Me and my mom lived on the street.

我和妈妈居住的地方临着马路。

I loved to pick flowers.
我喜欢采花儿。

One day I was walking to the retail store
一天我步行去零售店

and I saw a a bright blue flower with a little purple.
我看到一朵花儿，花瓣是纯净的蓝色，还带一点点紫色

So as I always do, I picked it.
一如往常，我摘下了这朵花

I went home and showed it to my mom.
我回家，把它给妈妈看

That night I slept with the flower
那天晚上，我把那朵花放在床头陪我入眠

because it gave me this good feeling inside.
因为它让我内心感受到了美好

I always wished before bed
入睡前我总会许愿

that one day we would live in a nice big family house,
希望有一天，我们会住在好看的大房子里

my mom would find a dad,
希望我妈妈给我找个新爸爸

we would have a dog, 2 nice cars, a little sister,
希望家里有一只小狗，有两年私家车，还有一个小妹妹

and that we would have a good amount of money.
希望我们会有一大笔钱

That night when I wished, the flower lit up into a very bright light.
那天晚上，我许完愿的时候，那朵花突然开始发光，变成了一个明亮的光团

The next day i went to my mom crying.
第二天，我听到妈妈在哭泣，赶忙跑过去

I asked her what was wrong and she said nothing,
我问她发生了什么事，她说没什么

she just got a paycheck and it is worth 300,000 dollars.
她刚收到一份工资支票，30万美元！

That's enough to buy a house I thought.
这么多钱，够买一幢大房子了吧，我想

Then I thought of the flower.
然后我想到了那朵花儿

It had to be.
一定是因为它

Three weeks later we moved in to a big house
三个星期后，我们搬到了一所大房子里

and we had a little goldendoodle .
我们还养了一只可卡布犬

I kept the flower in a vase on my desk just in case.
我把那朵花放进花瓶，就摆在我的书桌上，以备日后之需

（来源：沪江英语）