不速之客 An Uninvited Visitor

本故事中人物、情節，以真實情境改編，並獻給所有童心未泯的大家。

 

 

This story, dedicated to those who are forever young, is based on true events.

 

I  What happened?    壹  發生什麼事啦?

During the second class hour, Hsin-Hsin screamed out loud, making every classmate of hers scared. At such a moment, all her classmates were learning about the WIND, like where the wind was from and how to discover wind had come.

 

 

第二節課，欣欣在全班同學正認真上課時，突然尖叫一聲，把全班嚇了一大跳。當時，同學們正在學習「風」：

像是「風怎麼來的?」

和「如何可以發現有風呢?」

 

 

難道，欣欣在用尖叫聲呼喚風的到來嗎?

 

 

Is Hisn-Hsin crying for the wind to arrive?

 

 

Nevertheless, no one told Hsin-Hsin’s classmates that by yelling, wind would come. 

 

 

但是，可從沒有人告訴過欣欣的同學，用尖叫，就可以把「風」給召喚過來呢!!!

 

 

「請問妳怎麼了呢?」老師問穿著便服的欣欣。

“What has happened to you?” Hsin-Hsin’s homeroom teacher asked Hsin-Hsin.

 

 

欣欣是一個有著大大的眼睛的女孩子，聰明伶俐的模樣，人見人愛；雖然她只有國小低年級，可是，卻表現得非常懂事，常常願意幫忙老師分憂解勞。

Hsin-Hsin is a girl with big eyes showing her remarkable level of intelligence. She is an adorable young lady who has behaved so well that she can even help her teachers with different chores.

 

 

不過在這個時候，欣欣平日的自信消失了，她的雙眼裡面像裝著極大的恐懼一般，心有餘悸地說：

「老師，我的鞋子裡面有東西。」

However, Hsin-Hsin’s level of confidence has disappeared at present. In her eyes, tremendous amount of fears surfaced. As if intimidated by certain things people could not comprehend, Hsin-Hsin pointed out that

“Ms. Tiffany, there’s something in my shoe.”  

 

 

老師往地上一看，只見站著的欣欣，已經把她腳上的一隻鞋子甩在一邊；那隻沒有穿鞋子的腳此刻靠在另一隻腳的鞋子上面休息。欣欣穿著媽媽特別幫她準備的五彩襪，配合她的兩個辮子高高地綁了起來，在桌椅整整齊齊排列好的教室裡面，特別顯得生意盎然。

While looking down, Hsin-Hsin’s teacher found Hsin-Hsin already kicked one of her shoes away: Hsin-Hsin rested her foot on another shoe which she still wore. Hsin-Hsin was wearing colorful long socks the very day. With her braided hair, Hsin-Hsin looked quite lively in the otherwise well organized classroom.

 

 

老師看了看之後問：「有東西在妳的鞋子裡面嗎……請問是什麼呢?」

Hsin-Hsin’s teacher asked, “Something is in your shoe... What do you think it is?”

 

 

II  An Unwanted Guest      貳  不請自來

「老師，我覺得是蟑螂……老師我的鞋子裡面有蟑螂……」欣欣聲音微弱地說到。

Hsin-Hsin explained with a very tiny voice. “Miss Tiffany, I feel it is a cockroach.”

 

 

欣欣的班導師叫做「蒂芙妮」，她的學生都在私底下稱呼她是「鐵達尼」，因為她長得壯壯的，又喜歡穿水藍色的洋裝。

 

此時，穿著水藍色洋裝的「鐵達尼」老師，像一波一波的海浪在教室裡面「游」了過來，又「游」了過去，原來，她要拿一個為了在自然科學會使用到而留下的樹枝，翻翻看鞋子裡面到底有什麼。

Tiffany is Hsin-Hsin’s home room teacher. Her students have nicknamed her Titanic, for she is a big, round lady who enjoys wearing dresses that are blue or bright blue in color. After knowing Hsin-Hsin’s headache, Miss Titanic, dressed in her light-blue dress, swam here and there in the classroom, searching for the stick she saved for the science project.

 

 

 

當「鐵達尼」老師再度靠近欣欣的時候，欣欣像是鬆了一口氣一樣。欣欣的同學們也都秉氣凝神，期待下一刻會發生什麼事。

By using the stick, Miss Titanic would like to know what bothered Hsin-Hsin, who took a breath of relief once Miss Titanic rolled back to her again. All Hsin-Hsin’s classmates were also waiting with unusual expectancy.

 

 

於此同時，蟑螂先生，也就是在欣欣鞋子裡面的那隻蟑螂，可能覺得自己已經變成萬眾矚目的焦點，探頭探腦從欣欣的鞋子裡面向外張望。這可把「鐵達尼」老師嚇了一大跳呀!!!

Meanwhile, that cockroach inside Hsin-Hsin's shoe, Mr. Cockroach, might have realized he had become the center of attraction; as a result, he peeked from Hsin-Hsin’s shoe, which had frightened Miss Titanic very much.

 

 

只見「鐵達尼」老師尖叫一聲，把原本要用在自然活動的樹枝丟在教室的地上，落荒而逃 ，她的大海波浪裙子在走廊上面飄來飄去，全班的小朋友這個時候也興奮了起來，說話的說話，離開座位看看蟑螂老兄的離開座位，好不熱鬧。

Letting out a sudden, piercing shriek, Miss Titanic dropped the stick on the ground and ran for her life. Every child in the classroom was at this very moment overly excited, as Miss Titanic’s dress waved away from the classroom—the whole roomful of 8-year-old student were apparently out of control.

 

 

不一會兒，「鐵達尼」老師帶著工友伯伯「鐵大叔」回到教室。只見「鐵大叔」把鞋子高高舉起來，用力甩一甩，蟑螂就掉到了地上!

Quickly, Miss Titanic came back with Uncle Iron, the clever handyman working inside the school. Immediately Uncle Iron lifted the shoe high up in the air; with that, the cockroach landed on the ground.

 

 

「鐵達尼」老師站回到欣欣旁邊，一副想興師問罪的樣子，「鐵大叔」也一副等著看好戲的模樣，但不等「鐵達尼」老師開口，欣欣馬上說：

「老師，我今天早上穿鞋的時候，裡面是沒有任何東西的。」

Miss Titanic had returned back to her own senses while Uncle Iron watched the incidence with curiosity. Miss Titanic approached Hsin-Hsin, showing signs of her inquisitive nature. Nonetheless, Hsin-Hsin began saying things even before Miss Titanic.

“Miss Tiffany, when I wore my shoes this morning, there was absolutely nothing inside any of it.”

 

 

「鐵達尼」老師盡量把她在眼鏡後面那雙非常小的眼睛，睜到最大，並且，很訝異地問：「所以，蟑螂先生是我們變魔術，把它放進妳的鞋子裡面的?」

Miss Titanic opened her little eyes to the largest by expressing her idea in an exaggerated, absolutely startled fashion. “That means we all play magic which would usher the cockroach into your shoe?” She inquired.

 

 

欣欣搖搖頭。

Hsin-Hsin shook her head.

 

 

「那麼，蟑螂是怎麼進去的呢?」老師再問了欣欣一次。

“How in the world would that cockroach end up sitting inside your shoe?” Miss Titanic asked again.

 

 

欣欣再次搖搖頭，並且強調說：「我不知道啊!」

Once more, Hsin-Hsin shook her head. Besides, she emphatically remarked, “I do not know.”

 

 

「鐵達尼」老師見狀就不再說話，只是拿了一張海報紙，把蟑螂先生放在紙上，「運」到了教室外面的花圃中。

Miss Titanic did not voice anything anymore. She carried Mr. Cockroach by using a poster inside the classroom to the flower bed near the classroom.

 

 

為什麼蟑螂先生可以這麼乖，不會跑呢? 原來，他的一隻腿已經斷掉，根本走不大動了。

Why would Mr. Cockroach be so obedient that he would not run at all?

 

 

In fact, one of Mr. Cockroach's legs was broken, leaving him much limped.

 

 

那麼他的腿是怎麼斷的呢?

How did the leg got broken?

 

 

這是因為，在他「住」在欣欣的鞋子裡面的時候，腿就被欣欣弄斷了。

It was due to his staying at Hsin-Hsin’s shoe that Hsin-Hsin broke his leg by wearing her shoe.

 

 

真的好疼好疼呀!

He endured so much pain.

 

 

III  Reflections    叁  反思 

如果明明在學習一個不一樣的知識，比方說是「風」，但是卻發生了意想不到的事情，像是欣欣的鞋子裡面突然冒出一隻蟑螂，我們該怎麼辦呢?

If, when we are learning something very different, like wind, as a lesson, yet, something very unexpected took place, like a cockroach in Hsin-Hsin’s shoe, what should we do?

 

我們所經歷的不可預期的事件之中，讓我們印象最深刻的，是哪一種呢?

What sorts of unexpected incidences can leave a mark in our memory? 

 

 

我們面對這些不可預期的事情的態度是什麼呢? 是像風一樣，吹吹吹，把煩惱吹走統統不見? 

What kind of attitude can we apply to face these unexpected incidences? Do we get rid of them by blowing them away, just like wind?

 

在不可預期的事情發生之前，我們會先作好準備嗎? 還是因為不可預期的事情像風一樣，來無影去無蹤，我們不需要準備呢?   

Before those unexpected incidences take place, will we get ready for them? Or, since these unexpected incidences are with the nature of being allusive, there is no need for us to be prepared?