草衍

　　野夏

　　有這樣一個故事。

　　有人問：世界上什么東西的氣力最大?回答紛紜的很，有的說“象”，有的說“獅”，有人開玩笑似的說：是“金剛”。金剛有多少氣力，當(dāng)然大家全不知道。

　　結(jié)果，這一切答案完全不對，世界上氣力最大的，是植物的種子。一粒種子所可以顯現(xiàn)出來的力，簡直是超越一切，這兒又是一個故事。

　　人的頭蓋骨，結(jié)合得非常致密與堅固，生理學(xué)家和解剖學(xué)者用盡了一切的方法，要把它完整地分出來，都沒有這種力氣，后來忽然有人發(fā)明了一個方法，就是把一些植物的種子放在要剖析的頭蓋骨里，給它以溫度與濕度，使它發(fā)芽，一發(fā)芽，這些種子便以可怕的力量，將一切機械力所不能分開的骨骼，完整地分開了，植物種子力量之大，如此如此。

　　這，也許特殊了一點，常人不容易理解，那么，你看見筍的成長嗎?你看見過被壓在瓦礫和石塊下面的一顆小草的生成嗎?他為著向往陽光，為著達(dá)成它的生之意志，不管上面的石塊如何重，石塊與石塊之間如何狹，它必定要曲曲折折地，但是頑強不屈地透到地面上來，它的根往土壤鉆，它的芽往地面挺，這是一種不可抗的力，阻止它的石塊，結(jié)果也被它掀翻，一粒種子的力量的大，如此如此。

　　Wild Grass

　　Xia Yan

　　There is a story which goes like this:

　　Someone asked, "What is the most powerful thing in the world?"

　　There was a variety of answers.

　　"Elephant," someone said.

　　"Lion," another said.

　　"Buddha's guardian warrior," still another said half-jokingly. As to how powerful the Buddha's guardian warrior was, no one was sure.

　　In fact none of the answers was correct. The most powerful thing in the world is the seed of plants. The force displayed by a seed is simply incomparable. Here goes another story:

　　The bones of a human skull are so tightly and firmly joined that no physiologist and anatomist had succeeded in taking them apart whatever means they tried. Then someone invented a method. He put sonic seeds of a plant in the skull to be dissected and provided the necessary temperature and moisture to make them germinate. Once the seeds germinated, they manifested a terrible force with which he succeeded in opening up the human skull that had failed to be opened even by mechanical means.

　　You may think this is too unusual a story to be grasped by the common mind. Well, have you ever seen how the bamboo shoots grow? Have you ever seen how frail young grass grow out from under debris and rubble? In order to get the sunshine and bring its will to grow into play, no matter how heavy the rocks are and how narrow the space between the rocks, it will wind its way up irresistibly, its roots drilling downward and its sprouts shooting upward. This is an irresistible force. Any rock lying in its　way will be overturned. This again shows how powerful a seed can be.