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| I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard the young voice. "Mom, come here! There's this lady here my size!" The mother rushed to her son; then she tumed to me to say "sorry". I smiled and told her, "It's okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I'm Darryl Kramer. How are you?" He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy?" "Yes, I have a son," I answered. "Why are you so little?" he asked. "It's the way I was bom," I said, "some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger." After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy's hand, and left. My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents. I stand 114 cm tall. I was born an achondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up. I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names (辱骂 我). Then I knew I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always look fixedly at me as I tried hard to climb the school bus stairs. But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness (与众不同) an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked (缺少) in height, I made up for in personality. I'm 47 now,and people are surprised when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are not polite enough, I say to myself, "Look what else I have-a great family, nice friends." It's the children's questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that, I will encourage them to accept the persons around them, whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them in a friendly way. |
| 1. Did the writer answer the little boy's questions in the supermarket? ______________________________________________________________________ 2. How tall is the writer? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. When did the writer realize how short she was? ______________________________________________________________________ 4. What did the writer want to teach the children when she answered their questions? ______________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the writer's attitude to her life? ______________________________________________________________________ |