One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head
. Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with
and fear.
With growing
I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely
ours. This would be a good opportunity to
my children, so I explained their difficult
to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll
what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously
the boys and I filled one box with canned food.
While I
our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and
some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched
as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.
The boys placed the toys they had
to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll
tightly to her chest. She
in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a
kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You
to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.
she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”
I stared at Meghan for a long moment,
how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but
to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it?
, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
| 小题2: | | A．smile | B．confusion | C．joy | D．anger |
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| 小题3: | | A．happiness | B．friendship | C．puzzle | D．interest |
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| 小题4: | | A．matched | B．equaled | C．compared | D．suited |
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| 小题5: | | A．help | B．complain | C．change | D．teach |
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| 小题6: | | A．experience | B．problem | C．situation | D．process |
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| 小题7: | | A．give | B．share | C．send | D．spare |
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| 小题8: | | A．as | B．since | C．though | D．because |
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| 小题9: | | A．came through | B．broke through | C．sorted through | D．got through |
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| 小题10: | | A．donate | B．leave | C．keep | D．sell |
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| 小题11: | | A．hopefully | B．anxiously | C．depressingly | D．quietly |
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| 小题12: | | A．separated | B．chosen | C．bought | D．confirmed |
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| 小题13: | | A．hugged | B．tied | C．grasped | D．caught |
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| 小题14: | | A．settled | B．regretted | C．paused | D．cried |
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| 小题15: | | A．precious | B．final | C．hearty | D．lovely |
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| 小题16: | | A．wouldn’t like | B．ought not | C．had better not | D．don’t have |
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| 小题17: | | A．Also | B．Yet | C．Maybe | D．Though |
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| 小题18: | | A．knowing | B．wondering | C．realizing | D．expecting |
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| 小题19: | | A．available | B．necessary | C．important | D．hard |
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| 小题20: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Otherwise | D．Moreover |
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