一滴露珠

碧玉

As the sun rose， a dewdrop became aware of its surroundings. It sat on a leaf， catching the sunlight and throwing it back out. Proud of its pure beauty，itwasverycontent.

Aroundittherewereother dewdrops， some on the same leaf and some on the other leaves. The dewdrop was sure that it was the best， the most specialdewdropofthem.

Ah，itwasgoodtobeadewdrop！

The wind rose and the plant began to shake， tipping the leaf. Terror gripped the dewdrop as gravity pulled it towards the edge of the leaf， towards theunknown.

Why？ Why was this happening？ Things were comfortable. Things were safe. Why did they have to change？ Why？Why？

The dewdrop reached the edge of the leaf. It was terrified， because if it fell down， it would be smashed into a thousand pieces below， and everything would be over. The new day had only just begun and did the end come so quickly？ It seemed so unfair. It tried desperately to do whatever it could to clingtotheleaf，butitwasnouse.

Finally， it gave up， surrendering to the pull of gravity. Down， down it fell. Below there it seemed to be a mirror. The dewdrop felt the reflection of itself seemed to be coming up to meetittogether. Closer and closer they cametogetheruntilfinally...

And then the fear transformed into endless joy as the tiny dewdrop merged with the vastness that was the pond. Now the dewdrop was no more， butitwasnotdestroyed.

It had become one with the whole.

當太陽升起的時候，一滴露珠蘇醒過來。它坐在一片葉子上，一邊吸收著陽光，一邊又將陽光反射出去。它美得那樣純凈，不禁有些沾沾自喜。

在它的周圍，有許多其他的露珠，它們有的和它在同一片葉子上，有的在其他葉子上。這滴露珠堅信自己是它們當中最棒、最特別的那一滴。

啊，成為一滴露珠是多么美妙啊！

起風了，植物搖晃起來，葉子也開始傾倒。重力將露珠推向葉子邊緣，推向未知的領域，恐懼隨之降臨。

為什么？為什么會這樣呢？從前是多么舒適，多么安全，為什么要改變呢？為什么？為什么？

露珠滾到了葉子邊緣。它驚恐萬分，因為一旦掉下去，它必將粉身碎骨，一切就會這樣結束。新的一天才剛剛開始，這么快就要結束了嗎？這不公平啊！露珠拼命地抓住葉子，然而于事無補。

終于，它還是放棄了，敗給了重力。它往下滾啊滾，下面看起來好像一面鏡子。露珠感覺自己的倒影快要和自己碰到一起了。它們越來越近，最后重合……

當露珠匯聚到一個大池塘當中，恐懼轉變為無盡的喜悅。現在露珠不存在了，它卻沒有毀滅。

融入集體，它終于得以完整。endprint