When I Grow Up
當我長大
When I grow up,
I think I'll be
A detective
with a skeleton key.

當我長大
我想我要當
一個偵探
代這一把萬能鑰匙.

I could be a soldier
and a sailor too;
I'd like to be a keeper
at the public zoo.

我可以當個士兵
或是水手也可以
我想成為管理員
在那市立動物園

I'll own a trumpet
and I'll play a tune;
I'll keep a space ship
to explore the moon.

我會有一支喇叭
然後吹一首曲子
我會有艘太空船
到月球去探險

I'll be a cowboy
and live in the saddle;
I'll be a guide
with a canoe and a paddle.

我要當個牛仔
生活在馬鞍上
我要當個想到
有獨木舟和搖槳

I'd like to be the driver
on a diesel train;
and it must be fun
to run a building crane.

我要當個司機
駕駛一列柴油火車
那一定會很好玩
如果能開建築怪手

I'll live in a lighthouse
and guard the shore;
and I know I'll want to be
a dozen things more.

我會住在燈塔裡
在岸邊站崗
我知道我將成為
十二種以上還多

For the more a boy lives
the more a boy learns-
I think I'll be all of them
by taking turns.

因為一個男孩活得愈久
他學的就愈多
我想我要當全部所有
一個一個輪流

Beatrix Potter
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