The buzzing cellphone threw Mike out of bed. Blue Monday again! He parted the curtain and grey skies greeted him. This worsened his mood. But a sweet smile spread over his face when he saw Helen sleeping soundly like a Snow White.
Opening the door gently, Mike walked outside and into the kitchen. It was a routine for him to cook breakfast early, for both he and his wife, Helen, were high school English teachers. Although they were already 52 years old, they always attended the first period starting at 7:30 on time, rain or shine. We can call them “empty nesters”, with their two kids Catherine and Amanda in key universities in Yorkshire. Two bottles of hot milk, two boiled eggs and pieces of bread were their calories. Then Mike awoke Helen, who was a great beauty even compared with the Helen in the Trojan War.
They finished their breakfast quickly before going downstairs to their car. With a turn of the key, the engine roared to life. It was shaking a little, as if feeling cold. The drive from home to school took roughly 30 minutes and Mike was driving fast, for there was little traffic. “Beautiful stars, huh?” Mike said. “Yeah. When we arc off work, beautiful stars will swim in front of eyes!” Helen replied jokingly. Teaching so many students was indeed a back-breaking job, especially for teachers of advanced years.
They arrived at the already crowded parking lot in the school. Finding a place to squeeze the car in, Mike was going when Helen reminded him that today was her birthday. “Oh, dear, I forgot it! I will make up with a big dinner,” Mike said apologetically and warmly. When she heard this, Helen’s face lit up and blossomed into a big smile.
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Time slipped by and it was time to go home.
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Just as they were eating, there came some knocks on the door.
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Jonathan woke up and looked around. For a moment, he wasn't sure where he was. Then he remembered. He and his sister, Julie were visiting Aunt Gwen. They had spent yesterday helping Aunt Gwen clean her basement. Today, they would have time to play.
He looked out of the window. Fresh snow covered the ground. He could hardly wait to go outside.
Jonathan dressed and hurried downstairs to the kitchen.
“HI, sleepyhead,” said Aunt Gwen. “Julie has already eaten her breakfast. She's outside.” “That's where I'm going as soon as I finish breakfast,” Jonathan said. A short time later, he zipped up his coat, put on his boots, and walked out of the front door. The sun made the snow shine.
He looked around. He didn't see his sister, but he saw something else. Strange footprints in the snow tracked across Aunt Gwen's yard.
“They're way too big to be Julie’s. They looked like they belonged to a dinosaur,” Jonathan said. Then he added, “But that's silly. Dinosaurs are not around anymore.” He looked closer. The footprints were the shape of a very large oval (椭圆形) with a stem. Maybe they belong to an elephant or a hippo that escaped from the zoo, he thought. He held his breath and listened. He didn't hear anything.
He remembered a book he'd seen earlier on Aunt Gwen's shelf. It was a book about animal tracks. He dashed inside to get it. The book had pictures of animals and the tracks they made. He turned the pages one by one, but none of the photos looked like the footprints in Aunt Gwen's yard.
He stared at those footprints again. An animal that made such big tracks would have to be heavy. Its tracks should sink far down into the snow. Yet these footprints seemed to skim (飞速擦过) across the top.
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“How can that be?” he wondered.
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Julie waved and said excitedly, “See what I found in Aunt Gwen's basement?”
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Adam was kind and considerate, and always deeply cherished his wife Zoe. He knew how much she liked to do up her long waterfall-like hair and trim her long and delicate fingernails. He knew she loved strawberries in supermarkets. Meanwhile, Zoe married him without complaint; after all, she loved his diligence, honesty, consideration and gentle quality. In order to improve their lives, the couple joined the ranks of migrant workers and moved into the city.
The New Year flavor of the city was still alive, with spring wind blowing and frequent cold wave appearing, which blocked the smell of spring flowers. The city of the new century was abundant in prosperity and vitality, but it did not belong to them. Adam set up a bed and a mini coal stove in a building under construction where he worked as their temporary home; in a plot of land rented in front of a supermarket, Zoe occupied herself steadily by running a barbecue on a cart (推车).
Every day, she would push her cart out from her humble home, standing in the chilly wind as the morning mist rose. After the supermarket closed, she dragged herself back home, exhausted from her daily routine, but in the faith of love, she lived through each day with hope.
Most days, Adam got off work earlier than her, so he would pick her up at the supermarket and give her a hand. The cart demonstrated their love at that time. The happy and intimate couple walked home pushing the cart, with the street lights shining on the road. It was a beautiful scene that no one appreciated.
One day, when Adam got off work later than usual, he found Zoe sleeping soundly. She was so tired that when she rolled over, she did not even feel her hands sticking out of bed. In grief, he gently took her cold, calloused (长满老茧的), swollen, and red hands full of frostbite (冻疮), tears running down his cheeks.
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That night, Adam turned over repeatedly, unable to sleep.
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The next day after work, Adam purposely ran to a nearby shopping mall.
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