ItwasMother'sDay,buttheyoungmotherwasalittleunhappy,becauseshewas800milesawayfromherparents.InthemorningshephonedhermothertowishherahappyMother'sDay,andhermothertoldheraboutthebeautifullilacs(丁香)inthegar
ItwasMother'sDay,buttheyoungmotherwasalittleunhappy,becauseshewas800milesawayfromherparents.InthemorningshephonedhermothertowishherahappyMother'sDay,andhermothertoldheraboutthebeautifullilacs(丁香)inthegarden.Laterthatday,whenshetoldherhusbandaboutthelilacs,hesaid,"Iknowwherewecanfindallthatyouwant.GetourchildrenPeterandLily,andcomeon."Sotheywent,drivingdownthecountryroads.
Thereonasmallhill,theysawalotofbeautifulpurplelilacs,Theyoungwomanranquicklytoenjoytheflowers.Carefully,shepickedafewhereandafewthere.Ontheirwayhometherewasasmileonherface.
Whentheywerepassinganursinghome(敬老院),theyoungwomansawanoldgrannysittinginachair.Shehadnochildrenwithher.Theystoppedthecarandtheyoungwomanwalkedtotheoldwoman,puttheflowersinherhands,andsmiledather.Theoldgrannythankedheragainandagain.Shesmiledhappily,too.
Whentheyoungmothercamebacktohercar,herchildrenaskedher,"Whoisthatoldgranny?Whydidyougiveourflowerstoher?"
"Idon'tknowher,"theirmothersaid."Butit'sMother'sDay,andshehasnochildren.Ihavebothofyou,andIstillhavemymother.Justthinkhowmuchthoseflowersmeanttoher."翻译