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His methods had probably died with him; and if they had not, how was a little girl in a far-off town in Alabama to receive the benefit of them?
而豪博士的教育方法也許會隨著他的去世而消亡，果真如此，那么一個住在亞拉巴馬偏遠小鎮的小姑娘又如何從中受益呢？
When I was about six years old, my father heard of an eminent oculist in Baltimore, who had been successful in many cases that had seemed hopeless. My parents at once determined to take me to Baltimore to see if anything could be done for my eyes.
我六歲大的時候，我的父親聽說在巴爾的摩有一個著名的眼科醫生，他曾成功地醫治過許多看似無望的病人。于是，我的父母決定帶我去巴爾的摩，看看是不是能治好我的眼睛。
The journey, which I remember well was very pleasant. I made friends with many people on the train. One lady gave me a box of shells. My father made holes in these so that I could string them, and for a long time they kept me happy and contented. The conductor, too, was kind. Often when he went his rounds I clung to his coat tails while he collected and punched the tickets. His punch, with which he let me play, was a delightful toy. Curled up in a corner of the seat I amused myself for hours making funny little holes in bits of cardboard.
那是一次愉快的旅行，我依然有著十分清晰的記憶。在火車上，我同許多人成了朋友。有位女士送給我一盒貝殼。我父親在上面鉆出孔洞，這樣我就可以把貝殼串在一起，很長時間我都沉醉其中，樂此不疲。列車長也是個友善的人，當他在車廂里四處走動，為乘客檢票打孔的時候，我常會靠在他的衣擺上。他還讓我玩他的打孔器，那實在是一種很有趣的玩具。我蜷縮在座位的角落里自得其樂，一連好幾個小時在一片片紙板上打洞玩。
My aunt made me a big doll out of towels. It was the most comical shapeless thing, this improvised doll, with no nose, mouth, ears or eyes—nothing that even the imagination of a child could convert into a face. Curiously enough, the absence of eyes struck me more than all the other defects put together. I pointed this out to everybody with provoking persistency, but no one seemed equal to the task of providing the doll with eyes.
我的姑媽用毛巾給我做了一個大布娃娃。這是一個滑稽而怪異的玩偶，大概是準備得過于倉促，娃娃沒有鼻子、嘴、耳朵和眼睛——甚至憑借一個小孩子的想象力都無法拼湊出娃娃的臉孔。可十分奇怪的是，我并不在乎娃娃頭上的其他器官，唯獨眼睛的缺失深深觸動了我。我固執地向大家指出我的發現，可是似乎沒有一個人能夠為娃娃添加一雙眼睛。
