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

Keep the Change

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. 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.