I am one of the most careless persons I have ever known.

    I have kept losing everything since I was a child: keys, money,textbooks, homework, red scarf(which was required to wear around your neck every morning), dinner tickets, and everything. The remarks given by my teacher at the end of every semester would be: excellent on study, but please try to be circumspect  in everyday life.

    But I can't. I am a born carelessor, and I've found that no matter how hard I try, I still can't get rid of it. I always put my watch in the pocket of trousers which is thrown into the washing machine later. As a result, I have ruined several watches and now I dare not wear any. I always open the door without pulling the keys out and one night when lying on the bed and almost asleep, my friend suddenly came in using the keys I had left outside on the door.

    I hit the skids this week. I have lost my third or fourth(can't remember clearly) instant dictionary(a new word learned from English Corner), which was my daily-used belonging. I have lost my U disc, my daily friend too. I've accepted a fake 50-yuan bank-note before checking carefully. Tonight, when withdrawing money on an ATM, I, forgot to take back my bank card. Fortunately, a handsome boy kindly reminded me of that.

    Miraculously, I have never lost any cellphones.

    I care about things that need less care and neglect things that need more. Anyone can tell me how to stop being a big head shrimp?

    Lunar说，她小时候的娱乐是捉昆虫，打鸟，养猫养鱼，跟她外婆到田边拔苋菜。听她绘声绘色地描述蚕虫的绿色的肠子，她养的猫咪如何守候在冰箱旁抢酸奶，透明的蜘蛛，还有某种我忘记名字的鱼如何一次生几百条小鱼然后母亲又把孩子们给吃掉，我们就一起咯咯地笑。这让我想起小学同桌曾经把一只聒噪而丑陋的蝉放进我的笔盒。我小时候也养过很多种动物，我觉得兔子的屎最臭，我喜欢把龟放进洗衣机里看他游水，喜欢把桂格麦片撒得满地让小鸡们啄食，喜欢踩掉壁虎的尾。可惜现在这种机会几乎没有了。

    以后的孩子没有这般幸运了。在路上看到一只萤火虫，他们可能兴奋地说，我知道这是萤火虫，我在书上看过很多回了。但是，正常的顺序应该是，他们在读书的时候看到萤火虫的照片，于是兴奋地说，我知道这是萤火虫，我逮过很多回了。

    不过，他们懂得兴奋也不错了。换作我的表弟，你跟他说这是萤火虫，他会呆若木鸡地答道，我要回家打机。

    我们只看电视，结果丧失阅读能力了；我们只敲键盘，结果不懂写字了；我们整天坐着，结果双腿退化消失了；我们用手来聊天，结果面对面时张嘴结舌了；我们生活在水泥钢筋的迷宫，结果连大叶榕和小叶榕，鸭和鹅都分不清了；我们每天在污浊的公路上慢慢挪动，结果肺变黑了；我们往鼻孔里塞钢条往胸脯里塞布丁往大腿外抽脂肪往皮肤上抹漂白水，进行自我再造。最后，我们用一堆材料重塑了肉体，用一堆芯片替代了记忆，完成了从人退化为机器的过程。

    在05年的Reader's Digest上看到这首世界名曲的科学版，有意思。只是被我胡乱翻译后似乎不能唱了。我的莫扎特磁带上有这首歌，但后来又听说不是莫扎特所作，不知道写曲子的是谁？

  twinkle twinkle little star         

                     resung by science

 

Twinkle twinkle little star,                     一闪一闪亮晶晶，

You are a ball of gas that's very far.       你是一团气，远离我的眼睛。

32 light years in the sky,                      32光年的距离之外，

10 parsecs which is very high.               （这句不懂译，什么是parsec?）

Helium,carbon and hydrogen,               氮，碳，还有氢，

Fuse to make our starry friend.             水乳交融，诞生了我们的小明星。

When it enters supervona stage,          当它进化为超新星，

It explodes with bursts of rays.             爆炸，光芒万丈，石破天惊。

And if the star's mass is big and bold,     如果新星是个大胖子，

It will become a black hole!                  摇身一变，成了黑洞，我们再无法看得清。

 

Translated by Anastasia.All rights reserved.