誇誇我家的二小姐

我家二小姐出生那年，我剛博士畢業，正處在被美國老闆殘酷剝削階段。老公呢，則剛改行做電腦工程師，滿腦子的電腦漿糊正把他折磨得夠嗆。那時，因為忙碌的日子過得實在狼狽，我們只好打上了二小姐主意。我們商量著，要不，把孩子送回國吧。在和國內的父母簡單打過招呼后，孩子就這樣漂洋過海回到了中國。

在一天天的牽挂和思念中，兩年後，二小姐終於回來了。可惜，那年，我還沒來得及好好疼疼這孩子，二小姐的弟弟便出生了。夾在中間的二小姐，真是難。上有大姐的領導，下有弟弟的欺負。這二小姐，只能在夾縫中像一株小草一樣，頑強地生長著。

在我的印象中，我沒給二小姐講過故事，沒教她識過字，更沒教她念過算術。對二小姐的虧欠之感，一直深藏於我心。

說來也怪了，在我家裡，越是不管的孩子，越獨立，越讓大人省心。這二小姐就是個活例子。

二小姐的數學，閱讀，體育，鋼琴，中文，我幾乎一點兒都沒操心。但其水平，都比同齡的孩子領先。咱不敢說咱家的二小姐是個神童，但在學校的天才班裡，我家的二小姐已經是名列前茅了。

不久前，二小姐的科學老師布置了一門寫作作業。老師要求把水的變化用生動的語言概括出來。當二小姐把列印出來的作業讓我看時，我幾乎被孩子的想象力給迷住了。二小姐擬人化的寫法，令我對她刮目相看。她的老師也鼓勵二小姐，好好努力吧，以後爭取參加寫作比賽去。

下面就是二小姐的這篇作文。反正我九歲的時候，我是寫不出這樣的文章的。

A Drop of Water

          I am a drop of water. I started millions of years ago. I started in the Pacific a long time ago, when the dinosaurs were still alive.

          One day, I was rained into a little puddle of water. During the Triassic period, there wasn』t a lot of water. Did you know that the water we drink is the same water dinosaurs and prehistoric people drank? It really is just a circle of water. This process is called the water cycle. It is evaporation, condensation, then precipitation. Anyway, a dinosaur came, opened its mouth revealing very sharp teeth, and swallowed me!

          When I was in the throat, I suddenly jerked to the side. Oh, I guess I was just going to the stomach. When I was in the stomach, I saw a faint light. I closed my eyes, and when I opened them, I was in a puddle again! After a while I heard thunder. Boom! Boom! It roared. Then I came back to my senses. It was going to rain! After all these years! I felt the prickle of rain water washing me away, along with other water drops. Slosh. Slosh, slosh, I could hear thunder booming and see lightning flashing. I decided not to worry, so I let the other water drops carry me…

          Ugh! I am here! I』m in the Pacific Ocean again! Back at home. I stayed here for about three weeks, admiring the gracefulness of seaweed and the beautiful patterns of the fish, and other creatures. Then it happened…

          The first step in the water cycle: evaporation. I was being vaporized! When I was in the clouds, I met my best friend, Walter. Hey, water drops can have friends, too, right? So I came over to him and said: 「Hey Walter! Yeah you, come here, I am your friend! Hi!」 He responded what sounded like this: 「Hey Wally! I haven』t seen you in a long time!」 I walked over to him and we started a conversation for quite a long time. Finally, we waved good-bye and left each other. I think I just felt a rain drop. It』s going to rain again. I wonder where I am going this time…

          Whoosh! One final wave swept me over. When I looked up, I couldn』t believe what I saw. What a mess! Everything was dirty. There were no trees or plants, the nearby river』s water was dirty brown, and as far as I knew, there was no life! All of my million water drops were going to pop out because of the dirtiness. Two tons of garbage was dumped into the filthy water. I hope I am vaporized or it rains again…

          Ah, much better, back into the clouds. I am so happy I am not in that trash-of-a-town place. I hope I meet another friend here. I can see miles from here. If I had some company it would be the perfect life.

          The perfect life…the sound of it makes me want to have it so much! Darn! No time for daydreaming. There is no time because, um…uh…wait a minute…let me check…ah…yes…uh-huh…I got you…okay, I will call you in a couple of days…bye…Sorry about that. I called my family. They said I should come back to our house. There is some kind of reunion.*Yawn*Boring.

                                      ( 3,000,000 years later)

          I have heard that there is a new body of water. I think it is called the Chesameeke Bay. Wait…no, it is called the Chesapeake Bay. Just wait until you hear the facts! Well, where shall I start…ah! Here. *ah hem*, it』s been around for 3,000 years! Yeah, also ice melted and flooded valleys making the Bay run north. It is also the youngest bay. This bay provides more blue crabs than any where else on the world. The bay is amazing, isn』t it? Rivers, lakes, creeks, etc feeds the Chesapeake Bay fresh water. I think I found my new home. I will ride the Susquehanna River into the Bay. Wait here, I am going to go pack!