英语美文：给爱最重的礼物

以下是小编整理的哲理类英语美文欣赏：给爱最重的礼物， 希望对你有所启发。

"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.

When the bundle was nestled in her arms and shemoved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face,she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and lookedout the tall hospital window. The baby had been bornwithout ears.

Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. Itwas only his appearance that was marred. When herushed home from school one day and flung himselfinto his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.

He blurted out the tragedy. "A boy, a big boy...called me a freak."

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might havebeen class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music.

"But you might mingle with other young people," his mother reproved him, but felt a kindnessin her heart.

The boy's father had a session with the family physician... "Could nothing be done?"

"I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured," the doctor decided.Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.

Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son.Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it's a secret."

The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed intogenius, and school and college became a series of triumphs.

Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. One day, he asked his father, "Who gaveme the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her."

"I do not believe you could," said the father, "but the agreement was that you are not toknow...not yet."

The years kept their profound secret, but the day did come. One of the darkest days that everpass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother's casket. Slowly, tenderly, thefather stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother hadno outer ears.

"Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut," his father whispered gently, "andnobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"