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Thanksgiving Day was coming. A teacher gave her class an interesting task - to draw a picture of something (1)
their thanks.
The teacher thought most of her students would draw turkey or some other (2)
food of the festival. And so they did. But Douglas (3)
to draw something different.
Douglas was a child of unhappiness. When other children made a(an) (4)
to him to play with them, he always turned it down and then stood close by his teacher's side. When he was asked to draw a picture, he drew a hand! Nothing else.
His work (5)
his classmates' eyes. Whose hand could it be? Some guessed it might be the hand of a farmer because farmers fed (6)
. Other children guessed it was (7)
the hand of God because God helped everyone. All students joined the guess, and even forgot to ask the artist himself.
When the discussion stopped, the teacher asked Douglas whose hand it was. The little boy replied in a low voice, "It's (8)
, Madam."
She got surprised (9)
his words. Then she remembered that she often took his hand. Sometimes she said, "Douglas, take my hand, we'll go outside." Sometimes she said, "Let me show you how to hold your pencil."
Her eyes were full of tears. She had done these to all her students. She didn't know these were (10)
to Douglas than anything else. She hugged Douglas and decided to give him more love.
So please try to be kinder to anyone who seems special, because one small action or a common word may change a person's life.