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| It was a beautiful spring day, and a sense of peace stayed with me as I left the cathedral (大教堂) on Easter Monday morning. I 1 for a moment on top of the steps leading to the avenue, now 2 with people rushing to their jobs. Sitting in her 3 place, inside a small archway (拱门), was the old flower lady. At her 4 , dresses and flowers were parading (炫耀) on top of a spread-open newspaper. The flower lady was 5 , her wrinkled old face alive with some inner 6 . I started down the stairs- then on an impulse (冲动), I turned and 7 a flower. As I put it in my lapel (翻领), I said, "You look 8 ." "Why not?' she answered. "Everything is good." She was dressed so 9 and seemed so very old that her reply 10 me. "You've been sitting here for many 11 now, haven't you? And always smiling. You wear your 12 well." "You can't 13 my age and not have troubles," she 14 , "only it's like Jesus and Good Friday..." She paused for a moment. "Yes?" "Well, when Jesus was killed-on Good Friday, that was the 15 day for the whole world. When I get troubles I remember that, 16 then I think of what happened only three days 17 Easter-our Lord arose from the dead. So when things 18 , I've learned to wait three days...and 19 everything gets much better." She smiled good-bye, but her words still follow me 20 think I have troubles..."Give God a chance to help. Wait three days." | ||||
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