Pimple on the Nose
“Nooo!” screamed Asha as she saw a huge pimple(痘) on her nose. She didn’t have time to cover the pimple as she was running late to school. She gobbled her breakfast, grabbed her bag and got into her school bus just in time. As soon as she entered, kids started laughing. Nobody was willing to make her sit beside them. Even Anita, her bus mate acted a bit differently with her.
Asha was lost in thoughts. A new thought popped in her mind every second. Once she thought “Great! As if homework and exams were not enough, I have to worry about my pimple as well.” The next minute another thought popped in her mind. “I am tired of using that face wash. I still wonder how I agreed to use that horrible thing! How can…” Mr. Shetty, the bus driver said “Asha, do you want to miss the class?” Asha was so lost in her thoughts that she did not even notice that everybody had got down the bus except her.
She did not want to step into the campus. She thought, “What will my teachers think? What will my friends think?” After some time, she gathered courage and entered her class expecting that she would be laughed at.
It was a very hard day at school for her. As soon as she got home, she hugged her mother tightly. As she did so she felt all her worries were not even a dot in front of the warm and loving hug.
Later that day, she went to the supermarket with her mother. While coming back she heard people commenting on her pimple. A small child cried, “Daddy! My cherry is on her nose! Get it for me.” She heard some boys murmuring, “If she would have been in our school, she would definitely be chosen as the joker in the dance.”
Asha wondered why people cared so much about her appearance.
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Finally it was time for bed story, and mom asked her to choose a book.
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When I was four, my seven-year-old brother received a baseball mitt (手套) for his birthday. Every night, as we went to sleep, I’d listen to him throwing a ball into the mitt over and over to soften the leather. I wanted a mitt so much that I almost cried. But, back then, girls didn’t play sports; they played with dolls.
Fast-forward twenty-six years. Now a thirty-year-old mother of three happened to see a notice in my local paper: “Women’s Slow-Pitch Softball League opens soon. Anyone interested, sign up at the recreation center.” I cut it out and set it on the kitchen counter. Could I ? After all these years? Was it even possible to think about playing baseball, a game I’d never actually played but had dreamed of playing my entire life? And I’d certainly watched enough Chicago Cubs games to know how the game was played.
I looked at that notice on my counter every day. I thought of a thousand reasons why I couldn’t play. But the idea of playing baseball stuck in my head and wouldn’t go away. Finally, I got up my courage and signed up at the recreation center. On the way home, I bought myself a mitt.
On Monday, heart pounding, I walked through the park filled with women of all ages practicing. It took me a while to find my team. They were all high-school girls, seventeen and eighteen years old!
The coach was not at all happy to see me. He had put together top athletes for his team, and he didn’t want some old lady messing things up.
That first day, he had me run bases. What that meant was I’d stand near home plate(本垒板)while one of the girls batted, and then I’d run as hard as I could to first base, trying to get there before they threw me out. I did this over and over and over. I never got a chance to bat or play the field. I just ran bases all night. The next morning, I could barely stand.
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I was still feeling pain when I showed up to play the next week.
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Having seen my determination, the coach changed his attitude toward me.
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I stared at myself in the mirror: blue tights, yellow vest, an aquamarine fish tail trailing behind me, and large googly eyes (sitting atop my head. I raised my eyebrows quizzically at my mom with uncertainty about this costume. Mom ensured that she followed the pattern exactly. “Maybe the makeup will add something,” Mom said hopefully. I sighed and looked back at the mirror. Somehow Mom had convinced me to do a play this summer. So here I was about to play the Fish Footman (鱼仆人) in the local community theater production of Alice in Wonderland. I can’t say it’s been the time of my life. Actually, I even wanted to withdraw from the play.
“Well, there’s no turning back now,” she said. “You’ve been rehearsing (彩排) for two months. I couldn’t be prouder-of you.” She gave me an encouraging anile, pulling me in for a fierce hug. I had to admit: Mom’s hugs are the best. But despite that, I felt u knot in the pit of my stomach that got worse as the hour of opening night drew nearer.
That day I followed Mom to the backstage of the theater, wearing the questionable costume. I shrank inside myself, but Mom pulled me toward the makeup table. When my makeup artist had set down her last makeup brush and Mom led me over to a mirror, my jaw dropped. A mass of blue spread from my forehead down my nose, and lime green circles bubbled over my cheeks.
“Mom! I can’t go out on stage like this!” I cried. “I’d be a laughing stock!”
“Riley! This is Alice in Wonderland. You’re not the only one in an odd costume. I’m going to watch you go out on that stage tonight. She turned away to leave, but then leaned down and kissed me on the forehead.” I love you, honey. And she went away.
Tears filled my eyes as chaos closed in around me. It felt like I stood there alone for hours, but in reality it was more like ten minutes before the assistant stage manager came in and called my name.
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My scene was coming up.
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Applause flowed through the audience.
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When I was a young girl, I used to love going adventuring. My dad always took me down to the bush every weekend and we collected many sticks and stones to add to our collection. I wasn’t like any ordinary girl as I loved the outdoors even as a young toddler. I was never into dolls and tea parties.
Soon I became old enough to venture out on my own. When I ventured forth through the Australian bush land, I felt as if I was in heaven. There was nothing more beautiful than feeling the cool air brushing across my back. The leaves crushed beneath my feet at every step. I felt as if I was home.
As the sun dipped down beyond the horizon, there was nothing more to do than to head back home. On my way I heard a screeching（尖叫声）. It was the most horrible sound I had ever heard in my life. Sure enough, I just had to investigate. In the dead of night, I headed towards the screech and came across a lake or river of some sort. Looking up and down the river, I couldn’t find a way to cross it. In much shame I decided to give up. It was about one o’ clock in the morning and I thought my dad must be getting worried.
As I moved away from the lake, there was only one problem that I did not remember which direction I came from. My brain told me left but my instinct (直觉) told me right. In my past experiences I had always gone with my instinct. So of course I went with my instinct. As I walked off into the distance, I could see the sun breaking out in my distant view.
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After what seemed like hours, I felt a sigh of relief rush through my body.
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“You are alive!” my dad shouted, “You are alive!”
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Elizabeth walked on to the patio (露台), carrying a bunch of roses. “Beautiful flowers for… for… oh, I’ll never get it right!” she cried, throwing the roses on the ground.
Elizabeth had been practicing her speech for a week. She’d presented flowers to the dog, the cat, and the statue in the garden. Part of her couldn’t wait. This Saturday, the great Ana Wolff, famous pianist, would perform at the concert hall in town. For four years, Elizabeth had taken piano lessons. She’d listened to Ms. Wolff’s recordings over and over again, loving the way the notes flowed like a rushing mountain stream.
Part of Elizabeth was terrified. Her music teacher at school, Mr. Leaf, had asked her to present the flowers to Ms. Wolff after the performance. Why did he have to choose her? She hated oral reports, plays at the gatherings — anything where she had to talk in front of people. Some of her classmates liked giving speeches. Myron gave a speech every time Mr. Leaf called on him. Melissa always volunteered to make announcements. Let one of them present the flowers!
“How’s the speech coming?” asked Elizabeth’s mother from the back door. “Want to practice on me?”
“No, thanks,” said Elizabeth. “Mum, I can’t do this! I’ll forget. I might even pass out!”
“No, you won’t, honey. Think about it… sharing the stage with Ana Wolff. What an honor!”
“Not if I do something dumb.”
But Elizabeth kept practicing. “Beautiful flowers for a beautiful performance…” Each night, Elizabeth dreamed about music, spotlights, and a shining grand piano. Sometimes she tripped and fell. Other times she messed up the words. Once the dream ended with Ms. Wolff rushing offstage before Elizabeth could say anything.
Then the big day when Ms. Wolff gave a concert finally came. Elizabeth and her mother took their seats. She held a bunch of red roses.
“All set, Elizabeth?” Mr. Leaf asked.
Her stomach tightened, but she nodded at him.
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As the lights dimmed, Ms. Wolff walked onstage and bowed, smiling.
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Before Ms. Wolff was about to walk offstage, Elizabeth, seizing the roses, walked slowly towards her.
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An ordinary toy animal might not mean much to an adult. But for a child, it could mean the world. When first spotting the toy panda in the supermarket, 10-year-old Leon Ashworth fell in love with it. He couldn’t tear his eyes from it until he noticed the price tag: 25 dollars! That’s too much for his family. But he still wanted to have a try.
Running back home, he begged his mother, “Please, Mom, I really want that panda in Asda supermarket!” His mother Debbie Ashworth, who made living as a cleaner, responded, “Sorry, my dear, but I can’t afford to buy it now.” Seeing the disappointed look on his face, she added, “Maybe you can wait until next month when my salary comes in on June 15th. Is that OK?” “Of course!” Leon’s face lit up with excitement.
So he rushed back to the supermarket, smiling and skipping along. He wrote a note and put it on the toy’s box. On the note, he begged other shoppers not to buy it until his mom could. He was willing to wait until he could bring the panda home.
Two days later, the store’s staff found Leon’s note on the toy’s box. What the boy said on the note touched them and they decided to do something thoughtful. They placed the toy in a nice box. Then they tried their best to reach the boy. But it was too difficult to find a person in such a big city with only a small note. Eventually, they turned to the Internet, which turned out to be powerful and helpful.
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They posted the note and the phone number of the supermarket online.
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The staff invited Leon and his mother to return to the supermarket.
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Max loved action comics and movies. He worked in the car park of a big supermarket. It didn’t seem to be a good job, but Max didn’t have any qualifications. This was the best job he could find. Max collected the shopping carts (购物车) that shoppers left in the car park. He took the shopping carts back to the entrance of the supermarket. It was sometimes hard work but it was not difficult. So Max had a lot of spare time to dream. He dreamed of being a hero, like Superman or Batman. Of course, his dreams were crazy but as Max told himself, dreams were free of charge.
Today it was very wet and windy. Max was wearing a long blue raincoat that had the name of the supermarket on the back. Max was standing next to a row of carts. He would push them together and then he would take them all back to the supermarket door. He looked around to see if there were any more left in the car park. Though there were designated (指定的) places for shoppers to leave the carts after shopping, some people were still so lazy that they just left them where they thought it was convenient for them. Just then Max saw two young boys in jackets wandering around aimlessly.
“They seem like students. They should be in school,” Max thought, “What are they doing here?” He then saw a small lady pushing a cart towards her car. The cart was full of shopping bags. She looked old and the weather was very bad. “I’ll go and take her cart for her,” Max said to himself.
Max started walking across the car park. The lady put her cart behind her car. She walked to her car door to unlock it when the two boys ran towards the cart. They immediately took the cart and quickly pushed it towards the road. The lady was terribly shocked and began to cry out.
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“Hey, you! What are you doing?” shouted Max.
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Max grasped the shopping cart and pushed it back to the car park of the supermarket.
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