“The total comes to $102.91. ” said the checker. I didn't bat an eye. The pen ran over that blank check faster than I could legibly write. It didn't matter that the mortgage was due soon or that I really didn't have the extra hundred dollars to spend. Nothing mattered besides seeing that this family had some food. I was amazed at my own intensity and the overwhelming motivation that compelled me to spend a hundred dollars on a total stranger. Yet， at the same time， I felt like the luckiest person in the world. To be able to give this man and his beloved companions a tiny bit of something of which I had so much opened the floodgates of gratitude in my own heart.
The icing on the cake was the look on Wayne's face when I returned with all the groceries. “Here are just a few things... ”I said as the dogs looked on with great anticipation. I wanted to avoid any awkwardness， so I hastily petted the dogs.
“Good luck to you，” I said and held out my hand.
“Thank you and God bless you； now I won’t have to sell my dogs.” His smile shone brightly in the deepening darkness.
It’s true that people are more complicated than animals， but sometimes they can be as easy to read. Wayne was a good person， someone who looked at a dog and saw family. In my book， a man like that deserves to be happy.
Later， on my way home， I purposely drove past that same corner. Wayne and the dogs were gone. But they have stayed for a long time in my heart and mind. Perhaps I will run into them again someday. I like to think that it all turned out well for them.
一个年轻人绕着拉斯维加斯市中心繁忙的街角踱来踱去，他表情绝望，一只手举着皱巴巴的纸板，上面潦草地写着：身无分文——需要狗食；另一只手牵着狗链子。
狗链上拴着一只不满一岁的爱斯基摩小狗，离他们不远的灯柱上，系着一只大些的相同品种的狗。严冬将至，它在凛冽的寒风中嚎叫着，那悲惨的叫声数里外都能听见，它似乎知道自己的命运。它的身旁立着一个牌子，写着“待售”的字样。