My mouth felt dry as I followed my mother into the doctor’s office and sank into a chair next to hers. This doctor had a room full of gadgets (小装置) and gizmos (小物件) to analyze the learning abilities of failing students. That day he had analyzed me. “I’m sorry to tell you this, Mrs. Dow, but Peter has dyslexia (阅读障碍). A fairly serious case.”
I swallowed and tried to breathe. The doctor went on. “He’ll never read above the fourth-grade level. Since he won’t be able to complete high school requirements,I suggest you enroll (使登记) him in a trade school where he can learn to work with his hands.” I didn’t want to go to trade school (职校). I wanted to apply at Bible College in our town to be a preacher (牧师), like my dad. I forced my tears back. A twelve-year-old was too big to cry. “Thank you, Doctor.” We drove home.
Dyslexia? I’d never heard it before. Sure, I was always the slowest kid in my class. I had a special hiding place where I would cry because I couldn’t do my lessons however hard I tried. Of course, I never told my mom about that. I was too ashamed. I didn’t want to worry her, either. She had enough on her mind with teaching school full-time and taking care of Dad and me.
On reaching home, my mom looked into my eyes with tears running down her cheeks. Seeing her cry was too much for me. Before I knew what was happening, I was in her arms crying. A few minutes later she said, “Honey, I want to talk to you.” I waited, sniffling (抽泣). “You heard what the doctor said about your not finishing school. I don’t believe him.”
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I stopped sniffling and looked at her.
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A ray of hope shone through the uncertain future.
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Thursday was the day of the class spelling bee (拼字比赛), and Maria had studied all week long to make sure she was ready for it. Maria was a very good speller. She wanted to win the spelling bee so she could represent her class in the school-wide spelling bee at the end of the month.
When Maria woke up, she felt very cold. She sneezed six times when she got dressed. At breakfast, she didn’t feel like eating her toast.
“What’s wrong?” asked her father. “Are you nervous about the spelling bee?”
“I don’t feel good,” answered Maria.
Her father put his hand on Maria’s forehead.”You have a fever,“he said.”I’m sorry, but you must stay home from school today.“
Maria was very sad. Now all her hard work would be wasted, and she would not get to win the spelling contest. She wouldn’t even get to try! Disappointed and tired, Maria went back to bed and closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, her room was much brighter. She must have fallen asleep. Maria went to the living room and saw her grandmother Abuelita walked into the room.
“Grandma! What are you doing here?”
Maria’s grandmother gave her a hug. “I came over to make you feel better since you couldn’t go to school today. Are you hungry? It’s already lunch time.”
Abuelita didn’t wait for Maria to answer. She went over to the stove in the kitchen and stirred a big pot.
Maria sat down at the kitchen table, and Abuelita brought her a bowl of soup. “This is a special soup, just for you,” she said.
Maria looked into the bowl.It was full of steaming meat and chicken. “Where are the noodles?” she asked.
“Look harder,” Abuelita said.
Maria used her spoon to scoop up a small bit of the delicious-smelling soup. On her spoon she saw the letters A, R. S and T.
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“It’s alphabet(字母) soup!” she cried.
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Abuelita smiled. “I see a word, too, S-T-A-R spells star.”
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The young woman was feeling a little sad on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother’s Day and 800 miles separated her from her parents in Ohio.
She had called her mother that morning to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother had mentioned how colorful the yard was with spring arriving. The young woman could almost smell the fragrance of purple lilacs (丁香花) hanging on the big bush outside her parents’ back door.
Later, when she mentioned to her husband how she missed those lilacs, he said, “I know where we can find all you want.”
So off they went with the kids, driving along the country roads of northern Rhode Island on the kind of day—only mid-May can produce.
Where they stopped, there wasn’t a lilac insight. “Come with me,” the man said. “Over that hill is an cellar (地下室) hole, from somebody’s farm of years ago, and there are lilacs all round it. The man who owns this land said I could hang around here anytime. He won’t mind if picking a few lilacs.
Before they got halfway up the hill, the fragrance of the lilacs drifted down to them, and the kids started running. Soon, the mother began running, too, until she reached the top.
There were the towering lilacs bushes with beautiful flowers. The woman walked among the lilacs. Carefully, she picked some lilacs.
Finally they returned to their car for the trip home. When they were within three miles of home, she suddenly shouted to her husband, “Stop the car. Stop right here!”
The man stopped the car. The woman was out of the car and running towards the top of the hill with lilacs still in her arms. At the top of the hill was a nursing home. The parents were outdoors walking with relatives or sitting on the porch (门廊). The young woman went to the end of the porch, where an elderly patient was in her wheel chair, alone, head bowed.
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The young woman lifted the elderly patient’s head, and smiled.
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The next day the man purchased many young lilacs bushes and he planted them around their yard.
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One day after school, Susan’s eight-year-old daughter Liz went home with disappointment. She cried sadly and told her mother that she failed to be chosen for the school basketball team. And Liz kept saying that she was an unlucky girl. Susan knew that her daughter enjoyed playing basketball and had been practicing hard for the chance, so she must be terribly sad.
After knowing about the situation, Susan decided to cheer her daughter up. She went over to Liz, asking, “ Would you like to come with me to the supermarket and be my helper ?” To Susan’ s surprise, Liz agreed at once. Susan then gave Liz twenty dollars and a shopping list, saying she could use the change to get a treat for herself. Liz was excited and rushed away to get ready.
When they arrived at the supermarket, Susan advised Liz to put the twenty-dollar note in her pocket. Liz helped her mother collect goods and fill the shopping cart (购物车) while keeping an eye out for the things she wanted. She worked out how much change she would have, and then chose an apple pie as her treat.
With all goods collected, Liz went to the checkout counter (收银台) happily. Just then, she found her twenty-dollar note was gone! In tears, she rushed to her mother and told her about that. “What a bad day! I’ve met so many terrible things today!” she cried. “Take it easy. We’ll go to the help counter and see what the workers can do,” Susan comforted her.
The workers at the help counter made an announcement (公告) over the loudspeaker, “We have a little girl here who’ s very sad because she lost the twenty-dollar note her mother had given her for shopping. If anyone finds the money, please kindly bring it to the help counter.”
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Moments later, a worker gave Liz a twenty-dollar note, saying a lady just handed it over.
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“Well , actually I didn’t find the note. I gave away my twenty-dollar note,” the lady said.
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