One sweltering day, I was scooping ice cream into cones and told my four children they could "buy" a cone from me for a hug. Almost immediately, the kids lined up to make their purchases.

    有一天天氣悶熱，我將冰淇淋舀進錐筒，告訴我的四個小孩，他們可以從我這里用擁抱"購買"一筒。于是，孩子們馬上排起了隊來購買。

    The three youngest each gave me a quick hug, grabbed their cones and raced back outside. But when my teen-age son at the end of the line finally got his turn to "buy" his ice cream, he gave me two hugs. "Keep the changes," he said with a smile.

    較小的三個孩子每人很快的抱了我一下，抓過冰淇淋筒就跑到外面去了。最后輪到排在隊尾十年的大兒子來"買"冰淇淋時，他擁抱了我二下。"不用找了，"他笑著說。