A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils1 the importance of making others glad.
Now, children. said she, "has anyone of you ever made someone else glad?"
Please, teacher, said a small boy, "I've made someone glad yesterday." "Well done. Who was that?"
My granny2.
Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.
Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then I said to her, ‘Granny, I'm going home, 'and she said, ‘Well, I'm glad'!
Notes:
1. pupil 小學(xué)生
2. granny 祖母,奶奶
一位主日學(xué)校的老師正對學(xué)生講使別人高興的重要性。
“現(xiàn)在告訴我,孩子們”,她說,“你們當(dāng)中有誰讓別人高興過?”
“我,老師”,一個小男孩說,“昨天我就使別人高興過?!?
“做得好。是誰呢?”
“我奶奶?!?
“好孩子?,F(xiàn)在告訴我們,你是怎樣使你奶奶高興的。”
“是這樣的,老師。我昨天去看她,在她那兒呆了三個小時。然后我跟她說:‘奶奶,我要回家了?!f:‘啊,我很高興!’”
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