他65，妻子66：

He was 65, his wife was 66, had

老年痴呆症。

Alzheimer's disease

他的嘴

He had cancer of the mouth

得了癌症。

There were operations, radiation

多次

Treatments which decayed the bones in his

手术，放射

Jaw which then had to be

治疗

Wired daily he put his wife in

这毁了他的

Rubber diapers like a

下巴骨

Baby

不得不用

铁丝固定。

Unable to drive in his condition

He had to take a taxi to the medical

每天，他把妻子放进

Center, Had difficulty speaking

橡胶尿布

Had to write the directions

就像放一个

Down

婴儿。

On his last visit they informed him

就他这身子

There would be another operation: a bit more

无法开车

Left cheek and a bit more

只好打的去

Tongue

医疗

中心

When he returned he changed his wife's

说话困难

Diapers put on the tv

只好

Dinners, watched the evening news

把去处

Then went to the bedroom, got the

写下来。

Gun, put it to her temple, fired

She fell to the left, he sat upon the

最后一次就诊

Couch put the gun into his

人家告诉他

Mouth, pulled the trigger

又有一次

手术：把脸

The shots didn't arouse the neighbors

向左矫正，舌头

向左矫正。

Later the burning tv dinners

Did

回来

他给妻子

Somebody arrived, pushed the door open, saw

换了尿布

It

打开电视

快餐，看了

Soon the police arrived and

晚间新闻

Went through their routine, found

然后走进卧室，举起

Some items:

枪，照着她的

太阳穴，开火。

A closed savings account and

A checkbook with a balance of

她倒向

$114 suicide, they

左边，他坐在

Deduced in three weeks

沙发上

There were two new tenants:

把枪塞进

A computer engineer named

嘴里，叩响了

Ross and his wife

扳机。

Anatana who studied

Ballet

枪声没有引起

邻居的注意。

They looked like another upwardly mobile

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。