嘲笑与尊重

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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.

“Watch it，Squirt，”the boy yelled，as he dodged around the little third grader. Then，with a smirk on his face，the boy took hold of his right leg and mimicked the way Amy limped when she walked.

“Ignore him，”she told herself as she headed for her classroom.

But at the end of the day，Amy was still thinking about the tall boy’s mean teasing. It seemed that ever since Amy started the　third grade，someone teased her every single day. Kids teased her about her speech or her limping. Amy was tired of it. Sometimes，even in a classroom full of other students，the teasing made her feel all alone.

Back home at the dinner table that evening Amy was quiet. Her mother Patti knew that things were not going well at school. That was why Patti 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. I think someone at this table with blond curly hair should enter.”

Amy giggled. The contest sounded funny. She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas.

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.

While Amy worked away at her best printing，the rest of the family tried to guess what she might ask from Santa. But Amy wasn’t ready to reveal her secret Christmas wish just then. Here is Amy’s letter to Santa，just as she wrote it that night.

Dear Santa Claus，

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me，Santa？ Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. I just want one day when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Love，

Amy

At radio station WJLT in Fort Wayne，Indiana，letters poured in for the Christmas Wish Contest. The workers had fun reading about all the different presents that boys and girls from across the city wanted for Christmas.

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 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.