佚名/Anonymous
Mysix-year-oldgranddaughterstaresatmeasifsheisseeingmeforthefirsttime.“Grandma, youareanantique,”shesays.“Youareold.
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’,“Anantiqueisnotonlyjustold, it’sanobjectexistingsinceorbelongingtoearliertimes……aworkofart……pieceoffurniture.”“Antiquesaretreasured,”ItellJennyasIputawaythedictionary.“, theobjecthastobeatleast100yearsold.”
“I’monly67，”IremindJenny.
Welookaroundthehouseforotherantiques, .“It’sveryold.”, ImightalsotellherthatwheneverIlookatthebureauortouchit, , , .
Thereisapictureonthewallpurchasedatagaragesale.Itisdated1867.“Nowthat’sanantique,”Iboast.“Over100yearsold.”Ofcourseitismarkedandscratchedandnotinverygoodcondition.“Sometimesagedoesthat,”ItellJenny.“, ’, sometimes, themoreanobjectshowsage, themorevaluableitcanbecome.”ItisimportantthatIbelievethisformyownself-esteem.
.I’mnotcertainwhereitcamefrom, butIdidn’, senttome40yearsagobyanunclewhosleptinitforfiftyyears.
Onethingaboutantiques, IexplaintoJenny, ’vebeeninonehomeandthenanother, handeddownfromonefamilytoanother, ’velastedthroughyearsandyears.
Theycouldhavebeentossedaway, orignored, ordestroyed, , .“Idon’thaveanyantiquesbutyou.”.
“CouldItakeyoutoschoolforshowandtell?”
“OnlyifIfitintoyourbackpack.”Ianswer.
AndthenJenny’santiqueliftedherupandembracedherinahugthatwouldlastthroughtheyears.
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。”我边合上字典，边对珍妮说：“古董是人们珍藏的宝物。有时对于很贵重的古董，人们一定要小心谨慎地收藏。一件物品至少要有一百年的历史，才有资格称为古董。”
