2026-09-04T20:15:05-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：史蒂夫·哈特曼 特约记者
史蒂夫·哈特曼是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻特约记者，他通过每周获奖的专题栏目《在路上》，为观众带来他所遇见的平凡人物的动人故事。
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阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔一个看似普通的社区今年夏天出现了最奇特的一幕：一个打扮成香蕉模样的小男孩。
“我打开门，他就站在那儿，手里拿着小袋子，”一位邻居告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
利亚·法罗告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，她的儿子索伦·格里芬患有自闭症。虽然按门铃一直是索伦的心头好，但遗憾的是，她没法带着索伦挨家挨户“按门铃恶作剧”。
“他就是喜欢按门铃，”法罗说。“我不知道为什么，他就爱凑热闹打听事儿。”
这也解释了为什么万圣节是索伦最爱的节日——一年中只有这一天，他可以随意走上前去按陌生人的门铃。同样因为这个原因，在今年七月他11岁生日之际，他的母亲在脸书上发布了一则求助帖。
“我想问问有没有人愿意让[索伦]到家里挨家挨户要糖，”法罗写道。“……我很乐意提供糖果。”
她原本只期待能收到三四条回复。结果却有超过100位陌生邻居答应了她的请求。
“这些原本都不是我的朋友，”法罗说。“不过现在他们是了。”
于是，在索伦11岁生日那天，他穿着香蕉造型的服装挨家挨户地敲门。他按响了一户又一户的门铃，直到万圣节糖果篮被装满，迎来了自己的11岁生日。
最有意思的是，没有人接受法罗提出的提供糖果的提议。
“他收到了多力多滋薯片、金鱼饼干、培乐多彩泥和乐高玩具套装，”法罗说。“这份善意让我有些不知所措，我在想，我该如何回报大家呢？”
但邻居们表示，根本不需要回报。
“你很少有机会能直接帮助一个你并不认识的人，”一位邻居说道。
另一位邻居补充道：“看到小男孩脸上的笑容，简直太神奇了。”
Alabama neighborhood comes together to give young boy a memorable trick-or-treat summer birthday
2026-09-04T20:15:05-0400 / CBS News
By Steve Hartman Correspondent
Steve Hartman is a CBS News correspondent. He brings viewers moving stories from the unique people he meets in his weekly award-winning feature segment “On the Road.”
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Residents of this otherwise normal neighborhood in Huntsville, Alabama, saw the strangest sight this summer: a boy dressed up like a banana.
“And I open the door, and he’s standing there with his little bag,” one neighbor told CBS News.
Leah Farrow told CBS News her son, Soren Griffin, is autistic. And although doorbells have always been his passion, unfortunately, she cannot exactly take Soren out “ding-dong-ditching.”
“He just likes ringing doorbells,” Farrow said. “I don’t know why. He likes being nosy.”
It’s why Halloween — that one time of year when you can just go up and push random doorbells — is by far Soren’s favorite holiday. It’s also why, for his 11th birthday this past July, his mother posted a note on Facebook.
“I was wondering if anyone would be open to letting [Soren] trick-or-treat at their house,” Farrow wrote. “… I would be happy to provide candy.”
She was hoping for three or four replies. Instead, more than 100 neighbors said yes, people she didn’t know.
“These aren’t my friends,” Farrow said. “I mean, now they are.”
So for his 11th birthday, Soren went door to door again and again in his banana costume. He rang in his new year until that Halloween basket had run over.
And what was most interesting is that no one took Farrow up on her offer to supply the candy.
“He got Doritos and Goldfish and Play-Doh and Lego sets,” Farrow said. “I was a little overwhelmed by the kindness because I’m like, how can I ever repay this?”
But neighbors said repayment was hardly necessary.
“You don’t often get the opportunity to directly help someone you don’t really know,” one neighbor said.
Added another: “To see that smile on that little boy’s face was miraculous.”
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