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关键词：oak
tree/橡树，envelope/信封，together/在一起 |
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话题：爱情，誓言，忠贞 |
体裁：叙事诗 |
类型：诗歌 |
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难度级别：初级 |
词汇要求：1000 |
文章词数：370 |
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“Look up in the sky, and you'll know that I can see
You standing there and waiting---beside our big
oak tree.”
大橡树下的誓言 |
Big Oak Tree
大橡树
作者：T. Lynn
[美] 来源：www.inspirationalstories.com
日期：2008-2-14
Tommy was eleven and Sabrina
soon would be.
Every morning they would meet beside the big oak tree.
In the summer, they would play together in the sun
And sit beneath the big oak tree when the day was done.
One time when they were
talking of growing up some day
They agreed they'd meet back there and maybe even stay.
By the big oak tree they could build a little home
And they would be together and neither one would roam.
When Tommy was thirteen and
Sabrina soon would be,
They stood together one last time beside the big oak
tree.
Tommy had to leave for his family soon would move.
He took his pocketknife and in the big oak made a
groove.
The groove was Tommy's
simple way of giving her his word.
As he spoke so softly, this is what Sabrina heard:
"On your eighteenth birthday, I'll return to our oak
tree.
Then we will be together forever--you and me."
City life was hectic and the
years did quickly fly.
Tommy never once forgot Sabrina's last good-bye.
He had marked the calendar each year on her birthday.
Soon he'd see the big oak tree and, maybe, even stay.
He would hold Sabrina's
hand; together they'd agree
To stay beside each other--close to the big oak tree.
Tommy headed for the tree one Sunday afternoon.
It was her eighteenth birthday and he would see her
soon.
When Tommy reached the tree,
he found a written note.
It was from Sabrina's mom, and here is what she wrote:
"Sabrina cannot meet you; she won't be here today.
In this envelope is what Sabrina has to say."
He opened up the letter and
his hands began to shake.
As he read Sabrina's words, his heart began to break.
"Tommy, dear, I know that you are standing by our tree.
When you see a big oak tree, always think of me.
"I won't be here to meet
you; the Angels came my way.
Nothing else would keep me from meeting you today.
Look up in the sky, and you'll know that I can see
You standing there and waiting--beside our big oak
tree."
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