When the sun climbs the mid sky and morning wears on to noon， I shall come running to you， saying mother， I am hungry！
When the day is done and the shadows cower under the trees， I shall come back in the dusk.
I shall never go away from you into the town to work like father.
Mother， if you don’t mind， I should like to become the boatman of the ferryboat when I am grown up.
Sympathy
If I were only a little puppy， not your baby， mother dear， would you say “No” to me if I tried to eat from your dish？
Would you drive me off， saying to me， let away， you naughty little puppy？
Then go， mother， go！ I will never come to you when you call me， and never let you feed me any more.
If I were only a little green parrot， and not your baby， mother dear， would you keep me chained lest I should f？ly away？
Would you shake your f？inger at me and say， “What an ungrateful wretch of a bird！ It is gnawing at its chain day and night？”
Then， go， mother， go！ I will run away into the Woods， I will never let you take me in your arms again.
我獨自走在橫跨過田地的小路上，夕陽像一個吝嗇鬼，正藏起它最後的一點金子。
白晝漸漸地沒入深深的黑暗之中，那收割後的田野孤寂、沉默地躺在那裏。
突然，一個男孩子尖銳的歌聲劃破了天空，他穿越了看不見的黑暗，留下歌聲回**在靜謐的黃昏裏。
他的家就在荒地邊緣的村落裏，穿過甘蔗田，藏在香蕉樹、瘦長的檳榔樹、椰子樹和深綠色的榴蓮的陰影裏。
星光下，我獨自行走著，途中停留了片刻，看著幽暗的大地在我麵前展開，正用她的雙臂擁抱著無數的家庭，在那裏有搖籃和床鋪，有母親們的心和夜晚的燈光，還有年幼的生命，他們滿懷喜悅，卻渾然不知這樣的歡樂對於世界的價值。
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