Moon in the water 水中月/The squirrel and the persimmons 松鼠與柿子

Oct. 4                   Sun.                    Sun
十月四日               星期日                晴

What if the moon swam in the water?

What if the moon swam in the water?  
月在水中游, 如何?
A cold moon? A broken moon? An ugly moon?
冷月? 碎月? 怪月?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The tidbits of the farm-The squirrel and the persimmons

The squirrel and the persimmons

Under the persimmon tree, the squirrel looked up to the fruits every day.
The persimmons were turning red.
Nung-fu covered the tree in a bird net from the damage of the birds.
The squirrel had been craving for the red persimmons only without a chance getting into the net.
Wandering around the tree, a gap was found in the net enough for the squirrel to go through.  The gap, neither too high nor too low, was just a little beyond his reach; climbing along the tree trunk, the net would block the way also.  To see the gap, not to go through.
The squirrel backed few steps and sped up forward.  Taking a big jump right down the net, grasped the net and hitched himself up into the net.
The squirrel picked a large red persimmon in the tree.

*”Nung-fu” is the pronunciation for “farmer” in Chinese.

農場小故事-松鼠與柿子

樹上結了許多柿子(Persimmon).  松鼠天天在樹下觀望.
柿子越來越紅.
農夫張開鳥網, 罩住柿子樹, 不讓鳥雀飛到樹上啄食.
松鼠想摘取紅紅的柿子, 怎麼都進不了網.
牠在柿子樹下東走西瞧, 發現鳥網收束不緊. 有一個小小的開口, 足夠讓牠鑽過去.
小小的開口, 不高不低, 但牠搆不著; 順樹幹爬又有網子檔住.  看得見開口, 卻進不去.
站在地上, 牠先倒退好幾步, 開始加速快跑.  跑到洞口下, 雙腳用力一蹬, 雙手立刻掛上鳥網.  再順勢使勁一拉, 將整個身軀拉進鳥網.
松鼠在樹上選了一個紅紅的大柿子.