What is the saddest thing you have heard a child say?
你聽孩子說過的最令人難過的事是什么？

獲得14.8k好評(píng)的答案@Charlotte Neumann

I have a neighbor. He shouts at his kids a lot. He has a close friend with a little girl, Mindy. Does this guy also shout at his kids a lot? I don't know...
我有個(gè)鄰居，他經(jīng)常大聲罵孩子。他的一個(gè)好朋友有個(gè)小女兒，叫明迪，但是我不知道那個(gè)人是否也經(jīng)常大聲罵孩子……

The other day, my neighbor's son Marco, 6, and Mindy, also 6, rang my door bell. "Marco threw his monster ball on your balcony. We want to get it - if you won't be angry?"
有一天，我鄰居6歲的兒子馬爾科，和同樣6歲的明迪按響了我的門鈴。“馬爾科把他的怪獸球扔到你家陽臺(tái)了，我們想拿回它——你不會(huì)生氣吧？”

Me: Of course I won't be angry. Come in.
我：當(dāng)然不會(huì)生氣。請(qǐng)進(jìn)吧。

Mindy: Are you really not angry?
明迪：你真的沒有生氣？

Me: No.
我：真的不會(huì)。

Mindy: When are you angry?
明迪：那你什么時(shí)候生氣呀？

Me: I'm never angry with kids.
我：我從不跟孩子生氣。

Mindy: Really?
明迪：真的嗎？

Me: Yes.
我：真的。

Mindy: Never?
明迪：從來沒有？

Me: Never.
我：從來沒有。

Mindy: Not even if we do something wrong?
明迪：即使我們做錯(cuò)了也不生氣？

Me: No. I'd probably tell you it was wrong, but I wouldn't be angry.
我：不生氣。我可能會(huì)告訴你那是錯(cuò)的，但是我不會(huì)生氣。

Mindy looked at me, then repeated: "You won't be angry with me?"
明迪看著我，然后又說了一遍：“你真的不會(huì)跟我們生氣？”

Me: I will never be angry with you.
我：我永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)跟你們生氣。

She looked at me again, for a few seconds, then flung herself into my arms.
她又看了我?guī)酌腌?，然后飛撲進(jìn)我的懷里。

I didn't even know her, before this. There's no saying exactly what the background is, but I found it sad.
在此之前我從未了解過她。我說不準(zhǔn)她的家庭背景到底是什么樣的，但是我覺得這件事讓人很難過。

獲得9.9k好評(píng)的答案@Aaron Hammett

In recent news, a man had entered into an electrified swimming pool to save his daughter and subsequently died from electrocution. His daughter survived.
最近有個(gè)新聞，有個(gè)男人進(jìn)到一個(gè)通了電的游泳池去救他的女兒，隨后他就觸電死亡，但是他的女兒活下來了。

My 5 year old son looked wide-eyed as I read the report to my wife. Silence overtook the room for a moment and then in a still, small voice he said, "Daddy, would you die for me?"
當(dāng)我給妻子念這條新聞的時(shí)候，我5歲的兒子睜大眼睛看著我。一時(shí)間屋里一片寂靜，過了一會(huì)兒，他小聲說道：“爸爸，你會(huì)為我而死嗎？”

"Yes, of course."
“當(dāng)然會(huì)。”

Tears welled up in his baby brown eyes. "I would die for you, too."
他如嬰兒般的棕色眼睛里涌出了淚水。“我也會(huì)為你而死的?！?/div>

Needless to say, I swept him into my arms and broke down.
無需多言，我把他擁進(jìn)懷里，失聲痛哭。

獲得1.2k好評(píng)的答案@Cheryl Lightfoot

I was out all day, and didn't check in with my son, thinking at his age (17) he wouldn't care what I was doing. I was wrong. He somehow got it into his head that I might have had an accident. And worse, since his father died, I am his only parent. He said to me later, in a tone that showed exactly how scared and hurt he was, that I had frightened him into thinking he now had no parents and was all alone in the world. Needless to say, I felt horrible and have vowed to check in if I am ever out later than expected.
我在外面呆了一整天，也沒和我兒子報(bào)備一下，我覺得他已經(jīng)17歲了，也不在乎我在做什么。然而我錯(cuò)了。他莫名其妙地覺得我可能出事了。更糟糕的是，自從他爸爸去世后，我是他唯一的家長了。他隨后對(duì)我說，我嚇得他覺得他現(xiàn)在沒有父母了、孤身一人活在世上，語氣十分驚慌，很是受傷的樣子。毋庸置疑，我覺得這很可怕，并且發(fā)誓如果我比預(yù)想中要晚回家的話一定會(huì)向他報(bào)備。

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