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.
这是一个不合时节的热天。似乎每个人都在寻找某种方法来消暑，冰淇淋店自然成了人们驻足的地方。
一个小女孩手中紧握着钱走进小店。她还没有开口，店员便厉声呵斥她出去看看贴在门上的告示，如果不穿上鞋子就不要进来。小女孩慢慢地转身离开，一个大个子男人也随着她走出了商店。
她站在商店的门前，读着上面告示：禁止赤足。他看着她。她转过身准备离开，泪水开始从她的脸颊滑落。就在这时，大个子男人喊住了小女孩，他坐在路边脱下自己十二号的鞋子送到她面前，说：“给你，穿上它们你可能不能走路，但是如果拖着走，你就能吃到冰淇淋了。”