[心灵鸡汤] Magic Snowball Time

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Every fall, when the frost first played freeze tag with the grass, Papa would come 英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论2 h0 S- V5 q, m# Z) c; O
to our house. He would shuffle in, his soft, shiny leather shoes dancing across 英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动. P! O, n$ D( o# m: D( a& g2 f
Momma's sunflower-yellow-tiled kitchen floor. All six of us kids knew why he was 英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动: [) d1 ?7 ~# E' k- G+ |
there. First frost meant magic snowball time. 英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论2 k2 o% x2 G0 s1 I- @# g

+ ]7 u/ F8 o* x" ~Papa only came to our house once a year. He and Granny lived in an apartment 4 _+ |! [, [- {4 Y4 f
upstairs from an old neighborhood corner store in the big city. Papa said they
9 _5 O5 P$ s$ _5 w/ B: _3 @' \英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动lived there to be close to the old-fashioned penny candy counter in the store. 英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。1 B+ x; B7 M2 {* n; w2 X+ [

" c( N; t7 u8 z4 j$ O英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论We went to see Papa, Granny and that penny candy counter every Saturday.
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that Papa was coming to see us. 英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。  }# y, w2 i2 k9 D( l5 y; G( S; c5 `
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Papa would bring an old battered coal shovel and an old-fashioned ice chest with
1 ]# J) O6 z3 u9 d* Dwww.en580.comhim. He'd hustle all six of us kids out to the backyard. Then, he'd start digging
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% q6 m! O* q8 ], n% g7 c, H" k# J; VPapa would tell us how he'd lived with the gypsies before he'd met Granny. He'd ( X" h, [4 G1 |% [3 j  c4 h
tell us about life on the road with the carnival. He'd show us magic tricks and tell 英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。$ |; K% K& I8 e0 N. {: n! N$ Q
us strange but true tales of gypsy powers. Then, Papa would start talking about 英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。: r+ [- f, K7 d
the importance of the magic snowbank.
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church. He would tell us how some folks believed that if you wanted a good 英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动- U* D5 b7 M- G
snowy winter, you always had to save a little snow from the winter before and 英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动: `5 v" G  g5 ?- {4 t
put it into the magic snowbank. Then, he'd let us each have a turn digging.
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; e4 B/ k  |5 r1 E! V3 U! Owww.en580.comThe dirt would fly, as we steadily took turns digging down into the earth. We
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autumn. Sometimes, we'd all swear that we'd smelled the peppermint, candy
1 }% J$ f9 M& r% L英语互助论坛cane, gingerbread house and poinsettia fragrances of Christmas wafting out of
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" e) y! H) k- \9 P, @, c- ]英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。Papa would tell us how some folks believed that you have to give to the earth if
) `+ u% t/ `: l0 h% ~  N' |www.en580.comyou want it to give to you. He'd talk about how any good farmer knows that you
3 c0 \' Y- l5 r, Z. F' I. z% K英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动can't expect to reap a harvest without planting seeds. Our snow seeds were in his
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Soon enough, Papa would open that old ice chest. We'd crowd around it with the 英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动. Q+ s# U+ o% [* |5 f2 l! O
same amount of wonder every year. Inside, Papa would have seven perfect magic
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We'd wait politely, but impatiently as he passed them out. We could never hold 英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论& ]3 |- g) v5 q! |  D) e3 q
them for long, as Papa said it wouldn't work if we were selfish. We didn't want to
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+ n1 t' [$ X8 {) k6 X4 H( ^/ S英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论We would solemnly place our snowballs into the hole, quickly, if still a bit
+ E) d3 `0 ]$ U" Fwww.en580.comreluctantly. There's not a child I've ever known that didn't want to throw a
# E) h3 W- V2 g* ]www.en580.comsnowball once it was placed into his or her hands. We weren't any different. We
2 V) b' [0 a- u英语互助论坛just knew that we had to give our snowballs to the earth. Our snowballs were
4 D  m$ k+ O) r2 |英语互助论坛magic. Our snowballs were the seeds for the magic snowbank.
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5 o. m( k0 E/ e1 J6 W5 K0 E* e英语互助论坛Papa would cover our magic snowbank with the dirt that we'd shoveled out of the
6 t0 r5 |/ X8 R. Yhole. We'd all hold hands and sing Christmas carols, as Papa buried our magic
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; ^9 j" B# ^# [9 \; Uwww.en580.comThen, Papa would wipe his hands on his pants and smile. www.en580.com) g6 ^! [& s. ~3 y8 I) ^

5 t1 k3 V1 C3 d9 P: l$ Z英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论"Well, we've planted our magic snowballs on the day of the first frost, kids. It's up
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3 N# _8 l' F: p7 }7 Swww.en580.comWhen the first snow came, as it did every winter, all six of us would run out into
% N1 O- g0 ^, F2 T) @& z. cwww.en580.comthe yard and catch snowflakes on our tongues and in our mittens. We'd taste the
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/ `2 m; z! ~5 f. y. W, F6 E英语互助、英语学习、英语社区、英语辩论、英语互动bright white, frosty flakes on dark, warm mittens. 英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。  I# _% m  V  z' [

# h8 s' F1 t* Z! U/ ^# Q& FIt was all Papa's magic, and we were a part of it. We would dance and hug and
1 A. s+ z( x! |1 Q3 \) Y2 K1 ~英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论giggle and grin and sing, all six of us together. We never quarreled or argued on : K  C& ]) f, k6 C
the day the first snow fell. We were too pleased with ourselves.
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We knew we were magic. The first snow reminded us of Papa, the first frost and 英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论1 `0 R( {; ?7 A" V
our magic snowbank deep within the earth. We knew we had a secret all our own.
4 A7 [7 [; N  x3 J. @- b- E英语互助论坛汇聚英语学习爱好者所普通关注的英语最新资讯、英语知识问答、英语热门考试、英语分类学习和英语音乐影视等多个版块为一体的综合英语学习门户网站，是广大英语爱好者值得关注的英语学习基地。We had helped the snow to fall once again. We were snow farmers, and to us, 英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论, q$ g7 _" w& R+ Z' x" J
first frost meant magic snowball time. 英语互助、英语学习论坛、英语互动社区、英语辩论5 K. l+ t% p# G8 \; x
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I'm all grown up now. Still, I'll tell you a secret. My family carries on Papa's 9 \4 `0 i# k  f
magic. We have a magic snowbank in our backyard. Think of us when the first www.en580.com' W/ K8 Y7 n6 M* O* N
snow flies...as I think of my Papa and hope that someday my grandchildren will 英语互助论坛6 c( x9 \7 j) L9 x: P; |# s
think of me.