M=Mom S=Son

M：Darling, are you drawing something
S：No. I am making a talisman.
M：Talisman
S：Yes. Mom! In Chinese mythology, the discovery of writing was divinely   inspired.
M：So
S：So   I'm  trying writing something on the yellow paper in red ink.
M：Does it work Particularly efficacious for use in personal protection are said to be
      passages from religious texts or charms written by priests.
S：Yes, I know. I've seen them almost everywhere, pasted on doors and walls, 
      hanging fromn  motorcycle handlebars and car mirrors, or pinned to a child's
      clothing.
M：Yes, that's what I told you - personal protection. And I even heard the burnt
      ashes mixed with water and the whole thing swallowed.
S：I see. It's  similar  that the ash of incense offered to a deity at a local temple
      may be diluted and drunk.
M：Are you saying that you're going to write it down on the paper, and burn it
      and swallow it
S：That's too much! Mon, I'll place it inside a locket and wear it around my
      eraser.
M：Around your eraser
S：For protection!
M：I don't get it!
S：Well, my eraser always gets lost; I just wanna make a talisman to protect it
     from being stolen again.

媽媽：親愛的，你在畫畫嗎？
兒子：不，我在做護身符。
媽媽：護身符？
兒子：是的，老媽，你知道嗎？在中國的神話中，文字是有神助的。
媽媽：所以呢？
兒子：所以，我用紅色的墨水寫字在黃紙上。
媽媽：有用嗎？通常要由道士寫下的文字或密語才有保護的法力。
兒子：是的，我知道。我在許多地方都看過符，貼在門上或牆上，綁在摩托車的龍
          頭把手上或汽車後照鏡上，還有別在小孩衣服上。
媽媽：沒錯，那就是我說的----法力。我還聽說符可以燒來和水喝。
兒子：這跟廟裡的香灰摻水喝是一樣的。
媽媽：你是說你要寫一張符，燒了它再喝下去嗎？
兒子：那太過分了！媽，我要把它放在一個小袋子裡，綁在我的橡皮擦上。
媽媽：橡皮擦？
兒子：就像你說的，有法力。
媽媽：不懂！
兒子：我的橡皮擦常常不見，掛個護身符以免又被偷了。