luxury

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One morn­ing, as I was get­ting ready for work, I sud­den­ly recalled the hap­py days I spent with a group of adults and chil­dren at the Run­shengyuan Read­ing Camp. It felt like such a lux­u­ry. With a wave of emo­tion, I jot it down.

ear­ly morn­ing

Wake up with the sun

Through glass beads

Explor­ing the Secrets of Sunspots

Take a long shov­el

Trea­sure hunt in the gar­den

Dig­ging trench­es and irri­gat­ing

Great Lakes and Riv­er Islands

Lift the big stone slab

Watch the fight of black ants

Dig a small hole

Send­ing lost earth­worms home

Bring a basin of hot water

Small rivers and large lakes turned into hot springs

Wad­ing through the trench under your feet

Break through the mud and waves to explore the world

Water gun trap tele­graph

Cas­tle built with moats and earth walls

A small flag is fly­ing

Declare the occu­pa­tion of KuLou Town

The cop­per whis­tle blew long and the bell rang

A good show is about to begin

Three Monks Fu Lu Shou

A lit­tle girl jumped out of the vil­lage

Find three round stones

Cook into a pot of stone soup

Feast­ing around the long table

There’s a salt­ed egg yolk hang­ing in the sky

Tear off the white cloth

Show a movie

With a flash­light

Play­ing hide-and-seek with mos­qui­toes

Take a show­er and brush your teeth

Go to bed and lis­ten to sto­ries

Actually—yawn—I’m not sleepy yet

The piglet is snor­ing and has fall­en asleep

Don’t for­get

Tomor­row morn­ing

and salt­ed egg yolk

Anoth­er date

Argen­tine Primera División, Sep­tem­ber 12, 2013, Bei­jing