教女兒開車的路上

上周末女兒的駕照沒考出來，老爸得負全責。這不，今天下班早，就又帶女兒去練習練習。

吃完晚飯，把洗碗的任務留給老媽，我們父女倆就上路了。去哪裏呢？女兒說她的juice沒有了，正好去一趟中國店買點她愛喝的soy milk。一路要經過大學城，正好讓她練練上次失敗的Stop sign。容易，幾分鍾，我們就到達目的地。花了幾分鍾，就買好了，出門。總不至於就回家吧？“老爸，Where should we go now？”

“How about we go to see some neighberhoods, some rich subdivisions?”女兒當然高興了。

先經過幾個老一點的小區，女兒說不錯：All trees are tall enough, nice and neat houses, quiet neighborhood。然後，老爸讓她轉方向，開到城外郊區，看新區的大房子。哈，３０到１００萬的房子就是不一樣，女兒在最著名的那條街上跑了個來回：“Wow, nice--huge houses. I bet most of them cost more than half million dollars.”

老爸接腔：“I know the women bastketball head coach used to live here. The price is dropping and some houses are sold at 350K to 500K now. See, this is what money can buy, and if you work hard in the future, you can own one like this.”

女兒隻好衝俺伸舌頭了。

(3/20/2007)