Tante Sanna would bring in dishes of sweet, sweet, sticky candy, or a great bowl of grapes or peaches, and Great-aunt Stephina would converse gravely about happenings on the farm ,and, more rarely, of the outer world. 桑娜阿姨每次都要端出几碟...
The beautiful and dolorous memory. 那些美好而忧伤的记忆。 I wish someone were waiting for me somewhere. 我希望有人在什么地方等我 The Love letter 迟到的情书 I was always a little in awe of Great-aunt Stephina Roos. Indeed,...
The tree was again lonely and sad. 树再次陷入孤单和悲伤之中。 One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. Come and play with me! the tree said. I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you...
The Apple Tree 苹果树 A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow... He loved the tree and the tree loved to play wit...
When you find friends like this, hold on to them, treasure them, spend time with them, be kind to them, love them。 当你寻找到像这样的朋友，就一定要坚守这份友谊，珍惜他们，花些时间和他们在一起，友善的对待他...
A letter to my son 一封给我儿子的信 Dear Seth, 亲爱的塞斯， You're only three years old, and at this point in your life you can't read, much less understand what I'm going to try to tell you in this letter. 你现在仅仅3岁，此刻你...
The house was empty when I arrived and I looked for a note on the refrigerator that might explain my mother's absence, but found none. My chin quivered with a mixture of heartbreak and rage. For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down. 当...
Forgotten and Forgiven 忘记并宽容 As I sat perched in the second-floor window of our brick schoolhouse that afternoon, my heart began to sink further with each passing car. 那天下午，我坐在学校砖楼二楼的窗沿上，看着一辆辆经...
visit with a tramp 一个流浪汉的来访 I was swinging on the front gate, trying to decide whether to walk down the street to play with Verna, my best friend in fifth grade, when I saw a tramp come up the road. 我在院门口晃悠，想着要不要...
It wasn't until later that evening thhat I noticed a mailbox taped onto the doors to each of our bedrooms , there was one for Steve. There was one for Tom. She hadn't forgotten Sam or baby Paul. 直到深夜我才发现，每个人的卧室门上都贴...
爱的小纸条 Love Notes It's been over eleven years now. It was a wintry afternoon, the snow swirling around the cedar trees outside, forcing little icicles to form at the tips of the deep green foliage clinging to the branches. 11年前，那是一...
No，no,he' d say, I was just waiting for you. 不，不累，他总说，我只是在等你。 Then we'd lock up the house and go to bed. 然后，我们便各自关上房门，上床睡觉了。 My father waited up for me all through my high school...
A Dance with Dad-Allen 与父亲共舞-艾伦 I am dancing with my father at my parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. The band is playing an old-fashioned waltz as we move gracefully across the floor. His hand on my waist is as guiding a...
Mother's Hands 妈妈的手 Night after night, she came to tuck me in, even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead. 母亲总是在我入睡之后，...
She asked me a series of questions and the interview was over. 回答完一连串的问题后，面试结束了。 As I exited her office, I turned around and said, 'Mrs. Martin, I know that I am not qualified like your other applicants, but please g...
