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第539章（第1页）

Youare163daysoldoeofthisnote。YourfatherandIareplanningtogivethistoyouwhenyouareseven，soyoureadonyourownwithfewerproblems。Butyousee，I』vealreadyboughtthisbookandstartedimaginingtheday，justlikehowwelookforwardsto(whilealsonervousabout）everystageofyourlife。Ifyou’rereadingthisonyourseventhbirthday，ormaybeafewyearslater(dependingonhowquickyoulearn），youshouldknowthatyourmomiswritingthis，bearinginmindwhatIwouldliketheseven-year-oldmyselftohearandholdfortheyearstoe。AndItrustyoutobeaclevererboythanIeverwas。

Childhoodhasbeendistantforme，mybabyboy。Itissomethingthatyouareluckytobeinrightnow。What’smorewonderfulisthatyoustillhavealongwaytogo。Iknowyouwillsoonstartfeelingtheurgetogrowup，asIdwhenIwasatye。ButifthereisohingthatIwouldtellthelittlegirlIoncewas，itwouldbetocherisheverythingyouhaveasachild，alongseallyourimaginations。Yourmom，nomatterhowbIlooknowadays，usedtolayonthegrass，stareattheclouds，andthinkabouttheversationsheldbetweenthosewhitedogsandhorsesallthetime。Ifyouwanttosharenewsaboutyourtoys，ormaybethefriendsthatnooneelsesee，IwantyoutoknowthatI’malwaysheretolisten。

Thestoriesthatyouhavereadsofar，theydon’tjusteintheshapesofcolourfulimages。Ofcourse，therearedangdolls，singingflowersand插ttyducks，fairiesinthewoodsandscaryevilsthatwillprobablygiveyousomenightmares(doetouswhenyou’tsleep，ok?butonlywhenyoureally’t）。Asyouwouldhaveknownbynow，therearealsohorriblethingsthathappeninstories。Therearebadguysandevenpeopledyingsometimes，justlikehowlifewillunravelinfrontofyou。

HowdoIdescribelife，mybelovedboy?Idonotforonesedassumethataboysehestrangenessoftheworldlessthanadultsdo。Infact，Ithinkthatwegrown-upssometimesseelessoftheworldbecausewehaveaccepteditjustalittlebittoomuch，henceceasingtoseehinalitbe。Whenitestothis，yourdadisoneofthebravestpersonI』veevermet。He插llengesmany，butalsoallowshisbelievestobe插nged，andfightforwhat’sprovedmhtintheend。Itisavirtuethatyouwilllearntovalueasyougetolder。Forthis，Iforeverlovehimasmyhusband，asyourfather，andasmybestfriend。

Yrandmotheroncewrotesomethingonthebackofabookformeaswell。射sathatamothershouldhaveexpectationsforthechildren，otherwise射willnotbeagoodparent。射couldbestrietimes。Iwishthatyouhada插omeether，butasitis，Imissherstriessverymuch。Youaretoolittleandtoopurelygeousformetoputdownanyexpectationnow。IfeelthatitisasintohopethatIshouldmouldyouintosomethingparticular，especiallywhenIlookatyourcuriouseyes。SoIthink，I』drathersharewithyouafewthingstoexpedlookforiure，nowthatyouaresevenandhavealreadysteppedintothefirstworldofyours—aschool。AndasIsa，youdefinitelyhavethelookofanexplorer。

Asyougrowup，myson，thingsgetalittle…fusing。Iwishthesewon’thappentoyouoften，butsometimesyouwilllosethingsthatmakeyoufeelsafe，andpeoplewillleaveyouortreatyoubadlyfornoapparentreasonsatall。Iwantyoutoremember，Harry，thatthisisnotyourfault。Momspentmostofmyteenyearsinaschool(thatyouwillprobablyjoininoneday），andI』veseen，eveninasupposedlyhomelyenviro，eventsthatwereunpleasantandhappenedfornogoodcause。BothyourdadandIhavebeenresponsibleforsomehurts…butthatisthething，myson。Sometimesitisotherpeople’sdoing，sometimesyouhaveapartinitaswell(Itrustyoutoknowwhattodowhenthatisthecase），andsometimesit’snobody’sblameatall。It’sjustpeopledon’tseethingsthesameway。However，thatisalsothewonderfulseofhumans，becausewearesometimesalittle…silly。Ifyou’rehoenough，thatsillinesswillpushyoutolistentoothers，andindoingso，youwillfindfrisandbondsthataremoretruthfulthananythingelse。

Youwillfindfriends，andgoodones。Ihavenodoubtofthis，asyourfatherandIarebothblessedwithit。Trustme，sometimesIamalittlejealousofyodfather，buthowmuchjoyandthesupporthebroughthim！ThingsthatIotanddonotiobetheooprove。Because，Harry，friendsgiveyousomethingthatisalltoospecial。Differentfromus，theywillapanyyouasyouworktofindoutwhoyouare，andstaywithyoufortheansweryougivetothat。Theymayuandyoumuchbetterthanwedo，andforthatreason，holdontoyoodfriends，andtheywillgiveyoupoweriimeofneed。AndthoughIknowthatyouwillbeastrongboy，donoteverthinkthatyouwillhavetodoeverythingalone。Becautiousaboutwhoyettingclosewith。Onceyouknowyousparethemsometrust，leanonthemjustlikeyouwouldleanonus。

Youwillfindsorrowsandangers，alongsehappinessandfulfilments。Theyese-by-se，sodon’tbescaredofany。Sometimestheymaydriveyoutounwantedplaces，buttherearealwayssometruthsinthem。Lifeisbornoutofwoundsandflicts。Thegalaxieswouldnotform，ifoardoesnotcolleintoanother;flowerswouldn’tblossomifabranchdoesnotbreakthevain。Staytruthfultoyourself，andlearnfromeverytearyoudropwhatitisthatyoutrulywant，andwhatitisthatyoufindright。Thestoriesthatyouhaveread，samewithallthethingsyouwillhear，theyhavelessonstoteachus。Rememberthemincaseofneed，buttoseewhiesyouwanttosignyourlifewith，youneedonlytolookintoyourheart。