For many years, Steven Barbato has worked at a company in Rhode Island, the USA. In 2015, he was introduced to Marilyn Martins, who also was an employee at the time. The two became good friends quickly, and Steven also befriended Marilyn’s daughter, Izabelle Major. The little girl used to give Steven a high five with so much joy, energy and excitement every time she saw him, and Steven was always excited to see her, too.
Eventually, Marilyn left the company for some reason. However, a few weeks ago, Steven ran into Marilyn and Izabelle at a restaurant. He was about to say hello to them when he noticed something unusual. Marilyn looked preoccupied (心事重重), As for Izabelle, she wore a hat and looked very weak. Steven could tell something was wrong but he didn’t talk with them about it that night in order not to upset them.
Steven waited and then called Marilyn the next day. Marilyn told him sadly that Izabelle was suffering from a serious, disease. She had to undergo painful treatments at Hasbro Children’s Hospital every Monday and take, medicine every day. Knowing that, Steven felt heartbroken. He immediately wanted to help and do something for Izabelle because he didn’t want to see any child suffering, especially this one that he knew personally and liked so much. He wanted to know if there was something he could do to help put a smile on Izabelle’s face.
For days, Steven racked his brains, trying to find a way to offer support. Then he learned from his former co-worker that Izabelle wanted a dog. “Yes, a dog would be a good gift. It can accompany her and be her comfort during the hard time,” Steven thought to himself. Therefore, Steven immediately made up his mind to buy her a dog. As he had the habit of sharing his life on social media, he put up a post about what he intended to do. However, he didn’t expect that his usual post would bring about something wonderful.
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People seeing the post started to offer help in various ways.
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Soon, Izabelle met the little dog, her new friend.
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Cornelia was admitted to Class I. But soon Mom discovered most children did not like to play with her daughter. They said she bossed them around and made them cry.
Everyone in her class admitted Cornelia was very intelligent. But she had no friends until Daisy joined her class. New to the city and too shy to make any friends, she did not mind being taken under Cornelia's wing. At least she had someone to play with.
One day, the teacher punished Daisy for doing her sums without thinking. The little girl cried because the whole class had laughed at her. Cornelia told Mom about Daisy crying in class "Why don't you try to explain to her simply?" asked Mom.
"Mummy, I don't have time to waste." protested Cornelia. At this, Mom decided to tell Cornelia a story. "One day an ant fell into a stream and was struggling to save herself. A pigeon sitting on a tree pulled a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to the ant. The ant climbed onto it and floated safely to the bank. A little later, a bird-catcher came, preparing to throw a net over the pigeon. The ant saw this and bit him in the foot. The bird-catcher yelled out in pain, whose noise made the pigeon fly away. You see, a good turn deserves another."
Something flashed in Cornelia's mind and touched her heart. She knew what to do next. And soon afterwards, Daisy understood the sums and was praised by the teacher.
One day, Cornelia made a serious mistake and as a punishment, she had to stay back for two hours after school and pick up the waste paper from each classroom.
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Cornelia was ashamed and heartbroken.
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Hudson had been looking forward to this trip for weeks. This was more than the usual excitement about end-of-year trips. And now, finally, after weeks of expectation, Hudson, Davion, Tasha, and their friends Trey and Justin were at Six Flags Great America, which was home to more roller coasters and games than any place north of Florida.
They were waiting in line for the Twisted Twister—the scariest roller coaster. In front of them, the coaster rose threateningly out of the ground. From the very beginning, the Twisted Twister lived up to its name. The black coaster tracks corkscrewed 5 almost immediately. Then, the riders in the yellow cars were given a moment to catch their breath as they were cranked (转动) slowly to the top of a hill. But the relief didn’t last long. As soon as the roller coaster cars were over the peak, the track twisted again. And again and again and again.
Glancing at it, Hudson felt his stomach was too tight to say anything at all, The Twisted Twister was the scariest roller coaster he had ever seen. But he wasn’t about to mention his fear to his friends. Because they would tell him that he was acting like a little kid, too scared to go on the park’s best ride. He felt dorky and awkward standing there. The sea of people between them and the Twisted Twister was steadily getting smaller. Hudson smiled weakly as his friends cheered when they counted just three rope barriers to go. Then two. Then one. And then they were at the stairs. Davion, Justin, and Trey were nearly jumping up and down with excitement. But Hudson could only hear people screaming, and he couldn’t even tell if the screams were because of delight or terror. And he knew, suddenly, that he could not make it.
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Without a word, Hudson turned, pushed past the crowd and ran out of the line.
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Just then, he saw his other friends coming, big smiles on their faces.
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I stayed mostly at home recovering from major surgery for breast cancer. Then my Today show colleague Matt threw me a lifeline by asking whether I felt well enough to tape a“ Where in the World?” segment (节目). He suggested kindly that I pick a couple of days and escape. On second thought, I jumped at the chance.
The trip was fun, and on the plane back home, my plan was to sleep for the entire flight. The earbuds were an inch away from going in when the guy beside turned to me and said, “Hi. How are you doing? I recognize you from somewhere.”
“I work on the Today show,” I told him, still holding my earbuds.
He smiled at me. “How’s Matt? Is Matt nice?”
“Yeah,” I said. “Matt’s nice.”
“How’s Al? Al seems funny.”
He then noticed I was wearing a compression sleeve (压力袖套) on my arm and asked what that was. I told him I’d had a “procedure” and needed the sleeve to fly, hoping we could change the subject.
But he continued, “What procedure did you have?”
“I had an operation,” I said vaguely. Defeated by his curiosity, I finally said, “I had breast cancer. But, I hope that’s not the first thing you think of when getting off this flight, telling your kids, ‘Hey, I sat next to this girl with breast cancer.’”
He paused for a moment and said, “What’s wrong with that? It is part of you, like going to college or getting married. Let me give you some advice: Don’t hog(独占) your journey. It’s not just for you. Think of how many people you could help.”
I could feel tears coming down my face.
“Look! You have a choice in life. You can either put your story deep in your pockets and take it to your grave, or you can help someone.”
Despite being open on a show, I’ve always been a private person, and aside from the few people who needed to know, I’d kept my illness secret. I didn’t want to be defined by my weakness.
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But this man, Ken, showed me that my illness gave me strength.
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Years later, awarded for my volunteer work at a charity event, I met Ken again.
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The big Town Hall clock was striking midnight when Frank began to cross the bridge. The dark night air was cold and a little wet, and the street lamp gave little light. He could have used his phone for lighting, but it was dead after a long call with his mother. Frank was anxious to get home and his footsteps rang loudly on the silent night.
When he reached the middle of the bridge, he thought he could hear someone coming near behind him. He looked back but could see no one. However, the sound continued and Frank began to walk more quickly. Then he slowed down again, thinking there was nothing to fear in a town as quiet as this.
Just then, he heard short, quick steps closely behind him. By the time he reached the other side of the bridge, he could almost feel someone at his heels.
He turned round and there stood a man in a large coat.
Ahat was pulled down over his eyes and very little of his face could be seen.
Frank said something about the weather in an effort to be friendly. The man did not answer but asked roughly where Oakfield House was. Frank pointed to a big house in the distance and the stranger continued his way.
Then Frank wondered why the stranger had wanted to find Oakfield House at such an hour. He knew that the people who lived there were very rich. Almost without realizing what he was doing, he began following the stranger quickly.
The man was soon outside the house and Frank saw him look up at the windows. A light was still on and the man waited until it went out. When about half an hour had passed, Frank saw him climb noiselessly. over the wall and heard him drop on the ground at the other side.
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Now Frank knew what the man wanted to do.
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Frank couldn’t just stand in the dark and wait.
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People often talk about the “walls” that some individuals build around themselves. I was one of those individuals. Long after I divorced and became a single parent, I still wore my wedding ring. Maybe it was because I didn’t want anyone to know that I had failed at something in my life. Wearing that ring helped me pretend that everything was okay.
You think that people can’t see through those kinds of walls. But they do. They just know enough not to let you know that they see you are pretending. One day at work, however, pretending didn’t come that easily. I was on my coffee break with colleagues. Then my cell phone rang and the garage boss told me loudly the car repairs would come to $850. I looked worried. I needed that car to hold down my present job. Without it, I would have to walk fourteen miles to and from work in North Bay. I felt sick. I didn’t have a credit card, and I certainly couldn’t call the $28 in my bank account “savings”. But every problem has a solution, and in my case that meant I had to ask someone else for something—even if it was only a lift downtown after work. Luckily, my colleague Jane volunteered to give me a ride to the garage after work.
I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to come up with bright ideas about how to pay my garage bill. I figured I could borrow $200 from my mom and pay her back at a rate of $2.50 a week. I thought of what I had at home that I could live without and therefore sell. I finally decided the best I could do was to offer to type up invoices (发票) for the garage.
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When Jane dropped me at the garage that evening, the owner asked me to step into his office.
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Before I could say anything, he added, “People who you work with have been coming in here all afternoon.”
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