When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My16took me by train or by car to a hotel by the17. All day, I seem to remember, I18on the sands with strange19children. We made houses and gardens, and20the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we21over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the22seemed to shine always brightly23the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 24ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were25in one’s pockets or good places where one could26ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good27is much the same as it was. I28like the sun and warm sand and the sound of29beating the rocks. I no longer wish to30any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.31, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I32what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am33. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about34who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves35on too many ices…
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