Let's Share

In art class Lin Hao has two pencils, but Zhao Min's pencil breaks. She looks in her bag, then looks worried. The teacher is already explaining the drawing. There is no time to go downstairs to the shop.

美术课上林浩有两支铅笔，赵敏的铅笔却断了。 她翻书包，接着发愁。 老师已经在讲怎么画了。 来不及下楼去小店。

Lin Hao puts one pencil on her desk. "You can use this one," he says. Zhao Min's face changes. "Thanks. You're so kind." They draw the same tree, one with leaves, one with a bird.

林浩把一支铅笔放到她桌上。 他说：“你可以用这支。” 赵敏脸色变了：“谢谢，你真好。” 他们画同一棵树，一个画叶子，一个画鸟。

Sharing does not make Lin Hao poorer. He still has one pencil, and now two pictures will be finished. The teacher walks by and says, "Good. You helped each other." Zhao Min later gives him a piece of her eraser, because his is very small.

分享并没有让林浩变穷。 他还剩一支笔，而且两幅画都能画完。 老师走过来说：“好。你们互相帮了忙。” 后来赵敏也给他一块橡皮，因为他的橡皮很小。

After class they laugh about the broken pencil. "Let's share next time, too," Zhao Min says. Kindness in class is often this small. A pencil, a seat, a sentence: enough to change the hour.

课后他们还为那支断铅笔笑。 赵敏说：“下次也一起分享吧。” 课堂上的好心，常常就这么小。 一支笔、一个座位、一句话：就够改变这一节课。