小宝是陕北高原上的一个放羊娃,一个“留守孩子”。他长这么大了,还从来没有坐过火车。小宝的家,就在一眼望不到边的那片黄土塬上,那是他和爷爷奶奶,还有他的羊群生活的地方。像爷爷一样,小宝头上也缠着白羊肚毛巾,每天都到山坡上去放羊。高原上一年四季缺少雨水,好多小草和小树都渴死了。小宝赶着羊群,每天要走很远很远的路,才能找到一小块有青草的山坡。 Andy is a sheep on the northern Shaanxi Plateau, a “left behind child ”. He grew so big and never got in a train. Andy’s home, on the loess plateau at a glance, is where he and his grandparents, and his flock live. Like grandpa, the little head wrapped in white lamb belly towel, go to the hillside every day to put the sheep. The lack of rain on all four seasons of the plateau last year, many grass and trees are thirsty. Andy pursued the flock, go far and far every day, in order to find a small grassy hillside.