老爸读诗-Waiting At the Window

作者A. A. Milne是英国作家和诗人，不过他作为诗人的成就显然被忽略了，因为他最大的成就，是创造了一个风靡全球的文学形象，那就是小熊维尼——Winnie The Pooh。他以自己儿子（是的，他儿子就叫Christopher Robin）的玩具熊和其它玩偶为原型，创造出了小熊维尼、小猪、跳跳虎和屹耳，写出了一系列动人的故事。

在这首诗中，Milne用充满童趣的笔，记录下了两粒雨滴间的滑行比赛，他甚至给每粒雨滴起了个名字，还为它们加油鼓劲。

Waiting at the Window

——by A. A. Milne

These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane. 

I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be. 

Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.

All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.

James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.

John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.

James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.

John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.

John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.

James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.

Is he going fast enough?
James has found a piece of fluff.

John has quickly hurried by.
James was talking to a fly.

John is there, and John has won! 
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!