第21章 小女孩的梦想 1（第1页）

第21章小女孩的梦想（1）

ALittleGirl'sDream

詹恩·米切尔JannMitchell

Thepromisewasalongtimekeeping。Butthen，sowasthedream。

Intheearly1950sinasmallSoutherniatown，alittlegirlheftedyetanotherloadofbooksoinylibrary’ster。

Thegirlwasareader。Herparentshadbooksallovertheirhome，butnotalwaystheoed。Soshe’dmakeherweeklytrektotheyellowlibrarywiththebrowntrim，thelittleone-roombuildihe’slibraryactuallywasjustaly，sheveofthatnookinsearchofheftierfare。

Asthewhite-hairedlibrarianhaheduedatesien-year-old’schoice，thelittlegirllookedlonginglyat“TheNewBook”promilydisplayedoer。Shemarveledagainatthewoingabookandhavingitho，righttherefortheworldtosee。

Thatparticularday，shefessedhergoal。

“WhenIgrowup，”shesaid，“I’mgoier。I’mgoingtowritebooks。”Thelibrarianlookedupfrawiththesionsomanyreceive，butwithe。“Whenyoudowritethatbook，”shereplied，“bringitintoourlibraryaitondisplay，righthereoer。”Thelittlegirlpromisedshewould。

Asshegrew，sodidherdream。Shegotherfirstjobinniingbriefpersonalityprofiles，whiedher$1。50eatheloeer。Themoneypaledinparisonwiththemagigherwordsonpaper。Abookwasalong>

&edherhigh-schoolpaper，marriedandstartedafamily，buttheitchtowriteburneddeep。Shegotapart-timejsespaper。Itkeptherbrainbusyasshebalanobook。Shewenttoworkfulltimeforamajordaily。Evemagaziillnobook。

Finally，shebelievedshehadsomethingtosayandstartedabook。Shesentitofftotwopublishersaed。Sheputitaway，sadly。Severalyearslater，theolddreaminpersisteaaherbook。Shepulledtheotheroutofhiding，andsoonbothweresold。

Buttheworldofbookpublishingmovesslowerthanthatofdailyneers，awolohedaytheboxarrivedoepwithitsfreeauthor’scopies，sherippeditopen。Thenshecried。She’dwaitedsolongtoholdherdreaminherhands。Thehatlibrarian’sinvitation，andherpromise。

Ofcourse，thatparticularlibrarianhaddiedlongago，alelibraryhadbeeomakewayferin。Thewomatheheheadlibrariaealetter，tellingherhowmuchherpredecessor’swordshadmeanttothegirl。She’dbeintowiethhighsioe，andcouldshebriwobooksbyaothelibrary？Thelibrariandsaid，“e。”Soshedid，gacopyofeachbook。