谢谢All It Took Was Two Words（1/2）

韦达·博伊德·乔恩/Veda Boyd Jones

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school wDenver, I was drivg to y parents’hoMissouri for Christas.I sped at a gas station about 50 iles fro Okhoa City, where I nng to s and visit a friend.I puped the tank full, stoodle at the cash register, and said hello to an older uple who were also payg fas.

I took off, but had gone only a few iles when bck soke poured fro y exhat pipe.I pulled over and wondered what I should do.

A car pulled up behd .It was the uple I had spoken to at the gas station.They said they would taketo y friend’s.We chatted on the way to the city, and when I got out of the car, the hband gavehis bess card.

I wrote hi and his wife a thank-you note for rescug .Soon afterward, I received a Christas package fro the.Their hat ca with it said that helpghad ade their holidays angful.

Years ter, I drove through a foggyto a nferencea nearby town.Iernoon I returo y car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead.Then I notitors.

“Jt how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and exped y trouble.

They quickly drove a pickup truck to y car, attached juper cables, and started y car.They would aept no paynt, so when I got ho, I wrote the a o say thanks.

I received a letter back fro one of the salesn.No one had ever takei to write hi and say thank you, and it ant a lot, he said.

Another few years had passed when a friend’s hband died.Pat had been a well-respected doctor at a big hospital, and hundreds of cards were sent to the faily.Aong the athy card fro a pber who had once worked at their hoe.He wrote that when Pat had paid the bill, he wrote on the voice,“Thank you food job.”

“Thank you”—the o powerful words.They’re easy to say and an so uch.

几年前，我从学校毕业，刚来丹佛工作时，一次开车去密苏里州的父母家过圣诞节。我在离俄克拉何马城约50公里的一个加油站停了下来，准备去看望一位朋友。我加满油，在收银台前排着队，并跟一对也在交款的老夫妇打了个招呼。

我驾车离开，走了不过几英里，汽车的排气管就冒出了浓浓黑烟。我把车停在路边，想着该怎么办。

一辆车在我身后停了下来。原来是刚才在加油站问候过的那对老夫妇。他们说可以把我送到我朋友家。我们在进城途中聊了一路，下车时，老先生把他的名片给了我。

后来，我写了一封感谢信感谢他们对我的帮助。很快，我就收到了他们寄来的圣诞包裹，并附有一张纸条，上面说，他们的假期因为帮助我而充满意义。

多年后，在一个雾蒙蒙的早晨，我驾车去附近的一个城镇参加会议。黄昏时，我回到车前，发现车灯一整天都亮着，蓄电池的电已经耗完了。就在那时，我看到旁边正好是“福特经销处”。走过去，发现两个销售员正在展厅里休息，店里并没有什么顾客。

“请问福特公司可以帮我一个忙吗？”我问道，并解释着自己遇到的麻烦。

很快，他们就开着一辆轻便小汽车来到我的车前，接上跳线的电缆，开动了我的车。他们没有接受任何报酬，因此当我回到家时，我就为他们写了一封感谢信。

后来我收到其中一位销售员的回信。他说，从来都没有人会花时间写信对他说谢谢，这封信对他来说意义深远。

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