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母亲的礼物Wherever You Are(第1页)

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母亲的礼物WhereverYouAre

罗杰·迪安·凯泽RogerDeanKiser

&hesch,IheadedoutthebaddParkRoad。Itwasnoteasyforaten-year-old,runawayboytowalkthestreetsofJaville,Florida。ItraveledforwhatseemedtobemilesbeforeIaiBridge。Iwalked,asfastasIchthedowingforsomethi。

ImademywaydowntoBayStreetaoodinthedoorwayofthebusstatiohedirtylookingbumsdrankfromtheirbrsahoher。

“Sonny!yougointothatstoreacrossthestreetandthesehereglassbottlesforme?I’llbuyyouady,”saidtheold>

“Sure。Idothatf,”Itoldher。

Iloadedthebottlesioreafewatatime。Herlargewoodentypewagoncartwasfilledtothetopwithallvarietiesofsodabottles。

IthebottlesandIwalkedbackoutofthestiveherthemoney。

“oforme,Sonny?”sheaskedme。

“’tyout?”Iquestioned。

“It’snotthat,Sonny。Ijust’tseeverywell,”shetoldme。

AsIstoodthereoweboysandbeganpulliail。Ohebrabthemoneyfromourhaherboypulledherbackwards。Iimmediatelyyhandsahegrtocatchtheswhichhadfallen。

“OUCH!”Iyelledoutasoompedonmyhand,pinningittotheground。

“Boy,yousurestinklady,”saidoheboys。

“Youboysgoonnow。Leaveusaloatthetwo。

“Shutupyouretardedoldbag!”yelledtheyoungmaedacrossthestreetwithhisfriend。

Igotbaykneesamoaihemoneyainherhands。

“Yousuretsawfulglittlelikeyouare。Andyoutfasttoo。”shesaid,asshelaughed。

&ardedtoo,likeme?”Iaskedtheold>

“Youaiardedboy。Youassmartasawhip。Lookhowfastyout。Aetoo。”shereplied。

“Youreallythinkso?”Isaid,withabigsmileonmyfadmyeyesopenwide。

Fortheremaiheday,Iwalkedaroundaheoldwoman。Istayedasclosetoheraspossible,allthewhilehopingthatshewouldonsaysomethime。

Throughouttheyears,Ihaveoftenthoughtaboutthatoldeciallywhehredseesomeonepushingashoppingthestreet。

Itohetimesthatanygrownadultevergavemeaentormademefeelproudofmyself。Thefewtimesthatitdidhappeheexperiencelikeaspongesoakingup

Irememberexactlywhatshelookedlikealyhowshesmelled。Irememberherlegsbeingfatattheahemanyveinsinherlegsweredarkandbroken。Herlipswereroughanddherhandsweresdshehadmaherhandsandwrists。

ButwhatIremembermostaboutherwasherkindsmile。

Notthekindoflookthatoheyactuallysmile—itwasalookthatshemusthavebeenbornwith—ailewhichstayedonherfawheiopbench。Irememberaheafternoononthedaywemet。Istoodforawhile,watgherasshedisappearedintotheevening。

Ineversawheragai。

Butthatwasokaywithme。

&wasonlyforamoment,shegavemewhatIneededfroma“mother”—thethoughtthatImighthatIwashandsome,aofall,thatIwas“smartasawhip。”

Thosefewwordsturofeelingsandtheyfollowedmeforthe50yearsofmylife。

Thisyear,theMother’sDayflowersareforyou。Whereveryouare。

下课铃一响,我就冲出后门,沿着斯普林公园路而下。对于一个十岁的逃学孩子而言,走在佛罗里达杰克逊维尔的大街上并不是件悠闲的事。我走了漫长的一段路,才穿过缅街桥。我尽量加快脚步,准备穿过市区去找些东西吃。

走到海湾路,我停下来站在公共汽车站门口。我看到脏兮兮的流浪汉喝着牛皮纸袋里的东西,并互相吵闹着。

“小家伙!你能到对面的店里帮我把瓶子换成钱吗?我会给你买糖吃。”一位老妇人说。

“好的,不过我什么都不要。”我对她说。我每次只能拿一点瓶子到商店。因为她那木制的大手正推着堆满了各种各样汽水瓶的车子。

我进商店把瓶子换成现金,然后出来交给她。

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