加载中…【绘本欣赏】一片叶子落下来
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今天，在这里，我想和大家分享一个小小的童话故事，童话的名字是《一片叶子落下来》。
一片叶子落下来
——关于生命的故事——
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这本书奉献给经历过生离死别的孩子
奉献给对这种事无法解释的大人
春天过去了。
接着，夏天也过去了。
弗雷迪这片叶子已经长大，叶片又宽又厚实，五个角又尖又硬。
他长在一棵高大的树上。可春天里，当他在靠近树梢的那根大树枝上出现时，还不过是小小一片叶芽罢了。
在弗雷迪的周围，叶子真有成千上万，全都跟他一模一样，或者说，看上去全都一模一样。
很快他就明白，没有两片叶子是一模一样的，哪怕是在同一棵树上。他左边那片叶子叫艾尔弗雷德。他右边那片叶子叫本。他头顶上那片可爱叶子叫克莱尔。他们都是一块儿长大的。
在春天的微风中，他们学会了跳舞，在夏日里，他们懒洋洋地晒太阳，让雨水给他们冲凉。
可弗雷迪最好的朋友是丹尼尔。丹尼尔这片叶子在这根树枝上最大，好像也最老。
弗雷迪还觉得，丹尼尔在他们大伙儿当中最聪明。是丹尼尔告诉他们，他们是树的一分子。是丹尼尔向他们解释，他们生长在一个公园里。是丹尼尔讲给他们听，这棵树有茁壮的树根，埋藏在下面的泥土里。他还给他们讲那些停到他们这根树枝上来唱晨曲的小鸟。他讲太阳，讲月亮，讲星星，讲一年四季。
夏天特别好。漫长的炎热白昼让人觉得舒服，暖和的夏夜是那么宁静、美妙。
那个夏天，公园里的人多极了。他们经常走过来，坐在弗雷迪这棵树底下。丹尼尔告诉弗雷迪，给他们遮阴是他的志愿之一。
“志愿是什么啊？”弗雷迪问过他。
“就是活着的目的。”丹尼尔回答说，“我们活着，就是要让别人过得快乐。我们活着，就是给因为家里太热，到这里来避暑的老人遮阴。我们活着，就要给孩子们一个阴凉地方，好让他们来玩。人们到树下来野餐，在格子台布上吃东西，我们活着，就要用叶片给他们扇风。我们活着，就是为了做这些好事情。”
弗雷迪特别喜欢老人，他们安静地坐在凉爽的草地上，难得走动，悄悄地交谈他们过去的时光。
孩子们也好玩极了，尽管他们有时候会在树皮上挖窟窿，或者刻上他们的名字。看着孩子们跑得那么快，嘻嘻哈哈不断地笑，也是非常好玩的。
可是弗雷迪的夏天，很快就过去了。
十月的一个夜里，它一下子消失了。那天夜里，弗雷迪觉得从来没有这样冷过。所有的叶子都冷得索索发抖。他们给披上了一层薄薄的白色东西，它很快就融化掉，留下的是露水，在早晨的阳光中闪烁。
于是丹尼尔又告诉他们，他们这是经历了第一场霜冻，这说明，秋天已经来到，冬天也不远了。
“我们都在同一棵树上，”弗雷迪禁不住问道，“为什么我们会变成不同的颜色呢？”
“我们每一片叶子都是不同的。我们的体验各不相同。我们面对太阳的方式各不相同。我们投下的影子各不相同。我们为什么就不能有不同的颜色呢？”丹尼尔实事求是地说。丹尼尔告诉弗雷迪，这个了不起的季节就叫做秋天。
同样是那些风，过去让他们在树枝上轻轻地舞动，如今却把他们在叶茎上狠狠地吹过来，吹过去，好像在大发脾气。这一来，有些叶子从树枝上被吹走，随风打转，最后轻轻落到了下面地上。
这一下，所有的叶子都吓坏了。
“到底出什么事啦？”他们悄悄地你问我，我问你。
“秋天就是这样的，”丹尼尔告诉大家，“到了叶子离开树枝落下去的时候了。有些人把这个叫做死。”
“我们全都会死吗？”弗雷迪问道。
“是的，”丹尼尔回答说，“万物都会死。不管是大是小，是强是弱。我们先完成我们的任务。我们经历日晒月照、风吹雨打。我们学会跳舞、欢笑。最后我们死去。”
“我不想死！”弗雷迪斩钉截铁地说，“你也要死吗？”
“是的，”丹尼尔回答说，“到时候我就得死。”
“到什么时候呢？”弗雷迪问道。
“谁也说不准。”丹尼尔回答说。
弗雷迪看到别的叶子在陆续飘落。他想：“一定是他们的时候到了。”
他看到有些叶子跟风对抗，有些叶子乖乖地让风吹走，安安静静地飘落到地上。
没多久，这棵树就几乎变得光秃秃的了。
“对于不知道的事，我们全都害怕，弗雷迪。这很自然。”丹尼尔回答说，“不过，春天变成夏天你不害怕,夏天变成秋天，你也不害怕。这些都是自然的变化。那么，你为什么要害怕这个死的季节呢？”
“那么，这棵树也要死吗？”弗雷迪问道。
“有一天它也要死。不过有一样东西比树更强。这就是生命。它将永存，我们大家全都是生命的一部分。”
“我们死了到什么地方去呢？”
“谁也说不准。这是一个大秘密！”
“我们会回到春天去吗？”
“可能回不去，可是生命一定会回去。”
“这都是怎么回事呢？”弗雷迪追问说，“既然我们要飘落下去死掉，我们干吗生长在这里呢？”
丹尼尔继续实事求是地回答：“这是为了享受太阳和月亮。这是为了一起过那么长一段快乐时光。这是为了把影子投给老人和孩子。这是为了让秋天变得五彩缤纷。这是为了看到四季。难道这些还不够吗？”
那天下午，在金灿灿的黄昏日光中，丹尼尔落下去了。他安详地落下去。它落下去的时候，好像还在安详地微笑。
“再见了，弗雷迪。”他说。
于是，就剩下弗雷迪一个，他那根树枝上就剩下了他这片叶子。
第二天早晨下了第一场雪。雪白白的，松松软软，可是冷得厉害。那一天没有什么太阳，白天非常短。弗雷迪发现他颜色也没有了，很脆，一碰就会碎掉似的。天越来越冷，雪重重地压在他身上。
天亮时来了一阵风，把弗雷迪从他那根树枝上吹了下来。一点也不痛。他觉得自己安静地、轻飘飘地往下掉。
他往下掉的时候，有生以来第一次看到了整棵大树。它是多么壮实啊！他断定它能够活很久，他知道他曾经是它生命的一部分，这让他感到自豪。
弗雷迪落到一堆雪上。它又松又软，甚至有点暖和。在这个新地方，它感到甚至比原先还舒服。他闭上眼睛，一下子睡着了。他再也不知道，春天将要到来，雪将要化成水。
他再也不知道，他这片无用的干枯叶子将跟水混合起来，让这棵树长得更强壮。他睡在树下的土里，更不可能知道，春天来时，新的叶子将要长出来。
谁都不想死，也包括人类，而活着就是为乐能做贡献，我非常佩服这些树叶，我非常佩服它们这种无私奉献的精神。
【内容简介】
《一片叶子落下来》
书中一片叫做弗雷迪的叶子和它的伙伴们经历了四季的变化，逐渐懂得了生命的意义在于经历美好的事物，在于给别人带来快乐；明白了死亡并不是代表一切毁灭，而是另一种形式的新生。配上表现四季变化的照片和绘画，更营造出温暖的意境。这个发人深省的童话寓言温馨简洁，充满智慧。1982年出版以来，帮助了千千万万人好好对待生死问题，一直让大人和孩子深受感动。
【名人推荐】
当我读到书中，我觉得女儿呼吸有变化，扭头一看，女儿眼睛已经湿润，眼圈发红，我没有说什么又一直读下去。 当我再往下读时，我的眼泪也流了下来。万物都会死，书中一片叶子和它的伙伴们在经历了四季的变化后，逐渐懂得了生命的意义在于经历美好的事物，在于给别人带来快乐；明白了死亡并不是代表一切毁灭，而是另一种形式的新生。 ——《蓝袋鼠》杂志读者
【编辑推荐】
《一片叶子落下来：关于生命的故事》是《纽约时报》第1畅销书，全球销量超过1200万册。当你疲惫无助、孤独寂寞时，当你对人生感到迷惘、失去信心时，当你迷失于忙碌的生活、找寻不到幸福时，请你坐下来，静静倾听一片叶子飘落的声音，细细品味这份心灵的慰藉。
【作者简介】
利奥·巴斯卡利亚（Leo Buscaglia），博士，世界著名的演说家和作家，曾任美国南加州大学特殊教育系教授，在大学内率先开设了“爱”的课程，受到了学生和社会各阶层人士的欢迎。利奥·巴斯卡利亚博士一生致力于推展广义的“爱”，美国的大众传播界称他为“拥抱博士”，他的书籍几乎变成爱的圣经，他的演讲几乎变成爱的传道。在利奥·巴斯卡利亚博士25年的写作生涯中，有5本书同时登上纽约时报畅销书排行榜的纪录。他的著作已被译为17种语言，发行量超过1800万册。他的主要作品有《彼此相爱》（Loving Each other）、《生活、爱、学习》（Living Loving and Learning）、《爱》（Love）、《通往天堂的9路巴士》（Bus 9 to Paradise）、《为爱而生》（Born for Love）等。《一片叶子落下来》是他留下的唯一一部绘本作品。
【英文版】
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf:
Spring had passed. So had Summer. Freddie, the leaf, had grown large. His mid section was wide and strong, and his five extensions were firm and pointed. He had first appeared in Spring as a small sprout on a rather large branch near the top of a tall tree.
Freddie was surrounded by hundreds of other leaves just like himself, or so it seemed. Soon he discovered that no two leaves were alike, even though they were on the same tree. Alfred was the leaf next to him. Ben was the leaf on his right side, and Clare was the lovely leaf overhead. They had all grown up together. They had learned to dance in the Spring breezes, bask lazily in the Summer sun and wash off in the cooling rains.
But it was Daniel who was Freddie's best friend. He was the largest leaf on the limb and seemed to have been there before anyone else. It appeared to Freddie that Daniel was also the wisest among them. It was Daniel who told them that they were part of a tree. It was Daniel who explained that they were growing in a public park. It was Daniel who told them that the tree had strong roots which were hidden in the ground below. He explained about the birds who came to sit on their branch and sing morning songs. He explained about the sun, the moon, the stars, and the seasons.
Freddie loved being a leaf. He loved his branch, his light leafy friends, his place high in the sky, the wind that jostled him about, the sun rays that warmed him, the moon that covered him with soft, white shadows. Summer had been especially nice. The long hot days felt good and the warm nights were peaceful and dreamy. There were many people in the park that Summer. They often came and sat under Freddie's tree. Daniel told him that giving shade was part of his purpose.
"What's a purpose?" Freddie had asked.
"A reason for being," Daniel had answered. "To make things more pleasant for others is a reason for being. To make shade for old people who come to escape the heat of their homes is a reason for being. To provide a cool place for children to come and play. To fan with our leaves the picnickers who come to eat on checkered tablecloths. These are all the reasons for being."
Freddie especially liked the old people. They sat so quietly on the cool grass and hardly ever moved. They talked in whispers of times past. The children were fun, too, even though they sometimes tore holes in the bark of the tree or carved their names into it. Still, it was fun to watch them move so fast and to laugh so much.
But Freddie's Summer soon passed. It vanished on an October night. He had never felt it so cold. All the leaves shivered with the cold. They were coated with a thin layer of white which quickly melted and left them dew drenched and sparkling in the morning sun. Again, it was Daniel who explained that they had experienced their first frost, the sign that it was Fall and that Winter would come soon.
Almost at once, the whole tree, in fact, the whole park was transformed into a blaze of color. There was hardly a green leaf left. Alfred had turned a deep yellow. Ben had become a bright orange. Clare had become a blazing red, Daniel a deep purple and Freddie was red and gold and blue. How beautiful they all looked. Freddie and his friends had made their tree a rainbow.
"Why did we turn different colors," Freddie asked, "when we are on the same tree?"
"Each of us is different. We have had different experiences. We have faced the sun differently. We have cast shade differently. Why should we not have different colors?" Daniel said matter-of-factly. Daniel told Freddie that this wonderful season was called Fall.
One day a very strange thing happened. The same breezes that, in the past, had made them dance began to push and pull at their stems, almost as if they were angry. This caused some of the leaves to be torn from their branches and swept up in the wind, tossed about and dropped softly to the ground. All the leaves became frightened.
"What's happening?" they asked each other in whispers.
"It's what happens in Fall," Daniel told them. "It's the time for leaves to change their home. Some people call it to die."
"Will we all die?" Freddie asked.
"Yes," Daniel answered. "Everything dies. No matter how big or small, how weak or strong. We first do our job. We experience the sun and the moon, the wind and the rain. We learn to dance and to laugh. Then we die."
"I won't die!" said Freddie with determination. "Will you, Daniel?"
"Yes," answered Daniel, "when it's my time."
"When is that?" asked Freddie.
"No one knows for sure," Daniel responded.
Freddie noticed that the other leaves continued to fall. He thought, "It must be their time." He saw that some of the leaves lashed back at the wind before they fell, others simply let go and dropped quietly. Soon the tree was almost bare.
"I'm afraid to die," Freddie told Daniel. "I don't know what's down there."
"We all fear what we don't know, Freddie. It's natural," Daniel reassured him. "Yet, you were not afraid when Summer became Fall. They were natural changes. Why should you be afraid of the season of death?"
"Does the tree die, too?" Freddie asked.
"Someday. But there is something stronger than the tree. It is Life. That lasts forever and we are all a part of Life."
"Where will we go when we die?"
"No one knows for sure. That's the great mystery!"
"Will we return in the Spring?"
"We may not, but Life will."
"Then what has been the reason for all of this?" Freddie continued to question. "Why were we here at all if we only have to fall and die?"
Daniel answered in his matter-of-fact way, "It's been about the sun and the moon. It's been about happy times together. It's been about the shade and the old people and the children. It's been about colors in Fall. It's been about seasons. Isn't that enough?"
"That afternoon, in the golden light of dusk, Daniel let go. He fell effortlessly. He seemed to smile peacefully as he fell. "Goodbye for now, Freddie," he said.
Then, Freddie was all alone, the only leaf on his branch. The first snow fell the following morning. It was soft, white, and gentle; but it was bitter cold. There was hardly any sun that day, and the day was very short. Freddie found himself losing his color, becoming brittle. It was constantly cold and the snow weighed heavily upon him.
At dawn the wind came that took Freddie from his branch. It didn't hurt at all. He felt himself float quietly, gently and softly downward. As he fell, he saw the whole tree for the first time. How strong and firm it was! He was sure that it would live for a long time and he knew that he had been part of its life and made him proud.
Freddie landed on a clump of snow. It somehow felt soft and even warm. In this new position he was more comfortable than he had ever been. He closed his eyes and fell asleep. He did not know that Spring would follow Winter and that the snow would melt into water. He did not know that what appeared to be his useless dried self would join with the water and serve to make the tree stronger. Most of all, he did not know that there, asleep in the tree and the ground, were already plans for new leaves in the Spring.
记录一下读后的对话，对话人：儿子、女儿、我。时间2013－12－11晚。
女儿：每片叶子都有名字和特色，我喜欢。
我：人和叶子一样，一生也经历四季。
儿子：我们现在是春天，Mom已经秋天了。
女儿：哪有，妈妈还在夏天呢。
我：好吧，算夏末秋初。
女儿：妈妈，你不会很快死吧？
我：为了你俩，我努力活得久一点。至少在你们需要我的时候好好活。
女儿：可我永远需要你。
儿子：Joanna，每个人都要死的，区别在于怎么活，你得接受这一点。
我：好，咱们都好好活。现在需要你们好好睡一觉，晚安！
心里总结：还是女儿贴心啊。。。
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