Special： These three（Part 5） (第1/3页)

    ThefuneralceremonyofRitzPomanandJimmySternareallheldontheholodecktwoandholodeckthreewhichisnotaslargeasthefirstone.Thankstotheskillofthedoctors，theircorpsesareluckyenoughtoberepairedasitshouldbe.It’sreallyapitythatbothofthemareintheirtwentieth，buttheylosetheirpreciouslifehere.Once，theydevotethemselvestoexploringtheuniverse，but，finally，space，thefinalfrontier，willbetheirfinaldestination.

    Initially，allthecrewsplannedtoholdfuneralsforthetwopeopleinthehugeplaneoftheshuttlehangar，butduetodifferentcustoms，theirfinalfuneralswouldbeheldonthesamedeck，buenotthesameplace.Andeventually，tothesameends.Wheretheywillfinallymeettheirdestiny，thesamedestiiny.

    RitzPomancomefromLondon.Hishouse，isabigfamilywhichhavelastedforalmostsevenhundredyears.Thoughallhisfamilyhaven’tcometotheAndromedagalaxy，twoofhissistersandoneofhisbrothersarealltakingserviceontheUSSCHINNYUN，whoareworkingasjuniorofficers.Thistime，theychoosetoholdthefuneralbytheoldpastorLatuk，anelderlyBritishministeronboardthestarship，andthen“bury”himtohishometown.JimmyStern’sfamily，bycontrast，havenoreligiousbeliefs，buttheyinsistonaformalAmericanfuneral.Tothesacrificeoftwopeople，XieXuanfeelsguiltyandgrateful，accordingly，shepromisedtherequirementoftwofamilieswithoutdoubt.

    Wearingawhitefederationsuit，Cpt.Xuanstepintotheholodecktwo.Justafterthearchopened，whatblowagainstherfaceisatingeofspring.Walkinghere，shealsoseemstowalkintheearth‘swilderness，whereshecanbecompletelyrelaxedandhappy.Inthedistancestoodasmall，one-storychurch，surroundedbywhitepaintandlargeskylightsdecoratedwithstainedglass.Whenseeingthegiantarcroofandthosecolorfulwindowsdecoratedwithallkindsofpaintings，Cpt.Xuanrealisedsomethinghappensyearsbefore，duringherhappychildhood.Whenthethoughtsofthepastisintoxicatingher，thearchwhichhavejustclosedbeforesuddenlyopenedatanothersituation，severalmenarecarryingalargecubeofblackcoffinwhichismadebydarkmarble.Atthesurfaceofit，thereliesablueflatneatly，whichistheflatoftheUnitedFederationofPlanets.Throughthetransparentcrystalplane，shecanseethattheyoungcheekisstillruddyclusteredbyvariousflowers，justlikewhatitwasyesterday.Cpt.Xuanquickenhersteps，walkingtowardthesmallchurchnotfaraway.

    Allthosewhotookpartinthefuneral，nomatterheisaseniorofficerorascienceresearcher，arewearingawhitesuitwithablackbowtieinordertoshowthebestrespecttothedefunct(死者).Theyjuststandstillandwaited.Whenthecoffincomesclose，thecrowdscatteredtobeasmallroad，buttheonlyonestandingstillisthepastorLatuk.Asusual，heiswearingaplaincassock.Beingwithseveralbrothersandsomesisters，heisstandingby，untiltheyarrive.

    Thepastorgivethosewhoarecarryingthecoffinatiptoshowsomething.Then，allofthemslowtheirpaceandjustwalkedcarefullyintotheholygate.Cpt.Xuanandsomeotherseniorofficersarestandingatthefirstline.Theyfollowthemandthensitdownatthebench，holdingtheaweandveneration.

    “Foreverythingthereisaseason，andatimeforverypurposeunderheaven.”Thepastorlookaround，andsays:”Atimetobeborn，andatimetatimetoplant，andatimetopluckupthatwhichisplaatimeto