Snow or Not

Snow or Not When l was young, my family always seemed short of food. We were poor. My brothers and sisters and l were hungry all of the time. We didn’t have much flour. And sugar was rare. You know, with flour and sugar, our mom could make delicious treats. Flour and sugar were signs of the wealth to us. When it snowed in winter, l always wondered, “ Why doesn’t it snow flour?” “ Or sugar, ” my young brother would correct me. We imagined how happy we would be if it snowed flour and sugar-precious white flour and sugar!

雪与面粉 在我小的时候，我的家里似乎经常缺少食物。我们家很穷。我和我的兄弟姐妹经常填不饱肚子。 我们没有多少面粉，糖也很缺乏。你知道，有了面粉和糖，我们的妈妈就可以做得出很多美味的食物。对我们来说，面粉和糖就是财富的象征。 每当冬天下雪的时候，我经常都在期盼：“天上为什么不下雪面粉呢？” “或者是糖也行啊。”我的弟弟会纠正我。 我们经常在想象着如果天上下了雪面粉或者是糖，我们会有多高兴。珍贵的雪面粉和糖。

When we grew up, we laughed about how silly we were. If it snowed flour and sugar, there would be problems in the would not be able to survive very long!

当我们长大了，想到当初我们的想法，我们自己都会嘲笑自己的想法是多么的可笑。如果天上真的下雪面粉或者是糖，那么会造成多少生存问题，那我们就不能活得长久了。