第29章珍贵的礼物TheGift（2）
Thiswasgreatfortheirbuthardobshowedsignsofbeingagifteddcouldreadattheageofthree。RhondaandGiltalkedatlengthaosendhimtoaprivatepreschoolfortwodaysaweek。Theschoolereatteacherswithsmallsandproducedgoodresults。Knowingtheywouldhavedifficultypayiioheyhadrequestedapartialscholarship。Thedirectorassuredthemthisradthattheyhadseveralalumfromtimetotime。Noonehaddreamedsomeonewouldpaythewholeam’stuition。
Rhonda，stillholdiefromthesherhand，said，“IjustwishIkneassogenerous。”
“Rhonda，Ithinkthat，whoeverthebeoris，itmustbeimportaokeeptheiridentityprivate。”Givingherahug，Iued，“tys。Andsomedayyoueforsomeoneelse。”
“Mom，you’resuchapollyanna!ButIsurewouldliketoknow。That’salotofmoeathank-younoteandaskedMrs。Perkihedo。”
&hslater，heschoolyear，RhondaingRebekahoffatmyhousetospendacoupleofhourswhilesheransomequids。Wesaidood-byesasRhohroughherpurseforhermisplacedkeys。
“Shottosighis，”shesaid，retrievinganenvelhadbroughthomeapermissionsliptoatterip。Wheheenvelope，asmallpiekpaperfelltothefloor。
“What’sthis?”Iasked，pigupthepaperandhandingittoRhonda。
Rhohepaper。“Mom，look，”shesaidastearsrolleddowwasChristie，ChristieLeeks。SomeoFranusthaveputthisreGreg’seake。”Christiewasmakingmonthlypayments’stuition。
ChristieLeekswasayounggirlwhohadbeeninRhonda’sfirstdathehighschoolwhereshehadtaughtfiveyearsearlier。ChristiehadlivediHomeasawardofthestate。RhondaandGilhadtakeherstudentwholivedatthefosterhomeuheirwiedthemtotheirhomeforSundaydihembirthdayseledahem。Aftertwoyears，RhondaandGilmovedtoayaheylosttactwiththeotherstudent，whohadmovedoutofthetry，butstayedintouchwithChristieovertheyears。RhondaaraveledbacktoattendChristie’shighschoolgraduationandthenhelpedhermoveintoa。
“Hoayforthis?”Rhohishastobeahardshiponher;Iknowsheisonlymakiwages。tthis。Ihavetocallheraop。”
“Rhonda，it’sobviouslyimportanttoChristieforyounottoknow。You’ttellheryoufou。”
&hslater，duringGreg’ssummervaschool，Christiestoppedbytovisitaeabelatedbirthday。Thatnight，RhondaandChristiesatuptalkiofthehouseholdslept。Christie，abouttograduatefromcollegewithhonors，hadmetaspean。
“Iamsoproudofyou，Christie，”Rhondasaid。“Youhavegroean。Ialould，fromthefirstdayIsawyouinclass。”
“Mrs。Davidson，Iwanttoshowyousomething，”ChristiesaidasshewenttarievedherBible。Openingit，sheremovedthethank-younoteRhondaandGilhadwrittentotheanonymoustributor。“Wouldyoureadthis，Mrs。Davidson?”
AsRhohenotealoud，shehadtoswallowthelumpi。Rhohelastsentence。。。
Weoonedaywegivetoachildasyouhavesiventoourchild。
“Don’tyouknow，Mrs。Davidson?Iamthatr。Davidsontaughtmeandgavemesomuch。ThiswasasmallwayIcouldsay‘Thankyou。’”
Ioftehisreerienmydaughter’slifeandey。IthinkofalltheotherstudentswhoseliveshavebeeedbyRhondaandGil，iwoyoungteacherswillneverknow。WithChristie，theywerefortuonlydidtheygettoseethepositiveouteofthelifetheytouched，buttheyalsosawtheirgiftofpassiohem。