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爷爷的期望：幸福快乐就好 荷叶/译 我们竭尽所能使孩子们过得更好，结果却适得其反。对于孙子辈们，我就明白多了。 我真的想让他们了解穿哥姐传下来的旧衣服的感受，尝自制冰淇淋和吃剩肉饼的味道。我真的想让他们体验一下。 我的宝贝孙子，我希望你体验失败，学会谦卑，学会诚实，即使没人在场也一样。 我希望你学会铺床，学会割草，学会洗车。我希望在你十六岁时，不会有人送你一辆崭新的车。 如果你看到过牛犊出生，哪怕只有一次，对你都会有好处。如果你不得以为你的老狗送终，你身边会有个老朋友陪着你， 我希望你为了自己的信仰而战，哪怕弄得鼻青脸肿。 我希望你和小弟弟同住一屋。在屋中间划条线隔开也没有关系。当他因害怕想钻你被窝时，我希望你接纳他。 当你去看一场迪斯尼电影，你小弟弟想跟你一起去时，我希望你带上他。 我希望你和朋友一起去爬坡，因为你住在城里，这样做很安全。 如果你想要个弹弓，我希望你父亲教你亲手做一把，而不是去买把现成的。我希望你学会挖泥巴，学会读书。当你学电脑时，我也希望你学会加减法的心算。 我希望你初恋时被朋友嘲笑，当你和妈妈顶嘴时，尝尝象牙肥皂的味道。 但愿你爬山时蹭破膝盖上的皮，烤火时烫了自己的手，舔冰冻的旗杆时粘上自己的舌头。 我希望有人在你面前吞云吐雾时，你感到恶心。我不在乎你尝尝啤酒的滋味，但我不希望你喜欢上它。当朋友让你吸口大麻或其它毒品时，我希望你足够明智，能意识到这个人不是你的朋友。 我当然希望你找时间陪爷爷在门廊上坐坐，陪叔叔去钓钓鱼。 我希望当你把棒球扔到邻居家窗子上时，你妈妈会惩罚你；当你剪去指甲，做了一个手的石膏模型送给妈妈时，她会抱你吻你。 我希望你历经艰难和失意，努力工作，幸福快乐。 附：原文 We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd know better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I reallywould.
My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking.
I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash the car-and I hope nobody gives you a brand-new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born, and you havea good friend to be with you if you ever have to put your old dog to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you'll let him.
And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tagalong, I hope you take him.
I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your father teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get razzed by friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and that when you talk back to your mother you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don't care if you try beer once, but I hope you won't like it. And if a friend offers you a joint or any drugs, I hope you are smart enough to realize that person is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.
I hope your mother punishes you when youthrow a baseball through a neighbor s window, and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. | 
发表于 2014-3-3 12:59:38
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