The Scar
         A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school's first teacher-parent conference. To the little boy's dismay, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that covered nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
          At the conference, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother despite the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation between his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
       “How did you get the scar on your face?”?he teacher asked.
         The mother replied,?“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was running toward his crib, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.”?She touched the burned side of her face.?“This scar will be permanent, but to this day, I have never regretted doing what I did.”
          At this point, the little boy came out running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt an overwhelming sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
            傷 疤
            譯：趙興華
       有位小男孩邀請他的媽媽參加他初級學校第一次家長會，令他驚訝的是她說她愿意去，這可是同學們和老師第一次見到他的媽媽，他會因她的外貌而難堪，雖然媽媽是一位漂亮的婦女，可她的臉龐有一塊嚴重的傷疤，幾乎占據(jù)了整個右半臉。男孩從來不想說媽媽為什么有這塊傷疤，或是怎樣留下它的。
      會議期間，他媽媽的和氣和美貌給人們留下了深刻印象，沒有人刻意留心那塊傷疤，但小男孩一直拘束不安，躲避大家。在他的媽媽和老師交談時，小男孩盡量在聽力所能及的范圍內(nèi)聽從他們交談。
       老師問：“你是怎么在臉上留下傷疤的呢？”
       這位媽媽回答：“在我的兒子還是個嬰兒時，他所在的房子燃著大火，火勢很猛，無法控制，人們都嚇得不敢進屋，于是我就走進去了。當我向著他所在的柵欄沖去的時侯，我看見一團火苗掉落下來，我就用我的身體壓著他，試圖保護他。我被撞得不省人事，真幸運，消防人員及時趕到，救下了我們母子�！彼�摸著她臉上被燒傷的一側(cè)�！斑@塊傷疤是永久的，可直到今天，我對我的行為無怨無悔�！�
       在這當兒，小男孩跑過來，他淚眼朦朧，跑向他的媽媽，他抱住她，體會到她為兒子所做的巨大犧牲。在這天接下來的時間里，他緊緊握著她的手，不愿放開。