In this way it could be seen that Pinocha the Plover is not just a novel about a bird; it became a way of letting my son get a deep understanding of the relationship between growing up and individuality. His discovery of the relation-ship between Liu Ko-hsiang and Pinocha the Plover could also be a discovery of the relationship between himself and the future course of his life.
如此，《風鳥皮諾查》才不會只是一本描寫風鳥的小說而已；它成了讓兒子更深入去理解成長和自我之間關係的媒介，當他找到了作者劉克襄和《風鳥皮諾查》的關係，也就有可能找到他自己和未來生命旅程的關係。