Medical bills were piling. Kids needed glasses, cars needed repairs and the dog needed surgery. On top of that, Christmas was almost 1 us so presents needed to be purchased.

    But all of that was 2 when my husband, Brian, was waiting in our local tire shop to have his six truck tires3 on a snowy night He overheard the tire salesman 4 a young mom with 3 children that she was in serious 5 of all new tires, as each one was completely 6 down.7, die young mom said she didn't have the money to replace more than one tire on her car.

    On hearing that, Brian 8 to pay for a tire to be installed,9of the one tire this woman was able to purchase. Brian knew that even though it was just a start, the young mom would be much 10 driving on the 11 roads with a balanced set of two new tires than they would with just one new tire.

    The young mom was so surprised that she 12 choked up. Eyes filled with tears, she thanked Brian and pulled away.

    My husband is a naturally modest13 man who feels rewarded in the giving, not m the 14 in life. So imagine his unexpected 15, when he later discovered the salesman had 16 the entire amount spent on the 17 tire to his bill!18 the seven tires my husband bought, the salesman only19 him for six.

    The simple act of one man making the decision to share what be had, rather than worrying about what he would 20, changed things that night.

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                                                                                               在心田种一畦黄瓜秧
       ①十三岁那年的夏天，酷热难耐。在城里读书的我，一放假便回父母工作的小学度假。
       ②回到家，看见门前的池塘干涸龟裂，池中原本翠绿的茭白失去了往日的生机，几丛枯茎耷拉着脑袋，在炫目的阳光下泛着白光，先前那一群群自由游弋的鲫鱼早已不知去向。好在池塘边的沙地上，一畦黄瓜秧正郁郁葱葱地蔓延着，一朵朵金黄色的小花迎着骄阳绽放笑脸，一群群蜂蝶在花丛中翩翩起舞，茂密的瓜叶下隐隐约约点缀着许多黄瓜条。一向爱吃黄瓜的我不禁一阵暗喜，仿佛看见了父亲早晚为瓜秧浇灌的身影——在这样一个大地备受饥渴煎熬的时节，只有勤劳的父亲才能赋予这一畦黄瓜如此蓬勃的生机……
      ③清晨天刚亮，母亲便起床煮饭，我跟着起来晨读。推开房门，一眼就瞥见一个熟悉的身影，正在我家的瓜地里捣腾着什么。“爸，有……”我本能地想告诉父亲有贼在我们的菜地里偷黄瓜，母亲却一把捂住了我的嘴，快速把我拉回房里，轻轻关上房门。父亲忙问我们到底发生了什么事。“有贼！”我气愤愤地说，“有人在我们的菜地里偷摘黄瓜呢，可妈妈却不让我喊，难道就任由那人偷我们的黄瓜吗？”
      ④我见父亲没反应，就接着说：“我认得那人，是我同学小磊的爸爸阿根叔，哼，真丢人，这么大的人还干这事！”“嘘！小声点，别吓着人家了！”母亲边朝我打手势，边指指隔床正睡着的弟弟、妹妹，示意我不要让他们听见。我嘴里不说什么，心里还是气恼：刚回来，还没尝过鲜呢，现在可好，那几根大的肯定被偷了……
      ⑤我急得想哭，希望父亲能出去制止那人的恶行。然而，父亲却用宽厚的手掌抚摸着我的小脑袋，轻声说：“孩子，你妈刚才做得很对。我们丢失几根黄瓜是小事，让人家丢了面子那可是大事呀！你想想，要不是今年这样干旱的天气，往年这时候可是家家户户菜蔬最丰富的时节啊！人家如果不是实在没菜下饭了，怎么会去干这种不光彩的事情呢？”最后，父亲郑重地说：“记住，今后在任何人面前都不得提起这件事！决不能让你弟弟、妹妹知道。”
      ⑥“可我昨天跟弟弟妹妹说好了今天早上一起去摘黄瓜的啊！我们可都数过了，今天有十二根可以摘了，那等下怎么跟他们交代呢？”
      ⑦“这好办，等下发现瓜少了，我就告诉他们是给田鼠吃了吧！”母亲的话打消了我的几分顾虑。
      ⑧“没错，就按你妈说的办！”父亲边说边温和地看着我……
      ⑨尽管我心中仍有丝丝的气恼，但想想阿根叔养活一家十口的不易，顿时觉得自己先前的举动确实有点过分。我不敢迎视父亲殷切的目光，不禁感到有些惭愧：去年，阿根叔因为孩子学费减免一事产生误会，当众数落身为校长的父亲，父亲也没多加辩解，而我……
      ⑩过了许久，母亲悄悄推开房门，看清菜地里的人已走了，才让我跟她一起出去……记忆中，这是我家最迟的一顿早餐。吃完早饭，父亲还叮嘱母亲到菜地里摘些茄子、豇豆，派我给阿根叔家送去，好让刚回家度假的小磊能吃上新鲜的蔬菜。过了一会儿，父亲又改了主意，交代菜不要我送，叫弟弟、妹妹送去……
      ⑪岁月如歌，往事如风。转眼间二十多年过去了，每当酷暑来临时，每当餐桌摆上脆嫩可口的凉拌黄瓜时，我总会想起年少时的那个清晨，想起父母那一番质朴却让我终身受益的话，想起家门口那一畦翠绿蓬勃的黄瓜秧……

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