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看不见的微笑
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人人皆知，道森先生老爱报怨。孩子们知道不能到他的院子里去摘美味的苹果，即使是掉在地上的，因为大家都说老道森会拿着球弹枪在后面追你。
有一个周五，十二岁的珍妮特想到朋友艾米家住一宿。在去艾米家的路上，她俩路过道森家，发现他正坐在前门廊上，她们决定穿过去，到马路另一侧。和多数孩子一样，由于传闻，珍妮特怕这个老人。
艾米说别担心，道森先生不会伤害任何人。然而，随着一步步靠近老人的家，珍妮特的紧张在增加。当足够靠近时，道森抬头看了她们一眼，像平常一样，眉头紧锁。但当他看到艾米时，灿烂的笑容改变了他整张脸，只听他说：“你好，艾米小姐。看得出你今天带来了一个小朋友。”
艾米朝他笑笑，告诉他珍妮特要到她家过夜，她们会听音乐，玩游戏。道森说这听起来很有趣，并给她们每人从树上摘了个苹果。她俩笑纳了，道森的苹果在全城最好。
当她们离开道森家，走到听力范围之外时，珍妮特问艾米：“人人都说他是镇上最吝啬的人，他怎么会对我们这么好呢？”艾米解释说，当她第一次经过他家时，他也不友好，艾米很怕他，但她却假装他脸上有一个看不见的微笑，因此，她总是以微笑回敬他。过了一段时间，有一天，他给了她半个微笑。
又过了一些时候，他的微笑开始真诚，并开始和她说话。开始时只说“你好”，慢慢地，话越来越多。艾米说现在他总是给她一个苹果，而且总是非常友善。
“一个看不见的微笑？”珍妮特问道。
“对，”艾米回答说：“我奶奶告诉我，如果我假装不怕，假装他在朝我微笑，并以一个微笑回敬他，迟早他会真正的微笑的。奶奶说微笑会传染。”
如果我们记住艾米奶奶的话，每人脸上都挂着看不见的微笑，过一段时间就会发现，多数人抵挡不住我们的微笑。
我们总是终日繁忙，要完成的事很多，不是吗？购物，打扫，割草，总会有事做。我们很容易卷入日常琐事，忘记给自己和他人带来欢乐是件多么轻而易举的事。给人以微笑，既不需要努力也不需要时间，让我们保证不做那个需要别人假装我们脸上挂着看不见的微笑的人。
附：原文
Mr.Dawson was an old grouch,and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick adelicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you withhis ball bullet gun. One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson’shouse on the way to Amy’s house, but as they got close Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street.Like most of the children, she was scared of the old man because of the stories she’d heard about him. Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, a broad smile changed his entire face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.” Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town. When they got out of Dawson on earshot, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. How come was he so nice to us?” Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her. After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her.Just a "hello" at first, then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind. "An invisible smile?" questioned Janet. "Yes,"answered Amy, "my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him,that sooner or later he would really smile. Grandma says smiles are contagious ." Ifwe remember what Amy’s grandma said, that everyone wears an invisible smile, wetoo will find that most people can’t resist our smile after a while. We’re always on the go trying to accomplish so much, aren’s we? Getting groceries, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn - there’s always something. It’s so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others.Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time, let’s make sure that we’ve not the one that others have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.
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