“春天不在”

接珠珠回家路上，珠珠忽然用中文说了四个字，只听见“XX不在”，没听懂只好不耻下问，问了又问，珠珠又说了好几遍，老妈很羞愧地还是没听懂。央求她用英文讲或解释一下，她居然说不会英文，然后就急哭了。我等她哭了一会儿又鼓励她再说一遍，可惜还是不懂。她继续哭。我只好说It's ok to cry, 因为珠珠use the words，但是妈妈没听懂，一会儿见了爸爸再说一遍，我们一起听。见了爸爸，她果然又说了一遍，老公重复说：春天不在，就把她抱走了，我继续开车去车库，一路狂笑不止。我以为她是在感叹怎么天怎么又冷了，昨天还暖暖和和的，象春天。另外，珠珠和老公就春天这个话题也有精彩对话：When we came out of the building this morning, Valentina said "oh no! I don't have my gloves!" (They are in the pockets of her thick down jacket.) I said we don't need them because it's warm today, and she gleefully observed: "Look! The snow is melting! Flowers will come out! Spring is here! I love flowers! I love spring so that I can have icecream!"结果等我在浴室里换衣服时，珠珠进来了，忽然又说了一遍，原来是：喷泉不在。那当然啦，珠珠学校旁边的喷泉从深秋开始就不再喷水了。我又狂笑了一通。