Dear Earth:
Hello!Are you OK now?Oh,this is our mistake.Today,I’ll say“sorry”to you!
I used to use your“hair” to make chopsticks and let you be a bald.Also the birds don’t have their home.You’re angry,so you give us strong wind and sand every spring.I often forget to close the tap.Let your throat husky.So you hide the water under the ground deeply.I littered to trash to dirty you “face” and trampled grass,too…
Earth,I’ll say:“Sorry!” From now on,I’ll preserve you.Let you not be angry.I decide not to lose paper.Let you have new green“l(fā)ong hair”.I’ll close the tap.Let you have rich water.I’ll never litter trash.I’ll preserve the flowers and grass.
Earth,I will work hard,I’ll become your preserver to protect you.Earth,believe us,please!We can let you be more beautiful.
Hu Jingjing
Sep.9th 2008
Dear Earth,
Would you please slow down a little bit in turning,so that I could sleep?You know I'll have marketing course tomorrow morning and I need some intellegence in processing those theories.I really don't understand why you work differently in America and I seldom got good sleep at night.
I lighted up candles and watched the shadows dancing on the wall.But they made me even more homesick by recalling the story father told many years ago at a candle night.I sneaked into the kitchen and tried to find some wine but suddenly remembered here was Lubbock,a dry town,not my Beijing apartment where I could have a sip in a sleepless night.There was also a small coffee bar in the basement of my Beijing apartment building where residents usually went.Sometimes I met frineds and participated English Club activities there.One time I couldn't go to sleep in deep night,so I went down there to ordera a drink and watch an ancient Japanese movie.These memories seemed so far away in daytime,but vivid now.
Then I played Chinese songs which were popular when I left China.My best friend collected them and stored in my computer.I'm not a big fan of those songs sang by handsome and beautiful stars.But they really sounded good in America and brough up so many things of my silly&lovely college life,of my friends,and also of a flavor the unnecessary hassles of modern Chinese society.My eyes became moist for unknown reasons.
My roommate told me that a thick mattress would help people sleep.Maybe I shall try it.But to be frank,I don't believe it'll really work on me.
Good night,my earth.Tomorrow is another day full of classes.