英文短篇故事（纽约）321 A Rose Tattoo（在线收听）

 　　His daughter went off to college. "Don't do anything stupid. And don't follow the crowd," he told her. She said, "Of course not, Daddy. You know how smart and independent I am." He crossed his fingers anyway. She came home during Christmas break. She asked, "Do you remember telling me not to do anything stupid?" He said, "You didn't get married, did you?" She said no. She turned around. She pulled up her long hair. He saw a tattoo on the back of her neck. It was a red rose. "What do you think?" she asked. He said, "I think it's stupid. First of all, a tattoo disfigures your body. If God wanted you to have a tattoo, He would have given you a birthmark. Second, why did you get a tattoo that you can't even see? What's the point?" She said, "That's where all my dorm mates have theirs."