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“I'd never had any mail of my own, so that made me feel better. When I told my mother, she shook her head, saying, ‘Don't feel too bad, Viola, if she forgets; she'll have so many folks to write to.'
我還從來沒有收到過寫給我的任何信件，所以她的話讓我感到好受了些。我把這事告訴母親，她搖著頭說：‘要是她忘了寄的話，維奧拉，不要太難受；她要給好多人寫信'
“Two months later, I got a postcard with a picture of the Yangtze River, postmarked Chungking, China. ‘Are you still making me proud of you, my little brave one?' it asked. If anyone had given me a million dollars, it couldn't have made me more proud.
“兩個月之后，我收到了一張印著長江圖案的明信片，郵戳是中國重慶?！闶遣皇且廊蛔屛覟槟愀械津湴粒矣赂业男」媚铮?#39;上面這么寫著。當時即使有人給我一百萬元，也不會使我感到更值得夸耀的了。
Right after that, my parents broke up and we moved away from Morgantown. I raised my five brothers and sisters, married, and raised four children of my own.
“那以后不久，我父母分了手，我們搬離了摩根敦。我?guī)Т罅宋鍌€弟妹，結了婚，又帶大了自己的四個孩子。
“Goodness, we are almost there! I've talked too much. I do hope I haven't bored you.”
“天哪，我們就要到了！我講得太多了。我真的希望沒讓你覺得厭煩?！?/div>
Then, for the first time, she turned to me and saw the tears in my eyes.
直到那時，她才第一次轉過頭來，看到了我的滿眶眼淚。
“Would you like to see Lucy Wood's granddaughter?” I asked. My baby was waking from her nap. My heart was singing. The burning question of my childhood had been richly answered. At long last, I knew exactly what my mother had been like.
“您愿意看看露西·伍德的外孫女嗎？”我問。我的孩子正好醒來。我的心在歡唱。我自幼就渴望弄清楚的問題，如今已有了完美的答案了。我終于了解到我母親是怎樣一個人了。
