我的生活海伦凯勒摘抄 海伦·凯勒自传《我的生活》第7期

海伦·凯勒自传《我的生活》第7期  

My aunt made me a big doll out of towels. It was the most ical 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. A bright idea
however
shot into my mind
and the problem was solved. I tumbled off the seat and searched under it until I found my aunt's cape
which was trimmed with large beads. I pulled o beads off and indicated to her that I wanted her to sew them on my doll. She raised my hand to her eyes in a questioning way
and I nodded energetically. The beads were sewed in the right place and I could not contain myself for joy; but immediately I lost all interest in the doll. During the whole trip I did not have one fit of temper
there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy.
When we arrived in Baltimore
Dr. Chisholm received us kindly: but he could do nothing. He said
however
that I could be educated
and advised my father to consult Dr. Alexander Graham Bell of Washington
who would be able to give him information about schools and teachers of deaf or blind children. Acting on the doctor's advice
we went immediately to Washington to see Dr. Bell
my father with a sad heart and many misgivings
I wholly unconscious of his anguish
finding pleasure in the excitement of moving from place to place. Child as I was
I at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared Dr. Bell to so many hearts
as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration. He held me on his knee while I examined his watch
and he made it strike for me. He understood my signs
and I knew it and loved him at once. But I did not dream that that interview would be the door through which I should pass from darkness into light
from isolation to friendship
panionship
knowledge
love.
Dr. Bell advised my father to write to Mr. Anagnos
director of the Perkins Institution in Boston
the scene of Dr. Howe's great labours for the blind
and ask him if he had a teacher petent to begin my education. This my father did at once
and in a few weeks there came a kind letter from Mr. Anagnos with the forting assurance that a teacher had been found. This was in the summer of 1886. But Miss Sullivan did not arrive until the following March.
贝尔博士建议我父亲给阿纳戈诺斯先生写封信，他是波士顿帕金斯学院的院长，也是豪博士伟大事业的继承人。贝尔博士的意思是，看看阿纳戈诺斯先生那里有没有一位能够教我的老师。我的父亲立即写了信。几个星期后，阿纳戈诺斯先生便回了一封热情洋溢的信，他让我们放心，说已经为我们找到了一位老师。这件事发生在1886年夏天，那时苏立文小姐还没有来，她是来年三月才到的。
Thus I came up out of Egypt and stood before Sinai
and a power divine touched my spirit and gave it sight
so that I beheld many wonders. And from the sacred mountain I heard a voice which said
"Knowledge is love and light and vision."