2015-05-09
【Aiden in English】
On the day before Mother’s Day, mom and I did the only thing a normal mother and son would do on an early morning before Mother’s Day. Even though it’s before Mother’s Day, I’d rather celebrate it now than on Chinese School Sunday, and lucky me, Montgomery Elementary School’s Flapjack Fundraiser was going on, so we were totally down for it.
The Flapjack Fundraiser was at Applebee’s, and I’m pretty sure it was another name for “Cheap Mother’s Day Breakfast”. It wasn’t 5-star quality, but there was still a tint of uniqueness to the morning. It was a simple pancake and sausage, American breakfast. Only notable difference was not in the food, nor the restaurant or customers or weather (there’s always that slim chance of hurricanes/tornadoes). The waiters were kids. Kids from my school, in my grade to be exact, some even my buds. It’s not every day that you get to see a 6th grader asking you for drinks or choices. Sure, they were nervous, and a bit inexperienced. But still, it was cool, and although I was wary whenever a waiter is holding a murdering stick- I mean knife, walked by. You never can be too cautious with a 6th grader holding a five inched blade of death. The atmosphere was exceptional well, for many families came to dine. I’m guessing everyone was thrilled with the idea of no home cooking on a Saturday, and the smacking of lips and hitting of utensils all too loud. There were conversations flying around like a normal meal in Applebee’s. There were also regular customers in another area, eating their own food.
The food was good, the same comment I give to all the American breakfast restaurants I go to. Food is food, you know. It’s what powers you through the day. For a Mother’s Day breakfast, I think mom appreciated the waiting process far more than the eating process. You can tell that right of the balk with the number of pictures she’s taken combined with the fact that my friend Kyle, a volunteer, needed to waste two out of three perfectly fine pancakes. But, to be honest, I don’t think mom deserved any better. Heck, she only gave me like a dollar every two months. Is a monthly allowance illegal or something? The food wasn’t the highlight, but I enjoyed the experience, and that can worth millions of pancakes and sausages.
Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate all moms, even if they are greedy with their money. So enjoy this day, moms enjoy the pancakes, waffles, egg rolls, bagels, or whatever your child made and poisoned for you because this is your death day. For every kid, you raised us from whining babies to swearing teens to crippled, wrinkled old people. You were the leader, the goal for kids, so thank you. Some children may not know this now, which caused a lot more suffering and annoyance than you think.
Happy Mother’s Day!
【红霞译文】
母亲节前一天，我和妈妈共进早餐，这是母亲节早上母子常做的一件事情。还好发生在母亲节前一天，否则要在当天我还得赶去中文学校上学。凑巧的是，时下正值蒙哥马利小学举行烙饼筹款活动，我俩义无反顾地前去助兴。
本次“烙饼筹款”在“苹果蜂”餐厅举行，可以称之为“廉价母亲节早餐”的代名词，尽管谈不上什么五星级优质服务，但它却略具特色。“烙饼筹款”提供煎饼和香肠，算得上典型的美式早点。惹人注目的不是食物本身餐馆名称，更与顾客或者天气（永远无法排除飓风/龙卷风的可能性）无关，而是所有的服务生均为年方少年并来自本校，准确地说，全部由我们初中一年级同学组成，其中包括本人的狐朋狗友，每天由初中一年级学生伺候你喝的吃的实属罕见，因此这些人难免紧张兮兮，毕竟缺乏实践经验，但总体上感觉很酷，不过我对他们手持凶器仍然心有余悸，真受不了刀子在眼前晃来晃去，你哪肯对顽童手上置人于死地的玩意掉以轻心。早餐惬意氛围温馨，前来就餐的家庭甚感愉悦，我琢磨着他们保不齐更为周六免做早餐不再与子女白费口舌遭受叮咣敲打餐具煎熬而倍感欣慰，大家心平气和畅所欲言，与其他顾客共赏时光。
吃的不错，无论走到哪儿享用美式早餐我都会这么评价，粮食毕竟是物质基础，能助长精神昂扬斗志。对于母亲节早餐，妈妈享受等候过程远大于吃饭本身，从其拍照数量和义工哥们凯尔从她跟前端回三个喷香煎饼中剩余的两个足以证实我所说的话千真万确，要知道她每两个月才给我一美刀零花钱，这么抠门该不合法吧？当然吃啥多少算不了什么，纵使数百万煎饼和香肠也无法与这种经历相媲美。
无论妈妈们多么小气，母亲节仍不失为普天同庆的日子。尽情享受这一天，让天下妈妈饱尝煎饼、华夫饼、鸡蛋卷、硬面包圈或其它五花八门你家宝贝为你烹饪叫你上瘾的食品。对于我们每一位来说，你把叽叽歪歪的淘气包抚养成咋咋呼呼的英俊少年，与此同时自己却变成了跛脚瘸腿满脸皱纹的老太婆；你是子女的带路人及守护神，在此谨表谢意。或许有些孩童至今尚不懂得知恩报德，为之深感痛心与遗憾。
母亲节快乐！
