農莊生活每日一拍(3)：吾家次女學機車，超前部署

Ellie, 15, is getting ready for her scooter test. A friend has lent us his scooter and his daughter showed Ellie how to ride it.

So she's been spending all of her free time in the last few days riding up and down the short road in front of our house. Back and back, back and forth---and she's loving it.

When is her scooter test, you ask? March 2024.

吾家15歲次女，意志力堅強。兩個月前，我想在前院搭一排竹籬，但砍竹子非常辛苦，尤其砍完後要把五六米長、沈重的竹子拖回家，是讓人卻步的體力活。但女兒喜歡這個主意，便自告奮勇，花一個禮拜的時間，天天獨自一人去竹林裡砍竹子，有時砍三四根，有次一口氣砍七八根，然後走一大段距離，把竹子拖回家。

這樣的毅力，令我折服。

最近，她一直在問我機車的事，比如買一台機車要多少錢，駕照怎麼考等等。然後她就開始超前部署：