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--生命之水
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It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The rivers and streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything.It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and saw the best miracle (奇迹)in my life.
I was making lunch for the family in the kitchen when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He was obviously walking with a great effort trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again toward the house. I went back to make sandwiches, thinking that whatever task he had been doing was completed.
Moments later, however, he was once again walking toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.
He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, very careful not to spill (洒出) the water he held. I steppeded closer as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much greater purpose,I thought. As I came closer, I saw the most amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him.Billy walked right up to them,I almost screamed at him to get away. A huge buck was dangerously close.But the buck neither threstened him nor even moved as Billy knelt down.And I saw a baby deer lying on the ground,obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with great effort to drink the water in my boy’s hands.
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Curious, I saw my son occupying himself with something meaningful.
Stunned, I figured out my little baby's real intention.
The Water of Life
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