“It
is still there!”
I
shouted back to my wife, having rushed forward at least a hundred steps on this
uphill incline. Most days I would be the
one behind. It was like discovering a long lost toy for a toddler. But it was: it was the joy, or toy of my
childhood flooding back.
“Yes!
The same peculiar red flowers on a leafless tree!”
Now
joined by my wife, I showed her the peculiar tree that has these funny dark red
flowers.
“No
leaves!”
“No,
they come later. We have quilts and pillows made with the cotton from the
flowers.”
.........
Once a week, we had to arrive at school early to water the plot. Buckets of water had to be lifted and carried a fair distance. Little me struggled with half a bucketful, whilst my classmates a good head taller could easily manage full buckets.
..........
One boy who sat next to me in class was very big and strong but he struggled with his maths. We quickly came to an arrangement. I helped him with his maths and he did my water duty for me. He scored well enough to escape spanking by the maths teacher and I avoided my hard labour.
Comments: From a High School friend.
---那是术棉花樹。亦叫英雄樹。花是五花茶之一 可药用
---广东每个农村都有。是风水樹。它是广东的省花
---我独爱此花。他太像我。少是我独在长洲求学懂得怎样独立像樹身带刺。生长时有 規律 每一成長就是一輪。厳冬一无所有由如我毕业离崇校的境况。行船候开花。结子 隨風飄 不爭寵愛向人間報 嚟到春的来到。
---忆行船
無限海洋，
無限風光。
偶然遇見幾条鯨魚，
隨波逐流，
自由嬉戏。
成百上千条海豚，
追逐着輪船，
似乎喜欢同人类玩要。
一只大海龟，
緩慢地游動，
毫不介意我们在它身旁快速駛过。
連綿幾海里的魚群，
鱗光閃閃。
仿如深海中突現淺滩，
吓人一跳。
日出日落，
繁星滿天。
幾只海鷗日夜追隨，
奔何遙遠的它方。
伴隨着無尽的思念，
喝一点小酒。
夜月明，
此時好睡眠。
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