I was a girl with low self-esteem. I used to hide myself in the corner reading a book, sometimes silently watching the students do slapstick. I was neither pretty nor excellent. I didn’t have a proud family background. Therefore, the teachers didn’t like me and no students paid attention on me. I didn’t seem to exist in that harmonious family. As a result, I hadn’t said a few words throughout the semester. Once after school, I walked with my head down as usual on the way home. A naughty boy in my class rushed in front of me, shouted loudly: “Are you a dumb?” with sarcasm in his voice. The students walking around us stopped to watch us. I looked up at him awkwardly, with mouth tightly shut.
A girl in my class couldn’t stand, and said angrily to him: “You’ve gone too far, it’s none of your business she don’t speak.” Then she looked to me, with very tender tone she said: “You should say to him to listen, prove you're not a dumb.” I was brewing for a long time, but did not say a word finally. Then I clearly saw the disappointment in her eyes. In fact, I really wanted to say thank you to her. From then on, the girl often actively found me to chat, took me into her circle. Her behavior slowly melted my inferiority and solitude. I started to talk to classmates actively, and display great initiative in answering teachers’ question. As a result, my grades got better gradually, then I became a good student in teachers’ eyes. Afterwards, we went on the road to different schools. We may never meet each other again in the future, but she has been in my heart.
Yao Yang
以前，我是一个很自卑的女生。喜欢一个人躲在角落里看书，有时默默地看着旁边的同学打闹。我没有傲人的家室，没有漂亮的外表，也没有优异的成绩，所以没有老师喜欢我，也没有同学关注我。在那和谐的大家庭里，仿佛没有我这个人，以至于我一个学期也没有讲过几句话。有一次放学，我如往常一样低着头走在回家的路上。有一个同班调皮的男生蹿到我的面前，大声嚷道：“你是哑巴吗？”他的语气里带有嘲讽，周围行走的学生都停下脚步看着我们，我尴尬的抬起头望着他，紧闭着嘴巴。同班的一个女生看不下去了，愤怒地对着他说：“你太过分了，人家不说话和你有关系吗？”接着，她看向我，语气变得十分温柔，说：“你说一句话给他听听，证明你不是哑巴。”我酝酿了很久，一个字也没说出来，那时我清楚的看到了那个女生眼中的失望。其实我真的很想跟她说一句“谢谢”。从那以后，那个女生总是主动和我聊天，带我一起融入她的圈子，慢慢的，我的自卑，孤僻被她的行为所融化，我开始和同学主动聊天，上课积极回答老师的问题，成绩也渐渐上来，成为老师眼中的好学生。后来，我们一起拿着优异的成绩踏上了不同的求学之路。也许以后不会再见，但她一直在我的心中。
杨瑶