俺家二小姐出生那年，我刚博士毕业，正处在被美国老板残酷剥削阶段。老公呢，则刚改行做电脑工程师，满脑子的电脑浆糊正把他折磨得够呛。那时，因为忙碌的日子过得实在狼狈，我们只好打上了二小姐主意。我们商量着，要不，把孩子送回国吧。在和国内的父母简单打过招呼后，孩子就这样漂洋过海回到了中国。
在一天天的牵挂和思念中，两年后，二小姐终于回来了。可惜，那年，我还没来得及好好疼疼这孩子，二小姐的弟弟便出生了。夹在中间的二小姐，真是难。上有大姐的领导，下有弟弟的欺负。这二小姐，只能在夹缝中像一株小草一样，顽强地生长着。
在我的印象中，我没给二小姐讲过故事，没教她识过字，更没教她念过算术。对二小姐的亏欠感，一直深藏于我心。
说来也怪了，在我家里，越是不管的孩子，越独立，越让大人省心。这二小姐就是个活例子。
二小姐的数学，阅读，体育，钢琴，中文，我几乎一点儿都没操心。但其水平，都比同龄的孩子领先。咱不敢说咱家的二小姐是个神童，但在学校的天才班里，俺家的二小姐已经是名列前茅了。
不久前，二小姐的科学老师布置了一门写作作业。老师要求把水的变化用生动的语言概括出来。当二小姐把打印出来的作业让我看时，我几乎被孩子的想象力给迷住了。二小姐拟人化的写法，令我对她刮目相看。她的老师也鼓励二小姐，好好努力吧，以后争取参加写作比赛去。
下面就是二小姐的这篇作文。反正我九岁的时候，我是写不出这样的文章的。
A Drop of Water
I am a drop of water. I started millions of years ago. I started in the Pacific a long time ago, when the dinosaurs were still alive.
One day, I was rained into a little puddle of water. During the Triassic period, there wasn’t a lot of water. Did you know that the water we drink is the same water dinosaurs and prehistoric people drank? It really is just a circle of water. This process is called the water cycle. It is evaporation, condensation, then precipitation. Anyway, a dinosaur came, opened its mouth revealing very sharp teeth, and swallowed me!
When I was in the throat, I suddenly jerked to the side. Oh, I guess I was just going to the stomach. When I was in the stomach, I saw a faint light. I closed my eyes, and when I opened them, I was in a puddle again! After a while I heard thunder. Boom! Boom! It roared. Then I came back to my senses. It was going to rain! After all these years! I felt the prickle of rain water washing me away, along with other water drops. Slosh. Slosh, slosh, I could hear thunder booming and see lightning flashing. I decided not to worry, so I let the other water drops carry me…
Ugh! I am here! I’m in the Pacific Ocean again! Back at home. I stayed here for about three weeks, admiring the gracefulness of seaweed and the beautiful patterns of the fish, and other creatures. Then it happened…
The first step in the water cycle: evaporation. I was being vaporized! When I was in the clouds, I met my best friend, Walter. Hey, water drops can have friends, too, right? So I came over to him and said: “Hey Walter! Yeah you, come here, I am your friend! Hi!” He responded what sounded like this: “Hey Wally! I haven’t seen you in a long time!” I walked over to him and we started a conversation for quite a long time. Finally, we waved good-bye and left each other. I think I just felt a rain drop. It’s going to rain again. I wonder where I am going this time…
Whoosh! One final wave swept me over. When I looked up, I couldn’t believe what I saw. What a mess! Everything was dirty. There were no trees or plants, the nearby river’s water was dirty brown, and as far as I knew, there was no life! All of my million water drops were going to pop out because of the dirtiness. Two tons of garbage was dumped into the filthy water. I hope I am vaporized or it rains again…
Ah, much better, back into the clouds. I am so happy I am not in that trash-of-a-town place. I hope I meet another friend here. I can see miles from here. If I had some company it would be the perfect life.
The perfect life…the sound of it makes me want to have it so much! Darn! No time for daydreaming. There is no time because, um…uh…wait a minute…let me check…ah…yes…uh-huh…I got you…okay, I will call you in a couple of days…bye…Sorry about that. I called my family. They said I should come back to our house. There is some kind of reunion.*Yawn*Boring.
( 3,000,000 years later)
I have heard that there is a new body of water. I think it is called the Chesameeke Bay. Wait…no, it is called the Chesapeake Bay. Just wait until you hear the facts! Well, where shall I start…ah! Here. *ah hem*, it’s been around for 3,000 years! Yeah, also ice melted and flooded valleys making the Bay run north. It is also the youngest bay. This bay provides more blue crabs than any where else on the world. The bay is amazing, isn’t it? Rivers, lakes, creeks, etc feeds the Chesapeake Bay fresh water. I think I found my new home. I will ride the Susquehanna River into the Bay. Wait here, I am going to go pack!
