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At first, my mood was very simple. I just felt that I was very lucky to witness the process of a person germinating, sprouting and growing like a seed... I actually wanted to put aside my feelings as a mother and my identity as a novelist who grew up in Taipei to observe and record her. I forgot that she was my daughter and imagined that she was like her. The work of an individual anthropologist facing a heterogeneous tribal group... But after all, all her exploration and learning were deeply affected by me who lived with her day and night. Even if I can try to remove the part of myself that is within the reach of rationality, I can't take away a little bit of the deep emotions generated by my long-term relationship with her...

A small "anthropology report" by novelist Zhu Tianxin; a relaxing note on parent-child growth; "Accompanying you, observing you, and recording your innocence has helped me grow into a mother." "Learning to Fly" records every detail of the relationship between Zhu Tianxin, a new mother, and her child, Mengmeng. Nearly 50 meaningful short essays, using the distant but intimate observation perspective and light writing style of a "big playmate", outline Mengmeng's random and "unpruned" growth trajectory from birth to entering elementary school. They also reveal the deep love and growing maturity of the new mother's mind. Interspersed with interesting clips of parent-child interactions, Mengmeng's children's words are compiled into quotations, paired with his childhood paintings, showing a colorful childlike world in addition to the novelist's words.