七美元的梦想（4）（2/2）
《美丽英文》作者：方雪梅 2017-04-14 12:47
ever know. I thought of Daddy, who did all he could to fill my needs and desires when I was a little girl. I wondered if I had ever thanked him.
At last I laid the violin back in its case. I picked up the newspaper, walked to the phone and dialed the number.
Later in the day, an old car stopped in my driveway. A man in his thirties knocked on the door. “I’ve been praying someone would answer my ad. My daughter wants a violin so badly,” he said, ex***ning my instrument. “How much are you asking？”
Any music store, I knew, would offer me a nice sum. But now I heard my voice answer, “Seven dollars.”
“Are you sure？” he asked, reminding me so much of Daddy.
“Seven dollars,” I repeated, and then added, “I hope your little girl will enjoy it as much as I did.”
I closed the door behind him. Peeking out between the drapes, I saw his wife and children waiting in the car. A door suddenly opened and a young girl ran to him as he held out the violin case to her.
She hugged it against her, then dropped to her knees and snapped open the case. She touched the violin lightly as it caught the glow of the late-afternoon sun, then turned and threw her arms around her smiling father.
At last I laid the violin back in its case. I picked up the newspaper, walked to the phone and dialed the number.
Later in the day, an old car stopped in my driveway. A man in his thirties knocked on the door. “I’ve been praying someone would answer my ad. My daughter wants a violin so badly,” he said, ex***ning my instrument. “How much are you asking？”
Any music store, I knew, would offer me a nice sum. But now I heard my voice answer, “Seven dollars.”
“Are you sure？” he asked, reminding me so much of Daddy.
“Seven dollars,” I repeated, and then added, “I hope your little girl will enjoy it as much as I did.”
I closed the door behind him. Peeking out between the drapes, I saw his wife and children waiting in the car. A door suddenly opened and a young girl ran to him as he held out the violin case to her.
She hugged it against her, then dropped to her knees and snapped open the case. She touched the violin lightly as it caught the glow of the late-afternoon sun, then turned and threw her arms around her smiling father.