少年派的奇幻漂流 Chapter 33

Chapter 33,He shows me family memorabilia. Wedding photos first. A Hindu wedding with Canada prominently on the edges. A younger him, a younger her. They went to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon ¹. Had a lovely time. Smiles to prove it. We move back in time. Photos from his student days at U of T: with friends; in front of St. Mike's; in his room; during Diwali on Gerrard Street; reading at St. Basil's Church dressed in a white gown; wearing another kind of white gown in a lab of the zoology ² department; on graduation day. A smile every time, but his eyes tell another story.,Photos from Brazil, with plenty of three-toed sloths ³ in situ.,With a turn of a page we jump over the Pacific-and there is next to nothing. He tells me that the camera did click regularly-on all the usual important occasions-but everything was lost. What little there is consists of what was assembled by Mamaji and mailed over after the events.,There is a photo taken at the zoo during the visit of a V.I.P. In black and white another world is revealed to me. The photo is crowded with people. A Union cabinet minister is the focus of attention. There's a giraffe in the background. Near the edge of the group, I recognize a younger Mr. Adirubasamy.,"Mamaji?" I ask, pointing.,There's a man next to the minister, with horn-rimmed glasses and hair very cleanly combed. He looks like a plausible ⁴ Mr. Patel, face rounder than his son's.,"Is this your father?" I ask.,He shakes his head. "I don't know who that is.",There's a pause of a few seconds. He says, "It's my father who took the picture.",On the same page there's another group shot, mostly of schoolchildren. He taps the photo.,The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了 。,I would like to brush up my zoology.我想重新温习一下动物学。