Oddly enough, you can catch your ideas with the very same device I used to catch fireflies when I was a boy.

奇怪的是，你可以用我小时候用来捉萤火虫的装置来捕捉你的想法。

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He thought, Why can not I catch a number of fireflies, put them in a white linen sewing bag it, maybe I can use fireflies emit light to read more books.

他想，我为什么不能捉许多萤火虫，把它们放在一个用白夏布缝制的袋子里呢，或许我就能利用萤火虫发出的光来翻阅更多的书籍。

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Moon shines as I try to catch the fireflies on the lawn.

我想在草坪上捕捉萤火虫的时候，月亮照耀着。

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When the bottle was empty Loren pretended to try to catch fireflies with it, but he was obviously just clowning around.

NPR: Excerpt: 'World Made By Hand'