佚名/Anonymous
SuddenlyIthinkofmyyoungestdaughter, ,“Haveyouplantedthebulbsyet?”ThenIwillanswerteasinglythatactuallyI', , whenshewasjustoverthreeandahalfyearsold, shehelpedmewithalltheenthusiasmandjoyfulnessofherage.
, coveringthebulbswithearthandcallingout“Nightnight”or“Sleeptight”，“babybulbs”and“kiddiebulbs”and“mummyanddaddybulbs”-, , betweenaninfantandatoddler, withsucharoundlittletummy.
Everyautumn, throughoutherchildhood, ;thetoddlerbecameaschoolgirl, astraightforwardrealist, , herhandsinherpockets;, herjawlinechanged, “Byeroses;byebutterflies;byeschoolgirl.”Ilistenedtoherstorieswhilewepainstakinglyburrowedintheearth, plantingthepromiseofspring.
Suddenly, muchquickerthanIhadexpected, atallteenagerwasstandingbymyside;, -knacks, howithadbeenfulloftreasuresinbottlesandboxes, whitepebbles, acopperbrooch, coloreddrawings, thetreasuresofachildwhostillknewnothingofmoney, whowantedtobereadaloudtoandwholookedanxiouslyataspiderinherroomandasked,“Wouldhewanttobemyfriend?”
ThencametheautumnwhenIplantedthebulbsalone, , inautumn, , theseclusionofagarden, .
我突然想起了自己的小女儿，现在她在阿姆斯特丹生活。她一会儿就会打电话过来问，“你种上洋葱了吗？”然后，我就会跟她开玩笑说，事实上，我正等她回来帮我呢。这样，我俩便双双陷入回忆之中，因为，我们曾经总在整个金秋时节的午后，一起种洋葱，当她还只有三岁半时，就满怀孩童的热情和欢欣来帮我了。
那天午后，她最后一次陪在我身边，因为她已经准备上学了。她拿着小桶和铁锨无忧无虑、满心欢喜地走来走去，用土盖洋葱时喊着：“晚安”或者“睡觉觉”，稚嫩的声音叽叽喳喳地说个不停。她发现了“洋葱宝宝”、“小洋葱”和“洋葱爸妈”——后者总是偎依在一起。当我们非常卖力地干活时，我刻意去观察自己的孩子，她如此娇小，刚学会走路，挺着一个小圆肚子晃晃悠悠的。
