3. One dollar and eleven cents... plus the faith of a little child

1달러 11센트와 어린 아이의 믿음

  "I don't know," Tess replied with her eyes welling up. "I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money." "How much do you have?" asked the man from Chicago. "One dollar and eleven cents," Tess answered barely audibly. "Well, what a coincidence," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents--the exact price of a miracle for little brothers." He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents." That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery.

  The operation was completed without charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well. Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. "That surgery," her Mom whispered, "was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?" Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost... one dollar and eleven cents... plus the faith of a little child.

well up  위로 치켜뜨다              barely  가까스로, 간신히, 겨우

audibly  들리게, 들릴만하게       coincidence  우연

mitten    벙어리                       neurosurgery 신경외과

*  감동이 있는 영어

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