座教堂，屋頂需要花費100美元。傳教士補充道：“難道我們不能做出一點犧牲來幫助那些貧窮的人嗎？”我們彼此看了看，臉上均露出了一星期以來的第一次微笑。
媽媽把手伸進她的錢包裡，拿出那個信封。她把它遞給達琳，達琳把它遞給了我，我又把它遞給了奧絲。奧絲把它放進了募捐箱裡。
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牧師數過捐款以後，宣布捐款數額稍稍超出了100美元。傳教士很興奮。他本沒料到能在我們這座小教堂裡募捐到這麼一大筆款項。他說，“你們這座教堂裡一定有一些富人。”這句話猛然驚醒了我們！在那稍稍超出100美元的款項中我們的捐款占了87美元。
我們是這座教堂裡富裕的家庭！難道傳教士不是這麼說的嗎？從那天開始，我再也沒覺得自己貧窮了。
Carl’s garden
卡爾的花園
Carl was a quiet man. He didn’t talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake. Watching him, we worried that although he had survived WWII, he may not make it through our changing uptown neighborhood with its ever-increasing random violence, gangs, and drug activity.
He was well into his 87th year when the very thing we had always feared finally happened. He was just finishing his watering for the day when three gang members approached him. Ignoring their attempt to intimidate him, he simply asked,“Would you like a drink from the hose?
The tallest and toughest-looking of the three said,“Yeah, sure”, with a malevolent little smile. As Carl offered the hose to him, the other two grabbed Carl’s arm, throwing him down. As the hose snaked crazily over the ground, dousing everything in its way, Carl’s assailants stole his retirement watch and his wallet, and then fled.
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.kcatta detcepxe eht rof flesmih decarb eH
aC depleh eh sA .lraC ot dnah derracs dna deoottat eht gnireffo llits ,yltfos ekops nam gnuoy ehT ”.emit siht uoy truh ot gniog ton m’I ,nam dlo yrrow t’noD“
