Translation of "Leisure and Interest" in Volume 2 of Six Chapters of a Floating Life

"When I recalled my childhood, I was able to keep an eye on the sun and see through everything. When you see a small object, you must examine its texture carefully. Therefore, there is interest outside things.

I remember when I was a child, I could look at the sun with my eyes open, and my eyesight could see very small things. When you see something small, you must observe its pattern carefully. So I often have fun observing things other than themselves.

Yu: me. Childish: young. Ming: eyesight. Cha: See clearly. Advantage: small. Texture: here generally refers to patterns.

"Summer mosquitoes turn into thunder, but they plan to dance in the air like a flock of cranes. Where the heart wants to go, it will be a thousand or a hundred cranes. Look at it with your head held high, and the item is strong.

In summer, mosquitoes fly like thunder. I privately compare them to cranes flying in the air. I imagine cranes in my mind, so either thousands or hundreds of flying mosquitoes really think they are cranes. Looking up at this scene, my neck is stiff because of this.

Private: Privately, this means "myself". One: auxiliary words have no real meaning. Direction: the imagined scene. One: This refers to the scene of "cranes dancing in the air". Strong: the same as "stiff", stiff.

"Mosquitoes are left in the vegetarian tent, and they are sprayed with smoke, making them fly at the smoke, making them look like white cranes in the clouds, and the fruit is like a crane floating in the clouds, which makes them feel happy.

I left the mosquitoes in the white mosquito net and sprayed them slowly with smoke, making them fly at the smoke. As a white crane in Qingyun, it was really like a crane singing loudly in the clouds, which made people cry happily.

vegetarian account: white mosquito net. To: use. Li: (Crane, Hongyan) and others are singing loudly. Yiran: The appearance of joy. Call it happy: shout it happy.

"In the concave and convex part of the earth wall, where the grass is mixed in the flower bed, always squat down on it, so that it is flush with the table, and keep your eyes fixed.

On the uneven soil wall and the messy flower bed with lots of grass, I often squat down my body to make my body as high as the flower bed, and look closely.

Yu: yes. Bump: uneven. Miscellaneous: many and messy. Its: here refers to yourself.

"Take the bushes as the forest, insects and ants as the beasts, those with protruding soil and gravel as the hills, and those with hollows as the valleys, and wander in them, enjoying themselves.

Think of the clumped grass as a forest, insects and ants as wild animals, the place where the mud and debris protrude as a dirt mountain, and the low-lying place as a ravine. Imagine traveling in it, and feel happy and enjoy yourself.

take … as …: take … as …. Qiu: Same as "Qiu", Tushan. Gully: ravine. God: imagine.

"One day, I saw two insects fighting among grasses, and I was in the middle of it. Suddenly, a monster came from the mountain and fell down the tree to build a toad.

one day, I saw two insects fighting among the grass, and I was interested in watching this scene. Suddenly, something very big moved the dirt mountain, knocked down a big tree and rushed in. It turned out to be a toad.

fight between grasses: that is, fight between grasses, and the preposition "Yu" is omitted. It means "two worms fighting". Monster: A very big thing. Pull: move, move away. And; Table modification, translated as "zhe". Guy: This means "originally".

"When you spit out your tongue, two worms are swallowed.

when the toad sticks out his tongue, both worms are swallowed by the toad.

and: the tables are connected sequentially, and then. All: all. For: being. What to do: passive, meaning "……………………".

"I'm young, but I'm lost in thought, so I'm scared." God decided to catch toad, whip dozens, and drive away the other hospital.

I was still young, lost in thought, and I couldn't help exclaiming "Oh, dear" and felt scared. As soon as I was calm, I caught the toad, whipped it dozens of times and drove it to another yard.

Fang: Right now. Trance: Being too focused and in a daze. Ah ran; Oops (exclaim). Whip, noun used flexibly as a verb, whip.