When a tornado(龙卷风) touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely ruined. Afterwards all the local newspapers carried many moving stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.
One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shabby mobile home, a depressed expression on her face. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downward. Clutching(抓紧) her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear.
The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growing interest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. I stuck the picture of the young family on the wall in the living room, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three-year-old Meghan.
"These poor people now have nothing," I said. "We'll share what we have with them." I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned foods and goods.
While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favourite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up old toys and games.
Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She came to the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy's flat and painted face, gave her a final kiss and then laid her gently on the top of the other toys.
"Oh, honey," I said, "You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much. "
Meghan nodded seriously, eyes filled with held-back tears, "Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make that little girl happy, too. "
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The boys watched, open-mouthed, as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box.
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Looking at my children for a long moment, I also removed my old jacket from the box of clothes.
