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Once, when I was a
teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏团). Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket
counter.
This family made a big
impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of
twelve. You could tell they didn't have a lot of money. Their clothes were not
expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them
standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were
excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see
that night with their brothers or sisters in a low voice.
One could sense they
had never been to the circus before. It promised to be highlight of their young
lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as
could be. The mother was holding her husband's hand, looking up at him as if to
say," You are my knight in shining armor."
The father was smiling
and responding in pride, looking back at her as if to say," You got that
right. "The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He
proudly responded," Please let me buy eight children tickets and two adult
tickets so I can take my family to the circus.
The ticket lady gave
the price. The mother let go of her husband's hand, her head dropped. The
father's lips began to shake and leaned a little closer and asked," How
much did you say?"
The ticket lady again
quoted the price. The man didn't have enough money.
How was he supposed to
turn and tell his eight children that he didn't have enough money to take them
to the circus?
Actually we were not
wealthy in any sense. So I understand how the kids would feel. I felt sorry for
them.
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Seeing what was going
on,my dad put his hand in his pocket,pulled out a $ 20 bill and dropped it on the ground.
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That day my father and
I went back to our car and drove home without any tickets.
答案: Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then he picked it up and tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket”. The man turned around and saw the money. He knew what was going on, he looked straight into my dad's eyes, took my dad' s hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with his lip shaking and a tear running down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family” That day my father and I went back to our car and drove home without any tickets.We didn't go to the circus that night, when I asked dad why he did so, Dad said, “My child, it was a desperate, heartbreaking and embarrasing situation for a father. Surely he wasn't begging for a handout, but he reminded me of my father, when I was young”. He paused for a while, as if wandering in his memory. “We should appreciate what we have obtained from life and seize every opportunity to he1p others. We didn' t go to the circus tonight,but we didn't go without. Now, who wants an ice cream? ”