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2017/11/17

Day12

BattleHymnoftheTigerMother

Chapter16：TheBirthdayCard

EveryonewasmovedbywhatSophiaandLulusaidatFlorence’sfuneral.“If

onlyFlorencecouldhaveheardthem,”Florence’sbestfriendSylviasaidsadly

afterward.“Nothingwouldhavemadeherhappier.”How,otherfriendsasked,

couldathirteen-andten-year-oldcaptureFlorencesoperfectly?

Butthere’sabackstory.

Itactuallystartsyearsearlier,whenthegirlswerequiteyoung,maybeseven

andfour.Itwasmybirthday,andwewerecelebratingatamediocreItalian

restaurant,becauseJedhadforgottentomakereservationsataterce.

Obviouslyfeelingguilty,Jedwastryingtoactjaunty.“O-k-a-y!Thisisgoingto

beag-r-e-a-tbirthdaydinnerforMommy!Right,girls?Andyoueachhavea

littlesurpriseforMommy—right,girls?”

Iwassoakingsomestalefocacciainthesmalldishofoliveoiltheserverhad

givenus.AtJed’surging,Luluhandedmeher“surprise,”whichturnedoutto

beacard.Moreaccurately,itwasapieceofpaperfoldedcrookedlyinhalf,

withabighappyfaceonthefront.Inside,“HappyBirthday,Mommy!Love,Lulu”

wasscrawledincrayonaboveanotherhappyface.Thecardcouldn’thave

takenLulumorethantwentysecondstomake.

2017/11/17

第12天

虎母战歌

第16章：生日贺卡

所有人都被索菲亚和露露在弗洛伦斯上所说的话所感动。“要是弗洛伦斯

能听到他们就好了，”弗洛伦斯朋友西尔维娅事后悲伤地说。“没有什

么能让她更高兴了。”其他朋友问，十三岁和十岁的孩子怎么能如此完美地捕

捉佛罗伦萨？

但有一个背景故事。

它实际上开始于几年前，当时们还很小，可能是七岁和四岁。那天是我的

生日，我们在一家平庸的意大利餐