《ChildhoodFantasy》Turned into a Nightmare

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I woke up this morning to find 花花’s wonderful piece about dreaming of claiming a whole city to herself.  I thought to myself: "Gee!  Didn't this happen to me once, on a much smaller scale anyway?” 

This is a true story; I'm sharing it just for fun.

I'm pretty sure everyone, at one time or another, in various versions, has had the same kind of fantasy as 花花, just because of a shared yearning inside all of us for freedom.

Truth be told, had the fantasy become reality, people would likely be disappointed.  I know because a fantasy of this nature did become reality for me once.

It happened during winter when I was in second grade.  My school at the time was right beside, and to the west of, Sun Yat-sen Park.  My parents had taken us kids to visit the park many times, one reason being, I'm guessing here, that entrance was for free.

Being a boring place on the whole, the park's main draw, so far as I was concerned, was the playground for kids.  It boasted the usual stuff, such as a couple of swings, a slide, some seesaws and a spin-chair (with multiple chairs connected to a common, vertical, axle and the chairs spun around when pushed).  Much as I loathed the other, grownup-oriented, things in the park, I really enjoyed spending time there, and time there seemed always so fleeting.

The problem was that we always went visiting on Sunday, the only weekend day at the time, and the playground was invariably crowded on that day.  This gave rise to a fantasy of mine: how I wish I could have the whole playground to myself! 

Alas, the fantasy became reality when, one day, I stole out of school during class break and went into the park.  I headed straight for the playground.  To my utter jubilance, I found it totally empty, all to myself.  Wasting no time, I immediately went about trying out each item.

It soon dawned on me, though, that I was going through this horrible process of seeing a beautiful dream turning into a nightmare.  With no one hurrying me down the slide, no one to sit on the other side of a seesaw, no one to compete with me to see who could swing higher and no one to help spin the spin-chair, the place became an utter bore.  It was so boring time seemed to crawl to a stop, and I was so bored by it all that I was willing to sneak back into school during another class break to rejoin the class! 

I know there is some sort of moral lesson to draw from this fantasy-to-nightmare experience, but I don't quite know how to put it into words.  Can someone help me?

 

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童年最快樂的時光就是有玩伴兒, -欲借嵯峨- 給 欲借嵯峨 發送悄悄話 欲借嵯峨 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 07:32:04

You said it! -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 07:33:25

有個在上海的美國家夥twit,他一回美國家鄉小鎮就犯抑鬱,碰不到幾個人,還得裝腔作勢,一回上海立刻就好了,大街上 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (167 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 07:35:24

Ha, ha…. People are all different. I’m more of that guy’s ilk. -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (56 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 07:55:34

爭爭搶搶趣味多:D -樹的花花世界- 給 樹的花花世界 發送悄悄話 樹的花花世界 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 10:07:36

But for your wonderful piece, I would not have taken this trip -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (37 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 10:20:31

哈哈,那麽小就意識到競爭的境界了:) -beautifulwind- 給 beautifulwind 發送悄悄話 beautifulwind 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 10:48:47

其實就是一個人玩兒泥巴沒意思啦。 :) -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 12:01:01

和好朋友一起玩,才玩的盡興。這英文表達真流暢!感覺每天都寫英文日記似的。。 -盈盈一笑間- 給 盈盈一笑間 發送悄悄話 盈盈一笑間 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 12:12:44

謝謝鼓勵。和大家在這裏一起多寫寫,爭取英語能力有所提高哈。 -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 12:47:08

好玩的幻想,我有時也想象一下共產主義社會是啥樣子,其實真的很不錯!按需分配多好! -天山晨- 給 天山晨 發送悄悄話 天山晨 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 13:19:34

那肯定好啊,隻要夠分。 :) -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 15:54:18

樓主在童年第一次體會到人生的一個道理, -easyboy- 給 easyboy 發送悄悄話 (313 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 14:30:22

Yes, leave social media to social animals. :) -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (36 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 15:53:19

特有闖勁兒 是先鋒 大讚 -疏影笑寒- 給 疏影笑寒 發送悄悄話 疏影笑寒 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 20:11:30

A little trouble maker for sure. :) Thank you. -ibelieu- 給 ibelieu 發送悄悄話 ibelieu 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/26/2021 postreply 21:10:11

This is another wonderful piece! Congratulations! -甜蟲蟲- 給 甜蟲蟲 發送悄悄話 甜蟲蟲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/29/2021 postreply 11:12:17

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