亲爱的小文：

    你注意到警察局里消防车上的云梯（ladder）了吗？那种梯子升起来很高，可高出一百英尺。美国underworld slang把ladder叫做Jacob，你知道是谁吗？

    Jacob ribes of Israel, according to testament.   etage”）. Later, Jacob enforced ending to  ained from Isaac t for Esau. Esau  Jacob fled for his life.

    On to  at a place called Betect and bless  on to Labans er, Rac Laban forced Jacob to marry er. Leaer  for home.

    On t until God reassured  Esau   years in Egypt, w o live.

    Esau er in many stories found in Genesis 25-33. t knotage”（Gen.25：27-34）, and tting of o Jacob after tters return to Palestine 20 years later.

    Biblical ory regards Esau as te nation.

    Jacob就是现在以色列（Israel）人的老老老老老老老老老老……老祖宗。

    Mess of pottage就是“因小失大”、“得不偿失”、“划不来”的意思。

    A Jacobs ladder is a ladder made of rope or cable, usually  is dropped over to enable people to ascend from or descend to small boats alongside. s usually come aboard via a Jacobs ladder.

    ts its name from an incident in triarc up on top of it reaco .”

    Jacobs ladder  least te eart ion resembling a ladder bears t we Americans call“runs”in hey are simply ladders.

    Jacobs ladder可以登天，所以美国黑社会的tin（盗贼的隐语，切口）就把梯子叫Jacob。

    植物里头花葱属（polemoniums）中的一种就叫Jacobs ladder，因为它们有ladderlike leaves。

    爸 爸

    一九七五年十一月一日