[旧帖重贴] Richard的圣诞节礼物

平沙落雁

Richard 是我儿子，他今年9岁了---------是个小男人了，很有自己的思想了---------这不,他也不问我们要圣诞节礼物，人家直接给圣诞老人写了一封信：

Dear Santa,
What I want for Christmas is a new pet such as a new turtle (alive) without a tail and also a book about how to fold airplanes and also a hamster. But not chocolates this time, because I already have a whole bunch of chocolates, please bring me those stuffs.

                           Love
                                  Richard

I want the turtle as the size of my old turtle and the hamster as the same size as a normal hamster.

I want them real and alive, I want a fish bowl for the turtle and a hamster cage with a wheel for the hamster, please.  

他要乌龟是因为他原有一小乌龟宠物，可惜上礼拜天气骤冷，忘了拿进来给冻死了---------小伙子抽抽答答哭了好一阵子。

我和他爸看了信不能无动于衷---------他爸上网给找了一堆宠物店的电话，我觉得这是一极好的机会，可以教他搞市场调查，就叫他自己给宠物店打电话---------问问乌龟的价格，找一最便宜的，他说打就打，打了一圈儿，发现最便宜的也得三十几块---------加税得四十，我和他爸都觉得太贵----------因前几天Richard的冰球教练让给买一新头盔---------从前我们用的都是旧的，新头盔花了我们快五十块钱--------说好了这就算圣诞节礼物了，现在又要宠物-------显然超出了我们的预算。

正好前几天他爸带他上图书馆，正赶是人家登记图书馆音乐会节目，把他也加上了，于是昨天我一大早陪他去图书馆开音乐会--------我以为也就是哄哄小孩儿玩儿的--------谁知还挺正式的----------图书馆边上有一小音乐厅，里头舞台，幕布，灯光一应俱全，而且不光小孩儿表演，还有好些大人，还有裁判。

Richard 表演唱歌，唱的是 This land is your land, 他往舞台上那么一站--------昂首挺胸，唱起来中气十足，表情自信又骄傲：

This land is your land, this land is my land,
From Batavista to the Vencouver island, from the Arctic circles to the Great Lake waters;
This land is made for you and me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway, I saw below me that golden valley;
This land is made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land;
From Batavista to the Vecouver island, from the Arctic circles to the Great Lake waters;
This land is made for you and me.

As I romed and ram, I’ve followed my foot steps to the firclad forest of our mighty mountains
and all around me a voice was sounding:
This land is made for you and me.

他的自信和骄傲打动了底下的观众，观众合着拍子拍手，我边儿上的一个女的说:”This is your son? He is great!”----------- Richard 在十几个节目中得了第一，他为他自己赢得了荣誉，也为他自己赢得了圣诞节礼物。

注：以上的歌词是他抄给我的，我原封不动抄上来。



@北宸  

这是旧帖了，事情发生在九年前的圣诞节，现在小伙子已经上了大学，他告诉我大学里充满了亚裔学生，走廊里甚至能听到普通话交谈的声音，食堂除了刀叉之外还备有筷子，我很高兴他能与来自世界各地的同龄人们一起学习交流。

理想的下午

九年弹指一挥间，儿子长大很有成就感啊