第14章一路爱相送（14）
Myyoungersoartedpreshewasfour，attendingtwiceaweekfortwohourseachtime。Isoonnoticedhewasalwaysthelastohe，soIaskedtheteacherifheroblems。"No，no。"sheassuredme。"Heisdoiinvolvediiveproject。"
Ohroughthedoorifhewasreadytoleave，heyelled，"Don'tein！It'sasurprise。"SoIatientlyeatilhefinallyemerged，smilingandmysterious。
"Whatareyoudoi;Iasked。
"Makihing。"hesaid。
Mycuriositywasgettiofme。Whatheldhisattentionforsugperiodoftime？HelikedbuildingthingsbystagalphabetbloattaLogsuntilhemadeastructurebigenhisHot>
&hedayarrivedwhenheledhisclassoutthedhiscreativeproject，withbothhands。Hiseyesrarelyleftthetissue-ackageashecarefullywalkedtothesteadasusual。Hehaome。"Here，Mom，it'sasurprise。Imadeitjustforyou。"
CarefullyIliftedthetissueofffirstoheher。Iledastringnecklacemadeofhand-aipieces—red，yellow，green，purpleaherhisbox。
"It'sbeautiful，"Isaid，holdingitcarefullyandturningitthiswayandthatsothesuhroughthedow。"Itlookslikearainbow;
Heleanedonmyarmawithme。"Imadeit，"hesaidtly，"allbymyself。"
Thenecklacecausedalotofextathome。Kelly'sdad，hisolderbrotherandbothyouersadmiredit。Icarefullystoweditinmyjewelryboxsoitwouldbroken。
Afterdionashortwalktothegrocerystoreforsomemilk。"Wait，Mom！Wait！"Kellyyelledasherandowerme。"your;Ibentdowarou;Youlookpretty。"hesaid。
&lyaecklacecausedquiteastiratthemarket。"Niecklace。&quersaid。Thenmyneighborremarked，"Oneofyourkidsmakeit？"Ihegrocerychee;Iwaoo。"
NothingIhaveeverworedmoreentthanthatnedIworeitoften，enjoyingeveryword。
&ime，however，themaipiecesbrokeone-by-oneahestring。KellyfotaboutthenedIstithopingthepieceswouldlastlohelastpiececrumbledaherbrokenbitsofmaiatthebottomofmyjewelrybox。Thenecklaore。Irememberedhowhardhehadroudwehadbees。IgotalumpinmythroatwhenIthoughtabittochurch，stsrandpa's。Itwasamemift，andIwouldmisswearingitforourspecialfamilyos。
&y-fiveyearslater，onChristmasEve，Kellyhandedmeasmallbox。"IrememberwhenIwasfouraogiveyouapresent，buthadnomoney，soIusedsandmaakeyouasurprise。Youweresuchagoodsportabthatmaedeachtimeyouputiton，youmademefeelveryspecial。Sothisgiftistomakeupforthemaethatdidn'tlast。"
Hepluckedabeautifulstringofpearlsfromiheredvelvetboxaaroundmyneck。
"Didyoumakeit？"Iaskedjokiospeak。
"No，"hechuckled，"butIdidpickouteachpearl。IhopethisnecklacemakesyoufeelasspeyouwearitasIfeltwheherone。MerryChristmas，Mom。"
我四岁的小儿子利上幼儿园了。他每周去幼儿园两次，每次去两个小时。我很快就发现，他总是最后一个离开教室，于是我便去向老师询问情况。“没事，他没遇上什么问题。”老师向我保证道，“他做得挺好的，只是在忙一件很有创意的事情。”
一次，我在教室门口问他是否准备回家了，他大声回答说：“不要进来！我要给你一个惊喜。”于是，每天我都会耐心地在外面等他，直到他神神秘秘地笑着出来。