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Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead.好几次了,我女儿打电话来说：“妈妈，你务必得在那些水 仙花凋谢之前来看看它们。”我是想去，可从拉古娜到箭头湖要开两个小时的车。“I will come next Tuesday,” I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call.“那我下周二去吧。”在她第三次打来电话时，我极不情愿 地答应道。Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there.到了那个周二，清晨很冷又下着雨，不过既然答应了， 我还是开车去了。When I finally walked into Carolyn’s house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said,等我终于到了卡罗琳家，拥抱问候过我的外 孙们，说:“Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see bad enough to drive another inch!”“卡罗琳，别想那水仙了！天阴又有雾，路都看不清。 这世上除了你和这些孩子，没有什么能让我为想去看他们再开一 步车了！ ”My daughter smiled calmly and said, “We drive in this all the time, mother.”女儿平静地笑着说：“妈妈，我们一直都在这种天气里开车 的呀！ ”“Well, you won’t get me back on the road until it clears, and then I’m head