女儿小时候的录音不多，仅有的几段大概在 iPod 里录的音，随 iTunes 转到了 iPhone，车上常听，与音乐一起化为岁月的记忆。

小时候就特爱说话，甚至有点饶舌，话比思维快，喜欢显摆童谣。录音里面有几个美国儿童的段子。

“boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider, girls go to college to get more knowledge.”

这是取笑男孩的。饶舌的甜甜现场发挥，富于夸张和强调：“what do you want me to say now? boys go to Jupiter , do you know the planet Jupiter?  they go to the planet Jupiter, once they get there, they get supider and supider every second.  And girls they go to college to get more knowledge and knowledge into their brain on their head.”

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe.
If he hollers, let it go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

My mother told me/says to pick the very best one, and you are not it."

这是非常流行的“选择”童谣。小孩子面对两个或多种选择的时候，不知道选哪一样好，就口中念念有词，一边用手在选择物之间轮流数着，道理上应该是童谣完了手落在哪个选择上，就选择哪个。可是，儿童的心理是微妙的，很多时候内心其实有了一个所指，为了最终得到自己想得到的，表面上还跟着童谣走，孩子们学会在童谣后面，打着家长的名号，用肯定或否定来保证自己不要落到自己不要选的东西上：如果最后落到中意的选项上，就说 “My mother told me/says to pick the very best one, and that is YOU”. 否则就改口说：“My mother told me/says to pick the very best one, and you are not it.”

可见，生活的智慧，从儿童就开始滋生。明明是自己的愿望和选择，却包装成命中注定，或听命于父母大人。

(cf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe)

"You know what
Kick your butt
All the way to Pizza Hut

While you're there,
Comb your hair
Don't forget your underwear!"

里面有个片段说学校的事儿。回家说的这个故事是小女孩玩家家的，也有微妙的儿童心理：

"I said that I am the Princess of Jewelry because one of my friends and buddy said that she looked at my jewelry I brought to school.  What happened is she was so surprised and she loved it ... she said that I am Princess of Jewelry and she is the Queen of Makeup.  Next time I am going to bring new jewelry, she said that I am the Queen of Jewelry...... No，Daddy, Jessica said I am the Queen of Jewelry if I bring some new jewelry tomorrow."

显然这个小女孩 Jessica 是精明的，有小希拉里的情商。她见到甜甜带到学校的那些“首饰”（女孩喜欢收集的那些小玩意儿），先是恭维甜甜是“首饰公主”，然后自封自己为“化妆女王”。甜属于比较傻的那种，一听恭维，高兴得不行。说明天要带更多新首饰去找女孩儿玩儿，带了新首饰，Jessica 就会封她为“首饰女王”了。可是“化妆女王”是“首饰公主/女王”的老板呀。跟孙悟空讨了个弼马温乐得不行一样，甜却非常高兴做女王的首饰运输队长。哈。

前后还有两段读书录音的回放。可以明显区别什么叫 native speaker/mother tongue，什么是第二语言。前一段英语故事读起来非常顺溜，有声有色。从幼儿园到小学一直就是英语的环境，在家里听的那点汉语无法匹敌。周末中文学校的课本文字，读起来就显得生硬。

说起来这都是十六七年前的片段了。

樱花季节，岁月如斯。

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