在水里，大觀電廠下的二坪冰棒與車站邊木桶便當香 / In Shuili: Popsicles Beneath Guandian Power Plant, and Station-Side Bento Fragrance
昨天在集集龍泉車站，我聽了百年苦楝樹的風聲，吃了古早味枝仔冰；今天清晨再次上車，沿著集集支線往最上游的方向駛去，終點是水里。列車離開綠色隧道後，山勢漸深，溪谷的霧氣開始在車窗外升起，濁水溪的上游就在前方慢慢展開。 Yesterday at Jiji's Longquan halt, I listened to the wind through century-old chinaberry trees and ate an old-style popsicle. This morning I board the train again, riding the Jiji Line toward its uppermost reaches, the final stop: Shuili. After the green tunnel, the mountains deepen and valley mist begins to rise outside the window—the upper Zhuoshui River unfolds slowly ahead. 水里車站沒有繁複的站房，只有一座木月台與鄰側的老街；便當香氣從木桶裡漫出，與柴油列車的鳴笛一同在山間飄散。（宮崎駿／吉卜力手繪動畫風格改編） Shuili Station has no grand station building—just a wooden platform and the old street beside it; bento aroma rises from the wooden buckets, mingling with the diesel train's whistle in the mountains. (Studio Ghibli style watercolor illustration.) 水里車站是集集線的終點，也是一個不需要趕時間的地方。月台邊的老街安靜得像一幅舊畫，幾家賣便當的小店將熱氣騰騰的木桶擺在門口，裡面是紅燒肉、滷蛋與時令蔬菜，米飯的香氣與木頭的氣息一起飄在空氣中。沒有招牌爭搶注意，只有鐵軌與老屋共同的節奏。 Shuili Station is the end of the Jiji ...
