愛(ài)的禮物

湖南省隆回縣教育局英語(yǔ)教研室　陳博供稿

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愛(ài)的禮物

湖南省隆回縣教育局英語(yǔ)教研室陳博供稿

“Can I see my baby?”the new mother asked happily.When the baby was put into her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his little face,she gasped1.The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the tall hospital window.The baby had been born without ears.Time proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect.It was only his appearance that was marred2.

When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother’s arms,she sighed3,knowing that his life was to be a succession4of heartbreaks.He cried,“A boy,a big boy...called me a freak5.”He grew up,handsome for his misfortune.His fellow students all liked him and he might have been the monitor but for that.He developed a gift,a talent for art and music.

“But you might mingle6with other young people,”his mother reproved7him,but felt a kindness in her heart.

The boy’s father had a talk with the family physician.“Could nothing be done?”“I believe I could graft8on a pair of outer ears,if they could be gotten,”the doctor decided.So the search began for a person who would give the ears to the young man.

Two years went by.One day,his father said to the son,“You’re going to the hospital,son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need.But it’s a secret.”

The operation was a great success,and a new man appeared in front of the people.He displayed his talents,and his school and college became a series of triumphs9.

Later he got married and one day he asked his father,“Who gave me the ears?Who gave me so much?I could never do enough for him or her.”

“I do not believe you could,”said the father,“but the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet.”The years kept their secret,but the day did come.One of the darkest days that ever pass through a son.He stood with his father over his mother’s casket10.Slowly,gently,the father held out a hand and raised the thick,reddish brown hair to tell him his mother had no outer ears.

“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut,”his father said gently,“and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful,did they?”

Remember:Real beauty lies not in the physical appearance,but in the heart.Real treasure lies not in what can be seen,but what cannot be seen.Real love lies not in what is done and known,but in what that is done but not known.

“我能看看我的孩子嗎?”剛生完孩子的媽媽幸福地問(wèn)道。當(dāng)嬰兒被放到她懷里，她打開圍布看他那小臉蛋時(shí)，不禁倒吸了一口氣。醫(yī)生急忙轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身，透過(guò)醫(yī)院高高的窗戶朝外望去。孩子生下來(lái)就沒(méi)有耳朵。時(shí)間證明孩子的聽(tīng)力沒(méi)有任何問(wèn)題，只是相貌受損。

一天，他從學(xué)校跑回家，一頭撲到她的懷里，她嘆了口氣，知道他的生活會(huì)是接連不斷的悲傷。他痛哭道：“一個(gè)男孩，一個(gè)大男孩……叫我怪物?！彼L(zhǎng)大了，盡管有不幸的殘疾，長(zhǎng)得還算相貌英俊。他的同學(xué)都喜歡他，要不是他的先天缺陷，他會(huì)被選為班長(zhǎng)。他逐漸顯露出在文學(xué)和音樂(lè)方面的才華。

“你要和其他孩子打交道呀，”母親嘴上責(zé)備他，心中卻滿是柔情。

男孩的父親和家庭醫(yī)生談了一次?！半y道什么也做不了?”“我相信我能夠移植外耳，只要能夠找到適合他的耳朵，”醫(yī)生拿定主意說(shuō)。于是他們開始尋找一位愿意為年輕人獻(xiàn)出耳朵的人。

兩年過(guò)去了。有一天，父親說(shuō)：“兒子，你可以去醫(yī)院移植耳朵啦。你媽和我找到了愿意為你捐獻(xiàn)耳朵的人，但這個(gè)人是誰(shuí)還是個(gè)秘密?！?/p>

手術(shù)非常成功，一個(gè)全新的人出現(xiàn)在人們面前。他盡情施展著自己的才華，從中學(xué)到大學(xué)都是一帆風(fēng)順，風(fēng)光無(wú)比。

后來(lái)他結(jié)婚了。一天，他問(wèn)他的父親，“是誰(shuí)給了我這對(duì)耳朵？是誰(shuí)對(duì)我如此慷慨？我對(duì)他（她）是永遠(yuǎn)報(bào)答不盡的?！?/p>

“我想你是報(bào)答不盡的，”父親說(shuō)，“但是協(xié)議是你不能知道……現(xiàn)在還不能告訴你。”這個(gè)秘密被歲月塵封，但那一天最終還是到來(lái)了……那是一個(gè)兒子經(jīng)歷的最黑暗的一天。他和父親站在母親的棺材前。慢慢地，輕輕地，父親伸過(guò)一只手，撩起母親厚厚的棕紅色頭發(fā)——母親沒(méi)有了外耳。

“母親說(shuō)她樂(lè)意永遠(yuǎn)不剪她的頭發(fā)，”他輕聲說(shuō)，“也從來(lái)沒(méi)有人認(rèn)為母親不那么漂亮了，是不是？”

請(qǐng)記?。赫嬲拿啦辉谕獗?，而在內(nèi)心。真正的寶藏不在被人看見(jiàn)的地方，而在不被人看見(jiàn)的地方。真正的愛(ài)不在讓人知道做了什么，而在做了什么卻不為人知。