Chinese · Episode 18
Is the Moon Too Small?
Spoken by 晓航
小雨 is on Earth now; he likes her laugh in the messages and fears the quiet moon will feel too small when she returns.
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小雨从地球发来一段录音，我已经听了好几遍。 Xiaoyu sent a recording from Earth. I've already listened to it several times.
她说的也不是什么大事，说到一半自己笑了， It wasn't anything big. She laughed halfway through,
旁边还有车声和别人说话的声音。 with car noise and other people talking in the background.
我喜欢听她笑，可每次听完， I like hearing her laugh, but every time I finish,
又会想她回来以后习不习惯。 I wonder whether she'll get used to things when she comes back.
她说过会回望城，还是住在花园附近。 She said she'd return to Wangcheng, still living near the garden.
我担心的倒不是她不回来。 What I'm worried about isn't that she won't come back.
我是怕她回来以后，走几步就把花园走完了， I'm afraid that once she's back, a few steps and she'll have walked the whole garden,
会觉得这里太小、太静。 and she'll feel this place is too small, too quiet.
我很喜欢望城晚上那种安静， I really like that quiet of Wangcheng nights,
可她在地球有那么多地方能去， but on Earth she has so many places she can go,
推开门就是一条长长的街。 open the door and there's a long street.
这些话我没问她，只回了一句，说她笑得很好听。 I never asked her any of that. I only replied that her laugh sounded nice.
她很快发来一句：“那你也笑一个给我听。” She quickly sent back: "Then laugh one for me too."
我拿着电话，不知道怎么笑。阿金就在旁边， I held the phone, not knowing how to laugh. Ajin was right there,
我一出声，他肯定要问。 and the moment I made a sound, he'd definitely ask.
最后我说：“等你回来，见面再笑吧。” In the end I said: "Wait till you're back. I'll laugh when we meet."
她说好，又问我今天吃了什么。 She said okay, then asked what I'd eaten today.
我这才发现，自己想了半天圆顶够不够大， That's when I realized I'd been fretting forever over whether the dome was big enough,
她却在等我讲一顿饭。 while she was waiting for me to talk about a meal.
我把阿金嫌饭像石头的事告诉她，她又笑了。 I told her about Ajin complaining the food was like rocks, and she laughed again.
晚上准备睡觉的时候， At night, when I was getting ready for bed,
我还是把那段声音再听了一遍。 I still played that recording one more time.
不知道她回来会怎么想。不过明天吃饭时， I don't know what she'll think when she comes back. But tomorrow at mealtime,
我可以再找点事讲给她听。 I can find something else to tell her.