安娜的步伐很快。根本不是一個五歲女孩應有的速度。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TbbUsaeoM
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一絲不安掠過。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoc2yQ5hax
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村民都說她是個不祥人，因為她多年來均是五歲女孩的模樣，不曾長大。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjnTz571gC
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「安娜，不如我們休息一會，好嗎？」我氣喘如牛。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6wgBqhUfO
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她停下腳步，回頭冷眼望我。「好的。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ031QLzpFxL
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5grOGRkTH
我們在一棵大樹下並肩而坐。我這才發現四周盡是一片迷霧。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28MWpwylqj
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不寒而慄。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOb8VCoTQb
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為何安娜可以單憑直覺辦認方向？416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IRVGoGTI9
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqhyUjyMhm
難道她真的是傳說中的森林魔鬼？416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLiZVkMq0b
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8IjvGurEC
「安娜，你很熟悉這片森林呢！」我嘗試套口風。傳說從無人可以活著離開森林，除了安娜。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qsLXnLoik
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMT1yh3hQj
「嗯。我每天都在這裡閒蕩。」安娜低頭把玩她的老舊破娃娃。娃娃是由碎布拼湊而成的，沾滿塵灰。灰灰黑黑的，與安娜的衣裝打扮同一調子。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdkh2PwpL7
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy4NpdPrnx
「為甚麼？媽媽不會擔心嗎？」我故作關心，目光離不開安娜的紅髮藍眼。全村只有安娜有紅髮和藍眼珠。我十分肯定安娜的父母不是村子的居民。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEzPpKlaBr
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIZSu9jr5F
「媽媽走入森林後，再也沒有回到村子。但她離開前答應過我，遲些會來帶我渡湖離開。」安娜將娃娃緊緊擁入懷內，一臉憂傷。「我日等夜等，始終等不到，所以走入森林中四處逛，看看能否找到她講的湖。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6q8eHf1tt
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「湖？是否我要找的湖？」我驚訝不已。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI96TdZHp3y
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKuM5OISfD
一連七日，我夢見失蹤多年的母親，她要我找安娜幫忙，尋找森林中的大湖，與她團聚。村民說魔鬼冒充我的母親，想要趁機侵奪我的肉體，勸我不要冒險走入森林，也不要與安娜來往。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVSuwkWel3
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVCkQtsqIT
「我估計是。」安娜不太肯定。「我沒有親眼見過那個湖。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJugna6iFGO
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvfJcnIgKO
「你不是曾經引領部份村民找到大湖嗎？」我心頭一顫。曾有二十三個村民先後跟隨安娜進入森林，卻也再沒有回來。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvDRpescqR
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡME8yEiGgsL
「對。他們看見湖，但我看不見。」安娜苦笑：「他們都夢見多年不見的親人，但我沒有夢見過任何親人。其他村民沒有發過類似的夢，所以亦看不見湖。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkUXA8Yt3l
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SgoWaBKFy
一切過於詭異，難以服人。難怪村民都說安娜是不祥人。村民對安娜又懼又恨，三番四次欺侮她，想要將她趕離村子。部份激進的村民甚至曾以驅魔之名，將安娜扔入火爐。猶幸安娜死不了，爬出火爐，躲在森林裡療傷。她後來又拾來爛布髒布裹身，遭村民戲稱「灰色安娜」。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjgYdgeTpv
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKqWzskVNR
「不用怕。你的媽媽定會信守諾言。」我心生憐憫。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWsrthvlLo
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZpFbI5052
安娜終於笑了。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiv11vVSePD
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtRbn10pWP
她喜孜孜地給我講述她最愛的床前小故事：從前，有一位灰姑娘。她有一個繼母，繼母有兩個女兒……416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgrcCxR4lP
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0ELXJzAoc
聊著聊著，我和安娜齊齊於大樹下倦極入睡。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCQQfq6gpx
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翌日，霧氣消散。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PenDNTF4j
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYQsxjFTLP
我強撐硬僵的身體，勉力張開沉重的眼皮。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQIbRjcDc0
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheCVHe5aHx
怎麼會有一個湖在不遠處？怎麼我們整晚不曾發覺？416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwc24WtEDZ
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSDTxaMybj
「怎麼了？」安娜打個呵欠，睡眼惺忪望向我。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GfPKtTAnj
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5kjBbRaiN
「你看不見嗎？」我指向大湖。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHANKLWL7WU
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHE4pBnXRmX
「湖？我看不見呢！」安娜意識到我看見了甚麼，不以為然。她朝著我手指的方向跑去，跑到我眼中的湖中央，腳步不曾泛起漣漪。最後，她四平八穩地站在湖面，未有沒入水裡。如履平地。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OjrSM41dG
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOTIyCuAu1
我鼓起勇氣，戰戰兢兢地走向安娜。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJMlnaOOKv
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQBpa2QfK7
沒走多少步，我的鞋子已被浸濕，雙腳亦感受到湖水的冰涼。「我沒能走近你！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexCHOwgHkz
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFd0IY35da
「你站在湖邊就可以了！」她回到我身邊。「看看附近有沒有甚麼特別的？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yPgykcBMB
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ySsCshGDO
我四處張望。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTCdBiBPxC
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濃霧忽現，籠罩湖面，一切景物均沒入迷濛當中。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQCBYs9XPE
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMym4GE9Wa6
漣漪從湖中心擴散開來。一條無人的半殘小舟往我們這邊前來，停在我腳邊。「一條……小舟……」我被詭譎的情境嚇得半死，說話結結巴巴的。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXkh2AK91Q
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD8Hng2HZL
「就是這個了！它會給你指引離開的路。」講解完畢，安娜馬上轉身離開。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRU1q1EsKm
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTC2jiGjD3
「安娜！」我叫住安娜：「你要跟我離開嗎？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnzFLIrziN
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9gTyxc6iX
「我看不見湖，亦看不見小舟，離開不了呢！」安娜以笑容掩蓋失落之情。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66AH8ieqdI
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDM5diOsoK
我連忙從衣袋掏出幾顆糖果，塞到安娜手心。「我只有這些……無以為報。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubgLMDeDSb
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO6k0Ysugl
「或許，你替我打探媽媽的下落，然後告訴她，安娜很掛念她！」安娜哭著講出媽媽的名字。聽聞她是個沒有眼淚的女孩，受到村民的連番欺侮亦不會示弱。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNvwxDZW3A
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但，她會為了媽媽而哭。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vVXwnYduM
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「好……」我輕掃她的紅髮，以示安慰。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAvEjS7Ayj
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgkKlKWlc9
我登上小舟，邁向矇矓深處。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54VRJYoPF4
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUg39IOFVm
安娜的身影越益模糊……
我睜開雙眼，霍地彈起。身邊圍著兩個不認識的醜陋老女人，還有……416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgJru1e9Ix
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfiOC3Pcp6
「爸爸？媽媽？」我喜極而泣，父母亦激動衝前，與我相擁。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCxL33F2xJ
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我飽餐一頓後，與父母和醜女們再次聚首。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6i9MHISeF
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpSP7I7wfE
父母說，我數天前遇上車禍離世。他們找來女巫作法，令我起死回生。現在，我還要多待在這裡一晚，觀察情況。如無意外，明天方可回家去。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2truaino1j
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPPjZnqkdQ
夜裡，父母離開小屋後。爐火邊，我和兩位女巫齊齊安坐搖搖椅，品嚐可口的熱朱古力。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaOTdlzwT1
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我提及有關安娜的事情，希望女巫能夠幫忙尋找安娜的母親。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIksUeowA9
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鴉雀無聲。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8N0hOiYkTX
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我從女巫的神情察覺端倪。「你們認識安娜？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHbqpZfcF9
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwMWGJXwla
她們沒有直接回答我，逕自講起她們的故事……416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1ekci8Soc
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhZA0L5WF0
七十年前，國家內戰剛剛平息，人民又要開始面對瘟疫和饑荒。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawlMjNCKWO
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVubrDqLn4h
兩個十歲不到的小娃隨著女巫母親四處流浪，最後得到一個樵夫收留。女巫為了報恩而下嫁喪妻的樵夫，助他照顧親生女兒——安娜。可惜好景不常，樵夫染上瘟疫離世，餘下女巫獨力照顧三名女兒。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIosHaKC9Z
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62dyfr18qn
四人吃不飽、穿不暖，女巫為生計發愁之際，發現村裡的富翁願意花錢招聘懂得巫術的人，望能將愛妻起死回生。女巫盤算一番後，前往應聘。她以不知袖裡的安娜作為「媒介」，哄騙她為愛妻的靈魂作引導……416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYahS64DWl
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rn1gia5bb
「為何不是你倆作『媒介』，而是完全不懂巫術的安娜？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJF8FP32Uz
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqN5VYG41a
「有哪個母親會捨得讓自己的孩子冒險？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDa0gGrMSp
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUQHwRYobn
「事成後，為何不帶安娜回來？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ehSMtYhTL
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfICWJQC8BI
「因為賺來的錢被偷光。我們只好重施故技，繼續利用安娜賺錢……」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOycEIrikf
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0qAhBahxp
「然後呢？又被偷錢嗎？你們不是活得好好的？有熱朱古力！有火爐！有搖搖椅！但安娜每天被欺侮，甚至會被扔入火爐！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvg4b7zNNj
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTCsYvEsOG
「太遲了！安娜的肉身早已腐爛，沒能復生。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYr5c24GTf
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrpxjfUvJa
「至少，你們該要向她道歉，讓她不要盲目等待，重過正常生活。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa3mJhCfTq
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicRNMgzkcf
「我們……不敢……我們怕她受刺激後靈力大增，化為怨靈……向我們報仇……」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTFyyiqHSO
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNocGtS9eGR
「她是個好心腸的孩子。或許她會原諒你們。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxqjTtpUbf
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNW3oJybxEP
「誰保證？」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnK0f8hs6j
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的確，沒人能保證安娜不會發怒。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMN7wHfyMj
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nn906cyh1
女巫見我沒有立即回嘴，於是乘勝追擊，你一言我一語，把責任推卸予我。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLrSOQ0Rk1
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0Xan4nWCB
「不如，你馬上自殺，將真相告訴安娜，勸她重過正常生活。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHtrmfEgra
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRxwPqRtlm
「但我們不確定安娜會否願意再次為你引路。」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDw6oHRjPs
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOQ467pVOt
「希望安娜不會就地把你撕成碎片吧！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzHnFR591T
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOSDfJukSL
「裝甚麼大仁大義？你不也是沒膽量！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7Zjb4MuwU
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncXYBO4ez3
我氣得將手中的保溫杯扔向爐火，把搖搖椅推翻在地。奈何此等誇張的舉動反令女巫笑得彎了腰。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ706eY6SrSZ
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXQlpf2zQw
「惱羞成怒嗎？哈哈哈！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErlbodilqo
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyagRGGB6rv
「你的父母千金散盡，原來是救了個小屁孩！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlkhtFAX0J
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvo3gBOCBRn
「世界從來不是非黑即白！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs0tK3q8x2
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEW4hxMiHv
「小子，你將來就會明白！」416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV13zfvw6gV
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我知道自己徹底輸了。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdFHlXYwgo
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不單是敗予女巫，更是敗於自己。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M4Lfg0urX
416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ1MQ4YmkZ
我沒有自己想像的清高。416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmyZwtxLLr
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所以……416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1Xu9LmiUg
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對不起，安娜。
