Astrid Lindgren: "Setidaknya, tidak di negara ini, 'dia menambahka...

"Setidaknya, tidak di negara ini, 'dia menambahkan setelah berpikir sejenak. “Di Cina agak berbeda. Suatu hari saya melihat seorang Cina di Shanghai. Telinganya begitu besar sehingga dia bisa menggunakannya untuk jas hujan. Ketika hujan turun, dia hanya merayap di bawah telinganya dan terasa hangat dan nyaman. Bukan berarti telinga memiliki waktu yang bergetar seperti itu, kau mengerti. Jika cuaca khususnya buruk, dia akan mengundang teman-teman dan kenalan untuk berkemah di bawah telinganya juga. Di sana mereka duduk, menyanyikan lagu-lagu sedih mereka sementara itu mengalir keluar."

--- Astrid Lindgren

Versi Bahasa Inggris

At least, not in this country,' she added after a moment's thought. 'In China it's a little different. Once I saw a Chinaman in Shanghai. His ears were so big he could use them for a raincoat. When it rained, he just crept in under his ears and was warm and snug as could be. Not that the ears had such a rattling good time of it, you understand. If it was specially bad weather, he'd invite friends and acquaintances to pitch camp under his ears too. There they sat, singing their sorrowful songs while it poured down outside.