第18章新月集
第18章新月集
theastronomer
ionlysaid,“whenintheeveningtheroundfullmoongetsentangledamongthebranchesofthatkadamtree,couldn'tsomebodycatchit?”
butdadalaughedatmeandsaid,“baby,youarethesilliestchildihaveeverknown.themooniseversofarfromus,howcouldanybodycatchit?”
isaid,“dada,howfoolishyouare!whenmotherlooksoutofherwindowandsmilesdownatusplaying,wouldyoucallherfaraway?”
stilldadasaid,“youareastupidchild!but,baby,wherecouldyoufindanetbigenoughtocatchthemoonwith?”
isaid,“surelyyoucouldcatchitwithyourhands.”
butdadalaughedandsaid,“youarethesilliestchildihaveknown.ifitcamenearer,youwouldseehowbigthemoonis.”
isaid,“dada,whatnonsensetheyteachatyourschool!whenmotherbendsherfacedowntokissusdoesherfacelookverybig?”
butstilldadasays,“youareastupidchild.”
天文家
我不过说:“当傍晚圆圆的满月挂在迦昙波的枝头时,有人能去捉住它么?”
哥哥却对我笑道:“孩子呀,你真是我所见到的顶顶傻的孩子。月亮离我们这样远,谁能去捉住它呢?”
我说:“哥哥,你真傻!当妈妈向窗外探望,微笑着往下看我们游戏时,你也能说她远么?”
哥哥还是说:“你这个傻孩子!但是,孩子,你到哪里去找一个大得能逮住月亮的网呢?”
我说:“你自然可以用双手去捉住它呀。”
但哥哥还是笑着说:“你真是我所见到的顶顶傻的孩子!如果月亮走近了,你便知道它是多么大了。”
我说:“哥哥,你们学校里所教的,真是没有用呀!当妈妈低下脸儿跟我们亲嘴时,她的脸看来也是很大的么?”
但哥哥还是说:“你真是一个傻孩子。”
cloudsandwaves
mother,thefolkwholiveupinthecloudscallouttome—
“weplayfromthetimewewaketillthedayends.
“weplaywiththegoldendawn,weplaywiththesilvermoon.”
iask,“but,howamitogetuptoyou?”
theyanswer,“cometotheedgeoftheearth,liftupyourhandstothesky,andyouwillbetakenupintotheclouds.”
“mymotheriswaitingformeathome,”isay,“howcanileaveherandcome?”
thentheysmileandfloataway.