| WHEN storm clouds rumble in the sky and June showers come down, |
當雷云在天上轟響，六月的陣雨落下的時候， |
| The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos. |
潤濕的東風走過荒野，在竹林中吹著口笛。 |
| Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where, and dance upon the grass in wild glee. |
于是一群一群的花從無人知道的地方突然跑出來，在綠草上狂歡地跳著舞。 |
| Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground. |
媽媽，我真的覺得那群花朵是在地下的學校里上學。 |
| They do their lessons with doors shut, and if they want to come out to play before it is time, their master makes them stand in a corner. |
他們關了門做功課，如果他們想在散學以前出來游戲，他們的老師是要罰他們站壁角的。 |
| When the rains come they have their holidays. |
雨一來，他們便放假了。 |
| Branches clash together in the forest, and the leaves rustle in the wild wind, the thunder-clouds clap their giant hands and the flower children rush out in dresses of pink and yellow and white. |
樹枝在林中互相碰觸著，綠葉在狂風里蕭蕭地響著，雷云拍著大手，花孩子們便在那時候穿了紫的、黃的、白的衣裳，沖了出來。 |
| Do you know, mother, their home is in the sky, where the stars are. |
你可知道，媽媽，他們的家是在天上，在星星所住的地方。 |
| Haven't you seen how eager they are to get there? Don't you know why they are in such a hurry? |
你沒有看見他們怎樣地急著要到那兒去么？你不知道他們?yōu)槭裁茨菢蛹奔泵γγ矗?/td>
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| Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms: they have their mother as I have my own. |
我自然能夠猜得出他們是對誰揚起雙臂來：他們也有他們的媽媽，就像我有我自己的媽媽一樣。 |
