“妈,你猜我今天在童子军学什么啦!”鲁思·珀金斯的女儿安·玛丽嚷嚷着。看到女儿这么兴奋鲁思笑了。12岁的女儿滔滔不绝地讲述心肺复苏法和海姆利克氏操作法,母亲赞许地频频点头。但她可万万没有想到,这些方法女儿掌握得有多好!三个星期之后,安·玛丽、妈妈和奶奶在戴夫饭店吃午饭。当女侍者给她们拿来水时,安·玛丽突然听到 “Why, guess what I learned in Boy Scouts today!” said Ruth Perkins’ daughter Ann Marie. Ruth smiled when she saw her daughter so excited. The 12-year-old daughter spoke incessantly about the cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver, and the mother nodded with approval. But she never imagined how well the daughters could master these methods! Three weeks later, Ann Marie, her mother, and her grandmother had lunch at the Dave Hotel. When the waitress brought them water, Ann Mary suddenly heard