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母亲的信 all u letter（第1页）

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TothisdayIremembermymumsletters。ItallstartedinDecember1941。EverynightshesatatthebigtableinthekitchenandwrotetomybrotherJohnny，whohadbeendraftedthatsummer。WehadnotheardfromhimsincetheJaaneseattackedPearlHarbor。

IdidntunderstandwhymymumketwritingJohnnywhenheneverwroteback。

“Waitandsee-wellgetaletterfromhimoneday，”sheclaimed。MumsaidthattherewasadirectlinkfromthebraintothewrittenwordthatwasjustasstrongasthelightGodhasgrantedus。ShetrustedthatthislightwouldfindJohnny。

Idontknowifshesaidthattocalmherself，dadorallofusdown。ButIdoknowthatitheledussticktogether，andonedayaletterreallydidarrive。JohnnywasaliveonanislandinthePacific。

Ihadalwaysbeenamusedbythefactthatmumsignedherletters，“CeciliaCauzzi”，andIteasedheraboutthat。“Whydontyoujustwrite‘Mum？”Isaid。

IhadntbeenawarethatshealwaysthoughtofherselfasCeciliaCauzzi。NotasMum。Ibeganseeingherinanewlight，thissmalldelicatewoman，whoeveninhigh-heeledshoeswasbarelyoneandahalfmeterstall。

Sheneverworemake-uorjewelryexcetforaweddingringofgold。Herhairwasfine，sleekandblackandalwaysutuinaknotintheneck。Shewouldnthearofgettingahaircutoraerm。Hersmallsilver-rimmedince-nezonlylefthernosewhenshewenttobed。

Whenevermumhadfinishedaletter，shegaveittodadforhimtoostit。Thensheutthewaterontoboil，andwesatdownatthetableandtalkedaboutthegoodolddayswhenourItalian-Americanfamilyhadbeenafamilyoften:mum，dadandeightchildren。Fiveboysandthreegirls。Itishardtounderstandthattheyhadallmovedawayfromhometowork，enrollinthearmy，orgetmarried。Allexcetme。

Aroundnextsringmumhadgottwomoresonstowriteto。Everyeveningshewrotethreedifferentletterswhichshegavetomeanddadafterwardssowecouldaddourgreetings。

Littlebylittletherumouraboutmumsletterssread。Onedayasmallwomanknockedatourdoor。Hervoicetrembledassheasked:“Isittrueyouwriteletters?”

“Iwritetomysons。”

“Andyoucanreadtoo?”whiseredthewoman。

“Sure。”

Thewomanoenedherbagandulledoutaileofairmailletters。“Read……leasereadthemaloudtome。”

TheletterswerefromthewomanssonwhowasasoldierinEuroe，ared-hairedboywhomumrememberedhavingseensittingwithhisbrothersonthestairsinfrontofourhouse。MumreadthelettersonebyoneandtranslatedthemfromEnglishtoItalian。Thewomanseyeswelleduwithtears。“NowIhavetowritetohim，”shesaid。Buthowwasshegoingtodoit?

“Makesomecoffee，Octavia，”mumyelledtomeinthelivingroomwhileshetookthewomanwithherintothekitchenandseatedheratthetable。Shetookthefountainen，inkandairmailnoteaerandbegantowrite。Whenshehadfinished，shereadtheletteraloudtothewoman。

“HowdidyouknowthatwasexactlywhatIwantedtosay?”

“Ioftensitandlookatmyboysletters，justlikeyou，withoutaclueaboutwhattowrite。”

Afewdayslaterthewomanreturnedwithafriend，thenanotheroneandyetanotherone-theyallhadsonswhofoughtinthewar，andtheyallneededletters。Mumhadbecomethecorresondentinourartoftown。Sometimesshewouldwritelettersalldaylong。

Mumalwaysinsistedthateolesignedtheirownletters，andthesmallwomanwiththegreyhairaskedmumtoteachherhowtodoit。“Isomuchwanttobeabletowritemyownnamesothatmysoncanseeit。”Thenmumheldthewomanshandinhersandmovedherhandovertheaeragainandagainuntilshewasabletodoitwithoutherhel。

Afterthatday，whenmumhadwrittenaletterforthewoman，shesigneditherself，andherfacebrighteneduinasmile。

Onedayshecametous，andmuminstantlyknewwhathadhaened。Allhoehaddisaearedfromhereyes。Theystoodhandinhandforalongtimewithoutsayingaword。Thenmumsaid:“Webettergotochurch。Therearecertainthingsinlifesogreatthatwecannotcomrehendthem。”Whenmumcamebackhome，shecouldntgetthered-hairedboyoutofhermind。

Afterthewarwasover，mumutawaytheenandaer。“Finito，”shesaid。Butshewaswrong。ThewomenwhohadcometoherforhelinwritingtotheirsonsnowcametoherwithlettersfromtheirrelativesinItaly。TheyalsocametoaskherforherhelingettingAmericancitizenshi。

Ononeoccasionmumadmittedthatshehadalwayshadasecretdreamofwritinganovel。“Whydidntyou?”Iasked。

“Alleoleinthisworldareherewithonearticularurose，”shesaid。“Aarently，mineistowriteletters。”Shetriedtoexlainwhyitabsorbedherso。

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