早安心语
i guess just about anything is possible when angels are on our side
我觉得当天使在我们身边时，一切皆有可能。
by caitlin brown
the children&039;s theater was actually an old mill building with big staircaseseverything smelled of mothballs，metal，and old grease
oernoon，my eight-year old sister brittany and i were with the drama group rehearsing a little priake your pbsp;for absp;one，please，everyone！”called the director，a woman with blond hair and rings on every finger
the lights went out and the rehearsal beganhalfway through the first act，brittany finished her part a backstagesuddenly，somethi exploded on the babsp;of brittany&039;s head！spinning around，she saw a tall girl with a bottle of febreze in her handshe aimed it at brittany&039;s ear，grinning widelyspt！
gooey blue liquid slid down brittany&039;s facethe irl ughed and looked to the irls for a reabrittany gnbsp;at them，expeg them to speak up and defend her
ihey shrieked with ughter and pointed mog fingers at brittany，who ran out of the make-up room in dismay
ten mier，britta me backstage“a big girl just sprayed me with this stuff and ughed at me，”she said，trying to wipe the chemibsp;out of her curly hair“all the irls ughed，too”i didn&039;t even know the girl&039;s name，and she was bullying my sister！
whe home，we looked at the cast list and found that the girl&039;s name was jessiom e-mailed the director，who said she would talk to jessibsp;and arraime for an apolht before the rehearsalnobody really expected a heartfelt apology from jessica，but brittany repared to five her
rehearsal，the direet brittany and announbsp;that“jessibsp;swears that she was never even near you yesterday”
but brittany khe truthas she gnbsp;across the room full of young actors，she glimpsed jessibsp;in a folding chairfor a split sed，their eyes metjessibsp;quickly whirled away to stare in the opposite direfor weeks afterwards，no matter how hard brittany tried to talk to her，jessibsp;refused to look her wayit was very difficult for brittany to work with jessibsp;every rehearsal
finally，we were ready to perform
brittany and i were gd that the ordeal was almost overafter the first show，brittany and i eabsp;got a beautiful bouquetjessibsp;didn&039;t get a single flowerthe sed night，we received flowers from randparents
again，jessibsp;received nothing
on the way home，brittany spoke up：“mommy，i decided i want to buy some flowers for jessiiled in surprise
“that would be very nice”
before the st performance，britta jessibsp;on the way into the theatershe hahe irl a big bunbsp;of yellow roses，bought with her own savings“great job with the show st night，jessicathese are for you”
jessica&039;s eyes popped in astonishment
“for me？”she faltered，squinting incredulously at brittany&039;s warm smile
“these flowers are for me？are you sure？”
“yes，i want you to have them！”brittany skipped towards the dressing room，leaving jessibsp;staring after her with a bewildered look on her fabsp;and a bouquet of beautiful flowers in her armsthat night，jessibsp;finally received some flowers from her dadshe pulled out a sprig of ations and smiled shyly as she gave it to brittany
maybe jessibsp;will never apologize to brittanymaybe she ;039;t ever even admit her wrongdoingbut she is just beginning to realize that wonderful things do exist in people like brittany
fiona 译
儿童剧院其实就是一间有着大大的阶梯的旧磨坊，里面的东西散发着樟脑丸、金属以及陈油脂的味道。
一天下午，我和八岁的妹妹布兰特妮同话剧组一起排练《小公主》。“请大家各就各位，我们开始排练第一幕！”导演叫道。她有着金色的头发，每个手指上都戴着戒指。
灯光熄灭，排练开始。第一幕排练到一半的时候，布兰特妮排完了她那部分，于是去了后台。突然，某种湿湿的东西爆炸了，溅到她脑后！她猛地转身，看见一个高个女生手拿一瓶除味剂，对着她的耳朵，正夸张地笑着。啪嗒！黏黏的蓝色液体从布兰特妮脸上滑下来。那个年长女孩狂笑起来，并看向其他的女孩们，看她们的反应。布兰特妮盯着她们，期待她们能为她说话，维护她。相反，女孩们尖声欢笑，嘲笑的手指直指布兰特妮。布兰特妮沮丧地跑出了化妆室。
十分钟之后，布兰特妮在后台遇见了我。“一个年长的女孩刚刚用这个东西喷我，还嘲笑我。”她边说边努力擦去卷发上的化学剂。“其他所有的女孩也嘲笑我。”我甚至不知道那个女孩的名字，但她在欺负我的妹妹！
回到家，我们查看演员表，发现那个女孩的名字叫杰西卡。妈妈给导演发了封邮件，导演说她会找杰西卡谈谈，然后在下次排练之前安排时间让杰西卡道歉。没有人指望杰西卡会真心诚意地道歉，但布兰特妮却准备好了去原谅她。
下一次排练时，导演遇到布兰特妮，她说：“杰西卡发誓说她昨天从未靠近过你。”但布兰特妮知道真相。她扫了一眼挤满演员的屋子，瞥见杰西卡坐在折叠椅里。有那么一会儿她们四目相对，杰西卡匆忙转头看向反方向。之后的几个星期里，不管布兰特妮怎样试图去和她说话，她都视而不见。每次和杰西卡一起排练，布兰特妮都觉得很困难。
终于，我们可以上场表演了。布兰特妮和我都很高兴磨难就快到头了。第一场表演结束，布兰特妮和我各收到一束美丽的花，杰西卡一朵花都没。第二晚，我们又收到爷爷奶奶送的花，杰西卡依旧两手空空。
回家路上，布兰特妮开口说道：“妈妈，我决定买些花送给杰西卡。”妈妈大吃一惊，笑着回答：“那将会很棒。”
最后一场表演之前，布兰特妮在去剧场的路上遇见杰西卡。她将一大束黄玫瑰递给那个年长的女孩，那些花是她用自己攒的钱买的。“祝你最后一晚演出成功，杰西卡。这些是送给你的。”
杰西卡大为震惊，睁大了眼睛。“给我？”她结结巴巴地问，难以置信地看着布兰特妮暖暖的笑容。“这些花是送给我的？你确定？”
“是的，我希望你收下！”布兰特妮说着便朝更衣室跑去，留下杰西卡迷惑地看着她的背影，手中捧着一束美丽的鲜花。那一晚，杰西卡收到爸爸送的花，她抽出一朵康乃馨，害羞地笑着将它送给布兰特妮。
许杰西卡永远不会向布兰特妮道歉，许她甚至从未承认自己的错误，但是她开始意识到，在像布兰特妮这样的人身上，美好的事物真实地存在着。
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there&039;no subsp;thing as a free lunch
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19世纪的时候，美国有些酒吧给顾客提供“免费的午餐”。所谓午餐，其实不过是些用来和啤酒一起送出的脆饼；而所谓免费，当然不是真的，不买酒喝就没有饼吃。所以，当时有人说：there&039;no subsp;thing as a free lunch到了20世纪70年代，经济学家弗里德曼(milton friedman)写了一本书，用了这句话做书名。他在别的著作、演讲里也多次引用这句话。于是，这句话就又流行了起来。