Jenny'sAntique
佚名 / Anonymous
Mysix-year-oldgranddaughterstaresatmeasifsheisseeingmeforthefirsttime.“Grandma， youareanantique，” shesays.“.”
’， “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， ， theysurvived.
ForamomentJennylooksthoughtful.“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。”
