A young mother believed¹ that it was very wrong to waste² 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 gave³ her a slice⁴ of fresh⁵ brown bread and butter, but the child said⁶ that she did⁷ not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given⁸ either⁹ bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity¹⁰ in her eyes and then said to her kindly¹¹, Aren't you pleased¹² that you've come to live with us now?

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。母亲看了女儿几秒钟，随即说道，露茜，当我象你一样小的时候，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。露茜看了母亲一会儿，眼中露出怜悯的神情，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？