第14章一路爱相送(14)
Myyoungersoartedpreshewasfour,attendingtwiceaweekfortwohourseachtime。Isoonnoticedhewasalwaysthelastohe,soIaskedtheteacherifheroblems。"No,no。"sheassuredme。"Heisdoiinvolvediiveproject。"
Ohroughthedoorifhewasreadytoleave,heyelled,"Don'tein!It'sasurprise。"SoIatientlyeatilhefinallyemerged,smilingandmysterious。
"Whatareyoudoi;Iasked。
"Makihing。"hesaid。
Mycuriositywasgettiofme。Whatheldhisattentionforsugperiodoftime?HelikedbuildingthingsbystagalphabetbloattaLogsuntilhemadeastructurebigenhisHot>
&hedayarrivedwhenheledhisclassoutthedhiscreativeproject,withbothhands。Hiseyesrarelyleftthetissue-ackageashecarefullywalkedtothesteadasusual。Hehaome。"Here,Mom,it'sasurprise。Imadeitjustforyou。"
CarefullyIliftedthetissueofffirstoheher。Iledastringnecklacemadeofhand-aipieces—red,yellow,green,purpleaherhisbox。
"It'sbeautiful,"Isaid,holdingitcarefullyandturningitthiswayandthatsothesuhroughthedow。"Itlookslikearainbow;
Heleanedonmyarmawithme。"Imadeit,"hesaidtly,"allbymyself。"
Thenecklacecausedalotofextathome。Kelly'sdad,hisolderbrotherandbothyouersadmiredit。Icarefullystoweditinmyjewelryboxsoitwouldbroken。
Afterdionashortwalktothegrocerystoreforsomemilk。"Wait,Mom!Wait!"Kellyyelledasherandowerme。"your;Ibentdowarou;Youlookpretty。"hesaid。
&lyaecklacecausedquiteastiratthemarket。"Niecklace。&quersaid。Thenmyneighborremarked,"Oneofyourkidsmakeit?"Ihegrocerychee;Iwaoo。"
NothingIhaveeverworedmoreentthanthatnedIworeitoften,enjoyingeveryword。
&ime,however,themaipiecesbrokeone-by-oneahestring。KellyfotaboutthenedIstithopingthepieceswouldlastlohelastpiececrumbledaherbrokenbitsofmaiatthebottomofmyjewelrybox。Thenecklaore。Irememberedhowhardhehadroudwehadbees。IgotalumpinmythroatwhenIthoughtabittochurch,stsrandpa's。Itwasamemift,andIwouldmisswearingitforourspecialfamilyos。
&y-fiveyearslater,onChristmasEve,Kellyhandedmeasmallbox。"IrememberwhenIwasfouraogiveyouapresent,buthadnomoney,soIusedsandmaakeyouasurprise。Youweresuchagoodsportabthatmaedeachtimeyouputiton,youmademefeelveryspecial。Sothisgiftistomakeupforthemaethatdidn'tlast。"
Hepluckedabeautifulstringofpearlsfromiheredvelvetboxaaroundmyneck。
"Didyoumakeit?"Iaskedjokiospeak。
"No,"hechuckled,"butIdidpickouteachpearl。IhopethisnecklacemakesyoufeelasspeyouwearitasIfeltwheherone。MerryChristmas,Mom。"
我四岁的小儿子利上幼儿园了。他每周去幼儿园两次,每次去两个小时。我很快就发现,他总是最后一个离开教室,于是我便去向老师询问情况。“没事,他没遇上什么问题。”老师向我保证道,“他做得挺好的,只是在忙一件很有创意的事情。”
一次,我在教室门口问他是否准备回家了,他大声回答说:“不要进来!我要给你一个惊喜。”于是,每天我都会耐心地在外面等他,直到他神神秘秘地笑着出来。