Folding Paper Roses

李婴

Folding Paper Roses

Ive been friends with Oksana who is from Ukraine for about a week already. Since Oksana is now studying in East China Normal University， so we have a lot of chances of getting together. She often visits my home at weekends when shes free.

Today， after having dinner together at the west cafeteria1 of the campus2， she came to my home. We chatted about handcraft3 for a little while， and then I showed her a paper rose I just folded. It was one of my recent masterpieces4， and one of my proud handcraft works as well. I was so eager to show it to the guests who came to visit my home.

Oksana seemed really interested in how this rose was folded. And to tell the truth， ever since I learned to fold a paper rose， I wanted to teach the skill to someone else and shared my experience of paper folding. So I just took out two pieces of paper， and gave one to Oksana. To my delight， she was glad to learn.

I taught her how to make a paper rose hand by hand. When meeting some difficult parts， she might be confused but studied hard and would keep trying. But when she really couldnt make it， she would smile and handed the paper to me and asked for help.

Soon， she finished folding a few beautiful paper roses. Oksana seemed quite satisfied with the result， and I was glad I taught her how to fold a paper rose.

折纸玫瑰

我和奥克莎娜成为朋友快一个星期了。她来自乌克兰。因为奥克莎娜目前在华东师范大学读书，所以我们可以有很多聚在一起的机会。她周末一有空就会来我家玩。

今天，我们在学校的西食堂共进晚餐后，就一起来我家。我们先聊了一会儿手工制作，然后我便给她展示了我刚折好的一朵纸玫瑰。它是我最近的“大作”之一，也是让我引以为豪的一项手工艺术品。我一直都很希望能给来我家的客人展示一下。

奥克莎娜似乎对这朵纸玫瑰是如何折出来的非常感兴趣。说实话，自从我学会了如何折纸玫瑰之后，我就一直想把这个手艺教给别人，分享我的折纸经验。于是我取出两张纸，给了奥克莎娜一张。我很高兴奥克莎娜很乐意跟着我学。

我手把手地教她折纸玫瑰。遇到难折的部分，她会感到一阵疑惑，然后继续努力尝试，但当她实在做不到时，她就会笑一笑然后递给我，请我帮忙。

很快，她就折出几朵漂亮的纸玫瑰。奥克莎娜似乎对自己的成果感到很满意，我也很欣慰能教她折玫瑰的方法。endprint