露营•建堡•写作 圈外闲人2012-07-08 01:39:26

又是一个长周末，又是随着女儿的朋友们，我们去夏柏特湖露营。儿子没有一起去，说是还有两周就要大考，需要一些复习的时间。不知这是否是一个美丽的借口，儿子大了就得学会放手。妈妈学会了放手，可是女儿放不下来，总想拽一把哥哥的衣角。

一到露营基地，我们放下行李安营扎寨。女儿的眼睛一下子瞪大了，睡袋、睡垫、小枕头，那么一大堆好材料，她在卧室建造攻不破城堡（impenetrable fort）时怎么没有想到呢？一懊恼，一跺脚，转身找小朋友们玩去了。

三天两夜，这是世外桃源一般的生活。早上听着鸟叫起床，然后爬山、游戏、烧柴火，烤肉、烤鸡、烤鱼、烤虾，围着着篝火吃红薯。天色渐渐黑了下来，星星露出了闪亮的眼睛，夏季的夜晚也是寒冷的，我们享受着以火取暖的乐趣。

孩子们围着篝火烤棉花糖，一共买了十袋棉花糖，小不丁点们尝尽了人生的甜味。

这是多么悦耳的对话：

“Are you sure you want a honeymallow instead of an ordinary marshmallow?”

“Of course! We can make honeymallow houses!”

“Too bad we don’t have any graham crackers for a gingerbread house.”

“Yeah...”

孩子们从一个帐篷闹到另一个帐篷，讨论着Harry Potter，The Hunger Games，Percy Jackson, 和 Heroes of Olympus，那是他们的文学，当然还包括平板电脑，那是他们的文化。

快乐的时光总是短暂的，三天的无忧无虑很快就过去了。我们回到了家，明天还要上班，一大堆脏东西需要打理，大人们开始感到累了。没想到女儿意犹未尽，将她的攻不破城堡重新翻修，一连好几天，加班加点地干，许多露营物品不翼而飞，成了她卧室内的私有财产。

女儿刚好完成了第四本书，连她的作者小传也改写了：

Hermione Ma is a budding young author. She is a fifth grade student at Regnart Elementary School in Cupertino, California. She published her first book, The Missing Mau, at age 8.

The Crazy College and The Revolving Resort are two sequels, but can be read independently. Her new work is The Gingerbread Museum of Candy, Omelets, Spinach, Ice, and Biscuits.

Her passions are reading, writing, drawing, and exploring. Her hobbies include ballet, playing piano, reading newspaper comics, and trying to create an impenetrable fort in her bedroom. Besides writing in English, Hermione has also contributed articles for Chinese newspapers.

Hermione writes about her worlds from a kid's point of view. Her observations are often funny, irreverent, and full of imagination. Her works are a joy to stimulate a young child's love of reading.

注意到了吗？The Impenetrable Fort！哈哈，孩子，永远保持着旺盛的精力，永远尝试着你不让做的事情，永远用好奇的眼睛看着世界。