幸运的母亲

A young mother believed that it was very wrong towaste any food when there were so many hungrypeople in the world. One evening, she was giving hersmall daughter her tea before putting her to bed.First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread andbutter, but the child said that she did not want it likethat. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.

一位年轻的母亲认为，世界上还有许多受饥饿的人，所以浪费食物是不对的。有天晚上，她给女儿吃宵夜，过后就打发她上床睡觉。她先给她一片新鲜的黑黄油面包，但孩子说她不喜欢这样吃。她还想在面包上涂一些果酱。

Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, "When I was a small girl like you,Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butterand jam.

母亲看了女儿几秒钟，然后说道，"露茜，我跟你一样大的时候，总是吃黄油面包，或者果酱面包，从来没有吃过黄油果酱面包。"

Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, "Aren't you pleased that you've come to live with us now?"

露茜看了母亲一会儿，眼中露出怜悯的神情，然后她柔声说："您现在能跟我们生活在一起难道不感到高兴吗?"