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10月14日:
整理文件夹找到以前收藏的一篇《serendipity的由来及意义》,看完后顺手打印出来推荐给小子。
他接过来扫了一眼:民间故事,好玩!于是从头到尾把这个“锡兰三王子的旅行记”开口读完了。
故事完毕,从表情能看出来他很喜欢,还转身找出了两本小书: 《小错误和大发明》和《小意外大发明》。哈,原来娘俩想到一块去了。是不是可以说今儿偶然找到的这篇,凑成了今晚谈话的必然?而这个小故事,又将给小子之后带来什么serendipity呢?
百了一下词源:serendipity-a very expressive word." the word on an old name for Sri Lanka, Serendip. this name was part of the title of "a silly fairy tale, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of...."
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