Mixing the powdered milk
My father usually was very busy. Back at home, he still did his office paperwork. I have always followed his steps everywhere, watching him and never letting him from my sight. To my strange questions, he would patiently answer me. He told me he couldn’t play with me. all the time, because he need to work harder and earn more money to buy lots of milk for me.
One night, my busy mother suddenly disappeared. I woke up hungry and eagerly cried for her to feed me. The frightening darkness surrounded me. Surprisingly, my father appeared in front of me. I stopped crying, purred, and stretched out my hands to him. He just came out from study, a row of white, rabbit teeth in his mouth. Blinking his eyes and blossoming his smile, he said, ‘My little Fei-Fei, you woke up?Then he clumsily took the hot water bottle from the table and opened the lid as he tried to mix the powdered milk.
Rarely doing the housework, my father accidently dropped the hot bottle. ’Peng’, the bottle fell to the ground. and broke into pieces. After picking up the broken glass, he was almost pooped out. He raised his right finger, covering his lip. like a boy who had just made mistake, feeling guilty. Turning a funny face to me, making a ’xu’,Be quiet’ sound, I understood that he wanted me keep a secret to him.
I was still like a spring bird jumping in the cradle, dancing my feet and waving my fingers. Once I lay down to bed, I stared at my lovely father. For a second, he magically delivered the different warmth and tasty bottle of milk like my mother usually did. For love, you don’t insist on everything. Without nitpicking, I blithely sipped the milk.
譯者按:本文譯自 菲菲 塵封往事中泡奶粉一文。經由名師同儕共參，仍無法完全表露其真情於萬一。茲將原文書列於后:
父親經常忙於工作。下班回到家後，也不得閒。埋首於案前，繼續做拿回來的公事。我總喜歡跟前跟後，好奇盯著，研究父親的ㄧ舉ㄧ動，喜歡對他發問些奇奇怪怪問題；然而，父親總是不厭其煩﹑耐心的回答我無俚頭的問題。印象中，父親告訴我過，他之所以不能如我所願的，陪我遊戲的理由是：能多賺些買我要喝的奶粉錢而努力工作。
一天夜裡，任勞任怨負責打理家務的母親，忽然不見蹤影。睡眼迷矇的我，驚醒哭鬧著找媽媽。同時，咕嚕咕嚕餓的肚子，吵著要喝牛奶。睡眼惺忪，環顧四周，眼前竟然出現了，期待能陪我嬉戲父親的身影。我立即的收斂哭啼淚眼，欣然迎接父親。
聽見我哭啼聲，趕忙自隔壁房間走近的爸爸，露出了難得一見雪白兔寶寶門牙，燦爛笑容溫柔的對我說：小菲菲醒來了？接著，父親笨拙動作的拿起房內桌上的熱水瓶，啟開蓋，幫我沖泡牛奶。ㄧ向不善打理家事的父親，一個不留神，放空了位置的熱水瓶。乓！的ㄧ聲，熱水瓶應聲跌落至地面。父親手忙腳亂的拾起破損的水瓶，伸出右手食指，放在嘟了的嘴型邊上，發出要我安靜的噓噓聲。
依舊眉開眼笑咯咯出聲小嬰兒的我，手舞足蹈躺在床上緊盯著心愛的父親看。緊接著，父親像似變戲法般，遞上不同以往溫度和味道的奶水瓶給我。因為愛而包容了一切，我不挑剔忘情的吸吮！
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