6-12岁*故事 | 比赛 The Game

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介绍

双胞胎兄弟发现，与其用谎言掩盖真相，不如优先考虑他人，这是正确的选择。

主题

选择、诚实、优先事项、自私、真理

时间

大约5分钟

故事

鲍比和他的双胞胎兄弟杰里米十岁了，两人都是当地学校足球队的成员。一个周六的早晨，鲍比正沉迷于玩他的新电子游戏时，穿着足球服的杰里米跑进了房间。

“嘿！你怎么还没换好衣服？”杰里米问，“今天的比赛很重要，我们马上就得出发了。”

就在这时，妈妈走进了房间，当她看到鲍比还没穿好衣服时，眼睛瞪得像大弹珠一样。

“鲍比！”她喊道，“快去换衣服，你有比赛要去。你是守门员，队里需要你。赶紧换好衣服，我去把车从车库里开出来。”

但鲍比正忙着打游戏，懒得理会。“我还没玩完呢，一会儿就去准备。”他说着，继续盯着屏幕上的敌人作战。

妈妈没听到鲍比说的话，因为她已经匆忙跑去车库了。她启动车，把车倒到车道上，等了一会儿，然后按了几次喇叭。最终，鲍比一边半跑着出来，一边手忙脚乱地穿着守门员的球服。

“那杰里米呢？”妈妈一边在手套箱里找墨镜一边问。

“哦，他跑进卫生间了。”鲍比回答道，“他说他感觉不舒服，好像肚子疼。他还说让我们先走，如果他感觉好点了，他会让爸爸带他去比赛。咱们走吧。”

“希望他快点好起来，”妈妈说，“他对这场比赛真的很期待，错过就太可惜了。至少我们的明星守门员准时到了，对吧？”

“是啊，没错，妈妈。”他们就这样出发去比赛了。

大约一个半小时后，他们开车回到了家，车里一片沉默，大家都很失落。当他们到家时，孩子们的爸爸迎接他们，脸上也带着担忧的表情。

穿着守门员球服的杰里米终于打破了沉默：“我知道今天输球是我的错。我根本接不住球，我不会守门。”他说着，满脸愧疚。

“没关系，杰里米，”妈妈带着失望的语气说道，“你尽力了。但就像我之前说的，你不应该假装是你哥哥鲍比，尤其是为了让他玩完一个电子游戏。看看结果吧，这只会让你陷入不想面对的境地。”

“至于你，鲍比，”妈妈转向鲍比，“一个无聊的电子游戏比你的足球队更重要吗？你让他们失望了。你不仅错过了赛季的首场比赛，还失去了展示团队精神的机会。不仅如此，你还让你的兄弟在教练面前陷入了麻烦。”

爸爸摇了摇头，说道：“我也为今天的事情感到遗憾。我本可以带鲍比去比赛，但他需要学会对自己的行为负责。我想让他留在家里，亲眼看看今天比赛的结果，也许可以学到什么是更重要的。鲍比，你觉得呢？”

鲍比低着头走向杰里米，说道：“对不起，是我不对。下次我一定准时准备好。兄弟，谢谢你这么关心我。我不会再让你失望。以后接住的每一个球，我都是为你接住的。你能原谅我吗？”

“当然可以，”杰里米回答，“但教练说下场比赛的前半场你不能上场。他想教我怎么当守门员，以防你又缺席。不过别担心，如果你证明自己学了教训，我相信教练会让你多上几场的。”

妈妈给两个男孩一个大大的拥抱，说道：“我想今天大家都学到了宝贵的一课。下次，我们一定要好好检查一下时间安排。好了，快去洗洗准备吃晚饭吧。”

*** 英文版 *******

The Game

A twin brother finds that putting others first instead of hiding behind a lie is the right choice.

"Hey! How come you're not dressed," Jeremy asked. "This is an important game today, and we need to leave really soon."

Just then their mom came into the room and her eyes grew big as jawbreakers when she saw that Bobby wasn't dressed.

"Bobby!" she yelled. "Hurry up and get dressed, you've got a game. You're the goalie and they need you there. So hurry up and get dressed while I get the car out of the garage."

But Bobby was too involved with his video game to be bothered right now. "I'm not done yet, I'll get ready in a minute," he said as he continued fighting the enemy on the screen.

Bobby's mom didn't hear what he said as she was already hurrying for the garage. She started the car and backed it out into the driveway. She waited for a few moments, then honked the horn several times. Finally, out came her son, half running, while attempting to put on his goalie uniform at the same time.

"Now where is Jeremy?" his mother asked, as she fumbled for her sunglasses in the glove compartment.

"Oh, he ran into the bathroom." came a reply. "He said he didn't feel well. I think he has a runny belly. He said for us to go on ahead and if he got to feeling better he would have dad bring him to the game. Let's go."

"I hope he feels better," mom said. "I know he was really excited about this game and it would be a shame for him to miss it. Well anyway, at least our star goalie will be there on time, right?"

"Yeah, right mom." And off they went to the game.

About an hour and a half later, they drove back home, very quiet, and quite disappointed. When they arrived, the boy's father greeted them at the door, also with a concerned look on his face.

Jeremy, still in his brother's goalie uniform, finally broke the silence. "I know it's my fault we lost the game. I couldn't catch the ball at all. I didn't know how," he said sadly.

"That's alright Jeremy," his mother said in a disappointing voice. "You did what you could, but just like what I said earlier, you should have not pretended to be your brother, Bobby. Especially so he could finish a video game. See what happened? It only got you into a situation you didn't want to be in.

"And as for you, Bobby, was playing a silly video game more important than your soccer team? You disappointed them. Not only did you miss the opening game of the season, you also missed the opportunity to show you are a team player. Not to mention how you got your brother in trouble with the coach."

The boy's father shook his head and said, "I'm sorry too for what happened. I could have brought Bobby to the game, but he needed to learn the consequences of his actions. I wanted him to wait here and see the outcome of today's game and maybe learn a lesson about what is important. Well, Bobby, what do you think?"

Bobby went up to his brother Jeremy and with his head down said, "I'm sorry for what I did. Next time I'll be ready on time. Hey bro, it's cool you care so much about me. I won't disappoint you again. Every ball I catch will be for you. Will you forgive me?"

"Sure," said Jeremy. "But the coach told me you're not playing the first half of next game. He wants to teach me to be a goalie too, just in case you don't show up again. But don't worry, if you prove to the coach that you learned your lesson, I'm sure he'll let you play a lot."

Both boys got a big hug from their mom. "Well, I think everyone learned a valuable lesson today," she said. "Next time, we'll make sure we check our schedules twice. Now, go on and get washed up for dinner."

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