7. Jack and his grandma

Jack's grandma was very rich, and she had some shops. The old lady began to learn drawing1 when she was seventy, and she loved it very much. For twelve years she drew a lot and there were many pictures in her work room. She liked the pictures and kept them well.

One day the old lady was ill. When she was in hospital, she said to Jack jokingly2, "If someday I died, I would leave my shops to you. But I could not give you my drawings, I want to give them to a school. Then the students would remember me for ever3. But I don't know which school I'm going to give. Can you help me?"

Well, said the little boy, "you'd better give them to a blind school."

Notes:

1. drawing 画画

2. jokingly 开玩笑地

3. for ever 永远

杰克和奶奶

杰克的奶奶经营了几家商铺，非常富有。70岁时奶奶学起了画画，并且乐此不疲。12年来，她画了很多画，工作室里也有很多。她非常喜欢这些画，把它们保存得很好。

一天，奶奶生病住进了医院。在医院时，奶奶开玩笑对杰克说：“如果有一天我死了，我的店铺都留给你。但我的画不能给你。我想把这些画都送给一所学校，这样学生们就能永远记住我了。孩子，你帮我想想，我送给哪所学校好呢？”

“哦”，小男孩说道，“您最好把它们送给盲人学校。”

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学习本领，再老开始也不算晚。笑话中的奶奶学画画可能不算成功，但精神可嘉。现实中，不乏晚年学画而大获成功者。美国的“摩西奶奶”（安娜·玛丽·罗伯逊）直到她77岁时得了关节炎不能干其他事情时，才拿起了画笔学画画，是绘画大师中开始学习绘画年龄最大的一个。她用自己的行动和经历证明“任何人都可以作画，任何年龄的人都可以作画。”