导读--美国明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市的两位邻居在新冠疫情期间建立了牢固的关系，尽管两人之间的年龄相差97岁。

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Mary is 99. Benjamin is 2.

玛丽99岁，本杰明2岁。

“Benjamin just turned 2 years old, we’ve been neighbors with Mary long before he was born,” Benjamin’s mom, Sarah Olson said. But she didn’t see Mary much until last year when the COVID-19 hit and her family had to stay home. The Olsons started playing in their yard more, and Mary would be in hers. As Benjamin grew over the year, learning to walk and talk, he started to play with Mary more.

本杰明的妈妈莎拉·奥尔森（Sarah Olson）说：“本杰明刚满2岁，早在他出生之前，我们就和玛丽是邻居了。”但直到去年新冠疫情爆发，她的家人不得不呆在家里，她才经常见到玛丽。奥尔森一家开始更多地在院子里玩耍，玛丽也会在她的院子里。随着本杰明一年比一年大，学会走路和说话，他开始和玛丽玩得更多了。

“He would run over to Mary when he would see her in the yard and he would bring her a ball,” Olson said. “And she created this game that we call Ping Ball, where Benjamin brings her a ball and Mary reaches her cane(手杖) over our fence, flips it over and kind of kicks it to Benjamin back and forth.”

奥尔森说：“当他在院子里看到玛丽时，他会跑过去给她拿个球。她创造了这个游戏，我们称之为攻击球，本杰明给她一个球，玛丽把她的拐杖伸过我们的栅栏，把它翻过来，然后来回踢给本杰明。”

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