Saturday, March 24, 2007

Helen Keller

I went to the library and this book came across me. "Helen Keller" Although it is in the children section, I don't care much.. Just pick up and borrowed it... seems interesting.

This is a girl who was deaf and blind and "dumb"-or mute at the age of 11 months old. Helen's experiences just inspires me, touches me. God just so blessed her with this chance to learn to express herself.
Spelling words into the small hands of hers, her teacher patiently taught this rebellious girl about the world. Till one day there was a berak-through. It all happened at this tap. While Helen was drawing water into her mug, her teacher spelled "water" into her other hand. Just as the cold water gushed down her hand, she dropped her mug. It's all so clear to her now, Language.. Words. Instantly she pointed to ask the name of the ground, the tap, everything around her and finally her "teacher". In a short span of one month, Helen grasped hundreds of vocabulary. Her willingness to learn finally brought her success. A little world of darkness and dispair turned into Colour and music and Light by that imagination of hers.

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