The 128 most classic philosophical essays in the world

Chapter 104
[India] Tagore

Mother, if you don't mind, I shall be the boatman of this ferryboat when I grow up.

I long to go to the other side of the river.

Over there, many boats are tied to bamboo poles in a row.

Men crossed in boats in the morning, with plowshares on their shoulders, and plowed their distant fields.

There the shepherds made their braying cattle swim to pastures by the river.

At dusk they all went home, leaving only the jackals howling on the weedy island.Mother, if you don't mind, I shall be the boatman of this ferryboat when I grow up.

It is said that there are strange pools hidden behind this high bank.

After the rain passed, groups of wild ducks flew there.Lush reeds grow around the shore, where waterfowl lay their eggs.

Bamboo chickens with their dancing tails stamp their tiny feet on the clean ooze.

At dusk, the long grass topped with white flowers invites the moonlight to float on the waves of the long grass.

Mother, if you don't mind, I shall be the boatman of this ferryboat when I grow up.

I want to cross from bank to bank, and all the boys and girls in the village who are bathing there will look at me in amazement.

The sun has risen to the mid-heaven, and the morning has turned to noon, and I will run to you and say, "Mother, I'm hungry!"

When the day is done and shadows crouch under the trees, I shall come home in the evening.

I will never leave you and go to work in the city like Papa did.

Mother, if you don't mind, I shall be the boatman of this ferryboat when I grow up.

Heart mark notes
Maternal love is the most beautiful and noble of all human emotions, because this emotion does not have the slightest sense of profit and wealth mixed in it.The sweetest word that human lips can utter is mother, and the sweetest call is "mother".This is a simple yet meaningful word, full of hope, love, comfort and all the intimacy, sweetness and beauty in the human heart.However, living in this society that is eager for quick success, we always ignore this most selfless feeling. Should we always ask ourselves: Is my mother eating well now?Did you sleep soundly?Are you in good health?is she happyPeople who are accompanied by their mothers are happy, and we should try our best to "do not travel far when parents are here".If you can't do it, you must take advantage of your mother's health, go home often, talk to her, beat her back, do your best to let her enjoy the most precious family happiness in the world, instead of I regret it when my mother is gone.

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