While working as a mall Santa, I had many children ask for electric trains. “If you get a train,” I would tell each one, “your dad is going to play with it too. Is that okay?” The usual answer was a quick yes. But after I asked one boy this question, he became very quiet. Trying to move the conversation along, I asked what else he would like Santa to bring him. He promptly replied, “Another train.”
我在商場(chǎng)里扮演圣誕老人,許多孩子都跟我要電動(dòng)火車(chē)。我會(huì)對(duì)他們說(shuō):“如果你拿到小火車(chē),你爸爸也要玩。這樣行不行?”通常孩子們都很快回答說(shuō)行??墒牵幸粋€(gè)男孩,我問(wèn)他以后他好久都不說(shuō)話(huà)。為了使對(duì)話(huà)不冷場(chǎng),我又問(wèn)他還想要圣誕老人帶什么東西給他。他馬上回答說(shuō):“另外一輛火車(chē)?!?