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第29章 珍贵的礼物The Gift2（第1页）

第29章珍贵的礼物TheGift（2）

Thiswasgreatfortheirbuthardobshowedsignsofbeingagifteddcouldreadattheageofthree。RhondaandGiltalkedatlengthaosendhimtoaprivatepreschoolfortwodaysaweek。Theschoolereatteacherswithsmallsandproducedgoodresults。Knowingtheywouldhavedifficultypayiioheyhadrequestedapartialscholarship。Thedirectorassuredthemthisradthattheyhadseveralalumfromtimetotime。Noonehaddreamedsomeonewouldpaythewholeam’stuition。

Rhonda，stillholdiefromthesherhand，said，“IjustwishIkneassogenerous。”

“Rhonda，Ithinkthat，whoeverthebeoris，itmustbeimportaokeeptheiridentityprivate。”Givingherahug，Iued，“tys。Andsomedayyoueforsomeoneelse。”

“Mom，you’resuchapollyanna!ButIsurewouldliketoknow。That’salotofmoeathank-younoteandaskedMrs。Perkihedo。”

&hslater，heschoolyear，RhondaingRebekahoffatmyhousetospendacoupleofhourswhilesheransomequids。Wesaidood-byesasRhohroughherpurseforhermisplacedkeys。

“Shottosighis，”shesaid，retrievinganenvelhadbroughthomeapermissionsliptoatterip。Wheheenvelope，asmallpiekpaperfelltothefloor。

“What’sthis?”Iasked，pigupthepaperandhandingittoRhonda。

Rhohepaper。“Mom，look，”shesaidastearsrolleddowwasChristie，ChristieLeeks。SomeoFranusthaveputthisreGreg’seake。”Christiewasmakingmonthlypayments’stuition。

ChristieLeekswasayounggirlwhohadbeeninRhonda’sfirstdathehighschoolwhereshehadtaughtfiveyearsearlier。ChristiehadlivediHomeasawardofthestate。RhondaandGilhadtakeherstudentwholivedatthefosterhomeuheirwiedthemtotheirhomeforSundaydihembirthdayseledahem。Aftertwoyears，RhondaandGilmovedtoayaheylosttactwiththeotherstudent，whohadmovedoutofthetry，butstayedintouchwithChristieovertheyears。RhondaaraveledbacktoattendChristie’shighschoolgraduationandthenhelpedhermoveintoa。

“Hoayforthis?”Rhohishastobeahardshiponher;Iknowsheisonlymakiwages。tthis。Ihavetocallheraop。”

“Rhonda，it’sobviouslyimportanttoChristieforyounottoknow。You’ttellheryoufou。”

&hslater，duringGreg’ssummervaschool，Christiestoppedbytovisitaeabelatedbirthday。Thatnight，RhondaandChristiesatuptalkiofthehouseholdslept。Christie，abouttograduatefromcollegewithhonors，hadmetaspean。

“Iamsoproudofyou，Christie，”Rhondasaid。“Youhavegroean。Ialould，fromthefirstdayIsawyouinclass。”

“Mrs。Davidson，Iwanttoshowyousomething，”ChristiesaidasshewenttarievedherBible。Openingit，sheremovedthethank-younoteRhondaandGilhadwrittentotheanonymoustributor。“Wouldyoureadthis，Mrs。Davidson?”

AsRhohenotealoud，shehadtoswallowthelumpi。Rhohelastsentence。。。

Weoonedaywegivetoachildasyouhavesiventoourchild。

“Don’tyouknow，Mrs。Davidson?Iamthatr。Davidsontaughtmeandgavemesomuch。ThiswasasmallwayIcouldsay‘Thankyou。’”

Ioftehisreerienmydaughter’slifeandey。IthinkofalltheotherstudentswhoseliveshavebeeedbyRhondaandGil，iwoyoungteacherswillneverknow。WithChristie，theywerefortuonlydidtheygettoseethepositiveouteofthelifetheytouched，buttheyalsosawtheirgiftofpassiohem。