The Secret

神秘的鸟笼

I cannot honestly say that there was ever a time that I went hungry when I lived in that orphanage¹ in 1)Jacksonville, Florida. I mean, I wish there had been more to eat at times, and there were times when my stomach sure growled² a lot at nighttime.

老实说，我在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔市那家孤儿院期间，真没挨过饿。其实，有些时候，我倒也想过，要是有更多东西吃就好了，也有那么一些夜晚，我的肚子的确会咕咕叫得厉害。

One day our second grade class at Spring Park School was released early because of a 2)fire drill. As I walked back to the orphanage, about a block away from the school, I saw a woman standing³ on her front lawn eating a sandwich. I stopped and stood there looking at her.

有一天，因为要防火演习，我们这些源泉公园学校二年级的学生很早就放学了。在走回孤儿院的路上，大概离学校一个街区那么远的地方，我看见一位太太正站在她家前面的那块草地上吃三明治，我停下脚步，站在那里看着她。

盖着布的鸟笼 The Secret “Can I help you?” she asked me.

“Just looking at that sandwich,” I replied.

“Would you like a sandwich?” she asked me.

“Yes, Ma’am. I guess,” I said.

She walked back into her house and within a minute had come back out holding a sandwich in her hand.

“Here,” she said, handing me the sandwich.

I raised the sandwich to my mouth and I took a bite.

I could feel my eyes roll back into my head as I tasted the wonderful treat.

“This is very good. What is it?” I asked her.

“It is a meat sandwich,” she told me.

“We don’t get much meat at the Children’s Home Orphanage,” I told her.

“If you ever get hungry for meat you can come by here,” she told me, as she walked back into her house and closed the door.

I slowly walked back to the orphanage eating the sandwich and making sure that my mouth was clean so that no one would know that I had eaten a meat thing.