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return to the same endless march of boredom。
“Senora; un momento por favor?” she turned her head and noticed the small shriveled man; his brown face lined with a map to places only he knew。 “Thanks for helping my grandson Julio to read。” the gentleman said in his faltering broken English。 She immediately thought of Julio; who once as unreachable as a hardened walnut; slowly cracked opened to reveal the eager child inside。 She thought of the inner struggle Julio must have had as he tried to make sense of the foreign letters and the sudden joy when he had unbroken the mysterious code。 Was the grandfather the same? She looked up at this elderly gentleman; probably his grandfather; and quickly recognized the sameness of the two。 “Gracias Senora” a weathered hand came out and firmly grasped hers with warmth that radiated from his soul to hers。 Just as abruptly he removed his hand and left her。 As he walked away she thought of that exotic sun and realized maybe it was closer to her than she thought。
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史蒂夫12岁了,他的父母都是酒鬼。今年,他就要结束自己的学校生活了。虽然史蒂夫能够阅读,可他还是个差生。从一年级开始他的成绩就很差,在一年又一年的学习中,依然没有什么进展。史蒂夫身材健壮,看起来远远要比12岁的孩子大得多。不过他一直都不被人重视……直到怀特小姐来到。
怀特小姐笑容可掬,年轻有活力,还有一头迷人的红发。这正是史蒂夫喜欢的类型。在年轻的生命中,史蒂夫第一次无法把眼睛从老师身上移开,不过,他的学习仍旧不好。史蒂夫从没有做过家庭作业,还总是给怀特小姐找麻烦。怀特小姐那尖刻的话让他的心都碎了。每次因为不交作业而被罚时,他都感到十分痛苦。然而,他还是不学习。
到了第一学期的期中,整个七年级要进行基础技能测验。史蒂夫草草地完成了自己的测验,开始像以往那样幻想其他的事情。他的心思根本不在学校,而是在树林里。他经常独自躲藏在那里,试图摆脱酒鬼之家的声响和气味。没有人关心他是否安全,也没有人知道他走开了,因为所有的人都没有心思顾及其他。令人意想不到的是,史蒂夫从没有旷过一次课。
一天,怀特小姐不耐烦的声音打破了他的白日梦。
“史蒂夫!!”史蒂夫吃惊地转过头看着她。
“注意力要集中!”
当怀特小姐开始宣布七年级的测验成绩时,史蒂夫用那种青春期才有的崇敬目光盯着怀特小姐。
她对全班说:“你们考得都很好,只有一个男生例外。告诉你们这些让我感到伤心,可是……”她停下来,眼光转向史蒂夫的座位,用犀利的目光盯着他的脸。
“七年级最聪明的孩子,居然会在我教的科目上不及格!”
她盯着史蒂夫,全班同学也都转过头来看着他。史蒂夫低下头,看着自己的指尖。这件事情之后,战争依然继
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