A young mother believed¹ that it was² very wrong to waste⁴ any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave⁵ her a slice⁶ of fresh⁷ brown bread and butter, but the child said⁸ that she did⁹ not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as³ well.

Her mother looked at her for a few¹⁰ seconds and then said, "When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given¹¹ either¹² bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.

Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity¹³ in her eyes and then said to her kindly¹⁴, "Aren't you pleased¹⁵ that you've come to live with us now?"

一位年轻的母亲认为，世界上还有许多受饥饿的人，浪费食物真不应该。有天晚上，在安排幼小的女儿睡觉之前，她给女儿喂夜宵。她先给她一片新鲜的黑面包和黄油，但孩子说她不喜欢这样吃。她还要一些果酱涂在面包上。

母亲看了女儿几秒钟，随即说道，“露茜，当我象你一样小的时候，总是吃面包加黄油，或者面包加果酱，从来没有面包既加黄油又加果酱。”

露茜看了母亲一会儿，眼中露出怜悯的神情，然后她柔声说：“您现在能跟我们生活在一起难道不感到高兴吗？”