Chilly Today, Hot Tamale
<p>圣诞前的一个寒冷的夜里，他满心期待地排队等着买热腾腾的墨西哥玉米粉蒸肉时，发现前面有一位母亲因为把外套披在孩子身上而自己冻得瑟瑟发抖，迟疑片刻之后，他把自己的夹克脱下递给了那位母亲。</p><p>好不容易轮到自己，他却被告知这一屉玉米粉蒸肉已经卖完，要等到下一屉蒸熟还要等上两个钟头，但是他必须得走了。这时那位母亲拉住他，请他留下地址。于是，在圣诞前夕那天，他不但收到了自己的夹克，还收到了香甜美味的玉米粉蒸肉&<span word="hellip">hellip</span>;&<span word="hellip">hellip</span>;</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="fault">fault</span>." <span word="Carl">Carl</span> <span word="Fenter">Fenter</span> <span word="tugged">tugged</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="jacket">jacket</span> <span word="closer">closer</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="abnormal">abnormal</span> <span word="bite">bite</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="wind">wind</span>. "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="warm">warm</span>."</p><p><span word="Just">Just</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="brilliant">brilliant</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span> - <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bigtamale">bigtamale</span>玉米粉蒸肉<span word="feast">feast</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="tonight">tonight</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Christmas">Christmas</span> <span word="Eve">Eve</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="church">church</span> - <span word="and">and</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="landed">landed</span> <span word="him">him</span>: <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="line">line</span> 50 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="deep">deep</span>.</p><p><span word="Who">Who</span> <span word="would">would</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="guessed">guessed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="tamale">tamale</span> <span word="shop">shop</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="Christmas">Christmas</span>? <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Carl">Carl</span> <span word="knew">knew</span>. <span word="He">He</span>'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="El">El</span> <span word="Paso">Paso</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>. <span word="Determined">Determined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tamales">tamales</span>, <span word="Carl">Carl</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="lasttienda">lasttienda</span>商店, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="favorite">favorite</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Canutillo">Canutillo</span>.</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="freshbatch">freshbatch</span>一批，一炉<span word="was">was</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="steamer">steamer</span> <span word="in">in</span> 45 <span word="minutes">minutes</span>. <span word="Taking">Taking</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snaking">snaking</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tamale">tamale</span>-<span word="seekers">seekers</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="remove">remove</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="jacket">jacket</span> <span word="todrape">todrape</span>用布帘覆盖<span word="around">around</span> <span word="hershivering">hershivering</span>颤抖的<span word="youngster">youngster</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="she">she</span>, <span word="too">too</span>, <span word="shuddered">shuddered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chilly">chilly</span> <span word="wind">wind</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hesitation">hesitation</span>, <span word="Carl">Carl</span> <span word="shed">shed</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="jacket">jacket</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grateful">grateful</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>.</p>
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