My family wanted to do something to honor my son who had been sent to Iraq. With the help of my four-year-old grandson,I tied a yellow ribbon on the tree in my front yard.
"Why are we doing this,Grandma" he asked.
"It's for your uncle," I said.
He remarked quietly,"A tree's not much of a present."
我的兒子被派到伊拉克打仗去了,我們?nèi)蚁胍鳇c什么來表示對他的敬意。在我4歲孫子的幫助下,我把一條黃綢帶綁在前院的一棵樹上。
他問我:"奶奶,我們?yōu)槭裁匆@么做呀?"
我說:"這是送給你叔叔的。"
他輕聲評論說:"一棵樹也算不上什么禮物呀!"
ribbon n. 緞帶,絲帶,帶,帶狀物