【美国故事】无处悬灯 (6/6)

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Nate
Maudie
OliveNate gently helped the calf to its feet. He took it to Maudie. He opened the calf's mouth so that it could take milk from its mother. But Maudie made an angry noise and kicked the calf away. Nate spoke to Maudie as though she could understand him: "Here now! A mother should not do that to her baby!" Olive asked, "Doesn't she love her baby?" Nate said, "She still remembers her pain. But she'll love her calf in the morning."
Olive and Nate were both tired. Olive remembered the coffee she had brought to the barn. She put it on the hot stove. Nate dried the calf with the cloth. As he worked, Olive looked through the barn window. She saw the apple trees with snow on them and the light in her kitchen and the first grace of the morning sun. It made her feel warm and happy. She was part of her husband's life.
Suddenly, Olive heard the sound of the boiling coffee. She turned from the window. She laughed as she saw Nate trying to cover the long, kicking legs of the baby calf. And he laughed, too.
Now, the calf was covered and quiet, sleeping near its mother. Nate and Olive sat in the hay. They held hands as they drank the hot coffee. They felt no need to speak as they looked at the beauty of the first baby in their lives.