・每期美文・ Juniornigh Sehool Edition 轻松趣读
praise.Why,this poem was nothing short of ge—
nius.
This evening when my father came in,my
mother began to tell him,"Ben,Buddy has writ-
ten his first poem!And it’S beautiful,absolutely
amazing…’’
“If you don’t mind.I’d like to decide for
myself,”Father said.
I kept my face lowered to my plate as he
read that poem.It was only ten lines.But it
seemed to take hours.
“I think it’S lousy.”he said.
I couldn’t look up.My eyes were getting
wet. “Ben,sometimes I don’t understand you,’’
my mother was saying ̄"This is just a little boy.
These are the first lines of poetry he’S ever 八岁的时候,我写了生平第一 首诗。
母亲读完这首小诗后大大地表
扬了我一番。天啊,这首诗整个是一 个天才的杰作。
这天晚上,父亲进家后,母亲开
始说话了:“本・巴蒂写了他的第一 首诗,而且写得很好,绝对出乎意
料……” “如果你不介意,我想自己来判
断。”父亲说。
他读诗时,我一直低垂着头,盯 着盘子。短短十行诗,而父亲却似乎
用了好几个小时。 “我认为写得很糟。”他说。
我抬不起头,两眼开始湿