感恩的双手：ThanksgivingDay

1、感恩的双手：Tha nksgivi ng Day感恩节临近了，有位一年级老师给班上的学生布置了一项有趣的 作业;画出他们想感谢的东西。考试大论坛当孩子们接着做其它作业时，老师在道格拉斯的桌旁停下来，弯下腰问他那是谁的手。小男孩 眼望别处怯怯地说：“老师，那是你的手。”她回想起，有时她会像对 其他学生一样，牵着他的手一起去这儿，至V那儿。她常说：“拉着我的手，道格拉斯，我们走到外面去。”或者“让我教你怎样拿铅笔。” 又或者：“我们一起来做这件事吧。”而道格拉斯最感激的正是老师的 手。Sometimes we n eed to remi nd ourselves that tha nkfuln e

2、ss is in deed a virtue.;William Benn ettTha nksgivi ng Day was n ear.The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment;to draw a picture of somethi ng for which they were than kful.Most of the class might be con sidered econo mically disadva ntaged, but still many would celebrate the holiday w

3、ith turkey and other traditi onal goodies of the seas on. These, the teacher thought, would be the subjects of most of her students’art. And they were.But Douglas made adiffere nt kind of picture. Douglas was a differe nt kind of boy.He was the teacher’s true child of misery, fra

4、il and un happy. As other childre n played at recess, Douglas was likely to sta nd close by her side. One could only guess at the painDouglas felt behind those sad eyes.Yes, his picture was different. When asked to draw a picture of somethingforwhich he was tha nkful, he drew a hand. Noth ing else.

5、Just an empty hand.His abstract image captured the imaginationofhis peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Ano ther suggested a police officer, because the police protect and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand o

6、f God, for God feeds us. And so the discussi on wen t;u ntil the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.Whe n the childre n had gone on to other assignments, she paused at Douglas’desk,bent dow n, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy lookedaway andmurmured,"It&a

7、mp;rsq uo;syours,teacher. &qu ot;She recalled the times she had take n his handand walked with him here or there, as she had the otherstude nts.How ofte nhadshesaid, "Take myhand,Douglas, we&rsq uo;llgooutside .&qu ot;Or, "Letmeshowyouhowtoholdyourpen cil.&qu ot;Or,

8、"Let&rsq uo;s do this together. &qu ot; Douglas was mostthankful for his teacher’shand.Brushingaside a tear,she went on with her work.The story speaks of more thanhowthankfuln ess. It says somethi ng about teachers teach ing and parents parentingand friends showing friendship,andmuch it mean