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1、HaveaLittleFaithATrueStoryMitchAlbomFINALLY,ABOOKFORMYFATHER,IRAALBOM,INWHOMIHAVEALWAYSBELIEVED.Author’sNoteTHISSTORYSPANSEIGHTYEARS.Itwasmadepossiblebythecooperationoftwouniquemen,AlbertLewisandHenryCovington—whosharedtheirhistoriesingreatdetail—aswellastheir
2、families,children,andgrandchildren,towhomtheauthorexpresseshiseternalgratitude.Allencountersandconversationsaretrueevents,althoughforpurposesofthenarrative,thetimelinehas,onafewoccasions,beensqueezed,sothat,forexample,adiscussionheldinOctoberofoneyearmaybepres
3、entedinNovemberofthenext.Also,whilethisisabookaboutfaith,theauthorcanmakenoclaimtobeingareligionexpert,noristhisahow-toguideforanyparticularbelief.Rather,itiswritteninhopethatallfaithscanfindsomethinguniversalinthestory.ThecoverwasinspiredbyAlbertLewis‟soldpra
4、yerbook,heldtogetherbyrubberbands.Perthetraditionoftithing,one-tenthoftheauthor‟sprofitsoneverybooksoldwillbedonatedtocharity,includingthechurch,synagogue,andhomelesssheltersinthisstory.Theauthorwishestothankthereadersofhispreviousbooks,andwelcomenewreaderswit
5、hmuchappreciation.IntheBeginning…Inthebeginning,therewasaquestion.“Willyoudomyeulogy?”Idon‟tunderstand,Isaid.“Myeulogy?”theoldmanaskedagain.“WhenI‟mgone.”Hiseyesblinkedfrombehindhisglasses.Hisneatlytrimmedbeardwasgray,andhestoodslightlystooped.Areyoudying?Iask
6、ed.“Notyet,”hesaid,grinning.Thenwhy—“BecauseIthinkyouwouldbeagoodchoice.AndIthink,whenthetimecomes,youwillknowwhattosay.”Picturethemostpiousmanyouknow.Yourpriest.Yourpastor.Yourrabbi.Yourimam.Nowpicturehimtappingyouontheshoulderandaskingyoutosaygood-byetothewo
7、rldonhisbehalf.Picturethemanwhosendspeopleofftoheaven,askingyouforhissend-offtoheaven.“So?”hesaid.“Wouldyoubecomfortablewiththat?”Inthebeginning,therewasanotherquestion.“Willyousaveme,Jesus?”Thismanwasholdingashotgun.HehidbehindtrashcansinfrontofaBrooklynrowho
8、use.Itwaslateatnight.Hiswifeandbabydaughterwerecrying.Hewatchedforcarscomingdownhisblock,certainthenextsetofheadlightswouldbehiskillers.“Willyousaveme,Jesus?”heasked,trembling.“IfI
