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If only I could become a phoenix! She thought。

She took deep breaths, wondering what she should do now.Eventually, it occurred to her to sing one of the Hua'r songs. Before,she had sung them for other people, but now she could sing one for herself. One should sing a song for oneself, she felt. And she pursed her lips and began in a low voice:

Thunder claps rumble

Old men tremble

Better be battered in a storm

Than we two be torn asunder。

她想，我多想成凤凰啊！

月儿长长地吁口气，觉得自己还应该做些啥的，想呀想，终于想出：应该唱一曲花儿。以前，她老是给别人唱，还没给自己唱过一曲呢。她想,人的一生里，总该为自己唱一曲的。于是，她抿抿嘴唇，轻声唱了:

　　雷响三声地动弹，

　　太岁爷爷们不安。

　　宁叫玉皇的江山乱

　　不叫咱俩的路断……

~Xuemo, translated by Nicky Harman.

Selected Stories by Xuemo

Golden sentence:

If only I could become a phoenix!

我多想成凤凰啊！

One should sing a song for oneself.

人的一生里，总该为自己唱一曲的。