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1、TheDayMotherCried妈妈哭的那夭Cominghomefromschoolthatdarkwinter'sdaysolongago,Iwasfilledwithanticipation.Ihadanewissueofmyfavoritesportsmagazinetuckedundermyarm,andthehousetomyself.Dadwasatwork,mysisterwasaway,andMotherwouldn'tbehomefromhernewjobforanhour.Iboundedupthesteps,burstinto

2、thelivingroomandflippedonalight.IwasshockedintostillnessbywhatIsaw・Mother,pulledintoatightballwithherfaceinherhands,satatthefarendofthecouch・Shewascrying.Ihadneverseenhercry.Iapproachedcautiouslyandtouchedhershoulder."Mother?"Isaid”What'shappened?*1Shetookalongbreathandmanageda

3、weaksmile・"It'snothing,really.Nothingimportant.JustthanFmgoingtolosethisncwjob.Ican'ttypefastenough/1"Butyoifvconlybeentherethreedays,"Isaid.”You'llcatchon.”IwasrepeatingalineshehadspokentomeahundredtimeswhenIwashavingtroublelearningordoingsomethingimportanttome."No."shesaidsad

4、ly."IalwayssaidIcoulddoanythingIsetmymindto,andIstillthinkIcaninmostthings.ButIcan*tdothis.”1felthelplessandoutofplace・Atage16IstillassumedMothercoulddoanything・Someyearsbefore,whenwesoldourranchandmovedtotown.Motherhaddecidedtoopenadaynursery・Shehadhadnotraining,butthatdidn'ts

5、tandinherway.Shesentawayforcorrespondencecoursesinchildcare,didthelessonsandinsixmonthsformallyqualifiedherselfforthetask.Itwasn*tlongbeforeshehadafullenrollmentandawaitinglist.IacceptedallthisasaperfectlynormalinstanceofMothersability.Butneitherthenurserynorthemotelmyparentsbo

6、ughtlaterhadprovidedenoughincometosendmysisterandmetocollege.IntwoyearsIwouldbereadyfor在很久以前一个昏暗的冬天，我放学回家，心中充满了期待。我腋下夹着我最爱看的一期新的体育杂志，再者，家里没有别人打扰我。父亲在上班，妹妹不在家，妈妈还得过-个小时才会从她的新工作下班。我跳上台阶，冲进起居室，啪嗒一声打开电灯。我被眼前的景象惊呆了。妈双手捂着脸，身子紧缩成一团，坐在长沙发的另一端。我从未见她哭过。我小心地走近她，碰了碰她的肩膀。“妈,”我说,“怎么啦？"妈深深地吸了

7、一口气，强作微笑。“没什么，真的。没有什么要紧的事。只是我这份新工作要丢了。我打字打得不够快。““可你才上了三天班，我说。“你会熟练起来的。"我只是在重复她讲过上冇次的一句话，每当我学习或做一件对自己重要的大事而遇到困难时，她总是这样跟我说的。“不，"妈伤心地说。“我过去总是讲，凡是我下决心干的察，我都能干成。我仍然认为大多数事情我想干就能干成。但我就是干不了打字这一行。’‘我感到无能为力，很不自在。我十六岁了，但仍然以为妈什么都能干。儿年前，当我们卖掉农场，搬到城里住的时候，妈决定开办日托所。她过去没有受过这方面的训练，但这并不能妨碍她。她写信要求

8、修幼托函授课程，做了功课，六个月后就正式获得了从事这项工作的资楼。不久她的日托所就招生额满，而且还有i批等着