It was an unseasonably hot day. Everybody， it seemed， was looking for some kind of relief， so an ice－cream shop was a natural best place to stop.

A little girl， clutching her money tightly， entered the store. Before she could say a word， the shop clerk sharply shouted， \"Get outside quickly and read the sign on the door， and stay out until you put on some shoes.\" She left slowly， and a big man followed her out of the store.

He watched as she stood in front of the store and read the sign， \"No Bare Feet\". Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she turned and started to walk away. Just then the big man called to her. Sitting down on the curb， he took off his size-12 shoes， and set them in front of the girl， saying，\"Here， you won't be able to walk in these， but if you sort of slide along， you can get your ice-cream cone.\"

Then he lifted she little girl up and set her feet into his big shoes. \"Take your time，\" he said， \"I get tired of moving them around， and it'll feel good to just sit here and eat my ice-cream.\" The little girl thanked him with tears in her eyes. Then she shuffled up to the counter and ordered her ice-cream cone.

The man smiled and walked away with bare feet. He was a big man， big belly， but most of all， he had a warm heart.

那天天氣熱得有些反常，似乎人人都在尋找某種解暑的辦法，當(dāng)然，冰淇淋店就成了最佳的去處。

一個(gè)小女孩，緊緊攥著手里的錢，走進(jìn)一家冰淇淋店。還沒(méi)等小女孩開(kāi)口，一個(gè)店員就對(duì)她大吼道：“快滾出去，看看門上貼的警示牌，穿上鞋再進(jìn)來(lái)?！毙∨⒙刈叱霰苛艿?，一個(gè)身材高大的男人也跟著她走了出來(lái)。

小女孩站在門前看著警示牌，上面寫(xiě)著：“赤腳者禁止入內(nèi)”。淚水從她的臉頰上滾落下來(lái)，她轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身正打算離開(kāi)。那個(gè)男人把這一切都看在眼里。就在小女孩打算離開(kāi)時(shí)，他連忙叫住了她。他坐到路邊，脫下自己土12碼的大鞋，把鞋放在小女孩的面前，說(shuō)：“穿上吧，你穿這鞋肯定沒(méi)法走路，但是，如果你慢慢拖著走，至少可以買到好吃的蛋卷冰淇淋?！?/p>

說(shuō)著，他把小女孩抱起來(lái)，讓她的兩只小腳穿上這雙大鞋?！安恢?，慢慢來(lái)?！彼麑?duì)小女孩說(shuō)道，“整天穿著這鞋走來(lái)走去，我覺(jué)得很煩。坐在這兒吃冰淇淋的感覺(jué)應(yīng)該很不錯(cuò)的!”小女孩含著淚，謝過(guò)那位男子后，就拖著這雙大鞋來(lái)到柜臺(tái)前，買了向往已久的蛋卷冰淇淋。

那男子欣慰地笑了，然后赤著腳離開(kāi)了。他身材魁梧，大腹便便，但最為重要的是他有一顆善良的心。