Cost of Love　母愛無價

Cost of Love　母愛無價

◎ Anonymous

One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read:

一天晚上，當妻子在廚房準備晚餐時，我們的小兒子拿著一張紙走向他的母親。上面寫道：

For washing the car...........................................$5.00

洗車 5美元

For making my own bed this week...................$1.00

本周整理我的房間 1美元

Going to the provision shop..............................$0.50

為你去商店 0.5美元

Playing with little sister ...................................$0.25

照管小妹妹 0.25美元

Taking out the rubbish......................................$1.00

外出倒垃圾 1美元

Getting a good report card................................$5.00

成績報告單獲得良好 5美元

And for sweeping the common corridor...........$2.00

清掃走廊 2美元

Total ...............................................................$14.75

總計 14.75美元

His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote:

他母親看著她兒子滿懷希望地站在那兒等著付款。我能看到她的腦海中翻騰著記憶的浪花。她拿起鋼筆把兒子寫過的紙翻過來，在上面寫道：

For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.....................................No Charge

你待在我的腹中，在我身體里生長9個月....................................不收取任何費用

For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you..........................No Charge

我陪伴著你、呵護你、為你祈禱的那些晚上.................................. 不收取任何費用

For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose..................................No Charge

為你準備玩具、食物、衣服，為你擦鼻涕..................................不收取任何費用

When you add it all up, the full cost of my love....................................No Charge

你把以上所有的累加起來，我為你付出的全部的愛..................................不收取任何費用

Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, “Mummy, I love you.” Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the “bill”: “All paid.”

兒子讀完母親寫的話，雙眼含著豆大的淚花。他看著他的媽媽，說：“媽媽，我愛你。”然后，他拿出鋼筆在他的“賬單”上用大寫字母寫道：“全部還清。”

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