勇敢的陀螺

樊功生

疯狂旋转

硬梆梆的水泥地上

滋滋发响

好几个时辰了

稍有半点摇晃

鞭子便抽打下来

啪  啪  啪

传得好远... 

-- 抽吧  抽得再狠点

    我就飞起来了

他勇敢地喊着... 

磕上些尘土

居然弹起一丁点高度

一抬头

两只苍蝇在头顶盘旋

嗡嗡地哼着小曲儿

好羡慕

-- 那是因为人家天生有翅膀! 

持鞭子的人大声喝道

他很沮丧... 

突然

一只飞盘横空扫过

又兴奋起来

-- 哈  他也没翅膀

    可飞得好远

-- 那是因为他有贵人相助

    送上去的... 

持鞭子的人冷笑了一下

-- 我也想被送上去  好吗

-- 好  去你的吧

他被一脚踢起

没多高

也没多远

栽进了污水沟...

A Brave Whipping Top

By Ken Fan 

Spining, spinning madly. 

Making that noise, zzz..., 

On a hard concrete ground. 

For hours,

Whips would lash down, 

On any sign of slackening, 

Pa, Pa, Pa,... 

Loudly heard from very far. 

-- Hit! Hit harder! 

     Then I would fly. 

He screams courageously. 

Bumping into some dusts, 

He's even lifted a tiny bit. 

Looking up, 

Two flies are hovering above, 

Humming some pleasant tunes. 

So envious. 

--that's because they have wings! 

Shouts the big man with a whip. 

He's so dismayed. 

Suddenly 

A frisbee flies over. 

He's excited again:

-- It has no wings, 

    But is flying, so far!

-- That's because it's got help, 

    So it could go up. 

Sneers the man. 

-- then I want to go up there, too. Okey? 

-- Okey! Go screw yourself!

The man kicks him up in the air, 

Neither too high, 

Nor too far, 

And into a gutter...