感恩的心 The Hand（1/2）
史蒂夫·古迪尔/Steve Goodier
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Yes, his picture was different.When asked to draicture of sothg for which he was thankful, he drew a hand.Nothg else.Jt ay hand.
His abstract iage captured the iagation of his peers.Whose hand uld it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farr, becae farrs raise turkeys.Aed a police officer, becae the police proted care for people.And so the dis went—until the teacher alost fot the young artist hiself.
When the children had gone on to other assignnts, she paed at Dougs’desk, bent down, and asked hi whose hand it was.The little boy looked away and urured,“It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the tis she had taken his hand and walked with hi here or there, as she had the other students.How often had she said,“Take y hand, Dougs, we’ll go outside.”Or,“Letshow you how to hold your pencil.”Or,“Let’s do this together.”Dougs was ost thankful for his teacher’s hand.
Brhg aside a tear, she went on with her work.
In fact, people ight not always say“thanks”.But they’ll reber the hand that reaches out.
感恩节就要到了，一年级的老师给学生们布置了一个有趣的作业，画一幅他们感谢某事或某物的图画。
虽然大多同学或许要考虑一下家庭条件问题，但仍然有许多同学准备了火鸡和其他传统的节庆点心来庆祝节日。对于这些，老师认为，这是大多数同学艺术创作的主题。确实如此。
但是，有一个非常与众不同的男孩，名叫道格拉斯，他画了一幅很特别的图画。在老师眼中，他是一个悲惨、脆弱、不幸的孩子。其他小朋友在课间休息时间做游戏时，他很可能就站在老师的身旁。在他那忧愁的双眼背后，人们看到的是心灵最深处的哀伤。
是的，他的画很特别。当老师要求画一幅感谢某物或某人的图画时，他画了一只手。其他什么都没有。仅仅是一只空空的手。他的这幅抽象画引起了其他同学的想象力。这只手会是谁的呢？有一个孩子猜那是农民伯伯的手，因为他们养火鸡。另一个孩子猜是警察叔叔的手，因为他们保护和照顾人们。讨论仍在继续，指导老师几乎忘了这位年轻的画家。
当孩子们去关注其他作业时，老师来到了道格拉斯的课桌旁，弯下腰，问他那只手是谁的。小男孩转过脸去，低声地说：“老师，是您的手。”
她回忆过去，曾经牵着他的手一起散步，就像牵着其他同学的手一样。曾经，她多次说：“道格拉斯，牵着我的手，一起出去散散步。”或是，“让我给你示范如何握铅笔。”或是，“让我们一起做事。”于是，道格拉斯对老师的这双手充满了感激。
老师拭去眼中的泪水，继续她的课程。
事实上，人们很少说“谢谢”。但是，他们会将那双援助之手铭记于心。
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