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Annie
Sullivan had a hard life. She grew up alone and very poor. Annie had trouble
with her eyes, too. She could not see well.
One day
after Annie grew up, a family called her. They needed help with their daughter.
Their little daughter's name was Helen Keller. Helen needed a teacher.
Helen could
not see. She could not hear, either. She felt scared and lonely(孤独的). Annie
wanted to help Helen. She wanted to be able to talk to her.
Annie tried
to teach Helen a sign language, a way to make words with hands. But Helen did
not know what Annie tried to teach her.
One day near
the outside water pump, Annie had an idea. She put one of Helen's hands in the
water. Then Annie let Helen feel W-A-T-E-R on her other hand again and again
and again.
At last,
Helen knew. She learned that what she was feeling had a name. Helen was on her
way to a lifetime of learning.