仁善心 (第2/2页)

Mandylamented，“Howdoyouknowthisisthebestforme?Icouldhaveledanotherlife.....”l

“Idon'tthinkit'stherightattitudeforlife.Itseemsyouwillalwaysberegrettingoveryoureachandeverychoiceor”Therewasanedgetohisvoice，buthestayedcool，“comparingwithothers'livesandmoaningformore.Thefishermanandhiswifeshouldhavebeencontentedwithwhattheyhavereceivedfromthegoldfishandthey'dbetternotbegformorethantheydeserved.”

Mandyremarkedwithadangeroustone，“AreyoutellingmeIdon'tdeservethebestoflife?”

Locksensedsomething，“Don'ttwistit.YouknowwhatImeant.Youwouldneverbeabletofigureoutwhatthebestiswhenyouweresixteen.”

Mandymurmuredasifshehadbeeninadream，“HowIwishtobesixteenagain，carefree.”

Lockcamenearertoher，andhuggedher，leavinghiswheelchairbehind，“Thepointis，whateverhappenstoyou，fromnowontosixtyor，youwillalwayshaveus.”

Mandyburstintotears，“Ihavenothingexceptyouandthekids.Ifeelcold.Thisworldlooksatmewitheyes.”

“Youcanalwayscountonus，”Lockpromised，“Igiveyoumyword.There'snopartingofusuntilonedies.Staypositiveandcherisheveryminute.”

MandyleanedagainstLock'sshoulder，totallyheshouldnothavestoodupandsupportedherweight.“Iwon'tfallforit.TheylookasifworriedformebutIguesstheyreallyenjoyedthemselvesseeingmealmostcrashed.”

shelookedatLockandwassuddenlystartled，“Iwasalmosttakenin.......Ishouldn'thavetoldthemhowIbrokedown......Iwouldneverletthemreceivethewrongmessageasifmylifewereajoke.”

“Don'toverrespond.”Locksaid，“Theyareyourfriends，andtheyshowedconcernsaboutourlife.Themorepatheticwelook，thefunnieritwouldbewhentheyknowwhatwe'rereallylike.”

“Yes，someofthemdidtrytoruinmyself-esteemandnearlyconvincedmetopitymyself.Howcanonebesomean?”

Locksuggested，“I'vecomeupwithanidea.Whydon'tweholdaparty?”Hehesitated，“Doesanyofthemhaveafamily?”

“No，noneofthemdo.Peopledon'tgetmarriedthesedays，Iguesstheyareafraidtogivecommitments.”Mandyformedasmileasthoughshefeltsorryforherfriends.

“So，thatsettleseverything.”Locksmiledback，“Weinviteabunchofkids.”

“DoweknowotherkidsbesidesthoseinOscar'skindergarten?”Mandyasked.

“Oh，ofcoursewedo，”announcedLock，“Thereareplentyofkids，Asian，Latino，andinthechildren'shospital.Thiswillbeafund-raisingpartyfordisabledchildren，andmeaswell.”Locksatbackintothewheelchairasquicklyashiskneesallowedtocarryhim，whichamusedMandylikehell.

“Sincetheyaresokind，suretheydon'tminddonatingsomeforthegoodcourse?”Lock

“That'sreallyniceofyou.Allofmyfriendswouldbeverythankfuliftheyareofferedachancetoshowthattheyreallycareforthehandicapped.”Mandybitherlips，tryinghardnottolaugh.

“IsuddenlyrememberIhaveoneortwoacquaintancesonthepress.”Locksneered，“Theywoulddietoseemeonthemoveagain.”