摘要
那年秋天，在我发现我两只鞋子的鞋底都彻底磨穿之前，我还到主日学校上学。有一次，校长对全校学生做了发言。他说，这是艰难时期，很多家庭贫困的孩子没有足够的食物。那是我第一次听说这回事。他让我们下周日带一些食物给那些贫困的孩子。我为那些贫困孩子们感到难过。另外，所有学生都拿到分发的小信封。每个学生都要给贫困孩子捐点钱，下周日带回来。学校那位漂亮的老师解释说，我们要在小信封左上角写下自己的名字，或者让家长帮忙写上。回家后，我把这些都告诉了妈妈。到了下一个周日，妈妈给我准备了一小袋土豆好带去学校。
That fall, before it was discovered that the soles of both my shoes were worn clear through,I still went to Sunday school. And one time the Sunday-school superintendent made a speech to all the classes. He said that these were hard times and that many poor children weren＇t getting enough to eat. It was the first that I had heard about it. He asked everybody to bring some food for the poor children next Sunday. I felt very sorry for the poor children. Also, little envelopes were distributed to all the classes. Each little boy and girl was to bring money for the poor, next Sunday.
