2007年4月6日 星期五

The Two Of Them by Aliki



The cover of “The Two of Them” gives me lovely feeling when I saw it at first. The grandpa and his granddaughter looked at each other with a smile. The illustrator scratched exquisitely that showed me a harmonious feeling of a lovely relationship between a grandpa and a granddaughter.

"The day she was born, her grandfather made her a ring of silver and a polished stone, because he loved her already." This is one of sentences I felt very touching, especially “because he loved her already.” How sweet it is!! Every newborn baby is the hope for every family, and all the family members will take good care of this baby no matter what it costs, with no exception of this grandfather. He made a silver ring for her because he knew she would wear it someday; he took her to the sea and mountain, playing there almost a day; and worked in the grandfather’s store, training his granddaughter the experience of accounting. Even she miscalculated; the grandfather didn’t worry about that because he considered that was a precious experience for his lovely granddaughter. Besides, the grandfather accompanied with his granddaughter all the time, telling bed-time stories to her, giving his love completely to his cute granddaughter. In my opinion, a child will have confidence or encouragement while he/ she encounter difficulties if parents give wholly supports. The grandfather offered a silent but powerful force to stand aside her all the time, I think, the granddaughter definitely knew his grandfather’s love.

However, years passed. The girl found her grandfather became ill and this is time for her to repay her grandfather. She used the way her grandfather took care of her: telling bed-time stories, stayed with him day after day, holding hands to let him know she would accompany him no matter what happened. But her grandfather still left behind her, only left an apple tree. The apple tree was planted by grandfather, now she was alone, but she wasn’t lonely at all. She was accompanied by this apple tree, the embodiment of grandfather, she knew her grandfather still alive in her heart forever.


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