这是一个发生在60年代美国的真实故事。
一个因犯了错误被判刑三年的美国犯人，在临出狱前夕，给妻子写了封信，信中表达了自己因没有尽到作为丈夫、作为父亲的责任而感到深深的悔与歉意，在满心期待能回家，家庭能重新他的同时，又自认为犯了错，没有资格要求家庭接纳他，因此，他极度的期盼知道，如果妻子依然爱他，仍在等他回家，那么就在村口的老橡树上系上一条黄丝带；如果他在树上看不见黄丝带，他也明白妻子的心意，他将继续乘车远去。
在从佛罗里达州至迈阿密的长途汽车上，他心里一直忐忑不安，既期待又怕受到伤害。当车子接近迈阿密市镇广场的时候，他甚至不敢睁开眼睛，恳求司机和车厢里的人帮忙看老橡树上是否系着黄丝带。当他听到车上所有乘客的欢呼和尖叫时，他睁开了眼睛，看到在村口老橡树上，数百条黄丝带正迎风飘舞……。他的妻子，带着儿子、女儿和全村的人都在老橡树那里等待着他的归来。车上的、家里的、村里的所有人都在拍手，在欢呼声中，他们一家人紧紧地拥抱在一起。
长途汽车司机被这个感人的场面深深地感动了，当即将这个故事用村口的电话通知了当地的媒体，几乎在同时，这个感人的故事就被传播到了美国全国各地。国内当时就引起了很大的轰动，时至今天，这个真实的、感人的故事仍在继续流传。
參考答案:This is occurs in the 60's US'S real story. Because violated has been wrongly sentenced three year American criminals, in was near leaves prison the eve, wrote a letter to the wife, in the letter expressed own because of not to have finitely to as the husband, as father's responsibility felt the deep regret and the apology, in were filled with the anticipation to be able to go home, the family could again his at the same time, also confessed for violated has been wrong, did not have the qualifications request family to admit him, therefore, his extreme hope knew, if the wife still loved him, still in waited for him to go home, then on tied a yellow ribbon on the village old oak tree; If he cannot see the yellow ribbon on the tree, he also understood wife's regard, he will continue to ride in a carriage goes far away. In from Florida to on Miami's long-distance bus, in his heart continuously disturbed is restless, both anticipates and to fear receives the injury. When the vehicle approaches the Miami small town square time, he does not even dare to open the eye, entreats in the driver and the compartment person help looked whether on the old oak tree is the yellow ribbon. When he hears to the vehicle on all passengers' cheering with the scream, he has opened the eye, saw on the village old oak tree, several hundred yellow ribbons is dancing in the breeze against the wind... ... . His wife, is leading the son, the daughter and the entire village people all is waiting for his return in old oak tree there. On in the vehicle, the family, village all people all in clap, in the cheers, their whole family closely hugs in together. The long-distance bus driver deeply has deeply moved by this touching scene, when soon this story with the village telephone message locality media, nearly while, this touching story on has been disseminated the US each place. The home has caused at that time the very big stir, when to today, this real, the touching story still was continuing to spread.
