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另类古董Jenny’sAnigue
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Mysix-year-hterstaresatmeasifsheisseeihefirsttime.“Grandma，youareanantique，”
shesays.“Youareold.
AntiquesareoId.Youaremyantique.”
Iamnotsatisfiedtoletthematterrestthere.ItakeouttheWebster’sDiaryahedefinitiontoJenny.Iexplain，“Aonlyjustold，it’saingsioearliertimes……aieiture.”
“Areasured，”
ItellJennyasIputawaythediary.“Theyhavetobehandledcarefullybecausetheysometimesareveryvaluable.Ioqualityasaheobjecthastobeatleast100yearsold.”
“I’monly67，”
IremindJenny.
Welookaroundthehouseforotherantiques，besidesme.Thereisabureauthatwashandeddowoanotherandfinallytoourfamily.“It’sveryold.”
ItellJenny.ItrytokeepitpolishedandIshowitoffwheneverI.Youdothatwithantiques.Whesolderaandssugs，ImightalsotellherthatwheneverIlookatthebureauortouchit，Iamremiheauomewhogavemethebureauasagift.Iseeherfathoughsheishus.Ievenhearhervoidrecallhersmile.Iremembermyselfasalittlegirlleaningagainstthisaeningtooories.Thebureaudoesthatforme.
Thereisapitheurchasedatagaragesale.Itisdated1867.“Nowthat’sa.“Over100yearsold.”
Ofcourseitismarkedandscratoodetimesagedoesthat，”
ItellJenny.“Butthemarksaregoodmarks.Theyshowliving，beingaround.That’ssomethingtodisplaywithpride.Infaes，themoreashowsage，themorevaluableite.”
ItisimportantthatIbelievethisformyowee
Ourtourofaihereisavaseonthefloor.Ithasbeeninmyhtime.I’mai，butIdidn’tbuyithehefourposterbed，senttome4obyanunclewhosleptinitforfiftyyears.
&hingaboutantiques，Iexplaihattheyusuallyhaveastory.They’vebeenihenanother，handeddowoaraveliheplace.They’velastedthroughyearsandyears.
Theycouldhavebeentossedaway，nored，ordestroyed，orlost.Butiheysurvived.ForamomentJennylooksthoughtful.“Idoiquesbutyou.”
shesays.Theens.
“CouldItakeyoutoschoolforshowandtell?”
“OnlyifIfitintoyourbackpaswer.
Aiqueliftedherupandembraahugthatwouldlastthroughtheyears.
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。”
于是，我找出一本《韦氏字典》，把这个词的定义读给小孙女珍妮听，以免她再误解下去。
我解释道：“古董不仅是古老的，它还是从很久以前流传下来的物品……例如一件艺术品……或是一件家具。”
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