THE ASTRONOMER

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THE ASTRONOMER

I only said,
"When in the evening the round full moon gets entangled among the branches of that Kadam tree, couldn't somebody catch it?"

But dada (elder brother) laughed at me and said,
"Baby, you are the silliest child I have ever known. The moon is ever so far from us. How could anybody catch it?"

I said," Dada, how foolish you are!
When mother looks out of her window and smiles down at us playing,
would you call her far away?"
Still dada said, "You are a stupid child!
But, baby, where could you find a net big enough to catch the moon with?"
I said, "Surely you could catch it with your hands."
But dada laughed and said,
"You are the silliest child I have known.
If it came nearer,
you could see how big the moon is."

I said, "Dada, what nonsense they teach at your school!"
When mother bends her face down to kiss us,
does her face look very big?"
But still dada says,
"You are a stupid child."

天文学家

我只不过说:
“当黄昏圆圆的满月缠绕在昙花枝头时，
难道没有人能捉住它吗？”
哥哥笑着对我说：
“孩子啊，你真是我所见过的最傻的孩子。
月亮离我们如此远，谁能捉住他呢？”
我说：“哥哥，你才傻呢！
当妈妈望着窗外，
微笑着俯视我们嬉戏时，你能说他离我们远吗？

哥哥又说：“你这傻孩子！
可是，孩子啊，
你到哪里才能找到一张大得足以捉住月亮的网呢？”
我说：“当然，你可以用双手去捉住他呀。”
但是哥哥还是笑着说：
“你真是我见过的最傻的孩子！
如果月亮近了，你就知道他有多大了。”

我说：“哥哥，
你们学校里教的真是一派胡言！
当妈妈俯下脸亲吻我们时，
她的脸看起来也是非常大吗？”
但哥哥还是说：“你真是个傻孩子。”