"Do you like my dress?" she asked of a passing stranger." My mommy made it just for me." She said with a tear in her eye.
"Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me little one, why are you crying?"
With a quiver in her voice the little girl answered." After Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away."
"Well, now," said the lady, "with a little girl like you waiting for her, I'm sure she'll be right back."
"No Ma'am, you don't understand," said the child through her tears, "my daddy said she's up in heaven now with Grandfather."
Finally the woman realized what the child meant, and why she was crying. Kneeling down she gently cradled the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.
Then suddenly the little girl did something that the woman thought was a bit strange. She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.
After the child stopped singing she explained to the lady, "My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop."
"See," she exclaimed, "it did, and now my eyes are dry!"
As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve, "Ma'am, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you something."
"Of course," she answered, "what do you want me to see?"
Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, "Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here," pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here.Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have her kisses for every booboo'that made me cry."
Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother…who knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get.
So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress, that her child now so proudly wore.
She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother's love.
相关单词：quiver
quiver解释：vi.颤抖，抖动；n.颤抖，抖动，颤声
quiver例句：
Can you feel a quiver of her hands? 你感觉到她的手在发抖吗？
There was a slight quiver in his voice as he spoke.他说话时声音有些颤抖。
相关单词：kneeling
kneeling解释：v.跪( kneel的现在分词 )
kneeling例句：
Better die standing than live kneeling. 宁愿站着死，不愿跪着生。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
He pulled her down so that they were kneeling face to face. 他拉她跪下来，他们脸对着脸。 来自英汉文学
相关单词：cradled
cradled解释：vt.将…置于摇篮中（cradle的过去式与过去分词形式）
cradled例句：
I cradled the baby in my arms. 我轻轻地把婴儿抱到怀里摇晃着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Civilization was cradled somewhere in Asia. 文明发源于亚洲某地。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
相关单词：softly
softly解释：adv.柔和地，静静地，温柔地
softly例句：
He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻，她听不见。
She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。
相关单词：whisper
whisper解释：n.耳语，密谈，谣传，飒飒的声音；vi.耳语，密谈，飒飒地响；vt.低声说
whisper例句：
Their voices fell to a whisper.他们的话音低到成了耳语。
I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.我听到了一个传闻说他准备辞职。
相关单词：exclaimed
exclaimed解释：vt.exclaim的过去式v.呼喊，惊叫，大声说( exclaim的过去式和过去分词 )
exclaimed例句：
"We have a good chance of winning," he exclaimed optimistically. “我们很可能获胜。”他乐观地喊道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
She exclaimed in delight when she saw the presents. 她见到礼品高兴得叫了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：grabbed
grabbed解释：v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取
grabbed例句：
He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
相关单词：sleeve
sleeve解释：n.袖子，袖套
sleeve例句：
Will you please mend the sleeve of my blouse?请你把我衬衣的袖子补一下好吗？
He pulled my sleeve, attracted my attention in this way.他扯了扯我的衣袖以引起我的注意。
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