第19章 一句话的力量 1(第1页)
第19章一句话的力量(1)
TheDiffereeaMake
佚名Anonymous
&welve-year-oldboywithalcoholits,wasabouttobelostforever,bytheU。S。edu。Remarkably,hecouldread,yet,inspiteskills,Stevewasfailing。Hehadbeenfailigrade,asheassedrade。Stevewasabigboy,lookieehanatwelve-year-old,yet,StevewentuilMissWhite。
MissWhitewasasmiling,youifulredhead,andStevewasihefirsttimeinhisyounglife,he’ttakehiseyesoffhisteacher;yet,stillhefailed。Heneverdidhishomework,andhewasalwaysihMissWhite。Hisheartwouldbreakunderhersharpwords,andunishedftoturninhishomework,hefeltjustmiserable!Still,hedidnotstudy。
Inthemiddleofthefirstsemesterofschool,theehgradewastestedforbasicskills。Stevehurriedthroughhistests,anduedtodreams,asthedayworeowasnotinschool,butinthewoods,whereheoftenese,tryingtoshutoutthesights,soundsandsmellsofhisale。Noonetoseeifhewassafe。Nooneknewhewasgone,beoonewasshtocare。Oddly,Stevenevermissedadayofschool。
Oneday,MissWhite’simpatientvoicebrokeintohisdaydreams。
&artled,heturolookather。
“Payattention!”
StevelockedhisgazeonMissWhitewithadolestadoratioogooverthetestresultsfortheseventhgrade。
“Youalldidprettywell,”shetoldtheclass,“exceptforoneboy,anditbreaksmyhearttotellyouthis,but…”Shehesitated,piohisseatstare,hereyessearghisface。
&boyihgradeisfailingmyclass!”
&aredatSteve,asthearoodlook。Stevedroppedhiseyesandcarefullyexaminedhisfiips。
&,itwaswar!Stevestillwouldn’tdohishomework。Evenasthepusbecamemoresevere,heremaiubborn。
“Justtryit!ONEWEEK!”Hewasunmoved。
“Yh!You’llseeaothingfazedhim。
“Giveyourselfa’tgiveuponyourlife!”Nothing。
“Steve!Please!Icareaboutyou!”
Wow!Sudde!!Someohim?Someoallyunattainablea,?!
&homefromschool,thoughtful,thatafternoon。Walkingintothehouse,hetookonelookaround。Bothparentswerepassedout,invariousstagesofuhestench!He,quickly,gathereduphisggear,ajarofpeanutbutter,aloafofbread,abottleofwater,andthistime…hissfaddetermined,heheadedforthewoods。
ThefollowingMondayhearrivedatse,aedforMissWhitetoehe。Shewalkedin,allsparklesandsmiles!God,shewasbeautiful!Heyearoturnonhim。Itdidnot。
MissWhite,immediately,gaveaquizontheweekeevehurriedthroughthetest,aohandihalookofsurprise,MissWhitetookhispaper。Obviouslypuzzled,shebegantolookitover。Stevewalkedbacktohisdesk,hisheartpoundingwithi。Ashesatdowresistathelovely>
MissWhite’sfatotalshock!SheglaSteve,thendown,thenup。Suddenly,herfacebrokeintoaradiahesmartestboyihgradehadjustpassedhisfirsttest!