022 Life is Like the Wind

『阿花说』 《生命如风》用平静的口吻讲述了生命与死亡的话题。书里把生命比作风，总有一天会离开，但在这之前要好好珍惜自己和他人的生命。 出版社：Barron's Education 作者：Shona Innes 插画：Irisz Agocs 适合年龄段：3+ 『原文』 Life Is Like the Wind by Shona Innes Life is a precious and funny thing. When a body is alive, it is filled with life. We can’t see life in the body, but we know when life is there. Life makes the body move, and feel, and be with us. Life is a little bit like the wind. We can’t see the wind, but we know when the wind is there. The wind makes leaves flutter, and fur fly, and kites soar high in the sky. When the wind goes, things are very still. They don’t flutter or blow or fly or soar anymore. Where does the wind go when we can’t see it moving things? It goes somewhere else. Life is like the wind. When life goes, the body is very still. The body cannot move or feel or do anything anymore. Where does life go when it leaves the body? People have different ideas about where a life goes when it leaves the body. Some believe the life enters another body, to give life to a new creature. Others believe the life goes to a happy place called heaven, where the life can enjoy its favorite things. Some think the life goes deep into the ground, giving new life to trees and flowers... ...or that the life goes way up into the stars, where it twinkles brightly and watches over us. And some believe that a little bit of the life stays behind. Even when the body is gone, people remember and feel the life, still loving the life deep inside their hearts. When the life goes from a body, we can feel very sad. We may miss the life very much. But there are things we can do to feel better. Some people say prayers and talk to the life. Others like to collect memories of the life to help them remember. Some people like to spend time being kind to others. It makes them feel better to help others have good and happy lives. And other people just like to spend quiet time alone...thinking about how precious life is. Life is very precious. We can look after our own life by eating well, taking care of our body, and doing happy things. We can help others look after their lives, too, by being caring and kind to them. A happy and loved life will stay with a body as long as it possibly can. But when it is time for the life to leave, it will go. Those left behind might be very sad. But, like the wind, life must leave. It will go somewhere else. -The End- 感谢收听～🍃