2005/12/27 20:21

小小故事 回　獨角獸的　阿嬤說不能花．．．．．　

I remeber those days（高中時） when I usually hold less than NT$50 in my pocket, and still need to commute from 中壢 to 台北 everyday. Especially in the winter time, I won't go home before I finished my workouts with the track and field team（田徑隊練習）.
It was usually dark, and the chilly winter wind blew over my forehead, wearing the still wet clothes, with the heavy gym bag on one shoulder and school bag in the other. I was thirsty and hungry, but there was usually no extra cash on me. Those 水煎包, 蚵仔麵線, were so tempting, and realy made me hungry.
I was thinking about cheating on the ticket（逃票） in order just to buy some food, but I never did it. After a few weeks, I learned a way to handle this. In some days, I would walk to 萬華 station, instead of taking bus to 台北. Then take the slow train from 萬華 to 中壢, instead of the express bus, just to save a little extra money. If I do this couple times, I would have enough money to get a sandwitch and a bottle of sports drink, or even go to Ximending（西門町 ）or Zhong-Hua Road （中華路）to have some some of the best beef-stewed-noodle （香噴噴的牛肉麵）in the world. Maybe lacking（困乏） is a good way to motivate（激勵） a young heart.
Even both my parents were teachers, with four children our allowance was still limited. I was already over 15 then, but still struggled with what money to spend. Not to mention a kid so young. Maybe some time, it is really "不能花". But, could we educate our children about "How to spend?（如何花？）" instead?