The poem discusses innocence and experience at different stages of life. When the speaker was young in kindergarten, they were told to give away coins and bills but not their purity. As an adult, the speaker understands that while dreams can be paid for with tears, experience helps one find their true heart. The poem contrasts the speaker's youth and adulthood.

1. When I Was
One - and -
Twenty
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by 何育萱

2. When I was in
kindergarten,
I heard someone
say,
“ Give coins and bills
away ”
But not your purity
away;
Give candies and cookies
away,
But keep innocence free.

3. But I was too young,
No use to say that to me.

4. When I was an adult
I heard an elder say,
“ The dream out of the
individual
was never given in
vain;
„Tis paid with tears aplenty
And sold for your true
heart.”

5. And I was an adult,
And oh,
„tis true, „tis true.