别人的母亲

              Somebody's Mother

                作者：Sanford

        译者：杜恩信 于湃 陈紫玉

        当火车到达克林顿站，售票员走进了车厢，拿起一位老妇人的旅行包，帮助她走向站台。售票员让老人挽着他的胳膊，带着她来到了候车室，把旅行包放在了老妇人旁边，然后去给火车司机发信号，让司机开动火车。一位绅士看见这场景，问到：“打扰一下，售票员先生，请问那位老妇人是你的妈妈吗?”列车管理员回答说“不是，但她却是别人的妈妈。”

But she was somebody's mother

      When our train reached Clinton, the conductor entered the car and taking the bundle of a very old lady, helped her to the platform. Giving her his arm, he assisted her to the waiting room and placed her bundles beside her. He then signaled the engineer and boarded the moving train. A gentleman interested in the scene said, “I beg pardon, Mr. Conductor, but was that old lady your mother?” “No,” said the conductor, “but she was somebody’s mother.”