一双新鞋（5）（2/2）
《穿过爱的时光》作者：杨柳青 2017-01-24 02:12
d hair and dusty shirt. My lips began to quiver, but this wasn’t the time for crying. “Alice, honey, please hurry,” I called, as I ran into the house. “You are going shopping for the best pair of shoes you can find. You will be the neatest girl in Acme’s lineup tomorrow morning!”
“Mama, are you awake? Are you ready for your birthday dinner?”
I open my eyes and see I am surrounded by the people I love: gentle Alice, now gray and heavy; young Rebecca, vivacious and pretty, and all the others, old and young.
“You were telling yourself a story, weren’t you, Mama?” Alice says, teasing. “It must have been a happy story, Mama. You had a smile on your face.”
“It was a beautiful story.”
As I struggle to my feet, Rebecca’s new shoes slide off my lap and fall to the carpet with a soft thud.
“Mama, are you awake? Are you ready for your birthday dinner?”
I open my eyes and see I am surrounded by the people I love: gentle Alice, now gray and heavy; young Rebecca, vivacious and pretty, and all the others, old and young.
“You were telling yourself a story, weren’t you, Mama?” Alice says, teasing. “It must have been a happy story, Mama. You had a smile on your face.”
“It was a beautiful story.”
As I struggle to my feet, Rebecca’s new shoes slide off my lap and fall to the carpet with a soft thud.