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今天是一年半來第二次的國小同學會了，

比上次想起更多有趣的事情，

例如：誰以前作文寫了好笑的事情、小市長選舉時誰是助選員、誰和誰以前是一群的、哪些低調的同學其實很有趣很好相處。

過了十幾年，要想起某些人的名字真的有些困難，

大家七嘴八舌的講了某個人有哪些特徵、做了什麼事、喜歡過誰、偏偏就是名字想不起來。

然而，卻是還有明明十幾年沒見的同學，能在努力觀察對方的一舉一動一頻一笑以後，脫口而出這個人的名字。

人的記憶啊，似乎真的像是把資料儲存在多個連結點裡，

只要有多一點線索，哪怕是特徵描述還是影像，都可以突然很快的回想起很多陳年的往事呢。

以前不太知道同學會有趣的地方，

今天的同學會才突然發現，當大家你一言、我一語的描述自己對過去的記憶，很快就可以藉著彼此把過去活靈活現的組合起來，

我想，同學會有趣的地方就是要靠大家的記憶，讓往事歷歷在目吧!

今天真的有種回到過去的感覺，很歡樂。

來聽首Brothers Four的 Try to remember吧! 

這首歌詞是由Tom Jones所寫的，押韻很完美，

例如:remember" , "September", "so tender", 及 "December";

"mellow", "yellow", "callow fellow";

"willow", "pillow", "billow";

"follow", "hollow", "mellow"; 還有結尾的 "follow".

至於曲則是由Harvey Schmidt作的。

(from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_to_Remember)

以下連結的影片中，以黑白的慢速影像，記錄著遊樂的年代。

你曾經是幫忙轉動圓盤的大孩子呢? 還是坐著吹風幻想的小孩? 還是站著享受服務的小小孩? 

那個讓你盡情奔跑大喊大笑的樂園，讓你想起了你和誰的友誼?

找他們回來與你一起讓往事歷歷在目吧!

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Although you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Without a hurt the heart is hollow.
Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
The fire of September that made us mellow.
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow.