你喜歡天鵝嗎？ / Do you like swans?

  Swan's Dream 

你喜歡天鵝嗎？我相信你是喜歡的，因為牠們真的很優雅、很討好啊﹗

我在很小的時候，已經遇到過天鵝。我想我那時是三歲左右吧？其實我也記不起當時的情景，只是有人將我和天鵝拍了下來。所以，我現在從照片中看見小小的自己，在叔叔的懷抱內，整個身彎向前，一隻手直直地伸出去，想要撫摸一下湖裏的天鵝。你呢？你第一次遇上天鵝，是在何時呢？你記得嗎？

在英國這兒，要遇上天鵝，好像是很容易的事情，因為在不同公園的湖裏，你通常都可以找到天鵝的身影。而且，你不只感到牠們很優雅，你還會覺得，天鵝那身軀明顯地比別的鳥更龐大。龐大的天鵝既優雅，又悠閒地在水中漫遊時，你會感受到牠們的貴氣，就好像皇族一樣。我在想，怪不得我所喜歡的安徒生童話故事，變成天鵝的都是王子了﹗

春天的時候，我們看見一對天鵝有了孩子。然後，我們看到孩子們成長，當牠們快要換毛，要由「醜小鴨」變成天鵝時，有些孩子不見了。牠們是受傷了？迷路了？但那是湖，怎麼會消失的呢？於是，我們在疑惑，天鵝會飛嗎？牠們是飛走了嗎？

我在網上搜尋一下，才知道原來天鵝會飛。之後有一天，當我們看海的時候，有天鵝在我們的頭上飛過。呀﹗我早該知道的了﹗王子們變成天鵝之後，也是會飛的啊﹗他們飛去拯救他們的妹妹啊﹗那不就是我小時候，已經從童話故事中知道的事嗎？

Do you like swans? I think everyone likes them because they are gorgeous and elegant!

Do you remember when you first met swans? I think I was three years old. I can’t exactly remember that moment, but I saw the photo that I was in my uncle’s arms and tried to touch the swans. In Hong Kong, it is not easy to see swans. But you can go to Kowloon Park, there are two or more swans and some flamingos.

In Britain, it is much easier to see swans. If you want to see them, you can go to any park nearby. They look royal because they are so elegant and bigger than other birds. That reminds me of a story from Andersen's Fairy Tales, where eleven princes turn into swans every night. When you see the swans, can you imagine that they are princes?

Spring is the lovely season to watch swans. We saw a swan couple bringing up their babies in spring. It was so amazing! However, when the little swans grew up, some of them were missing. Do you know why? Were they hurt? Were they flying away? I don’t know. And I don’t even know swans can fly.

After searching the information on the internet, now I know swans can fly. Later when we were at the seaside, some swans flew over our heads. Oh, wait! I think I already know swans can fly when I was young. The eleven princes in “The Wild Swans” flew to save their little sister, right? I think I should search for information in my mind instead of the internet.