什么是爱

李小叶

A story is told about a soldier who was finally cominghome from the war. He called his parents from SanFrancisco.

"Mom and Dad， I' m coming home， but I' ve a favor toask. I have a friend I' d like to bring home with me."

"Sure ！ " they replied，" We'd love to meet him

"There ' s something you should know"， the son contin-ued， he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting."He stepped ona land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere elseto go， and I want him to come live with us."

"I' m sorry to hear that， son. Maybe we can help himfind somewhere to live."

"No， Mom and Dad， I want him to live with us. "

"Son，" said the father， "you don' t know what you' reasking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terribleburden on us. We have our own lives to live， and we can' tlet something like this interfere with our lives. I think youshould just come home and forget about this guy. He'll finda way to live on his own. "

At that point， the son hung up the phone. The parentsheard nothing more from him.

A few days later， however， they received a call fromthe San Francisco police. Their son had died after fallingfrom a building， they were told. The police believed it wassuicide. The grief- stricken parents flew to San Franciscoand were taken to the city morgue to identify the body oftheir son.

They recognized him， but to their horror， they also dis-covered something they didn' t know， their son had onlyone arm and one leg.

这是一个有关最终从战场归来的士兵的故事。他从旧金山打电话给他的父母：

“爸爸媽妈，我回来了，可是我有个请求。我想带一个朋友和我一起回家。”

“当然好啊！”他们回答，“我们会很高兴见到他的。”

“有些事情你们应该知道，”儿子又继续说道，“他在战场上受了重伤。由于踩到了地雷，他失去了一只胳膊和一条腿，他现在没地方可去，我想请他和我们一起生活。”

“儿子，听到那个我很难过，或许我们可以帮他找个安身之处。”

“不行，爸爸妈妈，我想让他和我们一起生活。”

“儿子，”父亲又接着说，“你不知道自己在说些什么。像他这样的残疾人会对我们的生活造成很大的负担。我们还要过自己的生活，不能让这样的事情干扰我们的生活。我认为你应该先回家然后忘了他，他会找到自己的一片天空的。”

就在此时儿子挂断了电话，他的父母再也没有他的消息了。

然而几天后，他们接到了旧金山的警察打来的电话，被告知他们儿子已经坠楼身亡了。警方相信这是一起自杀案件。于是这对伤心欲绝的父母飞往旧金山，被带到停尸间去辨认儿子的遗体。