The first moment came when I was in the local dollar store. There was an older woman in front of me just wrapping(包裹) up her goods. 小题1:
Before I could even offer to help, the young cashier gave her a big smile. She said, “Oh, don’t worry about it,” and sent the woman on her way.
As I came up she said, “It’s only a few cents. I can’t make a big deal out of it.” I responded, “Here’s the seventeen cents. 小题2: In this way your cash won’t be short.”
小题3: We passed a young man whose arms and face were covered in tattoos (纹身). He wore torn clothes and sat on the sidewalk with a sign that said “Homeless—Hungry—Sick.”
Now as we passed I was thinking “Junkie (有毒瘾者)”. 小题4: But, as we went a little further, I said to myself, “Who am I to judge? I should just put something in his paper cup.”
At the same moment my son said, “That man is homeless, hungry and sick. I want to help him.”
I gave him some money and told him he could put it in the cup. As I watched the young man gave my son a big smile and said, “Thank you!” My son told him, “No problem.” When my son came back to me he said, “That was good. Now he can get better.”
小题5: And, once again, I learned that children are often our best role models for the acceptance of others.| A．You did a really nice thing. | | B．It was an automatic reaction (自动反应). | | C．His sign says he needs more clothes. | | D．The rate (几率) of people giving her money is low. |
E. Just two little moments, but they taught me lots.
F. The second moment came when I was walking along with my son.
G. When she came to pay for them she discovered that she was seventeen cents short. |