〖触动你的心灵〗珍妮的珍珠项链

≈苦丁茶η

那个长着一头漂亮金发的快乐小女孩大约有五岁。她和她母亲一起站在收款处等候付款的时候，看见了它：一串放在粉红色金属盒中的闪闪发光的白色珍珠项链。  
“噢，妈咪。你能买那个给我吗？请求你，妈咪，请求你！”她的母亲迅速看了看那个小金属盒子的价格标签，然后，低下头来看着那双正仰望着她的恳求的眼睛。  
“1美元95分。奖金2美元了。如果你真的想得到它，我将会考虑多分配一些家务活给你做，这样，要不了多久，你就能攒到足够的钱自己买它了。还有一个星期就到你的生日了，那时候，你还可以从你的祖母那儿得到一张崭新的1美元的钞票。”当珍妮一回到家里，她就把她的储蓄从小猪形储蓄罐里倒了出来，数了数，一共有17美分。吃过晚饭，她多做了一些家务。然后，她到她的邻居麦克詹姆斯夫人家里，问她是否可以出10美分让她为她把她家花圃里的蒲公英除掉。在她生日那天，她的祖母真的给了她一张崭新的1美元钞票，她终于有足够的钱买那条项链了。  
珍妮非常珍爱她那条珍珠项链。它使她觉得自己穿上了盛装并且觉得自己长大了。无论到哪里去，她都要戴着它——星期日、学校、幼儿园，甚至上床睡觉。她只在游泳或者沐浴的时候，才会把它摘下来。因为母亲告诉她，如果它湿了，可能会把她的脖子染成绿颜色。  
珍妮的爸爸非常疼爱她。每天晚上，在她睡觉之前，不管他当时在做什么，他都会上楼到她房间里去为她讲故事。一天晚上，在他讲完故事之后，他问珍妮：“你爱我吗？”  
“噢，是的，爸爸。你知道我爱你。”  
“那么，你可以把你的珍珠项链送给我吗？”  
“噢，爸爸，我的珍珠项链不能送给你。不过，你可以拥有我的公主——我的收藏品中的那匹白马。就是那匹有一头粉红色尾巴的马。记得吗，爸爸？那是你送给我的。你知道，我很喜欢它的。”  
“好吧，亲爱的。爸爸爱你。晚安。”他在她的面颊上轻轻地亲了一下。  
大约一个星期之后的一个晚上，在珍妮的爸爸为她讲完故事之后，他又问她：“你爱我吗？”  
“爸爸，你知道我爱你。”  
“那么，你愿意把你的珍珠项链送给我吗？”  
“噢，爸爸，我的珍珠项链不能送给你。不过，你可以拥有我的玩具娃娃。是我生日那天得到的的那个新的玩具娃娃。她非常漂亮，你还可以拥有那条与她的床配套的黄毯子。”  
“那么好吧，亲爱的。睡个好觉。愿上帝保佑你，小家伙。爸爸爱你。”然后，他像往常一样，在她的面颊上轻轻地亲了一下。  
几天之后的一个晚上，当她的爸爸走进她的房间时，珍妮正盘腿坐在床上。他走进她的房间时，注意到她的下巴正哆嗦着，默默地流着眼泪。“怎么了，珍妮？发生了什么事？”  
珍妮没有说话，只是默默地向她的爸爸举起了小手。她张开手，里面事她的那串珍珠项链。当她终于开口说话的时候，她的声音又些发颤。她说：“给你，爸爸。这是送给你的。”泪水涌入珍妮爸爸的眼眶。他伸手接过那条珍贵的项链。另一只手插进口袋里，跳出一个蓝天鹅绒的盒子。他把那个漂亮的天鹅绒盒子递给珍妮，说：“谢谢你把自己最宝贵财产送给了我。给你，亲爱的，我也有一件礼物送给你。我本来想与你交换的，不过，今晚，我想用另一种方式把它送给你。”  
当珍妮打开那个蓝色天鹅绒的盒子时，一条她从为见过的、美丽绝伦的、真正的白色珍珠项链辉映着她的泪水模糊的双眼。

[ 本帖最后由 ≈苦丁茶η 于 2008-3-31 20:43 编辑 ]

≈苦丁茶η

英文版

李荷卿/编译

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The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls wan almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.  
“Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please?” Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl’s upturned face.  
“A dollar ninety-five. That’s almost $2. If you really want them, I’ll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them yourself. Your birthday’s only a week away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma.” As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her piggy bank and counted out 17 pennies. After dinner, she did more than her share of chores. She went to the neighbor, Mrs. Mc James, and asked if she could pick dandelions for ten cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.  

Jenny loved her pearls. They made her fell dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere—Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off was when she went swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother had told her that if they got wet, they might turn her neck green.  
Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night hen he finished the story, he asked Jenny,”Do you love me?”  
“Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you.”  
“Then may I have your pearls?”  
“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess—the white horse from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one you gave me. She’s my favorite.”  
“That’s okay, honey. Daddy loves you. Good night.” And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.  
About a wee later, after the story time, Jenny’s daddy asked again, “Do you love me?”  
“Daddy, you know I love you.”  
“Then will you give me your pearls?”  
“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my baby doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper.”  
“That’s okay, Honey. Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you.” And as always, he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.  
A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian style. As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.  
“What is it, Jenny? What’s the matter?”  
Jenny didn’t say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy.  
When she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said,” Here, Daddy. It’s for you.” With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny’s kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the prize necklace. With the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case. He handed the handsome velvet case to Jenny and told her,” Thank you for giving me your most prized possession that you even saved for all by yourself. Here Honey, I have this for you also. I wanted to trade you, but I was going to give these to you tonight either way.”  
As Jenny pryed open the blue velvet box, so nice a thing itself she’d never known, the glistening white sheen of the rich genuine pearls stuck her teary eyes.

小鱼

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溪xi

双语的

诱惑之蓝

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哥哥好

哦~~~谢谢~~~亲爱的~~~~

乐乐

这个是用来学英语的么？

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看到英文就好晕