o share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he’s scared, I hope you’ll let him.
8.\tAnd when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along, I hope you take him.
9.\tI hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
10.\tIf you want a slingshot, I hope your father teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract in your head.
11.\tI hope you get razzed by friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and that when you talk back to your mother you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.
12.\tMay you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
13.\tI hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won t like it. And if a friend offers you a joint or any drugs, I hope you are smart enough to realize that person is not your friend.
14.\tI sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.
15.\tI hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor s window, and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold of your hand.
16.\tThese things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
1.\t我们竭尽全力想让我们的儿女们过得更好，而结果却是适得其反。对我的孙辈们，我就明智得多了。
2.\t我真的希望他们能够了解什么是兄长传下来的旧衣服，家制的冰淇淋，以及吃剩的肉糕。我真的希望。
3.\t我的宝贝孙子，我希望你在经受失败的考验之后能学会谦卑，也希望你能学会诚实，即使在没有人注视你的时候。
4.\t我希望你能学会自己叠被子，自己刈草坪，自己洗车——我还希望在你满十六岁时没有人送给你一辆崭新的轿车。
5.\t假如你至少有一次机会看见小牛犊出生，假如你不得不为你的老狗送终，那时有一位好朋友在场为你做伴——那样该有多好啊！
6.\t我希望你能为自己的信仰与人斗得眼青脸肿。
7.\t我希望你能和你弟弟共一间卧室——即使你在卧