(看這空盪盪的大廳......覺得怪怪的.....那就隨便放個東西上來吧!)

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”Eight Balloons” from Shel Silverstein’s A LIGHT IN TEH ATTIC

EIGHT BALLOONS 是我教書過程中最常引用的詩之一。雖然這八顆驟然獲得自由的氣球有八種不一樣的渴望，我認為 Shel Silverstein 在寫詩的時候已經分好了層次，就像馬斯洛的慾望階層一樣。

第一顆筆直射了出去，直衝向太陽，也是第一個爆掉的英雄；他是行動派的理想家。
第二顆到高速公路去冒險，那是探險家！
大三顆到仙人掌上休息，算是不了解環境的意外！
第四顆和粗心的小孩子玩耍，雖然爆掉，也算玩過了！
第五顆和豪豬談戀愛，作鬼也風流吧？
第六顆去嚐嚐煎培根的好味道，爆在口腹之慾！
第七顆跑去看鱷魚嘴，又一個搞不清楚狀況的氣球！（不過鱷魚平常都不動，很難知道牠是活的還是假的。）
最後一顆那兒也沒去，終享天年……（可是那又怎樣呢？！也許他才是最幸福的！）

這都是他們的自由！好沙特的思想呀！

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Eight Balloons

Eight balloons no one was buyin’
All broke loose one afternoon.
Eight balloons with strings a-flyin’,
Free to do what they wanted to.
One flew up to touch the sun—POP!
One thought highways might be fun—POP!
One took a nap in a cactus pile—POP!
One tried to taste some bacon fryin’—POP!
One stayed to play with a careless child—POP!
One fell in love with a porcupine—POP!
One looked close in a crocodile’s mouth—POP!
One sat around ‘til his air ran out—WHOOSH!
Eight balloons no one was buyin’—
They broke loose and away they flew,
Free to float and free to fly.
And free to pop where they wanted to.