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另类古董Jennys Anigue（第1页）

另类古董Jenny’sAnigue

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佚名Anonymous

Mysix-year-hterstaresatmeasifsheisseeihefirsttime.“Grandma，youareanantique，”

shesays.“Youareold.Antiquesareold.Youaremyantique.”

Iamnotsatisfiedtoletthematterrestthere.ItakeouttheWebster’sDiaryahedefinitiontoJenny.Iexplain，“Aonlyjustold，it’saingsioearliertimes...aieiture.”

“Areasured，”

ItellJennyasIputawaythediary.“Theyhavetobehandledcarefullybecausetheysometimesareveryvaluable.Ioqualityasaheobjecthastobeatleast100yearsold.”

“I’monly67，”

IremindJenny.

Welookaroundthehouseforotherantiques，besidesme.Thereisabureauthatwashandeddowoanotherandfinallytoourfamily.“It’sveryold.”

ItellJenny.ItrytokeepitpolishedandIshowitoffwheneverI.Youdothatwithantiques.“Whesolderaandssugs，ImightalsotellherthatwheneverIlookatthebureauortouchit，Iamremiheauomewhogavemethebureauasagift.Iseeherfathoughsheishus.Ievenhearhervoidrecallhersmile.Iremembermyselfasalittlegirlleaningagainstthisaeningtooories.Thebureaudoesthatforme.

Thereisapitheurchasedatagaragesale.Itisdated1867.“Nowthat’sa.“Over100yearsold.”

Ofcourseitismarkedandscratoodetimesagedoesthat，”

ItellJenny.“Butthemarksaregoodmarks.Theyshowliving，beingaround.That’ssomethingtodisplaywithpride.Infaes，themoreashowsage，themorevaluableite.”

ItisimportantthatIbelievethisformyoweem.

Ourtourofaihereisavaseohasbeeninmyhtime.I’mai，butIdidn’tbuyithehefourposterbed，senttome4obyanunclewhosleptinitforfiftyyears.

&hingaboutantiques，Iexplaihattheyusuallyhaveastory.They’vebeenihenanother，handeddowoaraveliheplace.They’velastedthroughyearsandyears.

Theycouldhavebeentossedaway，nored，ordestroyed，orlost.Butiheysurvived.

ForamomentJennylooksthoughtful.“Idoiquesbutyou.”

shesays.Theens.

“CouldItakeyoutoschoolforshowandtell?”

“OnlyifIfitintoyourbackpaswer.

Aiqueliftedherupandembraahugthatwouldlastthroughtheyears.

六岁大的孙女好像第一次见到我似的，盯着我看了许久，然后说：“奶奶，你是件古董。

你老，古董也老。

你是我的古董。”

于是，我找出一本《韦氏字典》，把这个词的定义读给小孙女珍妮听，以免她再误解下去。

我解释道：“古董不仅是古老的，它还是从很久以前流传下来的物品，例如一件艺术品，或是一件家具。”