【小記】聖城天然環境優美、寬闊，是許多動物的家。除了孔雀、松鼠是最常見的，還有鹿、火雞、各種鳥類等，有時與牠們相遇，都會說聲「Hello」，心裡把牠們當朋友看。這篇短札之前寫一半，後來忙其他事延擱了，回來繼續，所以有英文有中文。
One day, the deer were preparing to cross road. When they saw our car came closely, they stopped. Then the deer mother lifted her leg and fed her babies. I took this photo immediately. Do you find the mother deer wore a blue hat? (It is not true.)
When I pushed our dorm’s back door one morning, I saw 4deer were eating grass quite closely. They all looked at me, and I turned back to my room to take camera. After I went back, they didn’t moved and still looked at me. I took some pictures for them.
I saw the blue birds often, but they are very shy and keep far away from people. My friend JZ put some water in a basin for animals. It’s no rain for a long time, so I put some water in the basin.
One day, when I was putting my clothes in the sun, a big blue birds stayed on the pole (for hang the clothes) and looked at me. I called it “ fat bird, how are you?” It flew slowly and stayed on the basin, drank some water. It seemed to show me and told me they knew I put the water for them.
This is a long-ear rabbit. It is very shy and escapes quickly when I meet it everytime. One day, I opened the door and saw a shadow gone away. I didn’t know what it is. However, it appeared on the pavement after few seconds. It was sitting there and looked at me, I turned to find my camera and took this picture. I made two in one picture. I wish it has friend.
七月初，女兒來聖城，黃昏時我們去後山走走，發現一隻臭鼬，我們揮動手中一個袋子，牠竟然朝向我們奔來。正要到眼前時，不遠處響起刺耳的引擎聲，原來是一位師兄開了工程車過來，臭鼬聞聲，轉個方向逃走了。
十多年前，龍樹林後面有一片草地，養了兩隻驢子和一群綿羊，我們常去看牠們。這次來，草地變成葡萄園，驢子和綿羊都不見了。沒想到女兒和我走了很遠很遠，在一大片草原上發現一隻驢子，我們接近時牠還先聲奪人哩！
後來聽人說，那些綿羊和另一隻驢子都已經「壽終正寢」了，只剩這隻孤單的驢子，也已三十多歲。住眾平常很少到那裡去，我們連續去兩天，還和牠鬧著玩，不知是干擾牠還是暫解牠的寂寞？
女兒似乎特別有動物緣，我來三個月從沒見過的貓，突然出現在附近，還挺有福態，靜靜看了我們好一會才跑開。過了兩三天我們開車出城，快回到聖城時，女兒來個緊急煞車，她說是此貓突然橫越馬路，若真是此貓，那牠的活動範圍還挺廣的。
牠不常出現，後面這兩個月，我只見過牠一次。
久聞狐狸之名，卻一直沒見到。聽說牠常躲在齋堂附近，伺機撲殺孔雀。果然，某天早上，在廚房（與齋堂相連）外的小花園，發現一隻母孔雀的殘屍。
也是女兒在聖城的某日，我們正要打開車門，發現不遠處一隻狐狸正瞪著我們看，我舉起相機就照，牠移動得非常緩慢，眼光沒有離開過我們。不知道是不是齋堂附近那一隻？如果是，牠為什麼跑老遠來與我們大眼瞪小眼？且在那之後，我再也沒見過牠了！
火雞大多在龍樹林活動，大概乾旱久了，牠們常跑到我們宿舍附近。總是一大群，邊走邊吵，也許是在聊天吧！
有一次，我到龍樹林散步，被一群火雞發現，牠們故意發出大聲音，接著樹林裡一堆鳥飛竄，叫聲此起彼落，彷彿我是身懷獵槍的獵人！
某天，我回到宿舍，門口正有一條相當粗、相當長的錦蛇，我們趕緊找辦公室的男眾來處理。一位師兄抓了牠，送到遠處放生。那天我們忙著阻止牠跑掉，又要防著跟前一隻孔雀吃牠，忘了照下牠的真容。
另一天，騎車路過大殿，見到荷花池附近，一條花蛇橫在小徑上。有人緊急連絡男眾來抓，我剛好帶了相機，照下牠的身影。我們也想把牠留在原地，等人抓了牠去放生，可惜圍觀的人漸多，牠緊張地跑近草叢。之後，沒再被發現。
聖城草木多，但我只看過這兩隻蛇。
