She fell to the left, he sat upon the

Couch put the gun into his

最后一次就诊

Mouth, pulled the trigger

人家告诉他

又有一次

The shots didn't arouse the neighbors

手术：把脸

向左矫正，舌头

Later the burning tv dinners

向左矫正。

Did

回来

Somebody arrived, pushed the door open, saw

他给妻子

It

换了尿布

打开电视

Soon the police arrived and

快餐，看了

Went through their routine, found

晚间新闻

Some items:

然后走进卧室，举起

枪，照着她的

A closed savings account and

太阳穴，开火。

A checkbook with a balance of

$114 suicide, they

她倒向

Deduced in three weeks

左边，他坐在

There were two new tenants:

沙发上

A computer engineer named

把枪塞进

Ross and his wife

嘴里，叩响了

Anatana who studied

扳机。

Ballet

枪声没有引起

They looked like another upwardly mobile

邻居的注意。

Pair

后来

燃烧的电视快餐

终于

有人赶来，撞开

门，一眼看见

电视快餐。

不久

警察赶到

例行

公事，并逐一

登记：

一个过期的银行

存折

一张只有

1.14美元的

支票薄

自杀，他们

推断。

不到三周

来了两个

新住户：

叫

罗斯的

计算机工程师

和他妻子

学

芭蕾的

阿纳塔娜。

看来，又是

积极进取的

一对。