Lovely children 3 / 可愛的孩子 3

最後一天的美術課，本來要請小朋友去校園裡觀察植物撿葉片，外頭下起大雨，只好衝到市場買了一把玫瑰花，這樣孩子們就不用淋雨，今天我們要彩繪自己的花瓶和製作小花。

On the last day of our summer camp, it starts to pour around noon. My plan was to have the kids take a short walk on campus and pick leaves whose shapes interest them. Because of the rain, I rush to the market to buy a bouquet of roses so that everyone can stay safe and dry indoors. Today we are going to make our paper flowers and paint our own vases. 

        小亮很有才氣，可是很怕大家稱讚的眼光，所以我們只能暗暗地欣賞他的作品。

     Liang is a very talented young man, but he doesn't know how to meet our gaze of adoration. We can only admire his works behind his back. 

        我請小朋友好好看玫瑰花的樣子，畫下他們心目中的花朵，這一區的孩子對於玫瑰有他們的見解。

     I ask the children to take a good look at the rose and draw their kinds of the flower. Obviously, these kids have their unique interpretations. 

        接下來是畫瓶子時間！小柚一整天都帶著昨天畫的牛仔帽，我感到很欣慰。

     Next is the vase-painting time. Yoyo wears his hand-painted cowboy hat from the day before, which highly pleases me.

        大小孩和媽媽也好認真地畫畫。

     The elder children and mothers also paint with their whole hearts.

        圖左的小米問：為什麼是玫瑰花呢？我答：因為我是小王子。於是小米和阿妹寶請我說小王子的故事，剛好阿妹寶的爸爸是飛行員，我把故事說得很殘破，週末便買了小王子複習。

   Mia, on the left side, asks, why did you give each of us a rose? I answer, "Because I am the Little Prince." Mia and her cousin Mei are so intrigued that they coax me into telling them the story. I don't remember every detail, so during the weekend I get a copy, determined to review it. 

        據說小米從夏令營開始之前就很期待彩繪瓶子，這是她美麗的作品。

   It is said that Mia has been looking forward to painting the glass bottle for a while. This is her beautiful vase. 

        夏令營結束了，回家路上覺得有些失落，好像是我發現自己越來越喜歡小孩，和他們說再見會捨不得，可能是我心裡也住了個孩子吧！

   On my way home, I feel kind of lost about the camp's drawing to an end. I find myself drawn more and more to children, and it becomes less and less easy to say goodbye to them. It's probably because there is a child in me too....