It was a Spring Festival night. I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on such a beautiful festival. When I was complaining(抱怨) about it three people came to my desk—a tired woman and two children.
"Are you all sick?" I asked doubtfully because they seemed all right. Yes, the woman answered weakly and lowered her head.
But when they started to talk about their problems, things became unclear. One child had a fever, but his temperature was OK. The other child had an earache, but she could not till me which ear hurt. It seemed that the mother was pretending (假装)to cough.
Something was wrong. But I only told them that it might take a while before a doctor could meet them. "Take your time, please, "said them other. I checked their charts (病历)-no address. Suddenly I knew, they were homeless while he hospital was warm.
The family huddled (蜷缩) together, smiling and talking with each other sweetly. Quietly, I went back to the nurses' station and told them what happened in the waiting room. The nurses' station suddenly came back to life. All he nurses were ready for "a Spring Festival emergency (急诊)".
We took out our meals for our "patients". We also put together oranges and apples as presents. We tried to warm a family who only wanted a warm place on Spring Festival night. Later, the little girl kissed me and said, "Thanks for being our angle (天使). "
