English Original
Although I had never met him, I knew my grandfather was five feet six inches tall, while my stately grandmother stood five feet eleven inches.
As a teenager leafing through old photographs with Grandma, I finally realized how unusual they must have looked together.
"Grandma," I asked, "how could you have fallen in love with a man five inches shorter than you?"
She turned to me. "Honey," she said, "we fell in love sitting down, and when I stood up, it was too late."
中文翻译
尽管我从未见过祖父，但我知道他身高五英尺六英寸，而我高贵典雅的祖母身高五英尺十一英寸。
十几岁时，我和祖母一起翻阅老照片，终于意识到他们站在一起的样子一定很不寻常。
“奶奶，”我问道，“你怎么会爱上一个比你矮五英寸的人呢？”
她转向我。“亲爱的，”她说，“我们是坐着相爱的。等我站起来时，已经太晚了。”