【赫临译笔】一根手指法则 - 心云驛站

“妈，你应该收起部分东西，使你的房子具有抗婴儿性。”大儿子马克说道，一边吃力地上楼，后面跟着他妻子金和十五个月的汉娜。

回来度感恩节，他卸完行李，送到楼下客房。从盐湖城一路开到柯林斯,，他脾气见长。“一根手指法则对双胞胎灵，对汉娜可一点也不灵。”他坚持说。

当我间隔四个月的三个孙女相继出生后，八个月大的双胞胎来到了我家，我最好的朋友告诉了我她让孩子们开心并不出差错的秘密。“教给他们一根手指法则。”她的五个孩子很小就学会了这个法则。此法的成功令我吃惊。

我抱起了孙女，说：“好了，马克，你瞧着。”我抱着她在大房子里转了一圈。

“汉娜，这个屋子里的东西你想摸啥就摸啥，但只能用一根手指。”我用食指摸了一下披风上的非洲雕塑作为示范。汉娜有样学样。“好样的。现在，你还想摸什么？”

她朝着披风上的另一样东西伸出小手。我允许她摸视线内的每一样东西，花草，玻璃物品，电视，录像机，电灯，扬声器，蜡烛还有假花。如果她开始抓取，我温柔地提醒她一根手指法则，她总是遵守。但汉娜，作为独生子女，冒险性很强。他父亲预测这种个性会阻止她接受一根手指法则。

他们住了四天，我帮助汉娜记住了一根手指法则。我只收起了几样对孩子有危险的东西。除此以外，我们对汉娜盯得很紧，一样东西也没有受损。况且，损坏了东西还可以更新。

汉娜走后，玻璃门上，窗子上，桌子上留下几个手印。我好几天都没有擦拭。每个手印都使我想起和汉娜在一起的美好经历。

几个月后，我和丈夫驱车去盐湖城。我看到马克和金继续践行一根手指法则。我克制住没说出口：“这是我教你们的。”然而，每次他们鼓励汉娜用一根手指法则时，我都会心地一笑。马克是个商人，他总是给自己的潜在顾客送个礼包。我们回家前一晚，马克正坐在地板上装礼包，汉娜在帮忙。

然后她拿起一个礼物，抓在手里，好像捧着一只纤弱的小鸟一样，朝我走来。坐在我膝盖上，她忽闪着漂亮的蓝眼睛，把礼物递给我说：“一根手指，奶奶。”

"Mom, you should put some of your things away. Baby proof this house," stated our oldest son Mark as he lumbered up the stairs followed by his wife, Kim, and fifteen－month－old Hannah.

Visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, he finished unloading the luggage and took it to the guestroom downstairs. After driving all day from Salt Lake to Ft. Collins, his temper showed. "That one finger rule may work with the twins, but it'll never work with Hannah, " he insisted.

When my three granddaughters were born four months apart and the twins moved into our house at eight months, my close friend offered me her secret to entertaining grandchildren with few mishaps. "Teach them the 'one finger rule'." All of her five grandchildren learned it at a young age. The success of the method surprised me.

I picked up my granddaughter and said, "Well, Mark, you just watch." I hugged her and walked all around the great room.

"Hannah, you may touch anything in this room you want. But, you can only use one finger." I demonstrated the technique by touching my forefinger to the African sculpture on the mantle. Hannah followed my example. "Good girl. Now what else would you like to touch？"

She stretched her finger toward another object on the mantle. I allowed her to touch everything in sight, plants, glass objects, TV, VCR, lamps, speakers, candles and artificial flowers. If she started to grab, I gently reminded her to use one finger. She always obeyed. But, Hannah, an only child, possessed a more adventurous personality. Her father predicted it would prevent her from accepting the "one finger" rule.

During their four-day stay, we aided Hannah in remembering "one finger" rule. She learned quickly. I only put away the things that might prove to be a danger to a child. Otherwise, we watched her closely and nothing appeared to suffer any damage. Besides, "things" can be replaced.

A few fingerprints on glass doors, windows and tables remained after Hannah and her family returned home. I couldn't bring myself to clean them for days. Each one reminded me of some wonderful experience with Hannah.

Months later, my husband and I drove to Salt Lake; I watched Mark and Kim continue to practice the one finger rule. But I refrained from saying, "I told you so." Yet, I smiled inwardly each time they prodded Hannah to touch with "one finger. " Mark, a salesman, always gave a packet of gifts to his potential clients. The night before we returned home, Mark sat on the floor stuffing gifts into their packets. Hannah helped.

Then she picked up one gift, held it in her hand as if it were a fragile bird, and walked toward me. At my knee, her beautiful blue eyes looked into mine. She stretched her prize to me and said, "One finger, Nana!"

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-9-30 08:34
从小养成良好的习惯，何愁长大没有出息。