Ayoungexecutivewastravelingdownaneighborhoodstreet.Hewaswatchingforkidsrushingoutfrombetweenparkedcarsandsloweddownwhenhethoughthesawsomething.Ashiscarpassed,nochildrenappeared.Instead,abricksmashedintohisdoor!Heslammedonthebrakes(makehiscarstop).Theangrydriverthenjumpedoutofthecarcaughtthenearestkidandpushedhimupagainstaparkedcar,shouting,“Whatwasthatallaboutandwhoareyou?”
Theyoungboywasapologetic.“Please,Mister...Please,I’msorry…Ididn’tknowwhatelsetodo.Ithrewthebrickbecausenooneelsewouldstop…”
Withtearsdrippingdownhisface,theyouthpointedtoaspotjustaroundaparkedcar.“It’smybrother,”hesaid.“HefelloutofhiswheelchairandIcan’tlifthimup.”
Nowsobbing(cryingsilently),theboyaskedtheexecutive,“Wouldyoupleasehelpmegethimbackintohiswheelchair?He’shurtandhe’stooheavyforme.’’
Movedbeyondwords,thedrivertriedtoswallowtherapidlyswellinglumpinhisthroat.Hehurriedlyliftedtheboybackintothewheelchair,thentookouthisfancyhandkerchiefanddabbed(alighttouch)atthefreshscrapesandcuts.Aquicklooktoldhimeverythingwasgoingtobeokay.“ThankyouandmayGodblessyou.”thegratefulchildtoldthestranger.Shakenupforwords,themansimplywatchedthelittleboypushhiswheelchair—boundbrotherdownthesidewalktowardtheirhome.
Godwhispersinoursoulsandspeakstoourhearts.Sometimeswhenwedon’thavetimetolisten,hehastothrowabrickatus.Don’tgothroughlifesofastthatsomeonehastothrowabrickatyoutogetyourattention!
小题1:Theexecutivesloweddownbecause______. .