thewishofbrother

哥哥的心愿

anonymous/佚名

afriendofminenamedpaulreceivedanautomobilefromhisbrotherasachristmaspresent.onchristmasevewhenpaulcameoutofhisoffice，astreeturchinwaswalkingaroundtheshinynewcar，admiringit.

“isthisyourcar，mister？”hesaid.

paulnodded，“mybrothergaveittomeforchristmas.”theboywasastounded，“youmeanyourbrothergaveittoyouanditdidn‘tcostyouanything？boy，iwish...”hehesitated.

ofcoursepaulknewwhathewasgoingtowishfor.hewasgoingtowishhehadabrotherlikethat.butwhattheladsaidjarredpaulalhewaydowntohisheels.

“iwish，”theboywenton，“thaticouldbeabrotherlikethat.”

paullookedattheboyinastonishment，andthenimpulsivelyheadded，“wouldyouliketotakearideinmycar？”

“ohyes，i’dlovethat.”

afterashortfide，theboyturnedwithhiseyesaglow，said，“mister，wouldyouminddrivinginfrontofmyhouse？”

我有个朋友叫保罗，他的哥哥送给他一辆车作为圣诞礼物。圣诞节前夜，保罗下班走出办公室，看见一个淘气的小男孩绕着他那辆崭新的车欣赏着，不时地发出赞叹声。

“这是您的车吗.先生？”他问道。

保罗点了点头，说：“这是我哥哥送给我的圣诞礼物。”男孩很吃惊，激动得有些语无伦次：“您是说这是您哥哥送的，您没花一分钱？噢，我真希望……”