这次换我来做东

　　THIS TIME IT'S ON ME

　　这次换我来做东

　　At noon the rush hour had passed. In the initially crowded noshery , the guests had meltedaway. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and alittle boy.

　　“How much is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, fumbled out her purse, countedthe money and ordered a bowl of steaming beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl towards thelittle boy, who swallowed his saliva, looking at his grandma and saying, “Grandma, did you reallyhave lunch?” “Of course.” His grandma chewed a piece of pickled radish slowly. In a flash, thelittle boy ate up the meal.

　　Seeing this sight, the boss went over to them and said, “Old lady, congratulations, you arelucky to be free of charge, for you are our 100th guest.”

　　Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted across the noshery, wherehe seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out of thewindow.

　　It turned out that when he saw a guest walk into the noshery, the small boy would put a smallstone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost elapsed, the small stones he put intothe circle were hardly 40.

　　The extremely anxious boss called up all the old customers. The customers started comingone after another.

　　“71, 72, 73, 74...” the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stonewas put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snackbar.

　　“Grandma, this time it's on me,” the little boy said kind of proudly. The grandma who hadbecome the real 100th guest was entertained a bowl of steaming beef soup by her grandson. As hisgrandma did before, the small boy chewed a piece of pickled radish in his mouth.

　　午高峰刚过，熙攘的快餐店里客流逐渐散去。老板正要休息一下看看报纸，一个老太太和一个小男孩走进店来。

　　“一碗牛肉汤卖多少钱？”奶奶坐下来，摸出钱包，点出钱来，要了一碗热气腾腾的牛肉汤。奶奶把碗推到小男孩面前，小男孩吞了吞口水，看着奶奶说：“奶奶，你真的吃过午饭了吗？”“当然是真的。”奶奶慢条斯理地嚼着一块腌萝卜。不一会儿，小男孩把一碗汤全喝光了。

　　老板见状，走上前去说：“老太太，恭喜您啊，这顿饭免费，因为您是我们的第100位顾客。”

　　后来，一个多月以后的一天，小男孩蹲在快餐店对面好像数着什么。老板碰巧看到窗外这一幕，惊呆了。

　　原来，小男孩每看到一位客人走进快餐店，就会把一个小石头放进他画好的圈圈里。

　　可是午饭时间几乎都要过去了，圈圈里的小石头还不到40个。

　　老板好奇极了，叫来了所有的老顾客。顾客们一个一个地都到店里来了。

　　“71,72,73,74……”小男孩越数越快。最后当他把第99个小石头放进圈圈里的时候，他拉着奶奶的手迅速冲进快餐店来。

　　“奶奶，这次换我做东。”小男孩有点自豪地说。奶奶又成了第100位客人，被孙子款待喝到了一碗热气腾腾的牛肉汤。就像奶奶上次那样，这次是小男孩嘴里嚼着一块腌萝卜。

 

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