果果班

在“果果班”，孩子们据说会长成壮硕的果子。某个早晨，我跟着虫群走进斑驳黏稠的色块，伸手——竟是触手；我成了蚂蚁。教室化作巨人国度，我惊惶逃离，爬回家、钻进脸盆，自溺又醒来，仍在果果班。同学说：从来没人保证我们一定会结成果实。成长像一场变形与回声，甜与惧并生。

In the Fruit Class, children are said to ripen into heavy, gleaming fruit. One morning I follow the insects into blotches of sticky color; when I reach out, it’s a tentacle—I am an ant. The classroom swells into a land of giants. I flee, drown myself, wake again, still in the Fruit Class. My classmates say no one ever promised we would ripen. Growing up is a metamorphosis where sweetness and fear arrive together.