《ChildhoodFantasy》Turned into a Nightmare

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ibelieu
楼主 (文学城)

I woke up this morning to find 花花’s wonderful piece about dreaming of claiming a whole city to herself.  I thought to myself: "Gee!  Didn't this happen to me once, on a much smaller scale anyway?” 

This is a true story; I'm sharing it just for fun.

I'm pretty sure everyone, at one time or another, in various versions, has had the same kind of fantasy as 花花, just because of a shared yearning inside all of us for freedom.

Truth be told, had the fantasy become reality, people would likely be disappointed.  I know because a fantasy of this nature did become reality for me once.

It happened during winter when I was in second grade.  My school at the time was right beside, and to the west of, Sun Yat-sen Park.  My parents had taken us kids to visit the park many times, one reason being, I'm guessing here, that entrance was for free.

Being a boring place on the whole, the park's main draw, so far as I was concerned, was the playground for kids.  It boasted the usual stuff, such as a couple of swings, a slide, some seesaws and a spin-chair (with multiple chairs connected to a common, vertical, axle and the chairs spun around when pushed).  Much as I loathed the other, grownup-oriented, things in the park, I really enjoyed spending time there, and time there seemed always so fleeting.

The problem was that we always went visiting on Sunday, the only weekend day at the time, and the playground was invariably crowded on that day.  This gave rise to a fantasy of mine: how I wish I could have the whole playground to myself! 

Alas, the fantasy became reality when, one day, I stole out of school during class break and went into the park.  I headed straight for the playground.  To my utter jubilance, I found it totally empty, all to myself.  Wasting no time, I immediately went about trying out each item.

It soon dawned on me, though, that I was going through this horrible process of seeing a beautiful dream turning into a nightmare.  With no one hurrying me down the slide, no one to sit on the other side of a seesaw, no one to compete with me to see who could swing higher and no one to help spin the spin-chair, the place became an utter bore.  It was so boring time seemed to crawl to a stop, and I was so bored by it all that I was willing to sneak back into school during another class break to rejoin the class! 

I know there is some sort of moral lesson to draw from this fantasy-to-nightmare experience, but I don't quite know how to put it into words.  Can someone help me?

 

欲借嵯峨
童年最快乐的时光就是有玩伴儿,
i
ibelieu
You said it!
移花接木
有个在上海的美国家伙twit,他一回美国家乡小镇就犯抑郁,碰不到几个人,还得装腔作势,一回上海立刻就好了,大街上

人挨人,人挤人,零距离与人接触,抑郁症立刻就好了。谁都不认识谁,到社交媒体上,破口大骂,随时释放生活压力

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ibelieu
Ha, ha…. People are all different. I’m more of that guy’s ilk.

We are thinking of moving to a city.  :)

树的花花世界
争争抢抢趣味多:D
i
ibelieu
But for your wonderful piece, I would not have taken this trip

down memory lane.  :)

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beautifulwind
哈哈,那么小就意识到竞争的境界了:)
i
ibelieu
其实就是一个人玩儿泥巴没意思啦。 :)
盈盈一笑间
和好朋友一起玩,才玩的尽兴。这英文表达真流畅!感觉每天都写英文日记似的。。
i
ibelieu
谢谢鼓励。和大家在这里一起多写写,争取英语能力有所提高哈。
天山晨
好玩的幻想,我有时也想象一下共产主义社会是啥样子,其实真的很不错!按需分配多好!
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easyboy
楼主在童年第一次体会到人生的一个道理,

人类生而孤独,爱可以抚慰孤独的灵魂. Human beings are social animals!上网聊天灌水找到哲学理论依据了吧!

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ibelieu
Yes, leave social media to social animals. :)

Let's party!  :)

i
ibelieu
那肯定好啊,只要够分。 :)
疏影笑寒
特有闯劲儿 是先锋 大赞
i
ibelieu
A little trouble maker for sure. :) Thank you.
甜虫虫
This is another wonderful piece! Congratulations!