The most beautiful lie in the world

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This post was last edited by zfy_80522 on 2009-11-26 at 11:17. 8 Lies Spoken Throughout Life 1. As a child, the little boy came from a poor family; there was often not enough food to eat, so his mother would give the food from her own bowl to him. Mother said, “Kids, eat quickly; I’m not hungry!” ——The First Lie Told by a Mother 　　　　　2. When the boys were growing up, their hardworking mother would use her Sunday off to go to the rivers and streams in the rural areas around the county to catch some fish, so as to provide the children with calcium. The fish is delicious, and the fish soup is very flavorful. While the children were eating the fish, their mother sat beside them, gnawing on the fish bones and licking the meat residue off them with her tongue. The boy felt sorry for her, so he took the fish from his own bowl and put it in his mother’s bowl, offering it to her to eat. The mother wouldn’t eat it, so she used her chopsticks to put the fish back into the boy’s bowl. Mother said, “Child, eat quickly; I don’t like fish!” ——The second lie told by the mother 　　　　　3. When he reached middle school, in order to afford the tuition fees for her son and his siblings, his mother, who was a seamstress, went to the neighborhood committee to get some matchboxes and brought them home; she would use those boxes to make something and earn a little money to help support the family. One winter, the boy woke up in the middle of the night and saw his mother still bent over, working on a matchbox by the oil lamp. The boy said, “Mom, go to sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow morning.” The mother smiled and said, “Child, go to sleep. I’m not tired!” ——The third lie told by the mother 　　　　　4. During the college entrance examination year, the mother took time off from work and stood at the entrance of the examination site every day to support the boy who was taking the exam. It was the height of summer, with the scorching sun shining down, and the stubborn mother stood there in that heat for several hours at a time. The bell signaling the end of the exam rang, and the mother stepped forward to give her child a cup of strong tea prepared in a tin can, urging them to drink it. The tea was strong, and so was the affection between them. Looking at his mother’s chapped lips and beads of sweat on her forehead, the boy handed her the canned drink back, offering it to her to drink. Mother said, “Child, drink quickly; I’m not thirsty!” ——The Four Lies Spoken by the Mother 　　　　　5. After her father passed away, the mother had to take on both parental roles; relying on her meager income from a sewing shop, she struggled hard to support her children, enabling them to go to school, living in great hardship. Uncle Li, who repaired watches under the electricity pole at the crossroads of the alleyways, would take any opportunity to offer his help whenever there was a task to be done – carrying coal, fetching water, or bringing money and food to support the boy’s family. Humans are not plants or trees; who can be without feelings? The neighbors, who saw and remembered all this, advised the mother to remarry, asking why she should suffer like that. Yet, for many years, the mother remained chaste and never married; no matter how much others persuaded her, she refused to listen. She said, “I don’t love him!” ——The Five Lies Told 　　　　　6. After the boy and his siblings graduated from college and started working, their mother, who had lost her job, set up a small stall at a nearby farmers’ market to make a living. When the children working in other places found out, they would often send money back to help their mother, but she refused firmly and sent the money back. Mom said, I have money! ——The Six Lies Told 　　　　　7. The boy stayed at the school to teach for two years; afterward, he was admitted as a doctoral student at a prestigious university in the United States. After graduating, he worked at a research institution there, enjoying excellent benefits and favorable conditions. Living in a foreign country, he wanted to bring his mother over so that she could live a comfortable life, but she refused his request. Mother said, I’m not used to it! ——The Seven Lies Told 　　　　　8. In her later years, my mother suffered from stomach cancer and was hospitalized. By the time the boy, who was far across the Atlantic, flew back, my mother was already on her deathbed after the surgery. The mother had grown old, and looking at her mother suffering terribly from illness, the boy was heartbroken and burst into tears. But the mother said, “Child, don’t cry; I don’t feel pain.” ——The last lie told