The old master distributed an ancient lotus seed to each of Ben, Jing and An:
“This is a lotus seed from thousands of years ago, it is very precious, you go and plant it out.”
After getting the seeds ……
I want to be the first to plant them! Ben wanted to.
How can I plant it? Jing thought.
I have a seed. Ann thought.
Ben ran off to find a hoe.
Shizu wanted to pick out the best pot.
Ann put the seeds in a small cloth bag and hung it on her chest.
Ben buried the seeds in the snow.
Jing went to look up books on growing lotus flowers.
Ann went to the market to buy things for the monastery.
After waiting for a long time, Ben’s seeds did not germinate.
When he couldn’t wait for the seeds to germinate, Ben angrily plowed the ground, broke his hoe, and stopped doing it.
I will definitely grow a thousand-year-old lotus flower. thought Jing.
Shizu brought the chosen pot of gold flowers and put it in the warmest room.
Ann proceeded to clear the snow from the yard.
Shizu used the most expensive potion and flower soil,
and carefully planted the seeds.
Ann cooked the saison as before.
Shizu’s seed sprouted.
Jing treated it as a treasure and
covered it with a golden cover.
In the early morning, Ann went to pick water early again.
Jing’s little young sprout died within a few days because it did not get sunlight and oxygen.
After dinner, Ann went for a walk as usual.
Spring came ……
In a corner of the pond,
Ann planted the seeds.
Soon,
the seeds sprouted.
Ann looked at the green leaves in front of her with delight.
On a high summer morning,
in the warm sunlight,
the ancient thousand-year-old lotus flower gently bloomed.
Adults who are fortunate enough to see this book – whether you are going to read it to your children or not – should probably find a quiet corner and read it gently to themselves, and then think, and think again, about whether we ever got Have we ever been given the “seed of the thousand-year-old lotus”? Yes, of course we have. We are all chasing something “precious” day and night, as if all of us want to achieve various purposes as fast as possible.
At this point, the laws of nature are often set aside, and we don’t even think about whether we can grow flowers in the winter, we just think, “I want to be the first to grow them” and “How can I grow them? I want to be the first to plant them” and “How can I plant them? The theme of life seems to be the chase, and we don’t know how long it’s been since we’ve gone for a walk.
In a society that is so quick to get things done, it is so rare to find a peaceful state of mind, like a pool of clear, calm water. The first thing you need to do is to get the seeds of a thousand-year-old lotus flower, and you will be able to work day and night for all kinds of “precious” things.
But in any case, I hope you remember Ann, the little monk in the story you heard as a child, the way he gratefully put the seeds in his little sack and hung them on his chest; the way he calmly went shopping, plowed snow, made fasting, and carried water; the way he took a leisurely walk. the way he did. He told you to be hopeful, to pursue something, but to be calm, to go with the flow; and to enjoy the process of life, to enjoy the little things that are ordinary and trivial, to enjoy waiting.
Bless all the adults and children who read this story and see the thousand year old lotus in full bloom!