Ｉ Ｗｉｌｌ Ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ 我会记得

玛　丽

Until I was eight, I spent every Sunday outside in the garden with Nana. The zucchini(西葫芦) plants quickly became my favorite.

在我8岁之前，我的每一个周日都是和奶奶一起在外面的菜园里度过的，那种叫西葫芦的植物很快就成了我的最爱。

The magic of taking care

Every Sunday I returned to the garden to check on the zucchini plants, and each time I saw more and more zucchini.

“Do you think there are so many because I take good care of the plants?”

“Yes，”Nana said, “when you look after things, good things tend to grow. You should remember that.”

照看的魔力

每个周日，我都回到菜园去查看那些西葫芦藤。而每一次，我都会看到更多的西葫芦。

“结了这么多西葫芦，您认为是我精心照料它们的缘故吗？”

“是啊，”奶奶说，“当你照料事物的时候，美好的事物容易生长。你应该记住这一点。”

Nature has its rules

Each Ｓunday I was proud to see more zucchini for months. Until one day, when they stopped appearing.

“Nana, whats wrong with my plants？” I asked tearfully,“They are not growing anymore.”

“Thats what happens, darling. Things grow but then they stop. Nothing lasts forever.”

“But I was so good to them.”

“Yes,”she said, “but old things end so new things can start.Seasons change, but for everything that ends, something new will take its place.”

“Ill remember that, ”I said.

万物自有道

在随后的几个月里，每一个周日我都会自豪地看到更多的西葫芦。直到有一天，它们不再结出新的西葫芦。

“奶奶，我的西葫芦怎么了？”我眼泪汪汪地问，“它们不再结出新的西葫芦了。”

“就是那样的，亲爱的。事物生长，然后停止生长。没有永远持续的事物。”

“但我对它们那么好。”

“是的，”她说，“但旧事物结束了新事物才会开始。四季交替，每一个消亡了的事物总会被某种新事物取代。”

“我会记住这一点的。”我说。

To give up is to gain

One Sunday, I watched as she took the clippers and cut off one whole branch of a tomato plant.

“Nana!”I put my hand over my mouth in shock,“What did you do that for?”

“The plant isnt strong enough to have two good branches full of tomatoes,”she said,“I had to get rid of one so the plant could make the most of the other one.”

“Oh.”

“You might have to make the same kind of choice some day,”she said,“because sometimes you just cant have everything.”

“Ill remember that，”I said.

放弃是为了收获

有一个周日，我看到奶奶用一把剪刀剪去西红柿的一整根枝条。

“奶奶！”我惊讶地用手捂住嘴巴，“您为什么要那样做啊？”

“那棵西红柿藤是支撑不住两根结满西红柿的粗壮枝条的，”她说，“我必须去掉一枝，让剩下的那枝结出最好的果实。”

“噢。”

“将来有一天，你可能也必须做出同样的选择，”她说道，“因为有时候你不可能拥有一切。”

“我会记住这一点的。”我说。