A Brother Like That
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it.
"Is this your car, Mister?" he said.
Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was astounded. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish . . ." He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
"I wish," the boy went on, "That I could be a brother
like that."
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"
"Oh yes, Id love that."
After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow, said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.
"There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day Im gonna give you one just like it . . . then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Ive been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said: "It is more blessed to give . . . "
一位朋友名叫保罗接到某汽车从他的哥哥作为圣诞礼物。圣诞节前夕,当保罗来到了他的办公室,一条街被海胆走动发亮的新车,令人钦佩。
"这是你的车,先生" ?他说。
保罗点点头。 "我哥哥给我的圣诞节" 。男童被震惊。 "你的意思是你的兄弟给你,并没有成本,你什么?男孩,我想人" 。他迟疑了。
当然保罗知道他是如何想的。他竟然去了,祝他有一个哥哥一样。但法援署表示,重庆所有保罗这样下来他的后蹄。
"我想, "男孩接着, "我可能是一个兄弟
这样的。 "
保罗看着男孩惊愕,然后情不自禁他说, "你想以乘坐我的车" ?
"哦不错,身份证爱情" 。
经过短暂坐,男孩把他的眼睛千姿百态,说: "先生,请问你介意驾驶当着我家" ?
保罗微笑一点。他以为他知道什么法援署通缉。他想要表明他的邻居,他可以坐家中的大汽车。但保罗是错了。 "你会阻止那些两个步骤" ?男孩问。
他跑起来的步骤。然后在一个小而保罗听到他回来,但他不来快速。他携带他的小兄弟跛子。他坐在他对底层一步,那么这种压缩起来反对他,并指出了车。
"她是好友,就像我告诉你楼上。他的弟弟给他的圣诞节,并没有让他损失一分钱。有的一天再拖即时给你一次就像它。那么你可以看到你所有美丽的东西,圣诞节的窗口,香港专业教育学院一直试图告诉你。 "
保罗下车解除法援署前座的他的车。光辉隐居哥哥仞身旁与其中三人开始了难忘的假日旅程。到圣诞节前夕,保罗学到什么意思耶稣时,他说: "这更是得天独厚,让人" 。