Although I had never met him, I knew that my grandfather had been five feet, six inches tall, while my stately grandmother stood five feet, eleven inches. As a teen-ager leafing through old photographs with Grandma, I finally realized how unusual they must have looked together.

　　"Grandma, " I asked, "how could you have fallen in love with a man five inches shorter than you?"

　　She turned to me. "Honey," she said, "we fell in love sitting down, and when I stood up, it was too late."

　　盡管我從未見過我祖父，但我知道他身高五英尺六，而我高貴的祖母身高五英尺十一。十幾歲的時候，我和祖母一起一頁一頁地翻著老照片，我終于認識到他們在一起是多么不同尋常。

　　“奶奶，”我問道，“你怎么會愛上一個比你矮五英寸的人呢？”

　　她轉過臉來看著我。“寶貝，”她說，“我們是坐著相愛的。當我站起來的時候，已經太晚了。”