朋友永遠在一起 a friend n the le (第3/12頁)

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“Okay。Hello。Whoisthis?”

Atlast，Ihadgotthrough。Nowhewascurious。ItoldhimwhoIwasandaskedwhohewas。

“MynameisAdolfMeth。Im88yearsold，andIhaventhadthismanywrongnumbersinonedayin20years!”Webothlaughed。

Wetalkedfor10minutes。Adolfhadnofamily，nofriends。Everyonehehadbeenclosetohaddied。Thenwediscoveredwehadsomethingincommon:hedworkedfortheNewYorkCityPoliceDeartmentfornearly40years。Tellingmeabouthisdaysthereasanelevatoroerator，heseemedinteresting，evenfriendly。IaskedifIcouldcallhimagain。

“Whywouldyouwannadothat?”heasked，surrised。

“Well，maybewecouldbehonefriends。Youknow，likeenals。”

Hehesitated。“Iwouldntmind。。。havingafriendagain。”Hisvoicesoundedalittletentative。

IcalledAdolfthefollowingafternoonandseveraldayslater。Easytotalkwith，herelatedhismemoriesofWorldWarIandII，theHindenburgdisasterandotherhistoricalevents。Hewasfascinating。Igavehimmyhomeandofficenumberssohecouldcallus。Hedid—almosteveryday。

Iwasnotjustbeingkindtoalonelyman。TalkingtoAdolfwasimortanttome，becauseI，too，hadabiggainmylife。Raisedinorhanagesandfosterhomes，Ineverhadafather。Gradually，Adolftookonakindoffatherlyimortancetome。Italkedaboutmyjobandcollegecourses，whichIattendedatnight。

Adolfwarmedtotheroleofcounselor。WhilediscussingadisagreementIdhadwithasuervisor，Itoldmynewfriend，“IthinkIvehaditwithhim。”