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孩子，你真是快活呀！一早晨坐在泥土里，耍着折下来的小树枝儿。
我微笑地看你在那里耍着那根折下来的小树枝儿。
我正忙着算账，一小时一小时在那里加叠数字。
也许你在看我，想道：“这种好没趣的游戏，竟把你一早晨的好时间浪费掉了！”
孩子，我忘了聚精会神玩耍树枝与泥饼的方法了。
我寻求贵重的玩具，收集金块与银块。
你呢，无论找到什么便去做你的快乐的游戏；我呢，却把我的时间与力气都浪费在那些我永不能得到的东西上。
我在我的脆薄的独木船里挣扎着要航过欲望之海，竟忘了我也是在那里做游戏了。
I only said, “When in the evening the round full moon gets entangled among the branches of that Kadam tree, couldn’t somebody catch it?”
But dada [elder brother] laughed at me and said, “Baby,you are the silliest child I have ever known. The moon is ever so far from us, how could anybody catch it?”
I said, “Dada, how foolish you are! When mother looks out of her window and smiles down at us playing, would you call her far away?”
Still dada said, “You are a stupid child! But, baby, where could you find a net big enough to catch the moon with?”
I said, “Surely you could catch it with your hands.”
But dada laughed and said, “You are the silliest child I have known. If it came nearer, you would see how big the moon is.”
I said, “Dada, what nonsense they teach at your school! When mother bends her face down to kiss us does her face look very big?”
But still dada says, “You are a stupid child.”