DAY280#Translation (4) 2017-11-A#

(2017-11-A)When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. She'd watch me coming down her street , and by the time I'd biked up to her doorstep, there'd be a cold drink waiting. I'd sit and drink while she talked.

When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time Be a newsboy. Mrs. Stanley is one of my clients. She would watch me come to the street where she lived, and when I rode to her doorstep, there would always be a cold drink waiting for me. I sat down to take a few sips of the cold drink and she started talking to me.

Mrs. Stanley mostly talked about her dead husband, "Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning." she'd say. The first time she said that, soda went up my nose .

What Mrs. Stanley talked about most was her dead husband. She said, "One morning, Mr. Stanley and I were shopping together. The first time I heard him say that, my soda splashed. Up to my nose

I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and. smile, and maybe she'd?work it out of her system. So that's what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(cemetery).

I told my father that Mrs. Stanley spoke of her husband as if he were still alive. My father said that maybe she was too lonely and that I should sit down, listen to her talk, nod, and smile. , maybe this can help ease her longing, so I did what my father said, and it turned out that after a while, she seemed willing to let her husband go. Rest in the cemetery.

I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn't see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we ?crossed paths at a church fund-raiser. She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she'd had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.

I later quit my newspaper delivery job , I haven’t seen Mrs. Stanley for several years. We met by chance at a church fundraiser, and she was spooning mashed potatoes, looking very happy. Four years ago, she could only have someone to chat with when she lent the newsboy a drink. Now, she has friends of her own. Her husband is gone, but her life goes on.

I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. ?She asks me how I'm doing . When I don't say "fine", she sticks around to hear my problems. She's lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you're doing because they care , and not because they're getting paid to do so. Sometimes it's good to just smile, nod your head and listen.

I live in the city now, and my newsboy is a lady named Edna, with three children. She would ask me how I was doing. When I say "it's not good," she insists on staying and listening to me talk about what's wrong. She had lived in the city most of her life, but she knew something about the community. A community is not so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find that whenever people ask you how you are doing, it's because they care about you, not because they're being paid to do so. Sometimes, just smile, nod, and smile.

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[if !supportLists]1.?[endif]She'd watch me ?coming down her street. She will watch me coming down her street. street.

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2. The first time she said that, soda went up my nose.

The first time she said that, My soda hit my nose.

The reference to that is not translated.

3.After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery.

After a while, she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery. He was laid to rest in the cemetery.

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[if !supportLists]4.?[endif]Then we ?crossed paths at a church fund-raiser (fundraiser) We met by chance at a church fund-raiser.

Cross paths encounter

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[if !supportLists]5.?[endif]Four years before, she'd had to ?offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with.

Four years ago, she could only have someone to talk to by lending the newsboy a drink.

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6. She asks me how I'm doing .She asks me how I'm doing .

[if !supportLists]6.?[endif]7 . ?I was sore, but ?not ?with him? so?much?as? with myself.

"The Moon and Sixpence"

I was sore, but ?not ?with him? so?much?as? with myself.

It's more to him than to myself.

7. Community isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind.

Community isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind.