不好意思，我這不是配音，說朗誦也勉強，我不會朗誦，就是最平常說話的腔調讀一首朋友的詩歌，加上背景音樂。
【The Christmas Kettle】
By Tian Yu Zhi
A man walked in snow covered woods
with no shoes on and no food to eat
suddenly, he saw a red kettle
like a campfire blazing in the dark
the crystal sound of bell ringing, as if
Santa Claus and reindeers were coming
Many families in town are waiting
for that campfire, helpless like him
children are counting the days of Santa sleigh’s arriving
money may not buy happiness but giving surely will
magic happens after you drop a dollar or a dime
in the red Christmas kettle
Next time you see a red kettle and hear the bell rings
please put a piece of wood in the fire pit
whether it is a small branch or a big log
it doesn’t matter; we thank you
the warm and fuzzy feeling will glow in your heart
as it will in many others’, simply because
you stopped by at the Christmas kettle
2020.11.21
The Christmas Kettle
BGM: Instrumental Music Silent Night,
作者：天朝玉 ， 也是咱們文學城網友，一位奇女子，大學教授，馬拉鬆愛好者，詩人，很有成就的文學城博主，也有著寧折不彎的剛烈性格，ID，博客被封，總之不太好惹。現網名天玉之，詩歌風格天馬行空，自由自在，偶爾在我等催迫之下，寫一些古體韻律詩歌，看著驚豔的眾人說：這個沒意思，為了遵從韻律，詩就成了填空，不是她喜歡的風格。
這首'The Christmas Kettle' 是玉教授為今年的Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign 的即興之作，
作為運動及健康達人，玉教授在完成固定的越野鍛煉之後，不懼COVID，全副PPE武裝，堅決參加一整天的Campaign直到夜幕降臨。
The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign started in San Francisco in 1891. Now it helps more than 4.5 million people during the Thanksgiving and Christmas time periods. This year in my town, the money from the kettle supports the 29th Annual Turkey fest of 1500 dinners and its “rescue Christmas” program providing 4000 families with Christmas presents for children. Due to coronavirus pandemic, more help is needed this year. I have done it for twenty years with my rotary club. The two-hour bell ringing has became a fun holiday tradition for me. You may sign up at the Salvation Army website and be a bell ringer volunteer too. It is really fun ～～
