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, ; 'tmissedanything, , Icouldbeouttherebeforeanyofmyfriends.
Idressedmyselfinanassortmentofhand-me-downwinterwoolens, ; , .
AsIwasbucklingthem, , -year-oldbrotherwasactuallyaskingme, hisnine-year-oldsister, ? ? -itwasthedollarthatpresentedtheproblem.
, askedourmotherforanickel, beggedourfatherforaquarterapiece, collectedapennyortwofromcoatpockets, discoveredtwocoinsthathadrolledunderthebeds, andspottedararestraydimenestledinacornerofoneofthesixroomsinourcold-waterrailroadflat.
Eventually, fortifiedwithabowlofhotoatmealandjammingthehard-earnedcoinsintoourpockets, wesetoutonthetwenty-blockjourney-acitymile.
, , theincrediblesenseoffreedomwefeltoutthereinthesnow.
ThetwelveblockstoForty-ninthStreetweren'tdifficult, , mymittenlesshandswereclenchedinmypockets, , notwantingtomakeanuisanceofmyselfbecauseIwasafraidthatLennywouldn'taskmetogoanywherewithhimagain.
SomewherenearFifthAvenue, -crusted, , Istaredstraightaheadandsawtheimageofamanwalkingtowardusthroughthechiffoncurtainofsnow.
Iwasunabletotellhowoldhewas-alladultsseemedthesameagetome-buthewastall, thin, andhadagentle, , andhisovercoat, likeours, wascakedwithsnow.
Idon', , , Ifelthiswarmthinthesoft, wine-coloredscarfthathewrappedtightlyaroundmyhead.
Idon'trememberice-skatingthatday, , thekindnessofastranger, andmybigbrother, Lenny.
我还没有睁开眼睛，就知道下雪了。我可以听到铲雪的铁锹刮擦人行道的声音。当大雪覆盖了整个城市，空气中便有了一种特殊的宁静。我跑到前屋的窗边，看了看这个街区——我的地盘。天一定还早，我的朋友们都还没上街，只有看门人在齐膝深的雪里走着。看来我没有错过什么，这让我放心了。我发现哥哥姐姐们这时也都醒了。不能再浪费时间了。如果我快一点，就能赶在其他朋友之前出去玩了。
