今年只剩兩個月
Only Two Months Left This Year
牆上的日曆，不知道什麼時候只剩薄薄一疊了。最上面那張寫著大大的「31」。 帕嚕可坐在書桌上，淡紫色的領巾在側邊打了個結。牠抬頭看著那張日曆，手舉到嘴邊，小嘴變成小小的 o。撕掉這一張，就是十一月了。 ……今年，只剩兩個月？(・o・) 年初的事好像還沒過多久，日曆卻已經撕得差不多了。也不是要算清楚這一年做了什麼，只是突然發現，時間走得比自己快一點。 不過換個方向看，十一月加十二月，還有六十一天。還有兩個月耶。
Somehow the calendar on the wall is down to a thin little stack. The top sheet shows a big "31". Paluqo sits on the desk, its lavender kerchief knotted at the side. It looks up at the calendar, a paw raised to its mouth, its small mouth a little o. Tear off this page, and it is November. ...Only two months left this year? (・o・) The start of the year does not feel that long ago, and yet the calendar is nearly all torn away. It is not about counting up what got done this year. It is just noticing, all of a sudden, that time moves a little faster than you do. But look at it the other way. November and December still add up to sixty-one days. Still two months to go.