白汽车停在一根手指上。四只轮子亮亮的，车门、车窗都齐全，车头朝左，车身遮住了仁波切的嘴。上面是他的眼睛，正向这辆小车看。

这是一个孩子送给大人的礼物。二〇一六年十二月，仁波切这样介绍它，送的是孩子，收的是大人。

小车做得认真，圆车顶、凸出的轮子，一样不省。大人拿起来，脸反而退到后面。让这么小的东西占住前头，很合适。

钢笔的乐趣，有时在写字以前。墨水瓶打开了，一只手把笔伸到瓶口，停一停，又提起来。细长的笔身亮着，瓶里的墨色很深。

Ha....Joy of fountain pen。仁波切开头那个Ha，好像还没有轮到字句，就先有了乐趣。

瓶子仍在桌上，笔尖出入那么小的一个口。这一点预备工夫，他也觉得值得高兴。

手掌里还有一只青蛙。起先是绿的，忽然亮成黄色，再转成红色，鼓鼓的眼睛倒一直在原处。手掌没有多大，它也不想跳出去。

仁波切叫它Mr frog。青蛙先生。有了这个称呼，小东西便有一点像模像样的身份了。

另有一件年轻人送的礼物，是个带按钮的小方块。指尖在红色按钮上按过，方块翻一面，又有别的地方可以拨动。

他把用途说得很清楚：消磨时间。还特意把TIME写成大写。这么大一个词，到了手里，却只剩那么小一块，可以翻来覆去地玩。

A white car rests on a finger. Its wheels shine; doors and windows are all in place. Facing left, it hides Rinpoche’s mouth. Above it are his eyes, looking down towards the little car.

It is a child’s gift to an adult. In December 2016 this is how Rinpoche introduces it, naming the giver as a child and the recipient as an adult.

The little car has been made with care: a rounded roof, wheels standing proud of the body. The grown-up holds it up and his face recedes behind it. It is a good arrangement, giving something so small the foreground.

The pleasure of a fountain pen sometimes comes before writing. An ink bottle is open. A hand lowers the pen into its mouth, pauses, and lifts it again. The slender barrel catches the light; the ink is dark.

Ha....Joy of fountain pen. Rinpoche’s opening Ha seems to find the pleasure before any sentences have had their turn.

The bottle stays on the table; the pen enters and leaves its little opening. He finds something to enjoy even in this preparation.

There is a frog in a palm. Green at first, it lights up yellow, then turns red. Its bulging eyes stay where they are. The palm is small; this frog has no plans to leap out.

Rinpoche calls it Mr frog. With this form of address, the little thing acquires a certain standing.

Another gift, from a young man, is a little cube with buttons. A fingertip presses the red buttons; the cube turns, offering another part to move.

He is quite clear about its purpose: to kill time. He writes TIME in capitals. Such a large word; in the hand it has become a very small thing, something to turn over and play with.