2011-01-01 元旦

        班主任瓦伦丁“精力充沛”老师(Mrs. Valentine)赶在元旦之际给娃儿寄来了贺年卡。

        卡片的封面上一只头戴圣诞礼帽、眼睛眯成一线的小猫咪爬在枕边打鼾。娃儿翻开卡片，里面一行工工整整的“节日快乐”(Have a purr-r-fectly wonderful Holiday)牵出了这样一段奇遇。

最亲爱的儿歌及其全家：

        衷心感谢你慷慨大方的“好利多”礼物卡，我打算用它买一个自己特别想要的东西──碎纸机！我家庭办公室恰好需要这么一个。于是，我一路小跑来到“好利多”，挑了一个放到手推车上准备付帐。你猜，出了什么状况？这时，当我一摸衣服口袋，你送我的礼物卡不见了😒。我只好把碎纸机放回原处，顺便去“好利多”办公室询问一下是否有人拾金不昧。果然不出所料，“雷锋”精神大放异彩！！如今，我终于有了一个自己梦寐以求的东西。多谢你让我心想事成！儿歌，我很高兴有你这样的学生，你让我笑口常开。

                    爱你的，

                    瓦伦丁老师

        “太有戏剧性啦”！娃儿读罢，感慨不已。

【附贺卡原文】

Dec. 28, 2010

Dearest Aiden and Family,

Thank you very, very much for the generous gift card to Costco. I knew just what I wanted to get with it- a paper shredder! I need one for my office here at home. So, off I trotted to Costco, put the shredder in my cart, and went to check out. And guess what? I reached into my pocket to retrieve my Costco card and your gift card, but the gift card was gone 😒. I put the shredder back, went to the office, and asked if anyone found it. THERE IT WAS!! Now I have something I REALLY wanted. (Smiley Face Sign) Thank you so much! Aiden, I love having you as my student. You make me smile every day.

                    Love,

                    Mrs. Valentine

Halloween Pumpkins (万圣节南瓜 10-23-2005)

Brandywine River Museum, PA

(宾夕法尼亚“山林”州白兰地“烧酒”河博物馆 12-27-2006)

Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii Island

(大岛·威可洛亚“鸭水”海滩 10-02-2007)

OZ Outfit (澳洲人行头 01-08-2010)

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