humble wish / 小心願

上個學期我們在教室前面的陽台初試種菜之樂，很幸運地，種子不多久就發芽茁壯，雖然最後採收的量微薄，看到生命一天一天成長的感動，真是言語難以形容地美妙。

Last semester we tried our hand at growing vegetables in front of the classroom. Luckily, the seeds soon germinated and grew tall. Though our year-end harvest wasn't on too big a scale, we were so moved by the progress of life on a daily-basis.

這個學期為了迎接春天的到來，我們很有野心地嘗試難度高一級的花朵和香料植物，不過三個星期過去了，冒出芽的不知是雜草還是我們期待已久的小生命，女孩們很憂鬱。再加上施肥和前一陣子的低糜陰雨，土壤發霉了，女孩原本像傘一樣守護著植物的心，逐漸抵擋不住灰暗的天氣和毫無進展的盆栽。

2007年的春天，我只有個小心願，期待我們的植物快快長大，還有女孩的微笑。或者，請神燈賜與我一名園藝專家，指引我方向吧！

This semester, to welcome the arrival of spring, we became more ambitious and decided to go for flowers and herbs that were more difficult to grow. However, three weeks have passed by. The green bits that pop out of the soil seems to be weeds rather than the plants we are looking forward to. Girls are very blue. Furthermore, with fertilizers and the hovering gloomy rain a while ago, the soil turned musty. Girls' firm determination to guard the plants gradually fell apart, like a lonely umbrella that couldn't fight against the ongoing rain. The gray weather and no sign of growth were too much to take.

Spring in 2007, I have only a humble wish. I hope that our plants grow up soon. Or, the Magic Lamp can show me the way to a know-it-all green thumb...