A few years ago, I spared a couple of hours from busy academic learning to work in a video store on a daily basis. An elderly woman walked into the store with a younger woman who I. 1 was her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of. 2 ,checking her watch every few seconds. The older woman began to 3 the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After. 4 hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help. The woman smiled and showed me a title on a crumpled (皱巴巴的) piece of paper. Obviously a person looking for it knew a little about, 5
Rather than rushing off to. 6 the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. Something about her deliberate movements. 7 me of my own mother, who had passed away the previous Christmas. The woman seemed. 8 for the unrushed company and casual conversation. We found the movie, and I. 9 her to the queue at the cash register.
When the older woman was paying in cash, I walked over to the younger, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.
"Is that your mom?" She rolled her eyes and said,"Yeah."There was.10 in her reply — half sigh and half complaint. Still watching the mother, I said,"11 some advice?" "Sure," said the daughter. I smiled to show her I wasn't. 12 .I answered her. 13 expression by saying,
"When she's gone, it's the little 14 that'll come back to you. Moments like this.I know."Silent for a moment, the daughter placed her arm with, 15 unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders, gently guiding her out of the store.
