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It
was 8:30 and I was lying in the sun, listening to my CD.
Then
my mum came out. She wanted me to go out with her. She told me about this place
called Give Kids the World. It's a special place for families to spend a
vacation when a child had a life-threatening（致命的）illness. There
were several jobs she did there, like gift giving and ice-cream serving. Mum
said I would enjoy it, but I thought this was a boring job.
Mum
told me we were going to take a toy and an ice-cream to every child in the
village. We got to the first house and I knocked on the door and shouted, "Gift
Giving", and a woman answered it. Sitting in the middle of the bedroom was
a boy in a wheel chair. I gave him the gifts, and his face lighted up with
happiness. I walked out and thought," That must be boring, unable to jump
around."
As I
came into the second house with gifts, it seemed a little strange that the
child didn't see me. His mum said something was much wrong with his eyes, so I
needed to go and stand in front of him. When I did that, he became very excited and
made a sign for "thanks", though his legs couldn't move at all.
When
we went back home, Mum told me these kids might not live to see tomorrow. Suddenly,
I understood I should be more thankful that I don't have these illnesses. I no
longer wanted to be at home listening to my CDs. I would rather be doing this,
maybe making a difference in these kids' lives.
