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The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish
許愿的小女孩
As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she collided with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.
在艾米繞過她的教室對面的走廊的拐角時，她迎面撞到了一個5年級的高個男孩。
“Watch it ” The boy yelled.
那男孩大叫，“看路，”
Then, with a smirk on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and mimicked the way Amy limped when she walked.
然后，他臉上帶著帶厭的笑容，用手按在他的右腿上，模仿著艾米走路跛行的樣子。
Amy closed her eyes. Ignore him, she told herself as she headed for her classroom.
艾米將雙眼閉上了一會?！安焕頃彼诜祷亟淌視r對自己說。
But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy's unfriendly way. It wasn't as if her were the only one.
但是在那天結束時，艾米仍然想著那個高個男孩低劣的嘲笑。其實他不是唯一的一個做出這種事的人。
It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone laughed her every single day. Kids made fun of her speech or her limping.
好像自從艾米上三年級后，每天都有人在嘲笑他。孩子嘲笑她的講話或是她的跛行。
Amy was tired of it. Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing made her feel all alone.
艾米受夠了。有時，即使在坐滿了學生的教室里，別人的嘲笑使她感到孤單無助。
Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school.
那晚，回到家里，艾米坐在餐桌旁邊默不做聲。她的母親知道肯定是在學校里遇到不順心的事了。
That's why Patti Hagadorn was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter.
所以，派蒂決定告訴她女兒一些激動的消息。
“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.
“在電臺中有一個圣誕節愿望競賽的節目，”艾米的母親告知她?！敖o圣誕老人寫封信，你也許可能得到獎品。
I think someone at this table with blonde curly hair should enter.”
我認為坐在餐桌邊的金發卷毛的人應該參加?！?/div>
Amy smiled. The contest sounded like fun. She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas.
艾米咯咯地笑了。競賽聽起來很有趣。她開始思考她最想的圣誕節禮物了。
A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter. “Dear Santa Claus,” she began.
當艾米第一次想起這個主意時，她臉上掛滿了笑。她拿出鉛筆和紙，開始寫信?！坝H愛的圣誕老人，”她開始寫道。
While Amy worked out that letter, the rest of the family tried to guess what she might ask from Santa.
當艾米起勁地做作文時，家里的其他人試圖猜測她可能向圣誕老人要求什么。
Amy's sister, Jamie, and Amy's mom both thought a three-foot Barbie doll would top Amy's wish list.
艾米的姐姐，杰米，艾米的媽媽都認為3英寸大的芭比娃娃是艾米最想要的東西。
