One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read: For washing the car.$5.00 For making my own bed this week$1.00 Going to the provision shop.$0.50 Playing with little sister$0.25 Taking out the rubbish$1.00 Getting a good report card$5.00 And for sweeping the common corridor..$2.00 Total.$14.75 His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote:For 9 months I carried you, growing inside Charge For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for Charge For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your Charge When you add it all up, the full cost of my Charge Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, "Mummy, I love you." Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the "bill" "All paid." 中文： 一天晚上，妻子在廚房準備晚餐的時候，我們的小兒子拿着一張紙走向他母親。上面寫道： 洗車---------------------------------5美元 本週整理我的房間----------------1美元 爲你去商店-------------------------0.5美元 照管小妹妹-------------------------0.25美元 外出倒垃圾-------------------------1美元 成績報告單獲得良好--------------5美元 打掃通道----------------------------2美元 總計----------------------------------14.75美元 他母親看着他兒子滿懷希望地站在那兒等着拿錢。我能看到她腦子裏翻騰着記憶的浪花。她拿起鋼筆把兒子寫過的紙翻過來。在上面寫道： 你呆在我的腹中，我爲你懷胎九月------------------------------免費； 晚上陪伴着你，爲你求醫，爲你祈禱----------------------------免費； 爲你準備玩具、食物、衣服甚至爲你擦鼻涕--------------------免費， 你把以上所有的累加起來，我爲你付出的全部的愛------------免費。 兒子讀完母親寫的話，雙眼含着豆大的淚花，他看着他的媽媽說：“媽媽，我愛你。”他拿出鋼筆在他的“帳單”上寫了幾個大大的字：“全部要償還。”
