五塊錢的驚喜

難得老爸老媽和兒子一起去grocery shopping。為了省錢給兒子上私立，老媽決定今天去了Sam's Club買大包裝的用品。老爸正在一排冰櫃邊挑兒子的早餐，就聽到旁邊劈裏啪啦，東西從架子上掉下來的聲音。扭頭一看，是一位上了年記的老太太在開冰櫃拿東西時，東西從裏麵掉下來了。老太太年紀大了，彎腰明顯不方麵，老爸還沒來得及抬腳，兒子連忙跑過去幫忙。一件一件放回冰櫃，就最後一件摔開了包，兒子把裏麵的小件撿起來，放回box,卻蓋不上，老爸隻好出手了。老太太站起來，拿出錢包，取出五塊錢，遞給兒子：“Thank you, sweetheart! Keep this please. ”兒子猶豫了。老爸連忙給老太太說：“There is no need. Good for him to learn to healp others.”老太婆硬塞給了兒子。見錢眼開的兒子有點喜出望外了。

 

老媽逛了一圈，回來看到兒子手裏的錢，問：“Where did you get this?”

“An old lady gave me after I helped her.”

老爸說：“You did well today. See, it is good to help others. Sometime you even get surprise when you help others.”

“I know. Last year when we went fishing, you helped a disabled person to carry his cooler from the bridge to the water edge. He wanted to give you 20 dollars,and you did not take it.”兒子還記得去年的事呢。

看樣子，父母不經意的舉動，也會在孩子腦海裏留下映記。

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