女儿的午餐袋（2）（2/2）
《美丽英文》作者：方雪梅 2017-04-14 12:47
egular lunch sack and the one with the other duct tape and staples and paper clips.
“Why two bags？”
“The other one is something else.”
“What’s in it？”
“Just some stuff—take it with you.” I stuffed both sacks into my briefcase, kissed the child and rushed off.
At midday, while hurriedly scarfing down my real lunch, I tore open Molly’s bag and shook out the contents. Two hair ribbons, three small stones, a plastic dinosaur3, a pencil stub, a tiny seashell, two animal crackers, a marble, a used lipstick, a small doll, two chocolate kisses and 13 pennies.
I smiled. How charming. Rising to hustle off, I swept the desk clean into the wastebasket—leftover lunch, Molly’s junk and all. There wasn’t anything in there I needed.
That evening Molly came to stand beside me while I was reading the paper.
“Where’s my bag？”
“What bag？”
“You know, the one I gave you this morning.”
“I left it at the office, why？”
“I forgot to put this note in it.” She handed over the note. “Besides, I want it back.”
“Why？”
“Those are my things in the sack, Daddy, the ones I really like. I thought you might like to play with them, but now I want them back. You didn’t lose the bag, did you, Daddy？” Tears puddled in her eyes.
“Why two bags？”
“The other one is something else.”
“What’s in it？”
“Just some stuff—take it with you.” I stuffed both sacks into my briefcase, kissed the child and rushed off.
At midday, while hurriedly scarfing down my real lunch, I tore open Molly’s bag and shook out the contents. Two hair ribbons, three small stones, a plastic dinosaur3, a pencil stub, a tiny seashell, two animal crackers, a marble, a used lipstick, a small doll, two chocolate kisses and 13 pennies.
I smiled. How charming. Rising to hustle off, I swept the desk clean into the wastebasket—leftover lunch, Molly’s junk and all. There wasn’t anything in there I needed.
That evening Molly came to stand beside me while I was reading the paper.
“Where’s my bag？”
“What bag？”
“You know, the one I gave you this morning.”
“I left it at the office, why？”
“I forgot to put this note in it.” She handed over the note. “Besides, I want it back.”
“Why？”
“Those are my things in the sack, Daddy, the ones I really like. I thought you might like to play with them, but now I want them back. You didn’t lose the bag, did you, Daddy？” Tears puddled in her eyes.