Peacock / 孔雀

记得曾经有一次去飞禽公园，看到一只孔雀在那里悠闲地走着，便突发奇想，上前去与他合影。你别说这孔雀还真有灵性，看到有人前来与他合影，便迅速开屏。当路人看到这一奇观，也纷纷前来与之合影。这孔雀就一直坚持到最后一个人拍完照片，满意离去。大概是因为开屏需要很多能量，亦或是他已经很老了，（因为它的羽毛已经开始缺失了，相当于人类的脱发吧）这时的他已经累得气喘吁吁，浑身颤抖了。但那些与他拍照的人几乎没有一个注意到，他们只顾各自离去，连句谢谢也没有，好像这一切都是天经地义似的。当看到他送走了最后一位客人，精疲力尽地收起他的羽毛时，不禁地想，也许因为他老了，已经没有同类再把他当回事儿了，这变成了他唯一展示自己的机会，所以才做得那么卖力吧。

Years ago, when I went to the Jurong Bird Park, I saw a peacock walking leisurely on the meadow. I went to have a picture together with him. As if he’s able to understand what I need, he opened up his feature wide for me. Seeing this, more and more passers-by stopped and took photos with him. He was so professional in the way that he kept this posture all the way until the last person finished. Maybe it consumed lots of his energy, or maybe he’s already getting too old, (some part of his feature already missing, guess just equivalent to hair loss) after such a long time, he’s panting and shivering severely. But almost none of those people who took photos with him noticed it except for me. They left without even saying ‘thank you’. They simply took everything for granted. When I saw him finished with his last guest, folding back his feature exhaustedly, I was thinking maybe because he’s too old, none of his own flock takes him seriously anymore and this became his only time to show himself off. Maybe that gave him a lot of satisfaction. That’s why he did it with all his energy.