雙語美文：珍惜生活給你的一切
I remember ripping the bag open so badly, and so wrong, and not wanting to get caught by my mother, or my siblings.
我記得，每次自己都會把包裝袋撕得殘破不堪，不可收拾。還希望自己的“罪行”不要被媽媽，或者兄弟姐妹們逮到。
Whoever did that to the cereal bags in my home, didn't stop hearing that they ruined it, till the bag was finished.
在我們家，無論誰把包裝袋撕成那樣，就要不斷的聽到周圍人訓斥他“毀了一袋糧食”，直到包裝袋裏的東西被吃光。
Some fell to the ground, kitchen sink, our dogs even sometimes got lucky with a few pieces of cereal in their bowls.
包裝袋裏的燕麥四處灑落，有的撒到地上，有的落進洗手池裏，有時甚至我們的狗也會碰上好運，吃到幾顆落進他碗裏的燕麥。
Just when you think all that mess is done, you pour the milk, and BAM more cereal falls out the bowl!
就在你以爲一切都清理乾淨了的時候，你開始往碗裏倒牛奶，噢！燕麥從碗裏流出來了！
Who doesn't love a overflowing bowl of cereal?
一碗滿到溢出來的早餐燕麥，誰不愛呢？
I used to love when my mom came home from grocery shopping.
每次我媽媽去超市買東西回來，我都會非常開心。
Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops, Fruity Pebbles! My siblings, and I survived off these bags.
無論是哪個牌子的燕麥，Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops還是Fruity Pebbles，我和我的兄弟姐妹們沒有它們就不能活!
They were our sweetness when, when we felt lonely.
當我們感到孤單的時候，它們爲我們帶來溫暖和甜蜜。
They were our excitement after a long day at the school they were our fulfillment when mom was addicted to other things that weren't so delicious.
當我們在學校裏度過了漫長的一天，是這些早餐燕麥爲我們補充活力；當媽媽吃着不那麼可口的燕麥片時，我們爲自己碗裏的燕麥片而驕傲自豪。
Those bags were our addiction.
這些燕麥片讓我們如癡如迷。
Mom was "Cu cu for Coco Puffs", but she never forgot our cereal.
媽媽更喜歡“Coco Puffs”牌的燕麥片，但是她從不會忘記我們喜歡什麼口味的燕麥片。
When we would rip the bag open we would waste countless grains of cereal.
可是，當我們撕開包裝袋時，我們總要浪費一大堆的燕麥片。
Mom would get mad, because cereal wasn't free.
媽媽會生氣，燕麥片可不是天上掉下來的。
Maybe she knew how much it meant to us, because she knew on nights when she wasn't herself she could rely on those bags of cereal to feed her babies.
或許她也明白，那些燕麥片對我們來說意味着什麼。在那些她情緒失常的夜晚，是這些燕麥片餵飽了我們的肚子。
She didn't want any of it to go too waste.
她希望任何一顆燕麥片都不會被浪費。
No cereal is free, now on my own, in my own kitchen I buy my own bags of cereal, my grains that I never take for granted.
燕麥片可不是天上掉下來的，現在我已經獨立當家，用自己賺的錢買燕麥片，放在自己的廚房裏，我亦不會浪費任何一顆燕麥片。
My grains that I wake up to, and thankful for every spoonful .
那些開啓我的每一天的燕麥片，我對每一勺都心存感恩。
（翻譯：小木）
