My son Ben had barely heard of his cousins Marcia and Juli before we moved to their hometown. Since we'd become neighbors, I thought he should get to know them. So, I invited the cousins over for a meet-and-greet one afternoon.
When the bell rang, Ben rushed to open the door. In came Marcia, a chatty, retired schoolteacher in her 70s. Dragging behind her, relying heavily on his walking stick, was her over-eighty-year-old husband Juli, who used to be a sports lover. Not having seen him since I'd become a mom, I wondered whether he was kid-friendly. With one glance, I quickly decided that he probably wasn't.
After the introductions, we sat down to have a chat. Ben, who was 4 at the time, stared curiously at the cousins. Suddenly, he eyed Juli's walking stick, which stood right beside his chair. ''Why do you have a stick? '' he asked abruptly.
Juli paused for a while as he hadn't expected my son to speak to him. Then he seemed pleased that Ben had noticed something about him. He briefly explained, and invited Ben to try out the walking stick. Excited, Ben stepped up, took it in hand and walked with it around the room. The serious look on Juli's face softened as he watched. That afternoon, Ben popped in and out of the room several times to have fun with his new friend. Toward the end of the visit, Ben sneaked over to Juli, wordlessly climbed onto his lap and gave him a hug. After a little surprise, Julis lips curved into a subtle smile.
During the following two years, Juli often came to babysit Ben. The two would call each other buddy and laughed loudly together, even though one was much older.
One summer evening, unexpectedly, I received a painful call saying that Juli had just passed away, which came as a shock to me. I gently told Ben about the terrible loss, explaining that Juli was 85. ''That was so young! '' Ben shouted between tears.
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Para 1: The next day, we decided to visit cousin Marcia.
Para 2: Before we left, Marcia told Ben that she had something special to give him
I was six years old and my sister, Sally Kay, was a submissive(顺从的) three. For some reason, I thought we needed to earn some money. I decided we should "hire out" as maids. We visited the neighbors, offering to clean houses for them for a quarter cents.
Reasonable as our offer was, there were no takers. But one neighbor telephoned Mother to let her know what Mary Alice and Sally Kay were doing. Mother had just hung up the phone when we came bursting through the backdoor into the kitchen of our apartment. "Girls," Mother asked, "Why were you two going a-round the neighborhood telling people you would clean their houses?"
Mother wasn't angry with us. In fact, we learned afterwards, she was amused that we had come up with such an idea. But, for some reason, we both denied having done any such thing. Shocked and terribly hurt that her dear little girls could be such "bold-faced(厚颜无耻的) liars", Mother then told us that Mrs. Jones had just called to tell her we had been to her house and said we would clean it for a quarter.
Faced with the truth, we admitted what we had done. Mother said that we had "fib bed(撒个小谎)". We had not told the truth. She tried to explain why a fib hurt but she didn't feel that were-ally understood.
Mother decided to teach us a lesson, one that we never forgot. Then an idea came to her in a flash. She cheerfully continued preparing for lunch.
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As we were chewing on sandwiches, she asked, "Would you two like to go to the movies this afternoon?"
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Mother bent and gathered us in her arms with tears in her eyes.
Boys like to be considered to be brave, but what kind of things can be considered to be brave? It is not a question that can be answered by words, but by the actual deed. A boy with the name Henry gave us a good example. Ronny and Henry were two friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day as Ronny and Henry were going home after school, they saw some people fighting in the street corner. Ronny said excitedly, "Some people are fighting! Let's go and have a look!" But Henry refused, "It's none of our business. We'd better go home and don't get close to them. Also our parents are expecting to have dinner with us together at home and I don't want them to worry about me. "
"You are a coward, and afraid to go," said Ronny, and off he ran to the spot with some other boys. Henry had to go home alone and didn't think about it anymore.
But Ronny thought Henry was a coward and told all the boys that. They laughed at him a great deal. From then on, they looked down upon Henry and didn't want to play with him.
Henry was sad but he wasn't angry with Ronny for his rude behavior, because he had learned that true courage was shown most in bearing misunderstanding when it was not deserved, and that he ought to be afraid of nothing but doing wrong. Thus, he just ignored the other boys' laughter and continued to stick to his thought and go to school and study as well. However, Ronny didn't invite Henry to go home with him anymore. Instead, he had his new friends who also thought Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn't go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play games and had lots of fun.
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A few days later, something terrible happened to Ronny.
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At that moment, Henry happened to pass by.
Jenny, a ten-year-old girl, lived with her poor single mother, Annika, who worked as a cleaner. One day, her mom came home and said her arthritis（关节炎）was getting worse. "It has been getting harder for me to clean the streets the whole day, sweetheart," her mom said.
"Do you need to go to the doctor, Mom?" Jenny asked. Annika shook her head and simply replied she couldn't work as much as she used to. "I'll make less money. We'll need to save money," Annika added.
Jenny realized her mother needed her help. She thought about going to work with her mom so they could sweep the same number of streets as before, or even more. Jenny also thought, "Then, my mom will have enough money to go to the doctor." She told Annika her idea. But Annika disagreed and explained, "You should study hard at school, Jenny." Jenny agreed and continued with school.
A few days later, however, Annika realized she couldn't deal with her work on her own and allowed Jenny to help her after school every day. Jenny nodded right away and helped her mom sweep streets.
To pass the time, Jenny would sing the songs of her favorite singer while sweeping. Jenny loved the singer, but didn't know a lot about her. Actually, the singer was a very kind person. If she knew someone needed help, she'd give a helping hand.
One afternoon, some of Jenny's classmates saw her sweeping the street. They began making fun of her, with words like "Your mother is a cleaner, and you're a cleaner, too!" Jenny paid no attention to them, and continued to sing her favorite song while sweeping.
Her classmates then took photos and videos of Jenny and posted them online. "Our classmate is a street sweeper!" they wrote in their post. While they expected others to laugh at Jenny, they were surprised at what happened afterwards.
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Many people shared Jenny's story, writing words of support and raising money for her.
……
Jenny was surprised when seeing her favorite singer walking to her.
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