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.