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In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw a beautiful brooch(胸针) in a shop window that set his heart
racing. But the price—five dollars—was too high for Reuben Earle.
Five dollars would buy almost a week's food for his family.
Reuben couldn't ask his father for the
money. Everything his father made through fishing went to his mother, Dora.
Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it
together. The housework was never-ending, and she struggled to feed and clothe
their five children but she was happy as her family and their well-being
were all she cared about.
Nevertheless, he opened the shop's
weathered(风化的)
door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack(面粉袋改做的) shirt and washed-out trousers, he told
the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding ,“But I don't have the money right now.
Can you please hold it for me for some time?”
“I'll try,” the shopkeeper smiled.
“People around here don't usually have that kind of money to spend on things.
It should keep for a while.”
Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap
and walked out. He would raise the money and not tell anybody, for he
thought Mum would get surprised when she saw that brooch. On hearing the sound
of hammering from a side street, Reuben suddenly had an idea that he could
raise money by selling the used nail bags(装钉子的麻袋). People built their own homes in Bay
Roberts, using nails bought in bags from a local factory. Sometimes the used
bags were thrown away at the construction site, and Reuben knew he could
sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece.
That day he sold two nail bags and hid the
money in a rusty soda tin(汽水罐).
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Every
day after school, Reuben started his plan. …
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Finally, the time came! …