一个晴朗的下午,我在第五大街上闲逛,忽然想起要买双袜子。我拐进印入眼帘的第一家袜店,一个不到17岁的伙计迎上来说:“先生,我能为您效劳吗? “我想买双短袜。 他的双眼充满了热情,说话的声音也饱含着激情:“您知道吗?您来到了世界上最好的袜店!可我并没意识到这一点。 “随我来,男孩欣喜若狂地说。我跟着他往里走。他开始从货架上拿下一个又一个盒子,向我展示里面的袜子,让我欣赏……
One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old came forward. "What can I do for you, sir?" "I wish to buy a pair of socks." His eyes glowed. There was a note of passion in his voice. "Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?" I had not been aware of that, as my entrance had been accidental. "Come with me," said the boy, ecstatically. I followed him to the rear of the shop, and he began to haul down from the shelves box after box, displaying their contents for my delectation.
"Hold on, lad, I am going to buy only one pair!" "I know that," said he, "but I want you to see how marvelously beautiful these are. Aren't they wonderful?" There was on his face an expression of solemn and holy rapture, as if he were revealing to me the mysteries of his religion. I became far more interested in him than in the socks. I looked at him in amazement. "My friend," said I, "if you can keep this up, if this is not merely the enthusiasm that comes from novelty, from having a new job, if you can keep up this zeal and excitement day after day, in ten years you will own every sock in the United States."
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