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在雨中奔跑的脚步是无畏的，在雨中奔跑的心情是畅快的。当你被劳累、忧虑困扰的时候，当你的神经处于紧张和焦灼之中的时候，不妨到雨中去。困难算什么？被雨淋湿又算什么呢？困难就像雨一样，都是可以闯过去的。
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6, a beautiful brown-haired, freckle-faced girl. It was pouring outside. The rain was in a hurry to hit the Earth; it has no time to flow out the spout.
We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited. Some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. Her voice was so sweet as it broke the trance we were all caught in.
"Mom, let"s run through the rain," she said.
"What?" Mom asked.
"Let"s run through the rain!" she repeated.
"No, honey. We"ll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.
This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let"s run through the rain."
"We"ll get soaked if we do," Mom said.
"No, we won"t, Mom, That"s not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom"s arm.
"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
"Don"t you remember? When you were talking to daddy about his cancer, you said, "we can get through anything!""
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn"t hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation.
"Honey, you are absolutely right. Let"s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing." Mom said. Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes through the puddles.
They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And Yes, I did. I ran, I got wet. I needed washing.
精美译文：
她和妈妈刚在沃尔玛购物广场购完物。这个漂亮的小女孩应该有6岁了，一头棕色的头发，脸上长着雀斑。外面大雨瓢泼，雨水来不及从落水管排出，迫不及待地扑向大地的怀抱。
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