please read the story carefully,then translate red sentences and tell me what are you thinking about when you read the whole story~Don't be shy,just make your imagination fly in your sky!
They huddled inside the storm door -- two children in ragged outgrown coats.
"Any old papers, lady?"
I was busy. I wanted to say no -- until I looked down at their feet.
Thin little sandals, sopped with sleet.
"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa."
There was no conversation. Their soggy sandals left marks upon the hearthstone.
I served them cocoa and toast with jam to fortify against the chill outside.
Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck through to me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice," Lady ... are you rich?"
"Am I rich? Mercy, no!" I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer -- carefully.
"Your cups match your saucers."
Her voice was old, with a hunger that was not of the stomach. They left then, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you.
They didn't need to. They had done more than that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers. But they matched.
I tested the potatoes and stirred the gravy. Potatoes and brown gravy, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job -- these things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my hearth. I let them be.
I want them there in case I ever forget again how very rich I am.
然后我回到厨房，继续我的家庭收支预算
我将椅子从火堆旁移开，把它整齐的摆放回卧室
we just need a ordinary life作者: jane019 时间: 2011-5-22 10:26
Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
接着我返回厨房，继续做我丈夫的预算。
I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room.
我把椅子从火炉边向后拉了拉并整理了客厅。作者: jane019 时间: 2011-5-22 10:29
Content is happiness .作者: lilo520 时间: 2011-9-19 18:11
顶一下，不错不错....作者: seaso 时间: 2011-10-28 16:20
Don't tell me how poor you are.as there is someone richer than you作者: chenyi711 时间: 2012-8-7 17:55
good story作者: chenxihe 时间: 2012-11-1 08:24
I like story.I think we should learn satisfier.作者: chenxihe 时间: 2012-11-1 08:26
I read this story several times and I think this sentences is important.
I want them there in case I ever forget again how very rich I am.作者: 扶来永吉 时间: 2012-11-5 22:09
I think I richer than someone too.作者: ji7411 时间: 2012-11-6 14:23
非常不粗作者: lulu2012time 时间: 2013-1-24 14:38
Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
然后我回到厨房，继续我的家庭预算。
I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room.
我把椅子从炉火边拉开，然后整理起房间作者: zyhlq_2012 时间: 2013-1-28 09:27
Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
随后我返回厨房，继续做我的家庭预算。
I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room.
我从火炉边向后拉了拉椅子，然后整理了客厅。
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please read the story carefully,then translate red sentences and tell me what are you thinking about when you read the whole story~Don't be shy,just make your imagination fly in your sky!.gif)