“Canada goose”是加拿大最常见的飞禽了,它们大模大样在湖边踱步、排好队在水面上从这头飞到那头。一遍一便,没目的似的,我猜它们是在为迁徙做热身。当地人有句话,说,加拿大的冬天象星期一到星期五那么漫长,而加拿大的夏天,象周末那么美好又短暂。在这短暂又美好的周末过后,Canada geese就要飞去温暖的地方过冬了。《FLY AWAY HOME》里的小女孩AMY拾到一窝鸟蛋,并孵化出16只Canada Geese,这些家伙把AMY当妈妈,笨鸭子一样亦步亦趋。为了使这些鹅能象野生鹅一样迁徙,AMY和父亲尝试用飞机引领它们飞翔,最终帮助它们完成了迁徙。当那些鹅跟着轻型飞机飞起来,在蓝天上排成一字的时候,我激动地想喝彩,想流泪。爱与创造,是人类的两大美德,16只鹅见证了它们。电影取材自真实故事,在现实中,那16只鹅中的13只在次年春天又飞了回来。看了两遍,鹅排成行与飞机共同飞越陆地山川的动人画面久久停留在脑海,连同那首《10,000 MILES》。Fare thee well My own true love Farewell for a while I’m going away But I’ll be back Though I go 10,000 miles10,000 miles My own true love 10,000 miles or more The rocks may melt And the seas may burn If I should not returnOh don’t you see That lonesome dove Sitting on an ivy tree She’s weeping for Her own true love As I shall weep for mineOh come ye back My own true love And stay a while with me If I had a friend All on this earth You’ve been a friend to me