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As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom,she collided with①collide with與……相撞； 相碰； 磕碰a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction. "Watch it, squirt." The boy yelled as he dodged around the little third-grader. Then, with a smirk②smirk 英 [sm?:k] 美 [sm?rk]n.傻笑，得意的笑； 假笑 vi.傻笑； 假笑著說on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and mimicked the way Amy limped③limp 英 [l?mp] 美 [l?mp] n.跛行； 掙扎著慢慢前進(jìn)； （詩的）韻律紊亂 vi.一瘸一拐地走； 困難地航行；adj. 無力的； 無生氣的； 易彎的； 松軟的when she walked.

Amy closed her eyes. "Ignore him,"she told herself as she headed for her classroom. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased④tease 英 [ti:z] 美 [tiz] vt.取笑，戲弄； 挑逗； 強(qiáng)要vi.梳理（羊毛等）； 起絨 n.愛嘲弄他人的人； 取笑賣弄風(fēng)騷的人；her every single day. Amy was tired of it.

Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. That's why Patti Hagadorn was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter.

"There's a Christmas wish contest on the radio station," Amy's mom announced. "Write a letter to Santa, and you might win a prize."

The contest sounded like fun. She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter.

艾米在繞過她教室對面走廊的拐角時，迎面撞到了一個五年級的高個男孩。那男孩在避開這個三年級的學(xué)生時大叫：“看路，小個子?！比缓?，他臉上帶著嘲弄的笑容，用手按在他的右腿上，模仿著艾米走路跛行的樣子。

艾米將雙眼閉上了一會兒?！安焕頃??！彼诜祷亟淌視r對自己說。好像自從艾米上三年級后，每天都有人在嘲笑她。艾米受夠了。

那晚，回到家里，艾米坐在餐桌旁邊默不作聲。她的母親知道肯定是在學(xué)校里遇到不順心的事了。所以，派蒂決定告訴她女兒一些令人激動的消息。

“電臺有一個圣誕節(jié)愿望競賽的節(jié)目，”艾米的母親告知她，“給圣誕老人寫封信，你也許可能得到獎品?！?/p>

競賽聽起來很有趣。她開始思考她最想要的圣誕節(jié)禮物了。她拿出鉛筆和紙，開始寫信。

親愛的圣誕老人：

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I have a problem at school.Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at⑤laugh at因……而發(fā)笑； 嘲笑； 蔑視； 對……滿不在乎me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. I just want one day where no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Love,

Amy

When Amy's letter arrived at the radio station, manager Lee Tobin read it carefully. He knew cerebral palsy was a muscle disorder that might confuse the schoolmates of Amy's who didn't understand her disability. He thought it would be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this special third-grader and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called up the local newspaper.

The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa made the front page of the News Sentinel. The story spread quickly.

Suddenly the postman was a regular at the Hagadorn house. Envelopes of all sizes addressed to Amy arrived daily from children and adults all across the nation. Through the cards and letters from strangers, Amy glimpsed a world full of people who truly cared about each other. She realized that no amount or form of teasing could ever make her feel lonely again.

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing at South Wayne Elementary School.

我的名字叫艾米。我9歲大了。我在學(xué)校有一個麻煩。你能幫我嗎，圣誕老人？孩子們笑話我講話和走路、奔跑的方式。我患有腦癱。我只想擁有一天，沒人笑話和取笑我。

愛你的，

艾米

當(dāng)艾米的信送到電臺時，經(jīng)理李·托賓仔細(xì)地閱讀了內(nèi)容。他知道腦癱是一種肌肉紊亂的病癥，所以可能艾米的同學(xué)從外表看不出她有殘疾。他認(rèn)為韋恩堡的市民最好聽到這位特別的三年級學(xué)生的故事和她非一般的愿望。托賓先生給當(dāng)?shù)貓?bào)紙打了電話。

第二天，艾米的照片和她寫給圣誕老人的信登上了《新聞前哨》的首頁。故事很快傳開了。

突然，郵差成了艾米家的?？汀Ｃ刻於加懈鞣N型號的信件寄給艾米，來自于全國的小孩和大人們。通過來自陌生人的祝?？ê托偶?，艾米瞥見了一個充滿了真正的互相關(guān)懷的人類的社會。她認(rèn)識到，再多的或再惡毒的嘲笑都不能再使她感到孤單了。

艾米的確實(shí)現(xiàn)了她的愿望，在南韋恩堡小學(xué)度過了沒有取笑的一天。