4.2 An afternoon in the park 公园里的一个下午

（单词翻译）

There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived,so he packed his suitcase and started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons¹. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take out some drink when he noticed the old laday looked hungry,so he offered her some cookies. She gratefully² accepted them and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her some drink. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was delighted.

They sat there all of the afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word. As it grew dark ,the boy realized how tired he was,and he got up to leave, but before he had got some more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "what did you do today that made you so happy?" He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother would responsed, he added³, "you know what? She've got the most beautiful smile i've ever seen."

Meanwhile, the old woman was also radiant⁴ with joy returned to her home. Her son was curious about the look on her face,and he asked ,"mother, what did you do today that made you so happy ?" She replied," I ate cookies in the park with God",but before her son resonseded ,she added,"you know, he's much yonger than I expected."