Unforgettable (Touching Story) translated by Zhang Bao on January 24, 2018

This story happened many years ago. An elementary school teacher named Mrs. Thompson, on the first day of school, stood in front of her fifth-graders and, like most teachers, lied to the children. She said to the children, "I will always love you." ”

That's what every teacher says, but it's almost impossible to do. If nothing else, it's hard to love the little boy named Teddy Stadd sitting in the front row of the classroom. Mrs. Thompson had seen Teddy a year earlier. His clothes were messy, his body was dirty, and he looked like he hadn't taken a shower for a long time. And he has a withdrawn temperament and doesn't get along with other classmates. In short, Teddy's kid is a real headache. Whenever Mrs. Thompson corrected Teddy's test papers, she always used a red pen to mark many X's on the test papers, and then wrote a big "bad" in the upper corner of the test papers.

The school requires each teacher to have a detailed understanding of the evaluation records of the students they teach. Mrs. Thompson put Teddy's record last. When she saw Teddy's archives, she was shocked.

Teddy's first-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a smart kid who loves to laugh. He is clean and elegant, and it is a pleasure to be around him. ”

His second-grade teacher wrote: "Teddy was an excellent student and loved by his classmates, but he was distressed by his mother's terminal illness and life at home must have been very difficult. ”

His third-grade teacher wrote: "He was saddened by his mother's death. He tried his best to do everything he could, but his father was indifferent to his studies, and his family life could easily affect him if he didn't take action.

Teddy's fourth-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and not very interested in learning. He didn't have many friends and sometimes slept in class. ”

Looking at Teddy's student records, Mrs. Thompson knew what he was really about and was ashamed of what she had done in the past. But what made her even more embarrassed was that it was Christmas soon, and her classmates had brought her Christmas gifts. These gifts are very delicate and are wrapped in beautiful ribbons and colored paper. However, only Teddy's gift was different in that it was wrapped in the thick, thick brown cardboard found in the grocery bag, giving it a heavy and rough feel.

When Mrs. Thompson opened it in front of her classmates with mixed feelings, many of them laughed. She opened the package, and when she saw that it was a rhinestone bracelet with many beads missing, and 1/4 bottle of perfume, some of the children began to laugh. But she immediately stopped the children's laughter, saying how beautiful it would be to sprinkle the bracelet with perfume and put it on her wrist.

After school that day, Teddy Stoddard stayed for a while and said to the teacher, "Mrs. Thompson, you smell like my mom used to do today." When the children left school, she cried for an hour. It was on this day that she decided to stop teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic and began to focus on teaching children.

Mrs. Thompson pays special attention to Teddy. And, when he took her class, he looked focused and active. The more she encouraged him, the more enthusiastic he became. By the end of the year, Teddy was the top student in his class. Even though she lied that she would love all the children, Teddy really became her "little red man".

A year later, she finds a note that Teddy has left in front of her door saying that she is the best teacher of his life. Six years later, she received another letter from Teddy saying that he had graduated from high school and was third in his class, but that she was still the best teacher he had ever been in life.

Four years later, she received another letter saying that, despite the many difficulties, he had stayed in school and was about to graduate with honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher of his life.

After another four years, Mrs. Thompson received another letter. This time, he explained that after getting his bachelor's degree, he decided to further his education. In the end, he said that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had. However, now his name is a little longer. He was used by Sodre The name Dr. F. Stadder was signed on the letter.

The story doesn't end there. That spring, Teddy received another letter saying that he had met the girl and was planning to get married.

He explained that his father had died a few years earlier, and he wondered if Mrs. Thompson would like to sit in the same seat normally reserved for the groom's mother at weddings. Mrs. Thompson, of course, was more than gratifying. She wore the beadless rhinestone bracelet and sprinkled it with the same perfume that Teddy's mother used to wear, and went to the wedding.

When they met, they hugged each other tightly. Dr. Stoddard whispered into Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I can change everything. ”