美麗平安夜 Silent Night--2
The children quickly dressed and got in the car. Mom drove cautiously through the snow and the children wondered what she was going to show them. It was the same route they drove for their music lessons but then Mom turned down a different street.
"I found this place by accident as I went to pick you up from your music lessons." said Mom. She stopped the car in front of a house. The children were puzzled as to why she stopped.
"What do you want us to see?" asked Emily.
"See the nativity scene in the corner of the yard?" said Mom. "It's just like a real stable. Let's go look at it."
"I'm staying inside." said Bradley.
"I want to see it." said Emily.
"I'll race you there!" said Brian.
The children ran to the stable.
Brian knocked on the boards. "Mom, it's real wood."
"Yes, someone took a lot of time and care to build this." said Mom.
"But it doesn't have Mary or Joseph statues." said Brian.
"Do you feel like pretending?" asked Mom.
"Yes, yes!" cried Emily and Brian.
"Let's pretend we're back in the olden days when Jesus was born." said Mom. "Emily, go get your doll and put it in the manger. You can be Mary. Brian, get the window scraper from the car. That will be your cane and you can be Joseph and I'll be the innkeeper. Who remembers how the story goes?"
"I do!" yelled excited Brian. "Dad read us that story before he left on his trip. Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem to get sentenced."
Mom laughed. "No Brian, I think you mean for the census. Do you know what that means?"
"I can't remember." said Brian.
"That means that the government wanted to find out how many people lived in the country." said Mom. "Go on with the story."
"Mary and Joseph have to stay overnight but all the hotels are full." said Brian.
"And Mary is going to have a baby, right Mom?" said Emily.
"That's right. Very good, you remember." said Mom. "Okay, here is my hotel. Lights, cameras, action!" ( to be continued )
中文：
（續(xù)）孩子們很快穿好衣服鉆進(jìn)車?yán)铩寢屧诓紳M積雪的路上謹(jǐn)慎地開著，孩子們不知道她想讓他們看什么。開車走的是他們?nèi)ド弦魳氛n的路，但媽媽在另一個街道拐彎了。
“我是在接送你們上音樂課時偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)這個地方的。”媽媽說，并在一座房子前面停了下來。孩子們迷惑不解，不知她為什么把車停在這兒。
“你想讓我們看什么呀？”艾米麗問。
“看到院子角落里那個基督誕生的場景了嗎？”媽媽說。“它看起來就像一間真正的馬廄。我們過去看看。”
“我就待在車?yán)铩！辈祭吕f。
“我想看看。”艾米麗說。
“我也跟著去！”布賴恩說。
孩子們跑向馬廄。
布賴恩敲敲木板，“媽媽，真的是木頭耶！”
“是的，有人花了很長時間和心血來建造它。”媽媽說。
“但是沒有圣母馬利亞和約瑟的雕像。”布賴恩說。
“你們想扮演嗎？”媽媽問。
“想，想啊！”艾米麗和布賴恩都叫道。
“我們來扮演回到耶穌誕生的古時候。”媽媽說，“艾米麗，把你的洋娃娃放在馬槽里，你扮演馬利亞。布賴恩，從車?yán)锬脕泶皯艄伟澹脕碜髂愕奶僬龋阊菁s瑟。我就是店主。誰記得故事的情節(jié)？”
“我記得！”興奮的布賴恩嚷道。“爸爸在出發(fā)前給我們講過那個故事。馬利亞和約瑟去伯利恒（耶路撒冷南方六英里一市鎮(zhèn)，耶穌誕生地）接受刑罰。”
媽媽笑了：“噢，不對，布賴恩。我認(rèn)為你說的是人口普查。你知道這是什么意思嗎？”
“不記得了。”布賴恩說。
“就是說政府想知道一共有多少人住在這個國家。”媽媽說。“繼續(xù)講下去。”
“馬利亞和約瑟必須得過夜，但所有的旅店都住滿了。”布賴恩說。
“馬利亞就要生小孩了。對吧，媽媽？”艾米麗說。
“對，非常好。你記得很清楚。”媽媽說。“呶，這兒就是我的旅店。燈光，攝像機，開拍！”（待續(xù)）
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