The 11th Box
What is your most memorable Thanksgiving？ For me， it was on the eve of the day. The church had the names of 10 families scheduled to receive food baskets. A local merchant donated hams， and groceries were purchased from the food bank. As we packed the boxes in the fellowship hall， these families were excited over the food they were taking home. It would be the best meal many had enjoyed in months. As they were picking up their boxes， another family arrived. Father， mother and three children piled out of an old pickup truck and came inside the hall. This was a new family， not on our list. They had just heard there was food being distributed by a church.
I explained that we did not have enough for an extra family. And as I tried to assure them that I would do what I could， an amazing thing happened. With no prompting a woman put down the box she was carrying and quickly found an empty box to place beside it. She began removing items from her box to share. Soon others followed her lead， and these poor people created an 11th box for the new family.
你最难忘的感恩节是什么样的？对我来说，就是感恩节的前夕。教堂预约了10个家庭接收食物篮子。火腿是当地的商人捐赠的，蔬菜则是从食品库买来的。我们把这些箱子堆满了交易厅，这些家庭对于要带回家的食物感到非常的兴奋。对许多家庭来说，这将是他们数月以来最丰盛的一顿菜肴。正当他们打开箱子的时候，另一个家庭到来了。父亲、母亲和三个孩子从一辆旧皮卡车里挤出来，走进大厅。这个家庭不在名单之列，是新来的。他们只是听说教堂有食物要分发。
我解释说没有足够的食物提供给另外的家庭了。当我尽力保证我会尽力帮助他们时，出乎意料的事情却发生了。没有人提示什么，一个妇女放下手中的箱子，并很快在旁边找到一个空箱子，她从自己箱子里拿了一部分食物放到那个空箱子里。很快地，其他人也跟着效仿，这些穷人为这个新来的家庭提供了第11个箱子。
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