公车上的鲜花

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1、公车上的鲜花　　Wewereaverymotleycrowdofpeoplewhotookthebuseverydaythatsummer33yearsago.Duringtheearlymorningridefromthesuburb，wesatdrowsilywithourcollarsuptoourears，acheerlessandtaciturnbunch.　　Oneofthepassengerswasasmallgreymanwhotookthebustothecentreforseniorcitizenseverymorning.Hewalkedwithastoo

2、pandasadlookonhisfacewhenhe，withsomedifficulty，boardedthebusandsatdownalonebehindthedriver.Nooneeverpaidverymuchattentiontohim.　　ThenoneJulymorninghesaidgoodmorningtothedriverandsmiledshort-sightedlydownthroughthebusbeforehesatdown.Thedrivernoddedguardedly.Therestofusweresilent.　　Thenextday，

3、theoldmanboardedthebusenergetically，smiledandsaidinaloudvoice，“Andaverygoodmorningtoyouall！”Someofuslookedup，amazed，andmurmured“Goodmorning”inreply.　　Thefollowingweeksweweremorealert.Ourfriendwasnowdressedinaniceoldsuitandawideout-of-datetie.Thethinhairhadbeencarefullycombed.Hesaidgoodmornin

4、gtouseverydayand5wegraduallybegantonodandtalktoeachother.　　Onemorninghehadabunchofwildflowersinhishand.Thedriverturnedaroundsmilinglyandasked：“Haveyougotyourselfagirlfriend，Charlie？”Wenevergottoknowifhisnamereallywas“Charlie”，buthenoddedshylyandsaidyes.　　Theotherpassengerswhistledandclappeda

5、thim.Charliebowedandwavedtheflowersbeforehesatdownonhisseat.　　EverymorningafterthatCharliealwaysbroughtaflower.Someoftheregularpassengersbeganbringinghimflowersforhisbouquet，gentlynudgedhimandsaidshyly：“Here.”Everyonesmiled.Themenstartedtojestaboutit，talktoeachother，andsharethenewspaper.　　Th

6、esummerwentby，andautumnwasclosingin，whenonemorningCharliewasn’twaitingathisusualstop.Whenhewasn’ttherethenextdayandthedayafterthat，westartedwonderingifhewassickor―hopefully―onholidaysomewhere.　　Whenwecamenearertothecentreforseniorcitizens，oneofthepassengersaskedthedrivertowait.Weallheldourbr

7、eathswhenshewenttothedoor.　　Yes，thestaffsaid，theyknewwhoweweretalkingabout.Theelderlygentlemanwasfine，buthehadn’tbeencomingtothecentrethatweek.Oneofhisveryclosefriendshaddiedattheweekend.5TheyexpectedhimbackonMonday.Howsilentweweretherestofthewayto