Richard的圣诞节礼物
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圣诞节, 礼物
Richard是我儿子,他今年9岁了---------是个小男人了,很有自己的思想了---------这不,他也不问我们要圣诞节礼物,人家直接给圣诞老人写了一封信:
Dear Santa,
What I want for Christmas is a new pet such as a new turtle (alive)
without a tail and also a book about how to fold airplanes and also a
hamster. But not chocolates this time, because I already have a whole
bunch of chocolates, please bring me those stuffs.
Love
Richard
I want the turtle as the size of my old turtle and the hamster as the same size as a normal hamster.
I want them real and alive, I want a fish bowl for the turtle and a hamster cage with a wheel for the hamster, please.
他要乌龟是因为他原有一小乌龟宠物,可惜上礼拜天气骤冷,忘了拿进来给冻死了---------小伙子抽抽答答哭了好一阵子。
我和他爸看了信不能无动于衷---------他爸上网给找了一堆宠物店的电话,我觉得这是一极好的机会,可以教他搞市场调查,就叫他自己给宠物店打电话
---------问问乌龟的价格,找一最便宜的,他说打就打,打了一圈儿,发现最便宜的也得三十几块---------加税得四十,我和他爸都觉得太贵
----------因前几天Richard的冰球教练让给买一新头盔---------从前我们用的都是旧的,新头盔花了我们快五十块钱
--------说好了这就算圣诞节礼物了,现在又要宠物-------显然超出了我们的预算。
正好前几天他爸带他上图书馆,正赶是人家登记图书馆音乐会节目,把他也加上了,于是昨天我一大早陪他去图书馆开音乐会--------我以为也就是哄哄小
孩儿玩儿的--------谁知还挺正式的----------图书馆边上有一小音乐厅,里头舞台,幕布,灯光一应俱全,而且不光小孩儿表演,还有好些大
人,还有裁判。
Richard 表演唱歌,唱的是 This land is your land, 他往舞台上那么一站--------昂首挺胸,唱起来中气十足,表情自信又骄傲:
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From Batavista to the Vencouver island, from the Arctic circles to the Great Lake waters;
This land is made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway, I saw below me that golden valley;
This land is made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land;
From Batavista to the Vecouver island, from the Arctic circles to the Great Lake waters;
This land is made for you and me.
As I romed and ram, I’ve followed my foot steps to the firclad forest of our mighty mountains
and all around me a voice was sounding:
This land is made for you and me.
他的自信和骄傲打动了底下的观众,观众合着拍子拍手,我边儿上的一个女的说:”This is your son? He is great!”----------- Richard 在十几个节目中得了第一,他为他自己赢得了荣誉,也为他自己赢得了圣诞节礼物。
注:以上的歌词是他抄给我的,我原封不动抄上来。
[注]这是九年前圣诞节的事情了,现在小伙子已经上大学了,他告诉我大学里充满了亚裔学生,走廊里甚至能听到普通话交谈的声音,食堂除了刀叉之外还备有筷子,我很高兴他能与来自世界各地的同龄人们一起学习交流。