經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第26章

Chapter 26
"Yes, very salutary," said Arthur, after Slartibartfast had related the salient points of the story to him, "but I don't understand what all this has got to do with the Earth and mice and things."
"That is but the first half of the story Earthman," said the old man. "If you would care to discover what happened seven and a half millions later, on the great day of the Answer, allow me to invite you to my study where you can experience the events yourself on our Sens-O-Tape records. That is unless you would care to take a quick stroll on the surface of New Earth. It's only half completed I'm afraid — we haven't even finished burying the artificial dinosaur skeletons in the crust yet, then we have the Tertiary and Quarternary Periods of the Cenozoic Era to lay down, and ..."
"No thank you," said Arthur, "it wouldn't be quite the same."
"No," said Slartibartfast, "it won't be," and he turned the aircar round and headed back towards the mind-numbing wall.

第二十六章
“是的，很有教益。”司拉提巴特法斯特把這個故事最重要的內容講給他聽之後，阿瑟說，“可是我不明白這些跟地球和老鼠有什麼關係？”
“這隻足故事的前半部分，地球人。”老人說，“如果你願意知道750萬年之後，在那個得出答案的偉大的日子裏都發生了些什麼。請允許我邀請你到我的書房去。在那裏。通過我們的意念磁帶記錄，你能夠親身體驗到當時所發生的事情——除非你想先在新地球的表面逛一逛。這項工程目前只完成了一半，恐怕——我們還沒能結束在地殼中掩埋人造恐龍化石的工作，所以我們不得不放棄新生代的第三紀和第四紀，並且……”
“不，謝謝你了。”阿瑟說，“不會和真正的地球一模一樣的。”
“是的，”司拉提巴特法斯特說，“不會的。”他掉轉空中飛車的車頭，朝着那堵讓人思維麻木的牆飛回去。