一封给父亲的秘信

在“我”十六岁那年,爸爸下班以后不再像往常那样忙里忙外,也不再和“我”们多说一句话。有一天妈妈对“我”们说,爸爸决定和“我”们分开。“我”伤心欲绝,哭着给爸爸写了一封信。在他离开家的那天,“我”偷偷把信放在他车里……。

妈妈的曲奇饼

As I sat in the second-floor window of our brick schoolhouse that afternoon,my heart began to sink further with each passing car.This was a day I’d looked forward to for weeks—Miss Pace’s fourth-grade,end-of-the-year party.Miss Pace had kept a running countdown(倒计时)on the blackboard all that week,and our class of nine-year-olds had bordered on insurrection by the time the eagerly anticipated“Party Friday”had arrived.

一个难忘的儿童节

“我”在求职的途中捡到了一把精美的雨伞并通过伞上的名字联系到了失主,这把雨伞对她而言是非常珍贵的,她很感激并要给“我”酬金,但“我”拒绝了。“我”的境况很凄凉,刚刚离婚又四处打零工。就在儿童节的前一天,“我”又失去了工作。女儿的儿童节礼物该怎么办呢?接下来“我”和女儿要怎样度日呢?