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It was the night before Christmas and Rob
was lying in
bed, thinking about the next day. His family
was poor, living entirely on the farm they ran, and most of the excitement of
Christmas was in the turkey they had raised themselves and pumpkin pies his mother made. He
rolled over to look at his old watch—it was two o'clock. Three hours later, his father would call him to get
up, even if it was Christmas.
His father never talked about loving him—he
had no time for such things. There was always so much to do on the farm. "Or, maybe, he just doesn't love
me," Rob thought.
He had a reason to think so. At 5
o'clock every morning, his father would call him to get up and help with the farm work. He had to go to the barn (畜棚) to hold the milking pails (挤奶桶) steadily when
his father was milking the cows. He had to
help put the tools in place and do the cleaning after the milking. He hated it that he had to do all these things at so early time.
He was not the only one awake at this night. He heard his parents whispering in the next room. "Mary,
I
hate to call Rob in the mornings. He's growing so fast and he needs his sleep. If you could see how he
sleeps when I go in to wake him up!
I wish I could manage alone. "
"Well, you can't, Adam." His mother's voice
was gentle, "Besides, he isn't a child
anymore. It's time
he took his turn. "
"Yes," his father said slowly. "But I do hate to wake him."
When he heard these words, something in him spoke: his father loved him! He had never thought of
that before, taking for granted the tie of their blood. Now that he knew his father loved him, he had to do something different on this Christmas. He did save and buy them each something every year, but he wished he had a better
present for
his father instead of
the usual tie from the ten-cent
store.
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A good idea suddenly struck him.
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It being almost five, he rushed back to his room and jumped into bed, waiting to be woken up.
答案: A good idea suddenly struck him. Why not give his father a special present, out there in the barn? He quickly got up and crept downstairs on tiptoes. The cows looked at him, sleepy and surprised. It was early for them too but they behaved well, as though they knew it was Christmas. Rob had never milked all alone before, but the task went more easily than he had ever known before. He smiled and milked steadily, two strong streams rushing into the pail, fresh and fragrant. Finishing all the milking and cleaning, he went out of the barn and closed the door behind him. It being almost five, he rushed back to his room and jumped into bed, waiting to be woken up. "Rob!" His father called, "We have to get up, even if it is Christmas. I'll get things started." Rob lay still, laughing to himself. In just a few minutes his father would know. His dancing heart was ready to jump from his body. The minutes were endless—ten, fifteen, he did not know how many—and he heard his father's footsteps again. "Rob!" His father was laughing, a queer sobbing sort of laugh." It's for Christmas, Dad l "He found his father had clutched him in a great hug. He felt his father's arms go around him. "Thank you. Nobody ever did a nicer thing".