當天黃昏，看守突然命令阿霞把我帶到院子裡。一個看守以冰冷的語調向我宣佈：你的勞教期限被延長到二零零三年八月二十三日。

也就是整整三年。

我問這麼做的法律依據是什麼。看守答不出來。

我拒絕在她宣讀的文件上簽字。

當晚，看守派多了倆個「挾控」在牢房裡嚴密監視我，我翻個身她們都緊張萬分的盯著我，值班看守則頻頻從牢房窗口往裡望。

那陣式像是怕我越獄。（待續）

(英文對照)

When it was getting dark that day, the guards suddenly ordered Xia to take me to the yard. There, a guard announced to me in a cold tone: Your time of forced labor had been prolonged till August 23, 2003.

That was three whole years.

When I asked about the legal grounds for the prolonging, the guard couldn’t answer.

I refused to sign the document she read out.

That night, two more watching-inmates were sent to the cell to watch me closely. Throughout the night, they stayed up staring at me nervously, panicking even as I turned over, and the guards frequently checked on me from the cell window.

The fuss seemed like they were fearful lest I break prison.
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