《Hairy Parents》作者： - A. Bertram Chandler 【EPUB】

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THE HAIRY PARENTS We met him at one of those small seaside resorts, with a name all "M"s and "L"s and "O"s on the Queensland Coast, north of Brisbane. It was mid-winter, but the weather, to those of us from the more southerly States, was pleasantly warm, even hot at times, during the day. There were quite a few holidaymakers who, like ourselves, had come north to enjoy the sunshine. He was one of them. He had the holiday flat underneath ours. We couldn't avoid running in to him now and again when we were on our way to or from the beach. There was no possibility of our not recognising him; he was a remarkably ugly man. It was not a repellent ugliness, his face exhibited the rather pathetic cheerfulness of the higher apes. When he was wearing only swimming trunks and sandals his resemblance to an ape, or a gorilla, was even more pronounced. His body was thick, his legs bowed. A mat of coarse hair covered his chest and belly, a corresponding mat coated his back. There was very little exposed skin on his arms and legs, apart from the bald patches on his knees and elbows. With the aid of only a little trick photography, but no assistance