113.Lucky¹ Mother

113.幸运的母亲

A young mother believed² that it was very wrong to waste³ any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening，she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave⁴ her a slice⁵ of fresh⁶ brown bread and butter，but the child said⁷ that she did⁸ not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.

一位年轻的母亲认为，世界上还有许多受饥饿的人，浪费食物真不应该。有天晚上，在安排幼小的女儿睡觉之前，她给女儿喂夜宵。她先给她一片新鲜的黑面包和黄油，但孩子说她不喜欢这样吃。她还要一些果酱涂在面包上。

Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said，"When I was a small girl like you，Lucy，I was always given⁹ either¹⁰ bread and butter，or bread and jam，but never bread with butter and jam.”

母亲看了女儿几秒钟，随即说道，“露茜，当我像你一样小的时候，总是吃面包加黄油，或者面包加果酱，从来没有面包既加黄油又加果酱。”

Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity¹¹ in her eyes and then said to her kindly，"Aren’t you pleased¹² that you’ve come to live with us now？”

露茜看了母亲一会儿，眼中露出伶悯的神情，然后她柔声说:“您现在能跟我们生活在一起难道不感到高兴吗?”