母親的信 all u letter (第3/9頁)
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“HowdidyouknowthatwasexactlywhatIwantedtosay?”
“Ioftensitandlookatmyboysletters，justlikeyou，withoutaclueaboutwhattowrite。”
Afewdayslaterthewomanreturnedwithafriend，thenanotheroneandyetanotherone-theyallhadsonswhofoughtinthewar，andtheyallneededletters。Mumhadbecomethecorresondentinourartoftown。Sometimesshewouldwritelettersalldaylong。
Mumalwaysinsistedthateolesignedtheirownletters，andthesmallwomanwiththegreyhairaskedmumtoteachherhowtodoit。“Isomuchwanttobeabletowritemyownnamesothatmysoncanseeit。”Thenmumheldthewomanshandinhersandmovedherhandovertheaeragainandagainuntilshewasabletodoitwithoutherhel。
Afterthatday，whenmumhadwrittenaletterforthewoman，shesigneditherself，andherfacebrighteneduinasmile。
Onedayshecametous，andmuminstantlyknewwhathadhaened。Allhoehaddisaearedfromhereyes。Theystoodhandinhandforalongtimewithoutsayingaword。Thenmumsaid:“Webettergotochurch。Therearecertainthingsinlifesogreatthatwecannotcomrehendthem。”Whenmumcamebackhome，shecouldntgetthered-hairedboyoutofhermind。
Afterthewarwasover，mumutawaytheenandaer。“Finito，”shesaid。Butshewaswrong。ThewomenwhohadcometoherforhelinwritingtotheirsonsnowcametoherwithlettersfromtheirrelativesinItaly。TheyalsocametoaskherforherhelingettingAmericancitizenshi。
Ononeoccasionmumadmittedthatshehadalwayshadasecretdreamofwritinganovel。“Whydidntyou?”Iasked。
“Alleoleinthisworldareherewithonearticularurose，”shesaid。“Aarently，mineistowriteletters。”Shetriedtoexlainwhyitabsorbedherso。
“Aletteruniteseolelikenothingelse。Itcanmakethemcry，itcanmakethemlaugh。Thereisnocaressmorelovelyandwarmthanaloveletter，becauseitmakestheworldseemverysmall，andbothsenderandreceiverbecomelikekingsintheirownkingdoms。Mydear，aletterislifeitself!”
