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It
was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn't go back home.
When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind, "I'll
send mom some roses（玫瑰）."While John was
picking his flowers, a young man went inside. "How many roses can I get
for only five dollars, Madam?" he asked. The assistant（店员） was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a
dozen（一打）. Maybe he would be happy with carnations（康乃馨）.
"No,
I have to have red roses, "he said. "My mom was badly ill last year
and I didn't get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something
special, it has to be roses, for roses are her favorite."
After
hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved
by both of them, the assistant said, "Well, lovely young men, thirty
dollars a dozen, only for you." Taking the roses, the young man almost
jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five
dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen
of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother.
As he
walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and
going into a park. But soon John realized it was not a park but a cemetery（墓地）. Crying, the young man carefully put down the roses, "Mom, oh,
Mom, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my
mom and tell her I love her."
Seeing
this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers
home himself.
