It was Molly's job to hand her father his paper lunch bag each morning before he left home to work.
One morning, besides his 1 lunch bag. Molly handed him a second paper bag, which looked a bit old.
"Why two bags?" her father asked. "The other is something else," Molly answered. "What's in it?" "Just something. Take it with you."
He put2 paper bags into his briefcase (公文包), kissed Molly and rushed off. At noon he opened Molly's bag and took out all the things: a small Teddy bear, 2 tiny sea shells (贝壳), 5 small stones, and 12 coins…The 3 father smiled, finished eating, and swept the desk clean into the wastebasket, Molly's things in the bag included, and then put himself into the afternoon work.
That evening, Molly ran up to him 4 he was reading the newspaper.
"Where's my bag?" "What's bag?" "The one I gave you this morning."
"I 5 it at the office. Why?" "I forgot to put this 6 in it," she said. "And, besides, Daddy, the things in the bag are the things I really like—I thought you might like to 7 with them. You didn't lose the bag, did you, Daddy?"
"Oh, no. I just forgot to bring it home." he 8.
While Molly hugged (拥抱) her father's neck, he opened the note that read: "I love you, Daddy." Molly had given him her 9 —all that a 7-year-old held.
Love in a paper bag, and he 10 it. He had even thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he went hurriedly to the 11. Just before the night cleaner, he found all the things back and carried the bag home 12 .
After dinner, he asked Molly to tell him about the things in the bag. It 13 a long time to tell. 14 had a story or a memory.
The life journey with the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple 15 but it is so easily forgotten.
