我喜欢你
因为
如果我觉得不舒服
你会真的替我担心
而不会假装忙着看小鸟什么的
你说 可能是你吃坏了什么东西
你说 我以前也有过一次同样的经历
而且你确实有过同样的经历
如果你找到两棵幸运草
就会送一棵给我
如果我找到了四棵
也会送两棵给你
如果我们只找到了三棵
那么我们就会继续寻找下去
有些时候我们很走运
也有些时候我们不走运
如果我折了胳膊
而你也折了胳膊
那么折了胳膊也成了一件有趣的事
我把自己的遭遇讲给你听
你也把你的遭遇讲给我听
我们一起为彼此难过
我们在彼此的石膏上签名 画画
我们把这些给其他人看
让他们也恨不得折了胳膊
我喜欢你
因为
不知为什么
和你在一起
无论什么事都变得更有趣
我都不记得什么时候不喜欢过你
那时我肯定很孤单
我喜欢你
因为 因为 因为
我忘了自己为什么喜欢你
但我确实喜欢你
原因太多了
在7月4号我喜欢你
因为这天是7月4号
到了7月5号
我还是喜欢你
如果我们有大鼓喇叭和高头大马
如果我们有漂亮的帽子彩旗和消防车
我们就可以过个有趣的节日
也可以弄个热闹的庆典
我们也可以来个大旅行
你明白我的意思吗
就算到了7月的第999天
就算到了8月
就算一直到11月的尽头
就算到了来年一月的某一天
我也会一直选择你
而你也会一直选择我
一次又一次
永不改变
每一次都这样
我也不知道为什么
我好像真的不知道自己为什么喜欢你
为什么喜欢你呢
我想 我只是喜欢你
我想 我就是喜欢你
因为 我喜欢你
——《我喜欢你》 [美]桑德尔·斯托达德·沃伯格
I Like You
by Sandol Scoddard Warburg
I like you
And I know why
I like you because
You are a good person
To like
I like you because
When I tell you something special
You know it’s special
And you remember it
A long long time
You say
Remember when you told me
Something special
And both of us remember
When I think something is important
You think it’s important too
We have good ideas
When I say something funny
You laugh
I think I am funny and
You think I am funny too.
I like you because
You know where I am ticklish
And you don’t tickle me there except
Just a little tiny bit sometimes
But it you do that I know where to tickle you too
You know how to be silly
That’s why I like you
Boy are you ever silly
I never met anybody sillier than me
till I met you
I like you because
You know when it’s time to stop being silly
Maybe day after tomorrow
Maybe never
Oops too late
It’s quarter past silly
We fool around the same way all the time
Sometimes we don’t say a word
We snurkel under fences
We spy secret places
If I am a goofus on the roofus
Hollering my head off
You are one too
If I pretend I am drowning
You pretend you are saving me
If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag
Then you are getting ready to jump
That’s because
You really like me
You really like me
Don’t you
And I really like you back
And you like me back
And I like you back
And that’s the way we keep on going
Every day
If you go away then I go away too
Or if I stay home
You send me a postcard
You don’t just say
Well see you around
Some time
Bye
I like you a lot
because of that
If I go away
I send you a postcard too
And I like you because
If we go away together
And if we are in Grand Central Station
And if I get lost
Then you are the one that is yelling for me
Hey where you
And I like you because
When I am feeling sad
You don’t always cheer me up right away
Sometimes it is better to be sad
You can’t stand the others being so googly
and gaggly every single minute
You want to think about things
It takes time
I like you because if I am mad at you
Then you are mad at me too
It’s awful when the other person isn’t Phooey
They are so nice and hoo-hoo
You could just about punch then in the nose
I like you because if I think I am going to
throw up then you are really sorry
You don’t just pretend you are busy looking at
the birdies and all that
You say maybe it was something you ate
You say the same thing happened to me one time
And the same thing did
If you find two four-leaf clovers
You give me one
If I find four
I give you two
If we only find three
We keep on looking
Sometimes we have good luck
And sometimes we don’t
If I break my arm and
If you break your arm too
Then it is fun to have a broken arm
I tell you about mine
You tell me about yours
We are both sorry
We write our names and draw pictures
We show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm too
I like you because
I don’t know why but
Everything that happens
Is nicer with you
I can’t remember when I didn’t like you
It must have been lonesome then
I like you because because because
I forget why I like you
But I do
So many reasons
On the Fourth of July I like you because
It’s the Fourth of July
On the Fifth of July
I like you too
If you and I had some drums
And some horns and some horses
If we had some hats and some
Flags and some fire-engines
We could be a HOLIDAY
We could be a CELEBRATION
We could be a WHOLE PARADE
See what I mean?
Even if was the
nine-hundred-and ninety-ninth of July
Even if it was August
Even if it was way down at the bottom of November
Even if it was no place particular in January
I would go on choosing you
And you would go on choosing me
Over and over again
That’s how it would happen every time
I don’t know why
I guest I don’t know why I like you really
Why do I like you
I guess I just like you
I guess I just like you
Because I like you
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作者简介
[美]桑德尔·斯托达德·沃伯格
已为大人和孩子出版了二十多部作品，目前在夏威夷岛生活、写作。
[美]杰奎琳·瓦斯特
为五十多部儿童作品创作过插图，曾荣获《纽约时报书评》年度最佳插图读物奖，目前居住在纽约州的阿斯托里亚。
