“春天不在”

接珠珠回家路上，珠珠忽然用中文說了四個字，隻聽見“XX不在”，沒聽懂隻好不恥下問，問了又問，珠珠又說了好幾遍，老媽很羞愧地還是沒聽懂。央求她用英文講或解釋一下，她居然說不會英文，然後就急哭了。我等她哭了一會兒又鼓勵她再說一遍，可惜還是不懂。她繼續哭。我隻好說It's ok to cry, 因為珠珠use the words，但是媽媽沒聽懂，一會兒見了爸爸再說一遍，我們一起聽。見了爸爸，她果然又說了一遍，老公重複說：春天不在，就把她抱走了，我繼續開車去車庫，一路狂笑不止。我以為她是在感歎怎麽天怎麽又冷了，昨天還暖暖和和的，象春天。另外，珠珠和老公就春天這個話題也有精彩對話：When we came out of the building this morning, Valentina said "oh no! I don't have my gloves!" (They are in the pockets of her thick down jacket.) I said we don't need them because it's warm today, and she gleefully observed: "Look! The snow is melting! Flowers will come out! Spring is here! I love flowers! I love spring so that I can have icecream!"結果等我在浴室裏換衣服時，珠珠進來了，忽然又說了一遍，原來是：噴泉不在。那當然啦，珠珠學校旁邊的噴泉從深秋開始就不再噴水了。我又狂笑了一通。