佚名 /Anonymous
It was an unseasonably hot day. Everybody it seemed was looking for some kind of relief, so an ice cream store was a natural place to stop.
A little girl, clutching her money tightly, entered the store. Before she could say a word, the store clerk sharply told her to get outside and read the sign on the door, and stay out until she put on some shoes. She left slowly, and a big man followed her out of the store.
He watched as she stood in front of the store and read the sign “No Bare Feet”. Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she turned and started to walk away. Just then the big man called her. Sat down on the curb, he took off his size-12 shoes, he set them in front of the girl and said, “Here, you won't be able to walk in these, but if you sort of slide along, you can get your ice cream cone.”
Then he lifted the little girl up and set her feet into the shoes. “Take your time,” he said, “I get tired of moving them around, and it's good to sit here and eat my ice cream.”
The shining eyes of the little girl could not be missed as she shuff led up to the counter and ordered her ice cream cone.
He was a big man, all right. Big belly, big shoes, but most of all, he had a big heart.
這是一個不合時節的熱天。似乎每個人都在尋找某種方法來消暑，冰淇淋店自然成了人們駐足的地方。
一個小女孩手中緊握著錢走進小店。她還沒有開口，店員便厲聲嗬斥她出去看看貼在門上的告示，如果不穿上鞋子就不要進來。小女孩慢慢地轉身離開，一個大個子男人也隨著她走出了商店。
她站在商店的門前，讀著上麵告示：禁止赤足。他看著她。她轉過身準備離開，淚水開始從她的臉頰滑落。就在這時，大個子男人喊住了小女孩，他坐在路邊脫下自己十二號的鞋子送到她麵前，說：“給你，穿上它們你可能不能走路，但是如果拖著走，你就能吃到冰淇淋了。”