【原】你知道松鼠听听在说什么？Ting the Squirrel

松鼠-听听

Ting the Squirrel   

- 帅行资月道长 北美帅家道园制作

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春天终于来到了哈德逊河谷。这只名叫听听的松鼠决定不再数橡子了，而是从佐伊的前门窥视她，希望知道今天的菜单上有什么。他好像在说：“你知道吗，我每天都有很多事情要做，我真的很喜欢花生酱，佐伊!”

Spring is finally here in the Hudson Valley. The squirrel whose name is Ting has decided to take a break from counting acorns  and stands to peer at Zoey through her front glass door hoping to learn what is on today’s menu. He seemed to say “ You know, I have so much to do every day and I sure do love peanut butter Zoey!”

这只松鼠的名字起源于2020年的夏天。佐伊注意到，她院子里的其中一只松鼠开始观察她，当时它正栖息在一棵老枫树上它安家落户的地方。佐伊和几只花栗鼠交上了朋友，阿诺德、南希和马丁，她每天下午都要喂它们。

The origin of the squirrel's name came about in the summer of 2020.  Zoey noticed that one of the many squirrels in her yard began watching her while he was perched on an old maple tree where he had made his home. Zoey had made friends with a few chipmunks, Arnold, Nancy and Martin , she made a point to feed them every afternoon.

她并没有考虑过喂那些胖松鼠，因为它们总是在前院的大橡树周围收获大量的坚果。

She hadn’t considered feeding the fat squirrels since they were always harvesting plenty of nuts around the giant oak trees in the front yard.

佐伊得知这只奇特的的松鼠住在她家前门口的枫树上。听听经常站在她的门口，很不耐烦地走来走去，好像在告诉佐伊，他今天追蝴蝶和猫鸟玩得很开心，应该得到一份奖励。他似乎在说：“大家都知道，佐伊，花栗鼠没有那么聪明，它们喜欢参观你的花园，吃那些熟透的西红柿。愚蠢的花栗鼠!”

Zoey learned that this one peculiar squirrel lived in a maple tree next to her front door. Ting often stood nearby her door moving about quite impatiently as if to tell Zoey that he has had a good day chasing butterflies and cat birds and certainly deserved a treat.He seemed to say “Everyone knows Zoey, that chipmunks aren’t that smart and they love to visit your garden and eat the ripe tomatoes. Stupid chipmunks!”

有一天，佐伊的一个朋友来她家拜访，佐伊把听听的事告诉了她。她的朋友问，你怎么知道松鼠在想什么? 佐伊回答说:“我对这只松鼠感同身受，我能感觉到。

One of Zoey's friends stopped by her house one day and Zoey told her about Ting. Her friend asked, how do you know what a squirrel is thinking?  Zoey replied, "I have empathy for the squirrel, I can feel it.

佐伊告诉她的朋友，中国古代哲学家惠子也曾向他的朋友庄子提出过类似的问题。很久以前，著名的道家学哲学家庄子和他的朋友惠子站在濠河的一座桥上交谈。庄子低头看着跳出水面的鲦鱼说:“ 鲦鱼看起来好快乐啊。” 惠子说:“你又不是鱼，你怎么知道鱼的快乐?” 庄子回答说:“你又不是我，你怎么知道我不知道鱼的乐趣？”

The ancient Chinese philosopher Huizi had posed a similar question to his friend, Zhuangzi, Zoey told her friend. Long ago, Zhuangzi, a well known Taoist philosopher, was talking with his friend Huizi, as they were standing on a bridge over the Hao River.  Zhuangzi looked down at the minnows leaping out of the water and said, "The minnows look so happy. Huizi said, "you are not a fish; how do you know the joy of the fish?" Zhuangzi replied, "you are not me; how do you know that I don't know the pleasure of the fish?"

    当庄子对惠子说他知道鱼的快乐时，那是因为他感觉了共鸣。当佐伊给这只松鼠取名为听听时，她认为有时候你会体验到一种理解，一种连接。佐伊下意识地给这只松鼠命名是因为它具有的性格特征。“听”，在中文里的意思是“听”，并拥有感受他人的能力。其实，是庄子感觉到鱼，还是佐伊理解松鼠，并不重要。重要的是，我们努力在某种程度上与其他生命形式感应，以便更好地了解我们自己在宇宙中的位置。

When Zhuangzi said to Huizi that he knew the fish's joy he was feeling empathy. When Zoey named the squirrel Ting, she thought that sometimes you experience an understanding, a connection. Zoey subconsciously named the squirrel because of its character traits. Ting, means listening in Chinese, and possessing  the skill to feel others. It's not important if Zhuangzi feels the fish or Zoey understands the squirrel. What is essential is that we strive to connect on some level with other life forms in order to better understand our own place in the universe.