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He was eating an apple, and giving a long, melodious whoop, at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong, for he was personating a steamboat. As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circumstance—for he was personating the Big Missouri, and considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water. He was boat and captain and engine-bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane-deck giving the orders and executing them: 

想起小时候也很陶醉地在扮演各种角色。有时是超人，拯救地球；有时是一只小鹿和被咬疼的一朵花，还有落在小鹿头上的蝴蝶。有时是邪恶的盗贼，打劫了街口的杂货店，偷走所有零食（因为父母不让我吃零食，引申出对零食无限渴望），同时我又是损失严重的杂货店老板。有时是路上一块垃圾，有时是一块石头。

我觉得童年的乐趣不在于玩具多少，而在于想象力的利用。想象力丰富，长大了的人生也有更多乐趣。现在的孩子太多玩具，孩子变得更懒，不会玩了。