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1、心灵鸡汤:一份爱的礼物In1945,a12-year-oldboy saw somethinginashopwindowthatsethisheartracing.Buttheprice—fivedollars—wasfarbeyondReubenEarle'smeans.Fivedollarswouldbuyalmostaweek'sgroceriesforhisfamily.Reubencouldn'taskhisfatherforthemoney.EverythingMarkEarlemadethroughfish
2、inginBayRoberts,Newfoundland,Canada.Reuben'smother,Dora,stretchedlike elastic tofeedandclothetheirfivechildren.Nevertheless,heopenedtheshop'sweathereddoorandwentinside.Standingproudandstraightinhisflour-sackshirtandwashed-out trousers,hetoldtheshopkeeperwhathewan
3、ted,adding,"ButIdon'thavethemoneyrightnow.Canyoupleaseholditformeforsometime?""I'lltry,"theshopkeepersmiled."Folksaroundheredon'tusuallyhavethatkindofmoneytospendonthings.Itshouldkeepforawhile."Reubenrespectfully touched hisworncapandwalkedoutintothesunlightwitht
4、hebayripplinginafresheningwind.Therewaspurposeinhisloping stride5.Hewouldraisethefivedollarsandnottellanybody.Hearingthesoundofhammeringfromasidestreet,Reubenhadanidea.Herantowardsthesoundandstoppedata construction site.PeoplebuilttheirownhomesinBayRoberts,usingn
5、ailspurchasedinHessiansacksfromalocalfactory.Sometimesthesackswerediscardedintheflurryofbuilding,andReubenknewhecouldsellthembacktothefactoryforfivecentsapiece.Thatdayhefoundtwosacks,whichhetooktotheramblingwoodenfactoryandsoldtothemaninchargeofpackingnails.Thebo
6、y'shandtightlyclutchedthefive-centpiecesasheranthetwokilometershome.Nearhishousestoodtheancientbarnthathousedthefamily'sgoatsandchickens.Reubenfoundarustysoda tin anddroppedhiscoinsinside.Thenheclimbedintotheloftofthebarnandhidthetinbeneathapileofsweetsmelling ha
7、y.ItwasdinnertimewhenReubengothome.Hisfathersatatthebig kitchen table,workingonafishing net.Dorawasatthekitchen stove,readytoservedinnerasReubentookhisplaceatthetable.3Helookedathismotherandsmiled.Sunlightfromthewindowgildedher shoulder-lengthblondehair.Slimandbe
8、autiful,shewasthecenterofthehome,the glue thatheldittogether.Herchoreswerenever-ending.SewingclothesforherfamilyontheoldSingertreadlemachine,cookingmealsandbak
