玩瓶盖的启示

Yesterday my sister in China told me her grandson has become interested in playing with bottle caps.

This reminded me of something that happened 3 years ago. At that time, a girl who was 1 year old liked playing with bottle caps too. 

One day while I was helping the girl twist open the bottle cap, I put a small ball inside the bottle, so that every time she shook the bottle, there would be a nice sound. The girl loved the toy, and repeatedly played with this bottle "rattle" for many days, and stayed interested in it every day.

One day, when it was hometime, the girl didn't want to leave the bottle behind and I let her take it home with her.

Next morning, the girl's mum told me that the girl loved the toy, and had only played with the bottle all night. However, the bottle accidentally rolled under the sofa. She quickly crawled down to look for it, and started crying when she couldn't find it. Her dad tried to give her lots of different toys, until finally her dad moved the sofa to fetch the bottle. Only then did the girl stop crying, and happily continued to play with the bottle.

This story tells us that a good toy doesn't have to be expensive.

昨天我在中国的姐姐在网上告诉我，她的孙子开始感兴趣玩开瓶盖。

这使我记起3年前，当时我这里一个一岁多的女孩也喜欢玩开瓶盖。

当时我引导她旋开盖子，把一个小球放进瓶里 然后拧住盖子，摇摇小瓶，就会听到好听的声音。女孩专心地学着这些，玩得非常开心。她反复玩着这个玩具，一连好几天，每天保持着她的兴趣。

一天，当她回家时，她还舍不得离开她的瓶子，在我的允许下她开心地把它带回了家。 

第二天早上，女孩的妈妈告诉我，女孩非常喜欢这个玩具。这天晚上她只玩这个玩具。一不小心，小瓶滚到沙发下面。她很快自己爬下去找。拿不到她便伤心地哭了。爸爸试图给了她很多不同的玩具，但她还是不停地哭。爸爸只好搬开沙发，帮她取出来，她才停止哭，继续开心地玩起来

这个故事告诉我们，好的玩具不一定需要花大价钱去店里买。