拥抱拾荒的父亲英语作文【最新20篇】

In China, tea has a very long history, and has formed a Chinese tea

culture. At the same time, tea is good for our health and is loved by many

people. Chinese tea culture is broad and profound. It includes not only material

culture, but also profound spiritual civilization. Talking about Chinese tea.

Can be traced back to ancient times, it is from the Tang Dynasty and Song

Dynasty flourished.

From then on, the spirit of tea permeated the court and society, and went

deep into Chinese poetry, painting, calligraphy, religion and medicine. For

thousands of years, China has accumulated a large number of tea cultivation and

production of material culture, but also enriched the spiritual culture of

tea.

A happy girl 一个快乐的女孩

Im a happy girl.my english name is kitty.are you happy? im very happy.I have a good friend.her name is cheng xin ting.She has a pair of big eyes.I like her.

我是一个快乐的女孩，我的英文名字叫kitty。你快乐吗？我很快乐！我有一个好朋友，他叫陈欣。她又一双大大的眼睛，我喜欢她。

I like english.my birthday is in november.Im a good girl.Im ten years old.Im in class seven grade one.My teachers name is yao hui feng.she is a good teacher!i like her.

我喜欢英语。我的生日在11月份。我是个好女孩，十岁。我在一年级七班。我的老师叫姚慧芬。她是个好老师，我喜欢她。

what color do you like?I like pink and perple.I want a rabbit for my birthday.I like to eat hambuger.I like to go to shool.

你喜欢什么颜色？我喜欢粉红色和紫色。我想要个兔子作为我的生日礼物。我喜欢吃汉堡。我喜欢上学。

I have a good mother.i have a good father.

我有一位好妈妈，我有一位好爸爸。

oh,no!Im hugry! "mumy! Im hugry!"

噢！不，我饿了。“妈妈！我饿了！”

good bye!再见！

近了，近了，我摸到父亲的脸了。快了，快了，我赶上父亲的步伐了。于是啊，眼中湿润润地，几滴膨胀了的眼泪拼了命的向外挤，而我知道父亲老了。前几天，无意中翻看了父亲的照片，眼泪就扑通通地流下来。长椅上，父亲佝偻的背斜贴着，一碗粥不安分地躺在父亲的手里。父亲真的老了，有时候坐在阳光下，整整一个下午，我叫他，他也听不见。冬日的阳光从云朵中泻了下来，不偏不倚地射在了父亲的眼角。苍老，还是苍老，不知道是不是错觉， 我总隐隐约约地的感觉到父亲的眼角里有泪珠。它，藏着我，躲着我，而我只能在梦中才能看到。

记忆中，小时候父亲从来没有哭过。可是有一天，这个男人竟然哭了，像孩子一样稀里哗啦地哭了。阳光有点歪，有点斜。那一天，父亲把手搭在我的两肩上，我呆呆地站在那里，不知道发生了什么事。父亲猛地抱过我。父亲哭了，这个男人当知道自己生病时，哭了。父亲是对生命的眷顾吗?或是父亲也惧怕死亡呢?

时间呀，你为何像一泊水一样，不停地流向远方，我求求你，你休息一下好吗?哪怕只有一个小时，也好呀。

那一年，父亲又哭了，我，也哭了。那一年，我18岁，火辣辣的骄阳从天空中腾起，膨胀着，咆哮着。一场暴雨于是吞没了整整一个夏季。那一年，我考上大学了，可是我家没钱，真的没有。那一年，我被我的姐夫打了。他 狠狠地指着我：‘以后别想我给你钱读书。’父亲是老了，父亲一辈子都在老。自从父亲生病后，就再也没有吃过米饭，父亲只能吃面食了。而那天，我被打的时候，我看见父亲紧紧地握住姐夫的砖块。我不知道父亲哪来那么大的力气，我真的不知道吗?

天下的父亲都是这样的，当他们发现自己的儿女被别人欺负时，他们会拼命地，真的会。那天晚上，父亲哭了。父亲蜷缩在墙角，痛苦的哽咽着：‘儿呀，爸爸对不起你，不能挣钱，让你受苦了。’我再也忍不住了，眼泪哗啦啦地淌了下来。：‘爸呀，爸呀，儿子从来没有怪过你，您别哭了，儿子给您跪下了。’父亲用他那颤抖的，发黄的手，又一次紧紧地抱过我。父亲哭了，我也哭了。

头的时候睫毛上已经有了蒸汽结晶的水珠。眼前看什么都好模糊，那点清晰的光就在远方一点一点地闪烁着。我知道我再也不会任性地躲起来了。因为再没有人会一条街一条街地找我了。我总是时常转过身希冀他就在我背后，然后我们去午夜的广场吃快收摊的小吃，带小孩的面具在人群中穿梭。他是个孩子，真的是，总是会驱散夜带给我的恐慌。是那孩子太单纯的心，叫那些混淆人视听的杂质都变得纯净起来。而今再也不会有人笑我超烂的桌球水平了，再也不会有人批评我跟老板六岁的儿子吵架了。

我的手指尖上还有他叹息时的痛，那一刻我也痛得无以复加。他走的时候家乡的小河还在静静的淌，里面有好多卵石。好漂亮的!我总记得我和他去捉螃蟹的时候他在一个石头缝里摸到一条鱼，结果疑心是蛇吓得在水中尖叫狂奔，然后跌倒，溅起高高的水花，还有很放肆很放肆的笑。如今那里只有冒烟的工厂。我记得我把他的笑声包裹在一条小白手绢里，那是我们自己养的蚕吐的丝然后织的一条小手绢。我以为那些刻上去的东西不会泛黄，可我打开的时候，它都已经憔悴了。起风的时候我把它挂在树上。它被一只鸟叼走了。我知道那只鸟是我们一起在夕阳下看它归巢的飞鸟。它也记得我们一起的时候啊!

我要找到那孩子我还要他篮子里的鹅卵石。我不敢再回头想了，那孩子在前面等我呢!他已经离开我了，我再也不会在断桥边一个人哭泣了，我会寻着他的气息远去!我举着他捡来送给我的一支羽毛，眯着眼看缝隙里透过的阳光。

迷离的夜空，月光如流水般，轻轻的泻在含苞欲放的花苞上，凉风微微吹袭着夜的素纱，掸掉岁月的风尘，融融的月光静静地流淌，冲断记忆的河堤，与爱拥抱?

梧桐树下，浅浅的阳光伏在您的脸上，小小的我卧在您的怀里玩耍。我喜欢在您的怀里，看着梧桐沙沙，听着您讲那古老神秘的故事。蒲扇在您手中摇着，清风抚弄着您的发梢，您一遍遍不厌其烦的教着牙牙学语的我世间万物。我就这样悄悄地在梧桐树下，清风里，您的胸前与爱拥抱了?

素色的时光在梧桐树下缓缓流逝。飘过的流年，如一壶清温的美酒，氤氲着一倾甘甜的清香，丝丝落落于风中，缓缓地扑入了脸庞。“吧唧”我踮起脚尖亲吻您的脸庞，幸福洋溢在您的脸上。在您的帮助下，我第一次背起了书包。您用照相机把这是最开心最难忘的时刻记录了下来，我撒开了您牵着我的手，走进校园。回眸，隐约间好似看见了您对我的不舍，这一刻，我又与爱拥抱了。

常常寻着记忆的气息误入梦的缝隙。看昔日的痕迹一川烟草，一带秋水，隔江望着那消逝的美丽，我与您渐行渐远。“嗯，我在学校很好，您不用担心……”我过上了住宿生活，在那一通又一通的电活里我拥抱着爱，是怎样一种绵绵的爱?诉说着您的思念与牵挂。一周回一趟家，您总是十分欢喜，做一桌子的热菜，在那飘渺不定的丝丝热气里，我看到了您忙碌的背影，只是岁月将你消磨得暗淡无光，有些憔悴。我又与浓浓的爱扑了个满怀。

十余年的时光白驹过隙，你的爱不曾间断，不曾离开，如汩汩春水般浸润我的心田。我与爱拥抱着，月光细细碎地散了一地，我与您——母亲拥抱着，与爱拥抱着，如一帘清远的幽梦……

Recently, I have been reading a book named Communication Arts. In this

book, the author Doctor Li introduces many methods to communicate with others

successfully and tells readers why everyone should be a polite person. My

favorite sentence in this book is “Everyone has potential, and everyone can

determine your own future by developing positive psychological, mastering

communication arts and showing your personality charm. In that way, you can have

a wonderful life!”

During whole sections, this book tells us human should live in a large

group, since people can’t solve all problems by their own. For that matter,

human beings should learn a series of manners to deal with any situation which

might happen wherever and whenever. After that, Doctor Li makes a point that

people need to realize how to resolve disagreements between friends, families or

colleagues. There always appears this kind of situation in social life, so it’s

important to understand how to settle it. Finally he teaches us that

communication techniques not only reflect in normal talk but also within body

languages.

In each part of the book, the author takes a large number of examples in

daily life to confirm his points. These examples in daily life are easy to

understand and accept.

After reading the book, I find many shortages of my communication skills. I

used to lack of patience when I talk to others, even got mad at them. This was

impolite and might destroy relationships between my friends and me. Therefore I

would try my best to improve myself and be welcome.

Everyone has their own dreams， I am the same. But my dream is not a lawyer， not a doctor， not actors， not even an industry.

Perhaps my dream big people will find it ridiculous， but this has been my pursuit! My dream is to want to have a folk life! I want it to become a beautiful painting， it is not only sharp colors， but also the colors are bleak， I do not rule out the painting is part of the black， but I will treasure these bleak colors! Not yet， how about， a colorful painting， if not bleak， add color， how can it more prominent American? Life is like painting， painting the bright red color represents life beautiful happy moments. Painting a bleak color represents life difficult， unpleasant time. You may find a flat with a beautiful road is not very good yet， but I do not think it will. If a person lives flat then what is the point?

Life is only a short few decades， I want it to go Finally， Each memory is a solid.

Spring Festival is my favourite festival. This years Spring Festival is in

February 8th. On New Years Eve, everyone will wear new clothes. My parents and

I will go to the Grandpa and grandmas home to eat Nian Yefan. This is the

tradition of our family. At the dinner table, my grandmother will prepare a lot

of dishes for us to cook hot pot. These dishes are very delicious. Everyone ate

very happy. We have forgotten the troubles of the past year, happy to greet the

new year. After dinner, I will go back home with my parents. In eight, I will be

fireworks at the threshold of our home. They are very beautiful. Doing this will

make me feel very happy. After I put the fireworks, I will watch the Spring

Festival Gala. The Gala adds a mood of celebration in the house as people laugh,

discuss and enjoy the performance. At eleven, my parents gave me 200 yuan. This

is my years new years money. 0 ocolck, the new years bell sounded, we have

ushered in the new year. I made a wish. I hoped that that we could have a happy

and healthy life ne--t year and everyone in my family could be happy.

The first day of the new year, my father and I had the red antithetical

Spring Festival couplets on our doors. Every Spring Festival, both urban and

rural areas, each household must select a red couplets affi--ed to the door in

order to increase the festive atmosphere. I also cleaned the room with my mom.

After the event, I will visit friends and relatives with my parents. This is the

custom of the Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival.

This is my Spring Festival holiday, I had a very happy. What about you?

父亲的爱

The only thing on my husband‘s description would be the word fun written in big red letters along the top. Although he is a selfless caregiver and provider, our children think of him more as a combination of a jungle gym and bozo and clown.

Our parenting styles compliment each other. His style is a nonstop adventure where no one has to worry about washing their hands, eating vegetables, or getting cavities. My style is similar to Mussolini. I‘m too busy worrying to be fun. Besides, every time I try, I am constantly outdone by my husband.I bought my children bubble gum flavored toothpaste and I taught them how to brush their teeth in tiny circles so they wouldn‘t get cavities. They thought it was neat until my husband taught them how to rinse by spitting out water between their two front teeth like a fountain.I took the children on a walk in the woods and, after two hours, I managed to corral a slow ladybug into my son‘s insect cage. I was cool until their father came home, spent two minutes in the backyard, and captured a beetle the size of a Chihuahua.

I try to tell myself I am a good parent even if my husband does things I can‘t do. I can make sure my children are safe, warm, and dry. I‘ll stand in line for five hours so the children can see Santa at the mall or be first in line to see the latest Disney movie. But I can‘t wire the VCR so my

children can watch their favorite video.I can carry my children in my arms when they are tired, tuck them into bed, and kiss them goodnight. But I can‘t flip them upside down so they can walk on the ceiling or prop them on my shoulders so they can see the moths flying inside of the light fixture.I can take them to doctor appointments, scout meetings, or field trips to the aquarium, but I‘ll never go into the wilderness, skewer a

worm on a hook, reel in a fish, and cook it over an open flame on a piece of tin foil.

I‘ll even sit in the first row of every Little League game and cheer until my throat is sore and my tonsils are raw, but I‘ll never teach my son how to hit a home run or slide into first base.

As a mother I can do a lot of things for my children, but no matter how hard I try--I can never be their father.

Man’s life is a process of growing up, actually I’m standing here is a

growth. If a person’s life must constituted by various choices, then I grow up

along with these choices. Once I hope I can study in a college in future,

however that’s passed, as you know I come here, now I wonder what the future

holds for me.

When I come to this school, I told to myself: this my near future, all

starts here. Following I will learn to become a man, a integrated man, who has a

fine body, can take on important task, has independent thought, an open mind,

intensive thought, has the ability to judge right and wrong, has a perfect

job.

Once my teacher said :” you are not sewing, you are stylist; never forget

which you should lay out to people is your thought, not craft.” I will put my

personality with my interest and ability into my study, during these process I

will combine learning with doing. If I can achieve this “future”, I think that I

really grow up. And I deeply believe kindred, good-fellowship and love will

perfection and happy in the future.

When I was very small, I lived in my hometown. My grandparents raised two

dogs, and I liked them very much. I watched them grow up from the little animals

to the big dogs. Every time when I leaved home for school, they would follow me

for some distance. When I walked a little far away, they would turn home. When I

went home after school, they would wait for me in the door and swayed their

tails. I knew they were welcoming me home. They were like my family members and

I learned that animals are part of our nature. We should protect them. We can

create a harmonious society.

In China , tea has a very long history and has formed the Chinese tea

culture. At the same time, tea is beneficial to our health, thus it is well

received by many people. Chinese tea culture is both extensive and profound,

which not only contains the level of material culture, but also includes a deep

level of spiritual civilization. Referring to Chinese tea, we can trace it back

to ancient times, which flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, Since then,

the spirit of tea has penetrated into the court and society, going deep into

Chinese poetry, painting, calligraphy , religion and medicine. For thousands of

years, China has accumulated a great deal of culture in tea cultivation and

production, moreover, enriching the spiritual culture of tea.

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,is the most important

holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy

preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy

new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from

their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.The

first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish

each other good luck in the new year.

Peer pressure means the influence given by a group of people around you,

such as, parents, friends, classmates, teachers and so on. Their influence will

affect your attitude, behavior, conception or decision. As every side has two

sides, this influence also has two sides. Let me explain my reasons.

For one thing, influence of peer pressure has positive effect. It depends

on the specific thing. Sometimes, the influence of pressure will promote me get

progress. For instance, my deskmate does well in one math exam, while I fall far

behind her. As we are deskmates, i can’t let others look down on me. So i will

take her as my good example to fight. And then next time, I can get a good mark

by my effort. Take my parents as another example, they like clean. They don’t

have the habit to throw rubbish at will. I won’t have this habit either living

with them.

For another, influence of peer pressure has negative effect. Sometimes the

influence will be bad. For example, if my friends ask me to skip class to watch

a basketball match with them, i go with them, even i don’t have that thought

before. And one of my friends has gone through a lot, he always try to convince

me that money is very important. As time passes, i may change my conception.

In summary, the influence of peer pressure has positive and negative sides.

We have to advocate the good side and avoid the negative. We have to be clear

about what is right and what is wrong and firm our position.

When I was younger , I went through an thing which deeply influence me.

One day,I went to school as Usually. All of a sudden,I heard a voice

crying.I knew there were something wrong . So I walked towards the direction of

the voice .Then I found a child and his mother wandered off.My heart full of

compassion . So I decided to help him find his mother , and I took him to the

police station nearby . Then I went to school in a hurry , but when I arrived,I

found I’m still late . After my teacher’s preaching , I went back to the

classroom .I was so upset.

In the afternoon, my teacher asked me go out,he said he had wronged me. And

then I saw the child’s mother,she thanked me a lot,and I smiled shyly.

After the thing,I feel very happy to do good things,and I believe that

“give cake and ale to perfect soul”.

Dear mother:

Hello

Dear mother, you have given me life, and my body has run through your

blood. It is your milk, heart, blood, tears and sweat that have become the

greatest liquid of human life and have nurtured me. It is you who feed me from a

hungry child to a primary school student.

Dear mother, there are many kinds of love in the world, but maternal love

is the most selfless, sincere, broadest and most merciful. When praising the

affection of human beings, you are the eternal theme. When you sing the sincere

love of the world, your love is called the first love in the world. Selfless is

your character, dedication is your feelings. You are the embodiment of goodness.

You are a symbol of greatness. Everything beautiful in women is condensed in

your image.

My dear mother, though the hardships of life have made your hands rough,

however, these hands are still so gentle, it always soothes my heart and gives

me infinite comfort; although the heavy work makes your head white hair, but the

body is still like the wing, caring for me all the time. The hard work of hard

work makes your face wrinkle. However, the face is still so kind. It teaches me

the true meaning of life and gives me confidence and strength at all times.

My dear mother, you are the resting place for your daughter. You are the

harbor for your daughter to escape from the wind. With you, our home will be

peaceful and warm. With you, our family will be happy and happy.

Dear mother, your great love is the greatest and selfless, your love in the

heart of the daughter turned from the bottom of the heart from the bottom of the

heart out - only the mother is good, the mother of the child like a treasure,

into the mothers embrace can not enjoy happiness.

70-year-old father was in town to live after I received one to dusk, he always liked the balcony, looking at the misty sky in a daze.

One day, my father asked me: "Son, this city people, do not have firewood to cook it how there is so much smoke.?" My father always get lost in the city, he said: "Son, village crossed a ridge on the home, home town road too many. "

Came to town, my father always felt weak legs, not as brisk pace in the country field. Dinner, my father always Qieqie look, just kept Grilled rice, rarely bite, not soup.

Middle of the night, I got up to go the bathroom, there is a shadow on the living room couch to see. I turned on the light, and asked: "? Dad, you do Why do not sleep."

"Take a ride with me okay? Son, I always feel that I am a person Chixian Fan." Father deflated lips, eyelids droop, like a child full of grievances.

"Dad, how do you say you are, you kept me for my college life so much pain to eat, enjoy life now that you go to sleep, tomorrow morning, I had a meeting to be open."

Father hurriedly got up and said:. "Well, well, Ill go to bed."

The next morning, my father quietly got up to go out. Later, I was making breakfast for her son. He came back. My father said: "I think people in town all morning workout, I walk out, exercise, exercise." Since then every day.

One weekend a month later, his father suddenly go to the market, buy a black hen, he gasped excitedly said: "This is the authentic chicken countryside, killed after you taste the stew soup . "

That night, a man sipping fragrant soil chicken soup, my wife and I have Zaza Zui that does not taste the same. This time my son asked: "Grandpa, where only chicken that way?" Father startled by startled, said to me: "? You let me go home, give you specialized feeding chicken okay," I patted his fathers shoulder, smiled and said: "Now we keep you very much, want you to go back and raise chickens doing ah."

When watching TV, I quietly asked his father: "? Money wheres your chicken," his father said:. "Im kind of in the countryside pipe down for so many years, how many have little savings."

Since then, every ten days and a half, my father always buy a chicken, a duck stuff like that. Watching us eat tasty look, he grinned at the side. On the table, he is no longer buried dinner. After consultation with my wife said it would follow the father, lest his heart, let him feel Chixian Fan.

One night I came home late, in an unused garage downstairs and saw a shadow in the rock. I walked over and opened the phone screen by light, a look, a father, I saw the garage heap there are a lot of plastic bags, water bottles, waste paper stuff like that.

Father saw me, Dayton was embarrassed, he arrayed his hands, motioning me not to say anything.

Father pulled me into a tree, said:. "I put the garbage to retrieve, to sell the waste station, could always sell some money thing."

My nose acid, said: "Dad, you do this, how long?" Father Hehedixiao said, from the morning to go "exercise" the day began. My father said: "do this, do not hard to grow crops in the country, while in rural Reaper, I do not often go to the wheat fields also pick up some wheat it."

Father whisper begged me not to let daughter know this, should I keep his secret.

I promised my father. Helped his father upstairs, I could not help but suddenly, grabbed a small, emaciated father, tears dripping on his shoulders gradually collapse. It is the city after his father, the first time I come to embrace this old town scavengers.

The Hero in My Heart

As we know， most peoplehave heroes in their hearts. For me, Dr Norman Bethune is the hero in my heart.He was a great doctor from Canada.

Dr Bethune was good at performing operations.And taking photos was his hobby. In 1938， he came toChina. He opened hospitals and invented medical tools. He worked so hard thathe saved thousands of Chinese people. He didn’t stop totake care of his own injured hand and died.

I am deeply moved by his stories. So I’ll work hard today and do my best to helpothers.

Think about it, the summer vacation is also almost, in retrospect, this

summer over the full and happy, busy and comfortable grace, really some

reluctant to these happy days ah!

This summer vacation in July and in previous years, in different corners of

the city shuttle. The morning wore no temperature but still dazzling sun out of

the house, accompanied by me there is a book full of books, books, pens, big

bag, I hummed my familiar tone to catch the bus, with the also Work adults

walking together on the road. Get out of the car at the familiar station, go to

the class with the familiar teacher, and take the bus from the familiar bus! At

this time the sun is already so sinister, the air outside the window floating

hay flavor. This tastes coupled with the shaking of the car makes me sleepy,

immediately fell asleep when the car on the station! Wait until I get home,

sleep no, casually eat some things, then out of the family. Hot waves ah! The

back of the piano will be more and more heavy, my clothes have been sweat

soaked. And then practice two hours of erhu, I am not too hot. Has five points,

I dragged his tired body back home again. Every day in July is so busy and full

of harvest!

My August is much easier, in the morning I can sleep nine, ten oclock, eat

breakfast together, and then finished homework, and finally on the 2 to 3 hours

network, watching TV, also to 5 oclock The Ha ha. After dinner, my mom and aunt

will go to the badminton hall to play an hour of the ball, or go to the swimming

pool swimming, after the sport can be in the night stalls stunned meal. Summer

cool wind, cool bean paste, how pleasant life ah!

Holiday, please you more violent it!

Sarah Liang Liang1 Mrs Fu

College Writing 123

November 5, 2014

My family portrait

Are you seeing that picture of my familyThe sun was shining brightly! My parents sat together in sofa. My mother hugged my brother, and I stood beside on my father. We were smile sweetly to the camera. All we us look like very happy although we were a poor family at that time.

My mother is not tall, not short but slim. She has a round face, two big eyes, a small nose and small mouth. She’s beautiful. She is forty-three years old, but she looks so young! She is my dear friends .

You must feel very strange to my father because he having full-white hairs, just look like a old man. My parent’s relationship is old husband and young wife. He is older than my mother 20 years. He can as my grandfather at his age.

You can see that my father wear a long sleeve shirt and look like a gracious man to camera. In my daily life, he is a bad-tempered man. He looks up to boy and down on girl. So he is very strict to me because I am a girl. He takes particular care for my brother. Well , his finger is long and thin. He often uses finger to tooth my ears as I was a child , wow!

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My father has a bad habit that he likes smoking very much. I hate it. See, the house is full of smoke. I know it bad for his health as well as my mother, brother and mine. We advise him to give up smoking. I’m sure he will follow my advice some day.

My father like to reading newspapers after meals. He also likes reading in his spare time. He told me reading little by little. I like books, because they help me in many ways.

I ever upset that my father having white hairs before I enter to college as I would always compared him to my friend’s young father. You know, I rebelled when I was in high school. Well, I am very respecting him now. I am having the feelings of important to my family. I love my parents and brother. They are plays an important roles in my whole life.

Such is my family, I am proud of having such a good family!

When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man

with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended

in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that

flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.

The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of

a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had

never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.

Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour

you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give

orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like

suggestions.

One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :

"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.

" Then he drove away with his horses.

The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening

came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the

horses to get their drink.

"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.

"

"How many potatoes did you pick up?"

"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"

"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.

"

In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp

said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.

Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of

a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own

day.

She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and

had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning

washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave

her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around

her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who

used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this

is ! "

In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that

are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women

struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the

business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,

manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.

Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to

September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.

I think everyone likes weekend. Because it’s time for relax and fun. Now I

want to talk about my weekend.

I often spend Saturday for fun. Such as playing basketball with my friends,

watching movies and TV shows, having a trip with family and so on. And I always

spend Sunday for homework and have some rest. Sometimes I visit my grandparents

with my parents. It’s very interesting to visit them.