Sunday, July 13, 2008

Squirrel- different viewpoints 松鼠-觀點不同

Seeing a dark shape moving in a tree canopy, I stayed to observe what it is.
It's a big grey squirrel.
It nervously scrawled down the tree, posed on the trunk for a while, it sports the same color as the bark's.
I felt excited to see this wildlife surviving on the few isolated roadside trees.
A series of questions appeared in my head:
How did it make its way here? Or was it born here?
Is it alone? Dose it has a chance to give offspring?
What's its staple?
Would it be crushed by the running vehicles when it walks through the ground to another tree?
A passers-by came close, I showed him the little creature to share my excitement. He calmly said: it's not easy to capture.
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看到樹葉間有黑影晃動,我停下來探個究竟.
一隻灰色大松鼠.
它神經兮兮地爬下樹,在樹幹上停貯了一會,它的毛色與樹皮顏色相同.
看到這隻野生動物在這幾株孤立的路樹中生存,實在有些興奮.
腦中隨即浮現一連串疑問:
它是如何來到這裡的?在這裡出生的嗎?
它有同伴嗎?它有繁衍後代的機會嗎?
它的主食是什麼?
它從地面爬到另外一棵樹的時候,會被往來的車輛輾到嗎?
有一個路人走過來了,我指給他看這隻小動物,分享我的興奮,他平靜地說:那東西不容易抓.
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