我有一把白色塑胶雨伞。买的时候喜欢它雪白可爱，瘦瘦长长，简直像个鹤立鸡群的美女。可惜这种美丽偏偏不耐看，风吹雨打久了，颜色变黄，还多了雀斑一样的污迹。而且瘦长是没用的，哪里像折伞这么善解人意。

于是，我开始制造各种机会。趁着下雨带它出门，左搁一会儿，右放一下，希望一下子大意忘了拿，让它自动消失，大家无痛分手。我就可以理直气壮买一把新的，多好！

失宠的人通常最敏感。有一天，它突如其来消失了，完全不用花我任何心思。伞也有它的自尊。问题是，等一等，我还没有准备好。不行，它不可以没经我的同意就玩失踪。我便一心一意要找它回来，花尽心思去想，到底在哪里弄丢的呢？书店，餐厅还是公共汽车地铁呢？真是峰回路转，没想到在戏院把它找回来，小别重逢，它苦着副脸在等我来新发现。重拾旧欢，大团圆结局。 　

换一个角度来看，如果我失败了，找不到它，它永远消失了，淡淡的遗憾感觉，会不会更合我心意？人世间的破镜重圆，大概都是一言难尽。

I have a white umbrella. When it was new, it was beautiful, long and slim, like an outstanding lady. Unfortunately, her beauty faded quickly. After a while, the white became yellowed, and stains appeared like freckles on her face. Besides, the length is not an advantage for me; at least it is not as understanding and convenient as folding umbrellas.

So I began to create opportunities to “accidentally” lost it. I took it out every rainy days, even the cloudy days, hoping I would leave it behind in somewhere, let it disappear by accident, this kind of ending is like a painless separation. Then I would have a perfect excuse to buy a new one. Won’t that be nice?

The unloved ones are sensitive. Somehow, one day it disappeared without wasting my energy as I wished. Umbrellas have their dignity, too. But WAIT, I’m not ready. How can it disappear without my permission?!

I became determined to get it back. I thought about all the places that could be possible to leave it. Bookstore? Restaurant? Subway? I went all over the places. Finally, I found it in the cinema. It was pouting, waiting for me to pick it up. I recovered my lost love, happy ending.

However, put it another way, if I had really lost it, it would be gone forever. Would that touch of regret suit me better? Maybe all the lovers’ reunions are long stories.