3.Thinking as a Hobby(403)

Sixth grade rewrite

Thinking as a Hobby

【1】When I was a boy, I thought about thinking. I thought there were three levels of thinking, and I thought I couldn't think at all. My school's headmaster made me think about this. He had three small statues in his office. One was a lady with just a towel. She looked worried that the towel might fall. Next to her was a leopard ready to jump. And there was a strong man sitting, looking down, very unhappy.

【2】The headmaster told me these statues were like life. The lady was Love, the leopard was Nature, and the strong man was Thought. I often went to his office because I was in trouble. I felt bad and couldn't talk to him. He once put the statue of Thought in front of me and said, "This is what a man looks like when he's really thinking."

【3】I started to watch my teachers to learn about thinking. Mr. Houghton always told me to think. But he drank a lot and talked about the good life. He would get excited and take us outside in bad weather. He would say, "Feel the fresh air!" But then he would go back to his desk and be tired for the rest of the day.

【4】Mr.Houghton also talked about duty and being good. But if a girl walked by, he would watch her. He didn't seem to think about what he was doing. He thought with his neck, not his head. I learned that thinking can be full of hidden feelings and not always good.

【5】I also saw that some people don't like to think too much. They like to agree with others and not think about things too deeply. They like to be happy and not worry too much. But I wanted to be a good thinker. I wanted to make a system for living that was logical and good. I wanted to change the world.

【6】But I found out that it's hard to change people's minds. They like things the way they are. I lost friends and got a bad name because I tried to change things. But I didn't stop thinking. I decided to be a professional thinker. I wanted to understand the world and make it better, even if it was hard.

六年级改写

把思考当成一种爱好

【1】当我还是个小男孩的时候，我一直在思考。我认为有三个层次的思考，我认为我根本无法思考。我学校的校长让我思考这个问题。他的办公室里有三个小雕像。一位女士只拿着一条毛巾。她看上去很担心毛巾会掉下来。她的旁边是一只准备跳跃的豹子。有一个强壮的男人坐在那里，低头看着，很不高兴。

【2】校长告诉我这些雕像就像生命一样。这位女士是“爱”，那只豹子是“自然”，而那个强壮的男人是“思想”。我经常去他的办公室，因为我有麻烦。我很难过，没办法和他说话。有一次他把思想雕像放在我面前说:“这就是一个人真正思考的样子。”

【3】我开始观察我的老师学习思考。霍顿先生总是告诉我要思考。但他喝了很多酒，谈论着美好的生活。他会很兴奋，在坏天气里带我们出去。他会说:“感受一下新鲜空气!”但之后他会回到办公桌前，一整天都很累。

【4】霍顿先生还谈到了责任和善良。但如果有女孩走过，他会看着她。他似乎没有想过自己在做什么。他用脖子思考，而不是脑袋。我知道思考可以充满隐藏的感情，并不总是好的。

【5】我也看到有些人不喜欢想太多。他们喜欢和别人意见一致，不会想得太深。他们喜欢快乐，不太担心。但我想成为一个优秀的思想家。我想建立一个有逻辑和好的生活体系。我想改变世界。

【6】但我发现改变人们的想法是很难的。他们喜欢事物本来的样子。因为我试图改变，我失去了朋友，名声也不好。但我没有停止思考。我决定成为一名专业的思想家。我想了解这个世界，让它变得更好，即使这很难。