变小的操场

类别：成长

重返童年母校，发现记忆中无比庞大的操场如今已变得微小，令人感慨时光与成长。

时长 55 秒 · 语速 153 wpm

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I went back to my primary school last spring. 去年春天，我回了趟小学。

The gate was the same green. 大门还是当年的那种绿色。

The guard let me in 保安放我进去了，

when I told him I used to study there. 因为我跟他说我以前是在这儿念书的。

And then I saw the playground, and I laughed out loud. 然后我看到了操场，忍不住笑出了声。

It was tiny. 这也太小了吧。

In my memory, that playground was enormous. 在我的记忆里，那个操场大得没边。

Running one lap was a punishment. 跑上一圈简直就是受罚。

The far wall was so distant 远处的围墙离得那么远，

that the kids over there looked like ants. 墙边的小孩看着就跟蚂蚁一样小。

Crossing it at lunchtime was a real journey. 午休时穿过操场，感觉像出了趟远门。

Now I could walk across it in less than a minute. 现在我不用一分钟就能走过去。

I counted. 我还数了数。

Forty steps. 也就四十步。

I stood in the middle for a while. 我在操场正中间站了一会儿。

The same trees. 树还是那些树。

The same flagpole, which used to touch the sky. 旗杆也还是那根，小时候总觉得它能碰到天。

Of course, the playground hadn't changed at all. 操场当然一点儿都没变。

Not one meter. 一米都没少。

It was me. 变的是我。

Somewhere along the way, without noticing, 在不知不觉的某个人生阶段，

I had gotten bigger than my whole world. 我已经长得比我当年的整个世界还要大了。