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Where did you get such a dirty face,My darling dirty-faced child?I got it from crawling along in the dirtAnd biting two buttons off Jeremy's shirt.I got it from chewing the roots of a roseAnd digging for clams1) in the yard with my nose.I got it from peeking into a dark caveAnd painting myself like a Navajo2) brave.I got it from playing with coal in the binAnd signing my name in cement with my chin.I got if from rolling around on the rug3)And giving the horrible dog a big hug.I got it from finding a lost silver mineAnd eating sweet blackberries right off the vine4).I got it from ice cream and wrestling and tearsAnd from having more fun than you've had in years. [1] clam [klæm] n. 蛤，蛤蜊[2] Navajo: 納瓦霍人，亦寫作Navaho，是美國最大的印第安部落。[3] rug [rʌɡ] n. 小地毯；墊子；毛毯[4] vine [vaɪn] n. (尤指葡萄的)藤小寶貝，花花臉，臟乎乎，哪裡粘？土裡爬，泥里翻，咬紐扣，毀襯衫。拔玫瑰，嚼花根，挖蛤蜊，用鼻尖。 探黑洞，畫花臉，勇敢賽過印第安。玩黑炭，下巴尖，水泥池裡把名簽。地毯上，滾又翻，還跟狗狗抱一團。廢銀礦，去探險，吃黑莓，連藤蔓。 摔跤眼淚冰淇淋，嘻嘻哈哈樂無邊。賞析謝爾·希爾弗斯坦(Shel Silverstein, 1930~1999)，美國詩人、插畫家、劇作家，也是20世紀最偉大的繪本作家之一。謝爾為孩子們創作了400多首詩歌，他的兒童詩集和繪畫風格風靡整個世界，其代表作為繪本《愛心樹》(The Giving Tree)，該書於1974年出版，轟動文壇，一舉奠定了他在美國兒童文學界的地位。本詩以父母和孩童對話的口吻，刻畫了一個調皮、可愛的頑童形象，通過孩童的自述，列舉了孩子的一件件頑皮「劣跡」：在泥土裡爬滾，用鼻子挖蛤蜊，跟小夥伴摔跤打架，啃花根，探洞穴，玩黑炭，活脫脫一個天不怕地不怕的小魔王形象。詩歌以輕鬆、風趣而又略帶誇張的語言，描繪了童年時代的天真、頑皮、無憂、無懼。已經長大的你，有沒有從中找到自己的影子、想起久違的童年時光呢？【文章轉載自網路】