银杏

本文是 Eastern Wood 的「未来的 365 天日历微科幻投稿」十月阶段的入选微科幻。英文版译者是他们的编辑 Xuan。在此分享一下，此处也有其他一些作者的微科幻作品。

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原文

银杏

「你知道吗？」她望着零星飘落的黄叶对我说，「银杏很孤独。」
我摇摇头。
「他们几亿年前就已经是现在这个样子。现在银杏门只有一种植物，与它同时代的生物几乎都已经灭绝，就连以它们为食的生物，也寥寥无几。」
「就像人类。」
「人类还好。」她望了一眼那个坐在不远处的老年人类，「等她去世之后，就再也没有人类了，孤独只会留给活着的我们。」

译文

Ginkgo

“Did you know?” She gazed at the sparse, yellowed leaves drifting down, “the ginkgo tree is very lonely.”

I shook my head.

“They’ve looked like this for a few hundred million years. Now, ginkgo trees are the sole survivors of their kind; nearly all other life forms from their era have become extinct, even creatures that once fed on them are scarce.”

“Just like humans.”

“Humans are better off.” She glanced at an elderly human sitting not far away. “When she passes away, there’ll be no humans left. Loneliness will belong only to those of us who remain.”