《团团传》第22期 人类小孩很智慧

大家还记得吗？我旁边有一个人类小孩总是玩土。我仔细观察后，发现这个喜欢玩土的小孩非常智慧。

Do you still remember? There is a human child next to me who always plays with dirt. After observing him carefully, I find that this child who likes to play with dirt is very intelligent.

比如，他把土堆成了一个三角形的小土丘。不管从前边看还是从后边看，从左边看还是从右边看，这个小土丘始终都是三角形。

For example, he piles the dirt into a small triangular mound. Whether viewed from the front, back, left, or right, it always remains a triangle. I think this is the embryonic form of the Egyptian pyramid.

我认为这是埃及金字塔的雏形。我想这个智慧的小孩是在提醒大人，到了建设金字塔的时候了。

I believe this intelligent child wants to remind adults that it's time to build a pyramid.

如果大人们能够了解到小孩的智慧，这里应该很快就有一个金字塔了。

If adults can understand the intelligence of this child, a pyramid would be built here soon. 

可是很遗憾，尽管小孩每天都在建设尘土金字塔，但是他的爸爸妈妈始终没有仔细观察他的行为，更没有透彻地理解他的智慧。所以，真正的金字塔也迟迟没有开始施工，真可惜。

Unfortunately, although the child is building a dirt pyramid every day, his parents never carefully observe his behavior, let alone fully understand his wisdom. Therefore, the real pyramid has yet to begin its construction. What is a pity!

今天，小孩似乎有了新的智慧。他在松软的土里藏了一个野坚果。

Today, the child seems to have a new idea. He hides a wild nut in the soft soil. 

他把野坚果埋进去，掏出来，又埋进去，又掏出来。等他第15次把野坚果埋进土里的时候，我终于明白了，小孩是在启迪人们要开始学习种植果树和庄稼了。

He buries it, dig it out, buries it again, and dig it out again. When he buried the nut in the soil for the 15th time, I finally understand that the child is inspiring people to start learning how to plant fruit trees and crops.

如果他的爸爸妈妈领会了他的智慧，种植了这个坚硬的野坚果，等到第二年说不定野坚果就能发芽了。这样，野坚果发芽了就不是野坚果了，就变成了家养的坚果树。如果小树苗得到人们的施肥、浇水这样细心的照顾，或许就会长得非常的壮实。

If his parents understand his wisdom and plant this nut, perhaps the wild nut may sprout the next year. Once it sprouts, it will no longer be a wild nut, but a cultivated nut tree. If the seedling receives careful care such as fertilization and watering, it may grow very strong.

这时候，或许有的同学要说，小孩自己种下这个野坚果不就好了吗？我说不太行，为什么呢？第一，小孩不会浇水施肥啊，他最多就给野坚果撒泡尿，撒泡尿也不一定能每天坚持。对于一棵树苗来说，或许还不够呢。第二，这里可是小孩的实验基地，如果这里种满了果树，小孩不就没有实验场地了吗？没有实验场地，小孩就没办法开展这些玩土实验了，那就太没意思了。

At this point, some students may say, why doesn't the child plant the wild nut on his own? I say it's not that simple. Firstly, the child doesn't know how to water or fertilize, he might just pee on it, and he might not even do it every day. For a tree seedling, perhaps it's not enough. Secondly, this is the child's experimental base. If it is filled with fruit trees, the child will have no experimental space. Without an experimental space, the child won't be able to carry out these soil experiments, which would be boring.

好了，话说回来，如果小果树得到大人们的悉心照料，就可能会长成壮实的坚果树。壮实的坚果树就非常有可能结出更多的坚果。这样的坚果比起山上自生自灭的野坚果，说不定外壳会更薄，果肉会更饱满，人们吃起来会更甜美呢。可惜，大人们忙着去采摘野坚果，根本没有仔细观察小孩的行为，更没有透彻地理解他的智慧，真可惜。

Well, if the small nut tree gets careful care from adults, it may grow into a sturdy nut tree, which is very likely to produce more nuts than those in the wild. Compared to wild nuts that thrive on their own in the mountains, such nuts may have thinner shells and fuller flesh, making them sweeter for people to eat. Unfortunately, adults are too busy picking wild nuts and never carefully observe the child's behavior, nor thoroughly understand his wisdom. What a pity!

太阳冉冉升起，新的一天开始了。

The sun rises slowly, and a new day begins.

小孩也开始了他新的实验：他用土制作了一个小房间，没有屋顶也没有门窗的小房间。但是，这并不妨碍小孩在小房间里关一只蚂蚁，虽然蚂蚁似乎不愿意被小孩饲养，拼命地往外地跑。而小孩手里拿着一根小树枝，总是把蚂蚁拨弄回来。蚂蚁换一个方向，继续逃跑，结果又被小孩拨弄回来了。就这样，蚂蚁和小孩都坚持自己的方向，一次又一次。我都看迷糊了，睡着了。

The child also begins his new experiment: he makes a small room out of soil, without a roof or doors and windows. However, this does not stop the child from keeping an ant in the small room, even though the ant seems unwilling to be kept by the child and desperately runs out of the room. The child, holding a small stick, continuously redirects the ant back inside. The ant changes direction and continues to flee, only to be teased back by the child. This goes on repeatedly, both the ant and the child persisting in their respective directions. I get confused and fall asleep. 

我在梦里认识到，刚才小孩是在告诉大人，要开始饲养动物了。把野生的动物捉回来，养在家里，等到想吃肉的时候，就可以直接捉过来吃了。真是好办法呀！

In my dream, I realize that the child is signaling to adults that it is time to start raising animals. By capturing wild animals and keeping them at home, they can simply catch one and eat it directly when they want to eat meat. What a great idea!

等我醒来的时候，小房间里的蚂蚁不见了，但是多了一只其他的小动物，噢，是一只西瓜虫。

When I wake up, the ants in the small room are gone, but there is another small creature. Oh, it is a pill bug. 

小孩和西瓜虫正在开展你追我逃的拉锯战。

The child and the pill bug are engaged in a game of tag. 

西瓜虫以为小孩没留意它，就伸展开自己的身体，使劲往外爬。但是西瓜虫每次都被小孩发现了。小孩用小树枝拨弄西瓜虫，西瓜虫就变成一个小圆球，自己滚到房间最低洼的地方。过了一会儿，小孩灵机一动，拿了一块石头放在小房间里。西瓜虫迅速地跑过去，乖乖地躲藏在石头下面，久久都不再出来。这样，小孩成功将西瓜虫圈养在小房间里了，他甚至还拔了一些野草放在小房间里，供西瓜虫饿了的时候吃。

The pill bug thinks the child isn't paying attention to it, so it stretches its body and tries to crawl out. But the pill bug is always spotted by the child. The child plays with the pill bug using a small twig, and the pill bug would turn into a small round ball and roll to the lowest point in the room. After a while, the child has a brilliant idea and places a stone in the small room. The pill bug quickly runs over and obediently hide under the stone, never coming out again. In this way, the child successfully keeps the pill bug in the small room, and even pulls out some weeds to feed the pill bug when it gets hungry.

我恍然大悟，原来小孩是告诉大人们，真的应该驯养一些动物了，野鸡、野鸭、野兔、野马、野牛、野鹿、野狼……动物那么多，总有一种动物能驯养成功。毕竟，有的动物可以为人类提供吃的肉，有的动物可以为人类提供御寒的皮毛，有的动物可以为人类提供温暖的陪伴，有的动物可以为人类提供漂亮的装饰或者实用的工具。驯养动物的好处真多啊！

It suddenly dawns on me that the child is telling adults that they should really consider domesticating some animals – pheasants, ducks, rabbits, horses, bison, deer, wolves... There are so many animals, and surely at least one can be successfully domesticated. After all, some animals can provide meat for humans, some can provide warm fur, some can provide companionship, and some can provide beautiful decorations or useful tools. There are so many benefits to domesticate animals!

可是，大人们白天忙着去追赶和捕捉野兽，夜晚却担心野兽来，根本没有仔细观察小孩的行为，更没有透彻地理解他的智慧，真可惜。

However, during the day, adults are busy chasing and capturing wild beasts, and at night, they worry about wild beasts. They don't have the time to carefully observe the child's behavior, nor do they truly understand his intelligence. What a pity!

这天，小孩在土里画了长长的一条线，弯弯曲曲，一直蜿蜒到草丛里。或许，他在告诉大人，这里应该修建一条路了。可是，你知道大人们白天忙着在丛林里奔走，丛林里还没有路，人们被石头绊倒，有时候被棘刺和树枝划破了手臂，他们也没有时间留意小孩，根本没有仔细观察小孩的行为，更没有透彻地理解他的智慧，真可惜。

One day, the child draws a long, winding line in the dirt, leading all the way into the grass. Perhaps he is telling the adults that a road should be built here. But you know, during the day, adults are busy running in the jungle, where there are no roads yet. People stumble on and sometimes get scratched by thorns and branches, but they don't have the time to pay attention to the child, let alone carefully observe his behavior or truly understand his intelligence. What a pity!

现在，小孩在土里埋藏了一些树叶和好几根树枝，他是想告诉人们什么呢？

Now, the child has buried some leaves and several branches in the dirt. What is he trying to tell?