美麗平安夜 Silent Night--1
Bradley was very sad. It was Christmas Eve, and Dad wasn't home like he had promised. Christmas just couldn't be the same without him. But Christmas is the time of miracles!
Bradley sat by the window and stared at the quiet street. The snow had been falling all day and the street looked lonely, just like he was feeling.
Bradley's Mom walked in the room and put her arm on his shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"I'm okay." said Bradley.
"Emily and Brian are going to watch a movie and I'm going to make some popcorn. Would you like to join us?" asked Mom.
"No, I think I'll just stay here." said Bradley.
"Honey, you've hardly moved from that spot all day and you barely ate any supper." said Mom.
"Mom, Dad promised he would be home today!"
"I know, Bradley. But the weather has been so bad that they closed the airport in Vancouver."
Bradley looked at his mom with tears in his eyes. "But Dad promised and it's Christmas Eve. He should be here!" Bradley turned to look out the window again hoping his dad would suddenly drive up.
Mom was disappointed too and she thought for a moment. "Children, I have an idea. I'd like to show you something I saw earlier this week. It's a few blocks away, so get dressed and we'll drive over. Bradley, we would really like you to join us."
"I just want to wait for Dad." said Bradley.
"We won't be long and it would mean a lot to me if we could all go together." said Mom.
"All right. I'll come." said Bradley.
"Emily," said Mom, "bring your doll."
"Why?" asked Emily.
"You'll see." said Mom. ( to be continued )
中文：
布拉德利非常悲傷。已經是圣誕節前夕了，爸爸卻沒有履行諾言回家。圣誕節他不在家就是不一樣，不過在圣誕節奇跡經常發生。
布拉德利坐在窗口，眼睛直盯著安靜的街道。雪下了一整天了，街道看起來有些孤寂，就像現在的他。
布拉德利的媽媽走進房間，把胳膊放在他的肩膀上：“你沒事吧？”
“我還好。”布拉德利說。
“艾米麗和布賴恩要去看電影，我馬上去做些爆米花。你想跟我們一起去嗎？”媽媽問他。
“不，我就想待在這里。”布拉德利說。
“寶貝，你一整天幾乎都沒離開那個地方，晚飯也幾乎沒吃。”媽媽說。
“媽媽，爸爸答應今天會到家的！”
“我知道，布拉德利。但天氣這么糟糕，溫哥華的機場都關了。”
布拉德利眼含淚水望著媽媽：“但是爸爸答應過的，已經是平安夜了，他應該到家了！”布拉德利再次望向窗外，希望爸爸會突然開車回來。
媽媽也很失望，她想了一會兒，說：“孩子們，我有一個主意。我想讓你們看樣東西，是這周早些時候我看到的，離這兒就幾個街區。去穿好衣服，我們開車去那里。布拉德利，我們都想讓你也去。”
“我只想等爸爸回來。”布拉德利說。
“我們用不了多長時間。并且我們一起去，對我來說意義非同一般。”媽媽說。
“那好吧，我去。”布拉德利說。
“艾米麗，”媽媽說，“帶著你的洋娃娃。”
“為什么？”艾米麗問。
“到時候你就明白了。”媽媽說。（待續）
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