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10、y breath, trying not to sigh out loud. My seventeen-year-old son Arthur and I were leaving a holiday work function and there was plenty of leftover food that the organizers were trying to give away. Immediately Arthur fixed his attention upon a large dish of tiramisu that no one else wanted. It was
11、enough dessert for four people, and Arthurs doctor had warned us about watching his sugar intake. “Please, Gwen? Please?”It had been a long day, and even though Arthur tends to get exhausted by social situations that are not his regular routine, he accompanied me to the dinner and charmingly chatted
12、 with my colleagues until it was time to go home. The tiramisu, I reasoned, was his reward.As we left the restaurant. Arthur stopped next to our car to look at something. Standing about five feet away was a gentleman with his worn jacket, stomping（跺脚） his feet and rubbing his hands together in an at
13、tempt to ward off the cold. Every few seconds he smiled and tried to speak to the people who were walking by without paying him any attention. At that moment, the gentleman spotted my son watching him. “Hey man, do you happen to have any spare change?”Arthur checked his empty pockets and then looked
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