踮起脚尖
<p>“今天又是中秋节，他已经50多年没回来了。”姥姥踮起脚尖站在门槛旁，又在重复着她每年的今天都会说的话了。我听这句话也听了十多年了，看到她一步步从充满希望到失望，如今，她显然已经绝望了，却仍然强迫自己相信，他还会回来。</p><p>"<span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mid">Mid</span> <span word="Autumn">Autumn</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="again">again</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="hasn">hasn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="years">years</span>." <span word="Grandma">Grandma</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="tiptoe">tiptoe</span> <span word="beside">beside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="threshold">threshold</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="repeated">repeated</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="listened">listened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="disappointment">disappointment</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="obviously">obviously</span> <span word="desperate">desperate</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="forces">forces</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="back">back</span>.</p><p>他，指的是我姥爷。姥姥常对我们说姥爷个儿很大，皮肤很白，很有看相，只可惜结婚第二年，他跟国民党军一起到台湾去了，之后一直没有音讯。听爷爷说，他也没见过姥爷，所以姥爷对于我们家庭的每一个人来说都几乎是位可有可无的人物。只有姥姥，每天把他念在嘴里，挂在心上，想在梦中。这么多年来她踮起脚尖，日盼夜盼，结果却是希望越大失望越大。</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="grandfather">grandfather</span>. <span word="Grandma">Grandma</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="grandpa">grandpa</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="big">big</span>, <span word="white">white</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="attractive">attractive</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="that">that</span>. <span word="Listen">Listen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Grandpa">Grandpa</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="Grandpa">Grandpa</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="Grandpa">Grandpa</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dispensable">dispensable</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="family">family</span>. <span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="grandma">grandma</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hung">hung</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="dream">dream</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="tiptoe">tiptoe</span>, <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hope">hope</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disappointment">disappointment</span>.</p>
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