"Are You God?"
by Dan Clark
One cold evening during the holiday season, a little boy about six or seven was standing out in front of a store window. The little child had no shoes and his clothes were mere rags. A young woman passing by saw the little boy and could read the longing in his pale blue eyes. She took the child by the hand and let him into the store. There she bought him some new shoes and a complete suit of warm clothing.
They came back outside into the street and the woman said to the child, "Now you can go home and have a very happy holiday."
The little boy looked up at her and asked, "Are you God, Ma'am?"
She smiled down at him and replied, "No son, I'm just one of His children."
The little boy then said, "I knew you had to be some relation."
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“你是上帝嗎?”
丹•克拉克
在圣誕節(jié)期間一個(gè)寒冷的夜晚,一個(gè)六、七歲的小男孩站在一家商店的櫥窗前,他沒(méi)穿鞋子,身上的衣服非常破舊。一個(gè)路過(guò)的年輕婦女看見(jiàn)了這個(gè)小男孩,她可以從他淡藍(lán)的眼里看到這個(gè)男孩內(nèi)心深處的渴望。婦女牽著這個(gè)孩子進(jìn)了商店。在商店里,她給小男孩買了新鞋子和一套暖和的衣服。
他們從商店出來(lái)站在街上,那位婦女對(duì)男孩說(shuō),“你現(xiàn)在可以回家高高興興地過(guò)一個(gè)節(jié)了。”
小男孩抬頭看著她,問(wèn)道:“夫人,您是上帝嗎?”
她低頭看著他,笑著答道:“孩子,我不是,我只是他的一個(gè)孩子。”
小男孩接著說(shuō):“我就知道你與上帝有些關(guān)系。”