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他人帶去一點快樂、給自己心靈一絲安慰、體現自身的一種獨特價值。
A Promise Kept
Ed Cook
I had my first chocolate bar at five years old。 I’ll never forget the delicious; forting taste。 But the circumstances were anything but sweet。 It was World War Ⅱ。 I lived with my family in the Lithuanian town of Taurage when the Russian army swept west toward Nazi Germany。 Many people in our village fled in panic1。
In the confusion; I stood with my twelve…year…old sister Elyte; and my three…year…old brother Joseph; near the railroad station; where a train bound for Germany waited。 。。
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Only families were allowed to board the train。 Just before departure; a woman traveling alone approached us。 “I’ll take care of him;” she told Elyte; and pulled me onto the train as it left the station。 The entire trip I cried for my Motina; my mother。
We arrived in Hamburg。 Corpses littered the bombed…out streets。 Now that the woman had escaped Taurage she had no more use for me。 I lived on the streets; like thousands of other children in that war…torn city。 I survived by stealing food。 Still; there was never enough。 I was skin and bones; close to starving。
Then the American occupation troops arrived。 They looked so big and healthy。 Filching food from them was a cinch2。 I’d slip into the mess hall; hide under a table and make off with loaves of fresh bread。
One afternoon as I lurked around a mess tent in search of food; a huge hand lifted me up by the collar。 An American
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