见信知母爱

鸭绒25（译）

2021年6月6日

亲爱的孩子：

我写得这么慢，是因为我知道，你阅读的速度很慢。

我们不住在你离家前和我们住过的那个房子了。你爸爸在报纸上看到，大多数的车祸发生在那个家的20英里范围以内。所以，我们搬走了。

我没办法将新地址寄给你。因为住在这里的前一户人家在他们搬走时，把房子的号码拿走了。这样，他们就不必再改他们的地址了。

新搬的这个家真不错。它甚至还有一台洗衣机。不过，我不确定，它是否还能正常工作。上周我放了一篮子衣服进去，拉上帘子。从那以后，我就再也没有看过它们。

这里的天气不算太糟。上周才下了两次雨。第一次下了三天，第二次下了四天。

你要我寄给你的那件外套，你的史蒂夫叔叔说，由于有钮扣钉在上面，用邮寄的话它有点太重了。所以，我们把它剪下来，放在外套的口袋里。

我们收到殡仪馆的另一份账单。他们说，如果我们不把奶奶墓地的最后一笔欠款付掉，她就会从墓地里爬起来回家的。

约翰昨天把钥匙锁在车里了。我们担心死了。因为他花了两个小时才把我和谢尔比救出来。

你姐姐今天早上生了个孩子。但我还不知道是男孩，还是女孩。所以，我不知道你是他的姑姑，还是她的叔叔。如果是个女孩，你姐姐准备以我的名字命名。她会叫它“妈妈”。

皮特叔叔上星期掉进了一个威士忌的酒桶里。有人试图把他拉出来。但他赶走他们，自己淹死了。我们将他火化。烧了三天。

你的三个朋友开着一辆小货车从桥上翻到河里。开车的是拉尔夫。他摇下车窗，游到安全的地方。坐在后面车斗里的两个朋友淹死了。因为他们无法把车尾的挡板放下来。

现在，没有更多的消息告诉你了。没什么大事发生。

爱你的，

母亲

顺便说一句。我本来想给你寄些钱的，但信已经封口了。

英文原文：From A Mother With Love

Dear Child，

I am writing this slow because I know that you can't read fast。

We don't live where we did when you left home。Your dad read in the paper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from your home so we moved。

I won't be able to send you the address，as the last family that lived here took the house numbers when they left so that they wouldn't have to change their address。

This place is real nice。It even has a washing machine。I'm not sure if it works too well though。Last week I put a load in，pulled the chain，and haven't seen them since。

The weather isn't too bad here，it only rained twice last week。The first time it rained for three days and the second time for four days。

The coat you wanted me to send you，your Uncle Steve said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on，so we cut them off and put them in the pockets。

We got another bill from the funeral home。They said if we don't make the last payment on Grandma's grave，up she comes。

John locked his keys in the car yesterday。We were worried because it took him two hours to get me and Shelby out。

Your sister had a baby this morning but I haven't found out what it is yet，so I don't know if you're an aunt or an uncle。If the baby is a girl，your sister is going to name it after me，she's going to call it Mom。

Uncle Pete fell in a whiskey vat last week。Some man tried to pull him out but he fought them off and drowned。We had him cremated and he burned for three days。

Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up truck。Ralph was driving。He rolled down the window and swam to safety。Your two friends were in the back。They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down。

There isn't much more news at this time。Nothing much has happened。

Love，

Mother

P.S.，I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed。