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,每個人都有看不見的微笑,我們就會發現,其實大多數人很快會對真正的微笑妥協的。要讓每一天都激情振奮,切記要時刻綻露笑容!你無需保留微笑,也無需儲存微笑。使微笑體現其價值的唯一方法就是分享。贈送一個微笑並不費力,也不費時。讓我們來確定一下,我們自己不是那種要讓別人來假定我們是帶著看不見的微笑的人。
An Invisible Smile
Anonymous
M。 Dawson was an old grouch1; and everyone in town knew it。 Kids dared not to go into his yard to pick a yummy apple; because Dawson; they said; would e after you with his BB gun。
When; one Friday; Janet and Amy got close enough to his house; Dawson looked up with his usual frown。 But when he saw it was Amy; he put on a broad smile and said; “Hello!Miss Amy。 I see you’ve got a little friend today。 ”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games。 Dawson told them that sounded fun; and offered them each a fresh apple picked off his tree。 They gladly accepted—Dawson had the best apple in town。
When they got out of Dawson’s earshot2; Janet asked; “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town。 How e he was so nice to us?”
Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him; but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him。 It took a while; but one day he half…smiled back at her。
After some more time; he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her; just a“hello”at first; and then more。 She said he always offers her an apple now; and is always very kind。
“An invisible smile?”questioned Janet。
“Yes; ”answered Amy; “my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was wearing an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him; that sooner or later he really would smile。 Grandma says smiles are contagious3。 ”
If we remember what
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