你會用什麼方式過你的退休生活呢?
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我們或許想要清閒下來,但一時沒有工作好像又略顯空虛。在台灣,有人選擇回到鄉下享受田園之樂、有人選擇運動性質樂活生活,也有人開始經營民宿。這都是充實退休生活的方法。
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在澳洲,這裡有位高齡109歲的人瑞Alfred Date,他選擇義務幫企鵝們織毛衣。Alfred從1932年開始編織,起初是想給孫子一件溫暖可以過冬的毛衣,這一織就是80多年。
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有超人衣造型毛衣!感覺會飛翔的企鵝不再是夢啊!
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企鵝穿著有企鵝標章的小毛衣!每件都獨具特色啊!
當Alfred Date來到新南威爾斯中海岸(New South Wales’ Central Coast)的養老院時,兩名護士小姐早有耳聞老先生這份編織才藝,請求老先生幫忙為當地的企鵝織毛衣。很快地Alfred Date也開始和來自世界各地約百名的熱心民眾一起幫助小企鵝。
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彩虹紋路好美啊!
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毛衣也有熱帶風情(笑)
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Photo Source: Australia's Oldest Man Knits Sweaters For Injured Penguins | Juzz Tv
Photo Source: Australia's Oldest Man Knits Sweaters For Injured Penguins | Juzz Tv
為什麼要幫小企鵝織毛衣?難道企鵝怕冷嗎?
事實上,在菲利浦島(Phillip Island)曾經發生過漏油事件,企鵝們沾上油汙後會嚴重感到不適。原先動物保育人士企圖清洗企鵝身上的石油,但因為企鵝數量實在太多,一隻一隻洗也洗不完,最終動保人士決定先讓企鵝們穿上毛衣,免得他們清潔羽毛時誤食油汙,造成另一波健康問題。
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雖然年事已高,但Alfred Date表示他的毛衣可是有品質保證的喔!
相信在全球數百名義工默默幫助下,小企鵝們擁有足夠的毛衣,未來也能夠健健康康的長大。如今Alfred Date不僅是他們最年長的小企鵝毛衣編織義工,同時也是澳洲最年長的人。而他也表示,他之後還會持續編織,讓這份愛繼續傳下去。
Source: The Oldest Man In Australia Spends His Time Knitting Sweaters For Penguins, Australia's oldest man Alfie Date, 109, knits sweaters for PENGUINS | Daily Mail Online
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