It was a cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home 小题1: the bus stop.
Home was only two blocks away 小题2: it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy fast asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road and, a few minutes later, I saw it 小题3: (pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.
A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you --- please take it.” He called out.
I stood there 小题4: (astonish), barely believing that the man, 小题5: existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so 小题6: (thought). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I gratefully accepted the offer, 小题7: (thank) him and watched the truck disappear down the road.
This man might have needed the umbrella for 小题8: later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me 小题9: it’s possible to give without expecting anything 小题10: return.
