One night I was sitting in my room

One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.

About 20 minutes later, as I walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”

No answer.

I tried again, “ Way don’t you come out of there?”

Again, no answer.

So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of (一摞)cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”

An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”

Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”

There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup, “ Thanks.”

I wrote back “ For what?” It returned to me with “Loving me” on it.

Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “ Write it on a paper cup.”

結果 (中文) 1:

一天晚上，我正坐在我的房间半听作为张宇人吵架 12 岁弟弟凯文我 15 岁弟弟。当凯文冲上楼梯伤她的心在他的脸上，我没注意。 大约 20 分钟后，当我走上楼我听到凯文的卫生间里哭。我敲了敲门，问，"嘿凯文，做你想要谈？" 没有答案。 我试了试，"你为什么不离开那里吗？" 再次，没有答案。 所以，开玩笑，抓起一叠 （一摞） 牌和一支铅笔，写道，"如果你不想说话，我们可以互相写笔记。" 一个小时后我仍然坐在外面浴室配有两个叠牌叠中在我面前的地板上。一个是空白，一是卡从凯文，他翻译了所有自己令人讨厌的感情对我来说。我看凯文之一的笔记，泪水来到，那是我的眼睛。它说，"没有人在这个家庭的关心我。我不是最年轻的和我不是老大。张宇人认为我很傻，爸爸希望他有其他凯文作为一个孩子，因为他是擅长篮球。你永远不会左右甚至注意到我。 眼泪来到我的眼睛当我给他回信。"你知道凯文，我真的爱你，对不起，我不常表现出来。我在这里等你，你被爱在这个家庭里。 没有人回答了一阵子，但然后我听到撕裂的声音来自的卫生间里。凯文，用完的卡在杯撕碎的纸片上写下"感谢"。 我写了回信"为了什么？"它返回到我的"上爱"。 从那时起，我尽我所能永远也只有半-通知我的家人任何更多。凯文和我现在有更密切的关系。有时，当我们发现其他被打乱，我们会笑着说"写它上了一杯水。

結果 (中文) 3:

一天晚上，我坐在我的一半房间听着我的15岁的弟弟汤米和12岁的弟弟凯文打。当凯文冲上楼梯时，我没注意到他脸上的伤。大约20分钟后，当我在楼上散步时，我听到凯文在浴室里哭泣。我敲了敲门，问道：“嗨，凯文，你想说吗？“没有答案。我又试了一次，“你不是从那里出来的吗？“再次，没有答案。所以，开玩笑，我抓起一堆（一摞）卡和一支铅笔，写道，“如果你不想谈，我们可以写纸条。”一个小时后，我仍然坐在浴室的地板上，在我面前放着一堆卡片。一个是空白的，一个是卡凯文，他翻译了他所有的好吃的感受我。当我读到凯文的一个音符时，泪水涌上了我的眼睛。它说：“这个家庭里没有人关心我。我不是最小的，我不是最古老的。汤米认为我是愚蠢的，爸爸希望他有其他凯文作为一个孩子，因为他在篮球更好。你永远不会注意到我。”泪水来到我的眼睛，我写回他。“你知道凯文，我真的爱你，我很抱歉，我不总是显示它。我在这里为你和你在这个家庭中被爱。”有一段时间没有答案，但我听到一声撕裂的声音从浴室里传来。凯文，他在一张破纸上写了一张卡片，“谢谢。”我写下了什么？“它回到我的“爱我”在它。从那以后，我尽我最大的努力去做我的家庭成员，再也不只是一半了。凯文和我现在有更密切的关系。有时当我们注意到对方是不安的时候，我们会微笑着说“把它写在一个纸上。”