Two years ago what my 10-year-old son Peter wanted for Christmas was a Hess truck. As soon as I saw the new truck online, I told it to my husband Joe, and we agreed to order it. Unluckily, we did not buy it. Joe thought I had bought it, and I thought he did. Well, OK, no problem. It was only December 9. I would just go online and get it.
My heart dropped when I went on the Hess truck website and saw that they were sold out. For a while, I didn't know what to do. Finally, I told myself that nothing is difficult to the man who will try. I found out that a few malls were carrying them.
But it looked like all the malls in New York were out. I went to Amazon (an online shop). When I saw they had a Hess truck, I got excited. Then I noticed that it was $144, much higher than the list price (定价) which was about $30.
I decided to come clean and let Peter know what was going on. Hearing my words, he started to cry. I held him. I said we made a mistake and I was really sorry. But I also told him something else that he'd have to learn sooner or later.
After a long hug, he stopped crying. We then got on the Internet and started looking at other types of toy trucks.
The next day at school, Peter's teacher asked them to write about the one thing they wanted for the holidays. Peter wrote that he wouldn't get the Hess truck even though it was the only thing he wanted. But he added that it was OK because Mom told him that sometimes we just don't get what we want.
